Josh Taylor won a trophy without having to contest a final.
Taylor collected the KKK Cup as the endeavour player to progress the furthest in the combined junior/endeavour men’s division.
Mihi Marino and Carney Pipi had a humdinger battle in the women’s final. Marino won on the 18th.
Talk among the men has turned to the popular Te Kanawa Cup pairs, which starts in May.
However, before that is the Lunken Cup mixed pairs on Sunday, March 21.
Club officials are keen to see as many pairs as possible in the competition from which Park’s team for the ER Black Cup interclub will be selected.
Shannon Toa was the week’s star player after an outstanding performance on Saturday.
Toa ran away with the men’s stableford courtesy of his personal -best 75-11-74, for 44 points.
M Marino def C Pipi.
P Johansen 97-24-73, 36.
S Maisey.
Z Boyle def R Walford.
T Reynolds def T Hill.
J Hayes def D Gregory.
J Taylor.
S Toa 44, R Walford 39.
A Pahina.
A nightmare hole couldn’t stop Ian Logan from making a dream start to the 2021 Jo Hale Memorial series on Sunday.
Logan made 10 on the par-5 seventh hole but softened the blow with several pars to finish with 86-24-62.
His net-winning score was one shot ahead of Doreen Goldsmith with Bill Clark and Nehe Dewes posting 64s.
Te Puia’s open opening day is on Sunday, with a one-tee start from 11.30am.
The Te Puia Springs team for the second round of the Poverty Bay women’s pennants at Wairoa on Saturday are Doreen Goldsmith, Hiria McClutchie, Iritana Ngarimu and Hazel Miratana.
I Logan 62, Doreen Goldsmith 63, B Clark 64, N Dewes 64, T Rangi 65, W Ngata 65, P Harrison 65, H Rasmussen 66, I Sykes 66, R Walker 66, F Walker 66, R Smith 67, I Ngarimu 67, J Puha 67, D Cook 68, G Roberts 68, P Savage 68.
HANDICAP golf earned Larry Green men’s stableford glory on Sunday.
Green broke 80 for the second time this year — his 79-9-70, for 36 points heading off Tipi Ruru on 34.
L Green 36, T Ruru 34, U Chambers 32, P Milner 31, E Wynyard 38, M Tuapawa 35, V Grace 33.
T Ruru, P Milner.
WADE Wesche and Fairlane Wesche were the Aces net winners on Sunday.
Wade had three birdies in his men’s section-winning 75-5-70 while Fairlane was best of the women with 83-14-69, despite a nine on the third hole.
Wade Wesche 70, R Bremner 73, I Parker 73, R Smith 73.
F Wesche 69.
R Bremner (men), 27, F Wesche (women) 26.
The semifinalists have been sorted in the Hutchinson Cup women’s matchplay.
Top qualifier Odette Thompson got a free pass into the last four, with round 2 opponent Teresa Lewis defaulting.
Maxine Francois advanced with a win over Jan Utting, Leigh Fletcher beat Rochelle Taewa on the 18th in a match played on Monday and Sally Spence ousted Rosie Spence.
Colin Christie had a profitable couple of rounds over the week.
Christie was second in the division 1 men’s stableford last Thursday with 87-14-73, for 35 points, then went one better on Saturday to win with 83-14-69, for 39.
P Dymock 38, R Willock 35.
O Thompson def T Lewis by default, M Francois def J Utting, L Fletcher def R Taewa, S Spence def R Spence.
J Ngarimu 34.
L Daniels.
J Utting 74+11=85.
J Utting.
B Morrissey 38, B Brown 38, C Taewa 38, J Situ 38.
C Carmody 39, C Simpson 38, K Travers 37.
J Situ, M Mulrooney.
D Twigley.
C Christie 37, J McGregor 37, D Jenkins 36.
W Thompson 35, B Read 34, K Goldsmith 33.
V Richardson, S Andreassen, N West, J McGregor, W Thompson.
T Goldsmith.
J Pittar 36, C Christie 35, C Dean 34.
P Mullooly 35, H Williams 34, M Reynolds 34.
C Christie.
THOSE of the Phil Mickelson persuasion proved too good for the mainstream swingers in the Righties v Lefties fixture on Sunday.
The sinistral, or Lefties, won the handicap matchplay clash 7-1.
Martin Weaver was the standout player on Sunday, winning the junior men’s net with 78-16-62.
TUESDAY — Women’s net and putting: J Smith 102-32-70, 35 putts; K McLatchie 96-26-70, 29; J Ewart 94-22-72, 34.
P Hokianga 68, G Brown 70, B McKenzie 70, A Hindmarsh 70, T Hindmarsh 70.
M Weaver 62, G Watson 68, M Wiersma 68, D Quinn 69, D Skudder 70.
H Humble 71.
L Anania.
R Pardoe 22, G Brown 21, O Willimott 21, J Neilson 21, D Russell 20.
D Quinn 23, J Tietjen 22, D Dodgshun 20, S Maynard 20, B Tietjen 19.
ZAK Horomia was the best of a trio of 37-pointers on Sunday.
Horomia’s 105-37-68, highlighted by three pars, headed off Rongo Pomana and Peter Stevenson on countback.
