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Gisborne ParkA NEW name will appear in gold under senior men’s club champion on the Gisborne Park honours boards this weekend.
Brad Reynolds and Rob Taylor will battle it out over 36 holes on Saturday, both men searching for a breakthrough title win.
Second seed Reynolds earned his place in the final with a 3 and 2 win against Selwyn Peneha in the semifinals last weekend.
Taylor ousted top qualifier Rod Moore, also on the 16th.
Danny Boyle moved to within a win of adding another intermediate title to his name. Boyle defeated Anthony Pahina 5 and 4 in their semi.
His last hurdle is Derek “Red”Craven in what could be the match of finals day. Craven beat Steve Phillips 3 and 2 to seal his spot.
The junior final is an all-vets affair. Barry Cox eked out an 18th-hole semi win over Dave Rameka while Chris Palmer dispatched Tony Leggett 5 and 4.
Electrinet Park results, SUNDAY — Men’s stableford: G McKinnon 41, J Collier 36.
Twos: G McKinnon, D Harrison.
Women’s stableford: W Morrissey 37.
Twos: W Morrissey.
The men’s club championship finals are on SUNDAY. The draw is — No.1 tee, senior division (36 holes), 8am: B Reynolds v R Taylor.
Intermediate, 8.05 (36 holes): D Boyle v D Craven.
Junior, 10am (18 holes): B Cox v C Palmer.
COMING UP: SUNDAY, Canadian mixed foursomes, 9.30am tee-off.
Poverty BayIF Pete Anderson goes on to win his first senior men’s club championship title, a round 1 fright will be remembered as one of the defining moments.
Anderson faces William Brown in the matchplay semifinals this Saturday after a matchplay doubleheader over the weekend.
He faced a shock early ejection in his Saturday round 1 match against 72-year-old Tene Goldsmith.
“Goldie” led 3-up with four holes to play and 2-up with two to go only for Anderson to claw his way back, including birdies on the 15th and 18th, and snatch victory on the first extra hole.
His 1-up Sunday semifinal win against Hukanui Brown was similarly pressure-filled. All-square playing 18 after trailing 3-down after five holes, Anderson left a birdie putt millimetres short of the hole, then watched as Brown failed to up-and-down for par.
William Brown took a less stressful path to the last four. He won holes 10 to 14 to dispose of Tuki Sweeney 5 and 4 on Saturday, then knocked out defending champion Andrew Higham 2 and 1 in the quarters.
The other semi pits Poverty Bay-East Coast masters teammates Anaru Reedy and Simon Jeune.
Top qualifier Reedy got a solid workout by 16th seed George Brown before ending their first-round match on the 17th. He got off to a flyer in his Sunday quarterfinal clash with Glenn Morley, with birdies on three of the first five holes, en route to a 4 and 3 win.
Jeune crushed Vance Richardson on Saturday then came out on top in the battle of the 50-plussers on Sunday, defeating Stefan Andreassen on the 18th.
Gray Clapham’s intermediate campaign looked all but over after nine holes of his quarterfinal with Pete Hakiwai. The 11th seed trailed 4-down and was heard to say he “wanted to go home” only to blitz the second nine and win on the 17th.
It set up a semifinal against defending champion Neil Mackie, who comfortably accounted for Colin Christie 5 and 4 in their quarter clash.
Top seed Richard Foon failed to turn up for the opening nine holes of his Sunday match against Clive Dean. Foon was 6-down at the turn and despite restoring some pride on the back nine, fell 3 and 2.
Dean will play recently-crowned Barns-Graham Cup men’s pairs champion Darryl Grant, who tussled for 18 holes before getting the better of James Situ.
Hamish Williams made birdie on the 18th to put away top seed Basil Payne in the junior quarterfinals. Next up for Williams is Mark Stewart.
Bill Simpson got a free pass to the junior semis after his opponent failed to front. Warwick Thompson, who beat Stu Harbottle 3 and 2 in his quarterfinal, awaits him in the semis.
All finals are on September 7.
n Last year’s intermediate champion is a win away from the premier women’s club championship honour.
Mary Allan defeated Lynne Holmberg in their senior women’s (silver division) semifinal yesterday to keep alive her chances of adding senior honours to her intermediate successes.
She faces top qualifier Marg Colebourne in the 36-hole matchplay final on September 4. Colebourne knocked out Jan Utting.
The top seeds also advanced to finals in the other divisions.
June MacKinnon, who lost to Allan in last year’s intermediate final, beat Sharon Bramwell. Her final opponent is Anne Gemmell, who saw off Jan Steele.
Junior No.1 qualifier Odette Thompson eliminated Vicki Fraser in a semifinal tussle that went to the 18th while Kirsty Shaw claimed the other berth with victory over Sue Kemp.
WEDNESDAY — Women’s club championship semifinals, senior division: M Colebourne def J Utting, M Allan def L Holmberg.
Intermediate: J MacKinnon def S Bramwell, A Gemmell def J Steele.
Junior: O Thompson def V Fraser, K Shaw def S Kemp .
Women’s medal: T Dods 97-30-67.
9-holers’ medal: J Alderson 55-21-34.
MONDAY — Women’s medal: J MacKinnon 96-25-71.
