Craig and his partner — fellow Lytton High teacher and former Bay of Plenty first-class rugby player Matt Henwood — weren’t far behind Mike and Wyrill.They posted 45 points to be sitting third overall.
In between the brothers Christophers are Darrel Gregory and Graeme Dickey — another Park newcomer this season — who qualified with 46 points on May 7.
Organisers are hoping to have 24 pairs in this year’s competition. If that is the case, they are looking at the top eight advancing directly to the top 16 and the other 16 playing off for the remaining eight spots.
As of yesterday Cliff Nepe and Johnny Collier were occupying that eighth spot on countback on 41 points.
Yet to hit the fairways for their qualifying round were defending champions Anaru Reedy and Pete Tamatea.
The Benson Cup women’s pairs will be decided on Sunday. Kath Papuni and Jacque Akuhata-Nickerson face Jo Kerr and Mihi Marino.
E Parkin 38.
H Schreiber 39, C Palmer 35, R Maxwell 31, B Lumsden-Nicholls 31, E Parkin 30, G Williams 30, C Brown 30.
L Lexmond 40, P Simpson 39, R Taylor 38, R McGann 38, E Parkin 38, S Peneha 37, G Williams 35, W Brown 35.
D Te Maro, H White.
J Nickerson/K Papuni v J Kerr/M Marino.
TOM Smith had matchplay and stableford success on Sunday.
On his way to winning the stableford with 36 points, he beat Spud Te Rito in the men’s handicap singles flight final.
T Smith 36, S Te Rito 30, M Tuapawa 28.
T Smith def S Te Rito.
While a bunch of clubmates were at Poverty Bay involved in interclub pennants, the door opened for Graeme Holland to pounce and win the men’s net.
Holland’s 93-18-75 was good enough for a one-stroke win from Mark Wiersma.
G Holland 93-18-75, M Wiersma 88-12-76, S Eder 97-18-79.
D Russell 19, T Hindmarsh 18, T Green 18, B Wallace 18.
M White 23, S Fookes 20, D Bentley 19, P Jex-Blake on c/b.
John Holmes set a record in topping the men’s stableford on Sunday.
Holmes’ 32 points was the lowest winning score in the history of the Sunday School weekly competition.
He took particular delight in collecting $5 from his on-the-side matchplay win over Allan White.
Willie Mortleman won the division 1 men’s stableford on Saturday with 39 points.
J Holmes 32, M Karalus 31, M Barker 31, M Norman 30.
A White.
W Mortleman 39, D Patumaka 37, J Jenner 37.
C Simpson 36, D McFadyen 36, D Wright 35.
P Goodwin, D Bush.
D McFadyen.
S Harbottle +1, J Aitchison +1, A White +1, J Jenner sq, D Griffin sq, M Thomas sq, M Higham sq, R Fletcher sq.
T Donovan, H Johanson, M Higham, G Clapham, A White, R Owen, A Abrahams.
A White.
