Walford finished 6-up, indicating her intentions to go one better than last year’s runner-up finish to Pat Johansen, who will be defending the title.
B Cox 45, A Pahina 39.
R Moore, A Pahina, S Phillips.
A Reedy.
R Moore.
R Walford +6.
P Nepia 38.
M Marino, K Papuni, S Maisey, J Nickerson, B Walker, C Pipi, J Kerr, T Ford, J Foot, R Taiapa, R Walford, W Morrissey, D Webb, S Paku, P Johansen, B Woods, M Alley, A Watene.
GEORGE Brown followed up 9--hole success on Friday with an 18-hole win on Sunday.
His 21 points on Friday topped the senior division of the meat pack 9-hole stableford and his net 70 on Sunday was good enough for another senior success.
Butch McKenzie won the junior men’s division on Sunday with 67 while Anahera Stills-Hindmarsh’a 67 was best of the women.
G Brown 70, J Brown 70, C Beattie 72, H Brown 72, R Pohatu 73.
B McKenzie 67, A Hindmarsh 70, S Pittar 70, P Summersby 71, A Nimmo 71.
A Stills-Hindmarsh 69, L Haisman 71.
J Brown, M de Luze.
G Brown 21, M de Luze 21, B Duncan 20, T Brodie 19, B Wallace 18.
P Jex-Blake 22, S Maynard 22, D Dodgshun 22, P Varey 22, P Briant 20.
SAME finalists. Same result.
Bill Clark outgunned James Forrester in a repeat of last year’s intermediate men’s club championship final on Sunday.
Peter Harrison added to his honoursboards list with victory over Jack Miratana in the junior final.
Miratana had the chance to make up for the loss by defending the Musgrave Cup men’s stableford title this weekend.
J Williams 30, D Goldsmith 26, G Roberts 26.
R Ngatai.
P Moana 39, J Forrester 35, P Harrison 33, B Clark 33, J Devery 32.
B Clark def J Forrester.
P Harrison def J Miratana.
THE hangover from the implementation of the World Handicap appears to be over.
When the WHS started operating, many club players found their handicaps had dropped — some by several shots.
Winning stableford scores went from the 40s to the mid-30s as members adjusted to a system where playing to handicap means you have to play well.
There was also the factor that the eight, rather than 10, best cards of your past 20 rounds counted towards your handicap.
Time and the advent of summer has seen a gradual improvement in scoring and last week reflected that at the Bay.
Mark Karalus led the way with a 43-point haul to win the division 2 men’s stableford on Sunday.
Mike Dodgshun won the division 2 stableford last Thursday with 42 points, one ahead of Cliff Poole.
Tuki Sweeney won the division 1 stableford on Sunday with 40 points, heading off Simon Jeune’s 72 off the stick for 39.
The quality of the Awapuni Links course could also be a reason.
Players have been enjoying superb greens although straying from the fairway as the course is prepared for the New Zealand amateur in two weeks can be punishing.
Meanwhile, the call has gone out for billets for the amateur from October 21 to 25.
Those who can assist are asked to contact Dave Keown (021724653).
T Sweeney 40, S Jeune 39, J Situ 38, S Andreassen 38, J Jenner 38.
M Karalus 43, B Pratt 40, M Barker 39, J Kerekere 39.
D Twigley, B Brown, G Morley, G Hawea, B Colbert, P Kerekere, P Anderson, S Andreassen.
P Anderson.
T Goldsmith 38, J Situ 37.
S Francks 41, B Read 38, R Fletcher 38.
P Clayton.
V Richardson 37, A Kirkpatrick 37, I Murphy 36, N Mackie 36, T Donovan 36, W Brown 36.
M Dodgshun 42, C Poole 41, J Pittar 36, P Graham 36, G Clapham 35.
A Kirkpatrick, N Mackie, A White.
N Mackie.
THERE was daylight between the top team and the rest in the course backwards stableford on Sunday.
Tom Smith, Uma Chambers and Spud Te Rito racked up 58 points to finish seven clear of the chasers.
T Smith/U Chambers/S Te Rito 58; L Green/V Grace/M Tuapawa 51; T Brown/K Tamanui/P Milner 50; C O’Brien/I Ruru/E Wynyard 43.
OPOTIKI golfer Jacqui Rogers made the 234-kilometre trip to Mahia a lucrative one with the top prize in the Rocket Lab Mahia women’s open tournament on Saturday.
Rogers won the overall net with 97-32-65 while clubmate Rita Maxwell won the senior net.
Jo Kerr (Electrinet Park) won the gross and Taina Paku (Wairoa) the stableford.
Junior division winners were Viv Kyle (Mahia, net), Debbie Kirkpatrick (Poverty Bay, gross) and Vicki Fraser (PB, stableford).
V Kyle -2.
I Parker +8, Wayne Wesche +2, P Bremner sq, Wade Wesche sq.
J Rogers 65.
R Maxwell from S Adams.
J Kerr from P White.
T Paku from S Howe.
V Kyle from J Williams.
D Kirkpatrick from V Grace.
V Fraser from M Marino.
L Morgan, P White.
M Marino, M Shanks.
J Rogers, J Kerr.
THREE generations of Lincoln filled the top three spots in the annual Harry OB Trophy hidden pairs combined competition on Sunday.
Joe Lincoln and John Hale won with 71 points, Taine Lincoln (Joe’s grandson) and Mark Watts were second on 70 and Joel Lincoln (Taine’s father) and Mickey Grant were third on 66.
J Hale/Joe Lincoln 71, M Watts/Taine Lincoln 70, Joel Lincoln/M Grant 66, S Cranswick/M Jefferd 65, A Hale/Tere Lincoln 65.
Joel Lincoln, Joe Lincoln.
THIRTY-five players experiencd a warm day, a good course, cold beer and “awesome” crumbed hapuka at the Gisborne East Coast Veteran Golfers’ Society tournament at Tolaga Bay on Tuesday.
The locals, as usual, turned on excellent hospitality and GEC vets committee and Electrinet Park member Phil Simpson complemented it with the round of the day.
Simpson won the stableford with 42 points, with Tolaga Bay’s Alvie Hale second on 39 and Patutahi’s Lorraine Haisman third on 36.
The society is looking at heading to Te Puia Springs in two weeks for its next event.
Entries are being taken for The Sunrise Foundation Gisborne East Coast Veteran Golfers’ Association men’s and women’s open (50 years and over) tournament from November 8 to November 11.
The field is restricted to 64 men and 48 women.
Email entry forms are available by contacting pbecvets@gmail.com or ringing Jon Jenner on 0272067633.
P Simpson 42, A Hale 39, L Haisman 36, B Rothschild 36, R Murphy 35, J Lincoln 35, J Ewart 33, D Maloy 33, P Shanks 33.
S Andreassen, P Reid.