Twos: J Utting, L Holmberg.
SUNDAY — Men’s stableford, division 1: M Norman 40, S Jeune 37.
Division 2: K Travers 39, B Simpson 38, P Rickard 38, L Hewson 37.
Twos: D Patumaka, H Brown, L Hewson, P Rickard, P Grogan.
Approach: R Young.
SATURDAY — Men’s club championships, approach: G Brown.
Twos: G Brown.
THURSDAY (Aug 22) — Men’s stableford, division 1: N Mackie 42, A Kirkpatrick 40, A Abrahams 39, M Higham 39.
Division 2: D Bush 37, R Fletcher 36, J Williams 36, H Johanson 36 M Parker 34.
Approach: G Brown.
COMING UP: sunday, Gisborne East Coast Cancer Society fundraising tournament, two-tee start from 8.30am, contact pro shop (867-4402) or Peter Florence (at night, 868-4809).
MahiaThe Fiordland Lobster Mahia Men’s Open tournament is on October 5-6 — a week earlier than usual.
Individual gross and net and teams’ event on Saturday, stableford on Sunday. Handicap maximum of 24 for top prize. Morning and afternoon tee times.
Nine-hole haggle on Friday. Eftpos available.
Entries and inquiries to Pete Bremner (06) 837 7456 or Maraea Wesche (06) 837-8755 or mwesche@gmail.com
Accommodation available at Mahia Holiday Camp, bookings essential.
Tolaga BayBRUCE Yates stayed alive in the senior men’s club championships but it took overtime to get to the next stage.
Yates defeated Dion Milner on the 19th on Sunday to set up a semi-final against Neil Hansen.
The winner of that plays Taine Lincoln the final.
Trent Higgs won the Sunday stableford with 40 points.
SUNDAY — Men’s stableford: T Higgs 40, D Milner 38, M Jefferd 38, B Yates 37, Tere Lincoln 37, N Hansen 36.
Twos: D Milner, B Yates, N Hansen.
TahungaTAHUNGA’s open closing day tournament is on Saturday.
The format is individual men’s stableford and the Noonan Cup mixed pairs combined stableford (arrange own partners).
Morning tea at 10.30am will be followed by tee-off at 11am. Dinner to follow.
Inquiries to Mark Steele 867 0803 or email tahunga@golf.co.nz
WaikohuKAHU Tamanui made no contest of his club championship final or the men’s stableford on Sunday.
Tamanui eased past Tom Smith 5 and 3 in the endeavour final and his 88-27-61, for 45 points, was 12 clear of second place in the stableford.
He capped an excellent day with the only two.
SUNDAY — Men’s stableford: K Tamanui 45, P Milner 33, L Green 32, T Smith 30.
Women’s stableford: V Grace 39, M Tuapawa 38.
Twos: K Tamanui.
Endeavour men’s club championship final: K Tamanui def T Smith.
COMING UP: SUNDAY, club competition.
Te Puia SpringsHAZEL Miratana enjoyed a successful Sunday double.
Miratana not only won her intermediate women’s club championship match against Pauline Summersby, she also won the women’s stableford with 41 points.
Other matchplay winners were Robyn Ngatai, Hiria McClutchie and Frances Walker in the women’s champs and Nehe Dewes, Bill Clark and Peter Ngarimu in the men’s champs.
SUNDAY — Women’s stableford: H Miratana 41, J Goldsmith 39, R Ngatai 35, I Ngarimu 34, H McClutchie 31.
Women’s club championships, intermediate division: R Ngatai def I Ngarimu, H Miratana def P Summersby.
Junior division: H McClutchie def A Cook, F Walker def D Goldsmith.
Men’s stableford: J Forrester 38, P Ngarimu 37, J Miratana 36, N Dewes 35, H Rasmussen 34, D Cook 33, J Devery 32, R Walker 32, K Waitoa 32, J Puha 32.
Men’s club championships, intermediate: N Dewes def K Waitoa, B Clark def T Kupenga.
Junior: P Ngarimu def N Truman.
Twos: H Miratana, J Forrester, N Dewes.
Approaches: H Miratana, R Ngatai.
PatutahiGEORGE Brown, Dave Skudder and Denise Johnston were in net-winning form as club championships continued at the weekend.
Brown won the 0-15 men’s net with 79-13-66, Skudder the 16+ division with 69 and Johnston the women’s net with 73.
The big boys lock swords in club championship action this weekend.
Eddie Brown junior and younger brother Hukanui face off in one senior men’s semifinal; Tony Akroyd and Regan Hindmarsh in the other.
SUNDAY — Men’s net, 0-15: G Brown 66, C Beattie 69, T Brodie 71.
16+: D Skudder 69, R Moleta 71, P Johnston 71.
Women’s net: D Johnston 73, S Gray 71.
FRIDAY — Meat pack nine-hole stableford, senior division: J Neilson 21, W MacLellan 21, J Blair 20, O Willimott 20.
Junior division: J Tietjen 23, D Dodgshun 22, P Milner 18, D Tarry 17.
TUESDAY (Aug 20) — LGU and putting: J Ewart 97-27-70 (30 putts), S Robertson 92-20-72 (28), L Haisman 102-36-76 (37).