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WILLIAM Brown completed the most predictable victory in the history of the Dodgshun Cup at the weekend with what could be its lowest-ever three-round gross total.
Brown added a 3-over 75 to his 70 and 66 to give him a best-three-of-four-rounds total of 5-under 211.
He was a runaway victor, 17 shots clear of runner-up Simon Jeune (79, 73, 76).
While scores from pre-1999 editions of the Dodgshun Cup are not available, Gisborne Herald digital records since 1999 show the previous lowest score was by Brown when he won it in 2014 with 216.
Jeune won the net with a 219 total, one ahead of Stefan Andreassen and Brown.
John Van Helden’s third-round 78 set him up for the intermediate gross honours. He added an 80 in round 4 on Sunday for a total of 245 (87, 78, 80), five in front of Peter Hakiwai (81, 86, 83).
Neville West saved his best round to last — 83-16-67 on Sunday — to win the intermediate net with 214, one shot clear of Van Helden and Darryn White.
Bill Allen’s 282 (96, 89, 97) won the junior division gross while Murray Smith’s 213 (73, 67, 73) comfortably won the net.
Round 3 for the senior division was also the first of two rounds of 36-hole qualifying for the senior men’s club championships.
Brown added an afternoon 72 to his 75 to grab the No.1 spot by four shots from Andrew Higham (75, 76), with Jeune third on 154 (76, 78).
Qualifying in other divisions was 18 holes on Saturday afternoon.
Van Helden’s 78 earned him top seeding in the intermediate division, followed by Darryl Grant (82) and John Kerekere (83) on countback from Hakiwai.
Smith topped the juniors with 91 on countback from Kim Travers while Alan Baldwin’s 104 put him No.1 in the endeavour section.
J Van Helden 38, N Richardson 37, G Morley 34, V Richardson 34.
M Karalus 44, S Harbottle 41, C Carmody 39, R Young 39.
G Hawea.
W Brown, J Van Helden, M Higham, B Morgan, R Foon.
B Morgan.
W Thompson +3, I Murphy +3, R Owen +3, B Simpson +2, C Christie +2, P Humphreys +2, R Fletcher +1, M Thomas +1.
C Christie, A Hayward, B Colbert.
A Hayward
THE puns and a contender for the sports quote of the year emerged as Tony Leggett moved a win closer to becoming “a first-time caller” after being “a long-time listener” in men’s club championship matches at the weekend.
Leggett defeated No.1 seed Craig Christophers 2 and 1 in their junior men’s quarterfinal match.
His winning performance earned applause from Christophers, who particularly enjoyed Leggett’s remark after sinking a clutch putt on the 11th.
“I’m like coal. Put me under pressure and I become a diamond.”
Danny Boyle, who was playing an intermediate match in the same group, described Christophers’ demise as “being legganated”.
Christophers amended that to “e’Leg’anated”.
Leggett said he had gone close to the junior title in the past — twice a runner-up — and used a talkback radio quote in summing up his hopes . . . “a long-time listener, first-time caller”.
To do that from here, however, he will have to first get past the winner of the match between canny veteran Barry Cox and Shaun Pahina.
If Leggett survives that, he will face either No.2 seed Matt Henwood or Mike Christophers in the final.
Intermediate top seed Boyle charged into the semifinals with a 13th-hole crushing of Adrian Wyrill.
Next up is Shannon Toa, who knocked out Chum Aramakutu.
No.2 seed Tom Reynolds ended Phil Nepia’s run. His semifinal opponent is James Witika, who emerged triumphant in an 18-hole quarterfinal battle with Glen “G-Mac” McKinnon.
The senior men’s quarterfinals are still to be played.
The second round of the intermediate women’s champs is on Saturday.
M Henwood 34, A Reedy 33.
P Stewart.
T Ford 92-19-73, 36.
T Aramakutu.
R McGann 36.
W Carpendale 33, R McGann 33, B Cox 31, E Parkin 31, P Mitchell 31.
E Parkin.
J Akuhata v S Maisey, T Aramakutu v M Marino. 9.06: J Foot v M Vette, P Johansen v T Ford.
IT’S anyone’s title.
That’s the general opinion in the intermediate club championships after seedings were blown out of the proverbial water in round 1 matches on Sunday.
