Gisborne - East Coast golf roundup

LAST TWO STANDING: Steve Phillips (left) and Shannon Toa duelled for the inaugural Thursday twilight 9-hole shootout crown at Electrinet Park. They were the last two standing in the hole-by-hole net elimination after 10 players qualified for the final. Phillips made an excellent sand save on the 18th to clinch the trophy. Picture by Blanche Walker

STEVE “Shrek” Phillips earned himself a new nickname after winning the Thursday twilight 9-hole shootout final . . . “the Scrambler”.

Phillips escaped elimination several times throughout the final in which 10 players were whittled down to the last man standing hole by hole over nine holes.

The champion finished it fittingly, up-and-downing out of the bunker on the 18th for par and knocking out Shannon Toa.

Order of elimination for the Summit Forests/Tatapouri Restaurant and Diggit Gisborne-sponsored event held on the back nine was — Terry Pointon (10th hole/injured), Josh Taylor (11th), Tom Reynolds (12th), Shaun Pahina (13th), Dave Rameka (14th), Darrel Gregory (15th), Geoff Hill (16th), Ray Grace (17th) and Shannon Toa (18th).

Special mention was made of Brad Reynolds who initiated the competition and format.

Mihi Marino and Rod Moore won the Lunken Cup mixed pairs on Sunday.

The Marino/Moore combo carded net 67.5 to beat Pat Johansen and Paul Wellard by a shot.

The Park team for the ER Black Cup mixed pairs interclub at Waikohu on Sunday are Rodney Moore/Mihi Marino, Jo Kerr/Josh Hayes, Kath Papuni/Dave Harrison, Jaye McCafferty/Tom Reynolds and Tee Montgomery/Ray Grace.

Players are to meet at the club at 9.15am on Sunday.

M Marino/R Moore 67.5, P Johansen/P Wellard 68.5.

SB Walker/W Morrissey 148.

R Walford 38, D Rameka 38.

R Walford, R Moore, E Parkin.

K White 86-12-74.

K White.

E Parkin 40, P Koorey 39, C Carpendale 38, A Nairne 38, R McGann 37, P Mitchell 3, H White 36, R Taylor 36.

E Parkin.

ONE score stood out like a neon sign at Patutahi over the week.

Pete Summersby owned Sunday’s competition, firing 77-15-62 to win the junior division of the men’s net by six strokes.

John Neilson’s 70 was good enough to win the senior section,

J Neilson 70, H Brown 70, C Parker 70, G Brown 71, T Hindmarsh 71.

P Summersby 62, G Holland 68, S Pittar 69, D Pratt 73.

H Pomana 75.

T Hindmarsh, L Anania, J Neilson.

H Brown.

C Parker 18, B McKenzie 18, J Neilson 17, G Tattersfield 17 on c/b.

G Maude 20, K Donovan 18, R Shannon 18, D Dodgshun 18.

THERE’S a good reason why Tene Goldsmith is known as the man with the “Goldie” touch.

Colin Simpson will vouch for that.

Goldsmith, aka “Goldie”, booked his place in the final of the Reynolds Cup men’s matchplay on Saturday.

The little leftie beat Simpson 2 and 1 in their semifinal to set up a trophy decider against Jimmy Situ.

Goldie, giving “Simmo” six shots, forged a 3-up lead in the first nine holes, then just as his opponent mounted a minor comeback, slammed the door shut with a 35-foot par putt on the 17th to seal the win.

“He then proceeded to hit into the toitoi on 18 (for a double-bogey-6),” Simpson said.

Situ lost his way into the final. Semifinal opponent Bruce Talbot won 2 and 1 but conceded the match as he is unavailable for the final.

SALLY Spence and Maxine Francois were clearcut overall winners at the Taste One/First Light Frozen women’s 27-hole Canadian foursomes open tournament yesterday.

Spence and Francois collected the Saunders Salver after posting a net 103 for the 27 holes.

Electrinet Park’s Tracey Ford and Mihi Marino were second on 105.75 and another Park combo — Wiki Morrissey and Kino White — were third on 110.

S Spence/M Francois 103, T Ford/M Marino 105.75, K White/W Morrissey 110, J Utting/J MacKinnon 110.75, M Lane/O Thompson 111.25, P Zame/V Harnett 111.75, M Colebourne/V Fraser 112, L Holmberg/D Kirkpatrick 112.5, G Young/R Taewa 113.5.

C McDonald/J French 33, L Plowman/J Alderson 35, L Daniels/J Ngarimu 38.

T Ford, P Wanklyn, A Ivess.

C McDonald.

B Whyte/K Williams.

G Young 38, M Francois 36.

B Brown 39, A White 37, S Jeune 35.

J Holmes 37, K Travers 36, L Gunther 35.

G Morley, S Jeune.

S Jeune.

V Richardson 39, F Ball 35, P Hakiwai 33

W Thompson 35, D Mettrick 34, D Atkins 33.

G Morley.

T Goldsmith 38, A White 36, S Harbottle 36, W Brown 35.

C Payn 35, D Atkins 35, M Reynolds 35, M Dodgshun 35, G Eriksen 33.

M Thomas, A Abrahams.

A Kirkpatrick.

MAHIA, don’t forget the cup.

That is the friendly reminder from Waikohu for Sunday’s ER Black interclub.

Waikohu is hosting the 2021 cup which features five mixed pairs from each of the district’s clubs.

Mahia are the defending champions.

The format is Canadian foursomes and tee-off is 11am.

HIRiA McClutchie slipped under 90 for the second time this year to top round 2 of the Jo Hale Memorial on Sunday.

McClutchie carded 89-24-65 to head off Watarawi Ngata and Raana Walker by two shots with distance back to the next best.

The team for the ER Black Cup at Waikohu on Sunday, are Dick Cook/Robyn Ngatai, Iritana and Peter Ngarimu, Doreen Goldsmith/Ian Sykes, Hazel Miratana/Bill Clark, and Hiria McClutchie/John Puha.

H McClutchie 65, W Ngata 67, R Walker 67, G Roberts 71, J Puha 71, J Forrester 72, I Logan 73, I Ngarimu 73, H Miratana 75, T Kupenga 76.

G Roberts.

FAIRLANE Wesche and Julie Crowley combined to top the Nancy McCormick women’s foursomes on Saturday.

They totalled 159 (81, 76) for the 36-hole net competition.

Trena Smith and Jackie Thompson were four strokes back.

Chris “Gid” Pitman rode the highs and lows in winning the Aces men’s net on Sunday. His round of 79-6-73 ranged from a birdie-2 on the 15th to triple bogeys on 17 and 18.

C Pitman 73, R Smith 75, G Hornblow 76.

R Bremner 29.

C Pitman.

F Wesche/J Crowley 159 (81, 76); T Smith/J Thompson 163, V Kyle/R Hiko 171.

Tipi Ruru and Marg Tuapawa flew the Waikohu flag high at Tolaga Bay’s open opening day on Sunday.

The Ruru/Tuapawa duo won the Canadian mixed pairs stableford, with locals Mark and Ginger Watts second and Electrinet Park’s Lionel and Min Vette third.

Andrew Higham won the men’s stableford.

T Ruru/M Tuapawa from M and G Watts, L and M Vette, I Ruru/E Wynyard, Ali/P Milner, J and A Hale, Wayne Wesche/R Hiko.

A Higham from Wade Wesche, D Milner, D Maitai, T Adamson, P Stevenson, Z Horomia.

A Higham 2, R Pomana, Wade Wesche.

A Higham (men), S Sweeney (women).

E Wynyard (women), Wade Wesche and I Ruru (men).

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