Top qualifier Ashley Hindmarsh proved no match for bottom seed Hamish Harris while No.2 seed Martin Weaver was knocked out by Adam Brodie.
Others to advance were Pat Molloy, defending champion Tony Green, George Brown, Sam Marsh, Tom Hindmarsh and Pat Hokianga.
Two senior matches were played. Eddie Brown Jr beat Terry Reeves to set up a quarterfinal family duel with younger brother, reigning champ and top seed Hukanui.
Chris Beattie defeated Dean Pohatu and will play No.2-ranked Dwayne Russell in the quarters.
The junior quarterfinalists are No.1 seed Peter “Chopper” Summersby, Sai Eder, Gerry Maude, Graham Holland, Sijtze Mohlmann, Mason Smith, Peter Briant and Dave Fieldhouse.
George Brown and Summersby won their sections of the stableford.
P Summersby def B Pohatu, S Eder def B Tietjen, G Maude def G Watson, S Mohlmann def D Skudder, M Smith def C Brown, P Briant def D Gordon, D Fieldhouse def I Tietjen.
Hamish Harris def A Hindmarsh, P Molloy def J Neilson, T Green def B McKenzie, G Brown def M de Luze, S Marsh def P Johnston, T Hindmarsh def T Brodie, P Hokianga def A Nimmo, A Brodie def M Weaver.
E Brown Jr def T Reeves, C Beattie def D Pohatu.
G Brown 37, T Hindmarsh 37, A Brodie 36, E Brown jr 35, T Green 34.
P Summersby 36, M Wiersma 36, D Skudder 35, C Parker 35, P Briant 33.
J Ewart 28, D Johnston 26.
H Brown, D Russell, D Skudder.
T Hindmarsh 20, J Priestley 18, T Green 18, D Russell 18.
J Tietjen 19, I Tietjen 19, T Coutts 19, B Williams 18 on c/b.
MARK Watts’ best round since January was rewarded with the stableford honours on Sunday.
“Wattie” shot 76-11-65, for 39 points, to win by one point from John Hale.
A committee meeting is being held on Sunday at 10am.
M Watts 39, J Hale 38, J Murphy 36, M Jefferd 35, Taine Lincoln 35.
M Jefferd.
IKE Ruru went as close as he could get to breaking 90 for the first time since July of last year in Sunday’s club competition.
Ruru won the stableford with 90-21-69, for 37 points, en route to the junior final of the men’s club championships.
Ruru faces Uma Chambers in the 36-hole final this Sunday while Percy Milner and Tama Brown decide the intermediate crown also over 36 holes, and Tom Smith and Aaron Coker contest the endeavour honours over 18.
I Ruru 37, A Coker 36, K Tamanui 35, P Milner 33, V Grace 31, M Tuapawa 30.
TEGAL Smith has had so many centuries this year, the locals were starting to call him Tendulkar.
Not on Sunday.
The left-hander, infamous for his taste in ties when he served as club captain, ended a run of seven three-figure scores in victorious style.
Smith fired 92-27-65, for 43 points, his best round since April of 2016, although he did only get back into regular golf in March of this year after playing only three official rounds in 2020.
While Smith was blitzing it, several club championship matches were going on.
David Waihaki ousted Bernie Crowley in an intermediate men’s match while Joe Tihore knocked out Anthony Steel in a junior men’s fixture.
Two women’s matches were played. Paipan Denigan defeated Maraea Wesche in the intermediate division. Lil Morgan eliminated Viv Kyle in the junior section.
Men’s and women’s senior matches are still to be played.
Finals are on September 4.
T Smith 43, J Tihore 38, D Waihaki 35, R Smith 34, W Wesche 34, B Crowley 32.
P Denigan 38, L Steel 36, A Maru 36.
PETER Ngarimu and Watarawi Ngata will decide the Makarika Cup men’s handicap matchplay champion for 2021.
Ngarimu beat Daryl Goldsmith while Ngata downed James Forrester in the semifinals on Sunday.
Bill Clark, clearly reaping the benefits of his natural springwater spa pool, had the round of the day in winning the men’s stableford with 76-13-63, for 39 points.
B Clark 76-13-63, 39; P Ngarimu 85-19-66, 36; I Sykes 87-18-69, 33.
H Miratana 98-23-75, I Ngarimu 103-25-78, R Ngatai 101-20-81.
H Miratana def H McClutchie 3 and 2.