Adrian Wyrill was the first player into the intermediate quarterfinals. The Poverty Bay Heartland rugby championship squad member defeated Paul Wellard on the 17th.
The two intermediate play-in rounds were completed. Sefo Fonoti beat Derek Craven 2 and 1 while Ray Grace knocked out Tony File on the 18th.
Grace now faces a round 1 match against No.1 seed Danny Boyle. Fonoti takes on No.2 Tom Reynolds.
First-round matches in the senior, intermediate and junior divisions are to be played on or prior to Sunday.
The women’s club championship qualifying rounds are under way. Qualifying is over three rounds with a player counting her best 18-hole score.
Zane Boyle continues to lead qualifying for The Power Connections men’s 18-hole shootout.
Boyle has a net total of 571 for his best eight rounds (four off the white tees, four off the blues).
Tom Reynolds is on 575 and Steve Phillips completes the top three on 576.
If a top-three player goes on to win the shootout final on October 2, he will bank a bonus of $250.
This year only the top nine players in the final will pocket cash. Those eliminated before them get a pat on the back and a thanks for coming.
The winner will receive 41 percent of the prize money.
P Nepia 73, M Emery 74, A Reedy 75.
G Hill, A Pahina.
B Woods 36pts
M Sheridan.
A Pahina 33.
K Papuni.
W Carpendale 37, P Nepia 36, P Mitchell 35, A Reedy 34, E Parkin 34, R McGann 32.
SALLY Spence got her defence of the intermediate title off to an ideal start in women’s club championship qualifying this week.
Spence earned the No.1 seeding in the intermediate division with 95.
As expected, white-hot favourite Tessa McDonald easily topped the senior division — the Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay representative and reigning champion carding a routine 1-over 75.
Pen Wanklyn’s 100 headed the junior division and she and defending champ Vonnie Fletcher were among five players to advance straight to the second round.
A double-bogey start and an out-of-bounds bogey on the 12th were minor blips for William Brown as he predictably set the pace in the Dodgshun Cup series on Saturday.
Brown had what most of his clubmates would view as an inexplicable 7 on the par-5 first but typically stormed back with birdies on the fourth, ninth and 11th en route to 2-under 70.
His playing partners were left marvelling at Brown’s 12th hole. He drove out of bounds but smashed a driver-hit second shot with his provisional ball to 15-foot of the hole and lipped out for what would have been a memorable par.
Brown ended the day six shots clear of second-placed Stefan Andreassen in the senior division, with Thomas Donovan a stroke back.
Peter Hakiwai’s 81 put him one shot ahead of Vance Richardson in the intermediate division, with Darryn White third on 85.
Bill Allen headed the juniors with 96, followed by Murray Smith’s 97 and Peter Goodwin and Jimmy Nepe-White on 98.
The Dodgshun Cup is a four-round gross and net series, with players counting their three best scores.
Qualifying for the men’s club championships is on Saturday, August 14, which is also round 3 of the Dodgshun Cup.
Seniors will qualify over 36 holes and the other divisions will qualify over 18 holes.
The entry sheet is at the pro shop.
L Holmberg 96-16-80.
M Francois 99-20-79.
S Eriksen 113-34-79.
L Daniels 37, S Ellwood 38.
J Utting, M Francois.
77.
R Gibson 39, M Norman 38, B Morrissey 36, N Richardson 36, A White 34.
L Pollitt 36, S Willock 35, D Hall 35, R Johnstone 35.
N Richardson.
N Richardson.
S Andreassen 38, A Kirkpatrick 37, V Richardson 37, P Hakiwai 37, C Poole 36.
D White 39, M Smith 36, S Harbottle 34, D Bush 34, D Mettrick 32.
C Poole, A Kirkpatrick, P Clayton, D Mettrick, B Allen, T Donovan, G Morley, W Brown.
N West.
T Williams 40, G Clapham 38, S Harbottle 36, I Murphy 36.
G Eriksen 39, J Aitchison 38, S Willock 37, R Veall 36.
T Goldsmith, M Barker, G Morley.
P Humphreys.
J Utting v M Colebourne, E Ball v L Holmberg.
T McDonald, R Taewa.
J Steele v M Allan, M Francois v D Kirkpatrick, C Nelson v K Shaw.
S Spence.
L Fletcher v S Kemp, S Eriksen v V Fraser, C Skuse v O Thompson.
P Wanklyn, M Lane, V Fletcher, J MacKinnon, M Williams.
REIGNING champion Hukanui Brown sent a “come and get it” message to his challengers in the first qualifying round of the men’s club championships on Sunday.
Senior champion Brown shot 3-under 67, mixing six birdies with three bogeys although had to settle for second in the senior men’s net.
Te Puia Springs/Poverty bay dual member Andrew Higham denied +2-handicapper Brown. Higham had an eagle-3 on the 10th and five birdies in his 67-+1-68.
Ashley Hindmarsh had the round of the day, 76-12-64, in winning the junior net.
J Ewart 32, J Smith 32.
A Higham 68, H Brown 69, G Brown 70, T Donovan 70, S Marsh 71.
A Hindmarsh 64, M Weaver 64, B McKenzie 71, M de Luze 71, A Nimmo 72.
D Johnston 76.
L Anania, M Weaver, C Taylor, T Donovan, J Neilson.
T Hindmarsh 18, T Green 18, O Willimott 18, A Hindmarsh 17 on c/b.
D Dodgshun 21, D Humphrey 19, A Nimmo 18, I Tietjen 18 on c/b.
MARG Tuapawa’s 36 points led the way in Sunday scoring.
Tuapawa won the women’s stableford for her efforts while Tama Brown’s 35, including a two, was best of the men.
T Brown 35, P Milner 32, K Tamanui 31, L Green 30.
M Tuapawa 36, E Wynyard 33, A Tamanui-Nunn 30.
T Brown.
THE Bryce was right in the men’s stableford on Sunday.
Bryce Cutler had easily his best round at Mahia —93-31-62, for 45 points, to win the stableford by six points from club captain Grant Hornblow and Roger Bremner.
Lil Morgan finished +3 to win the Harwood women’s par.
B Cutler 45, G Hornblow 39, R Bremner 39, B Crowley 38, B Maher 38, Wayne Wesche 37, W Albert 37, R Smith 36, J Tihore 35.
L Morgan +3, J Thompson +2, L Steel +1, F Wesche -1, E Westwood -2.
HAZEL Miratana produced a Jekyll-Hyde round in winning the women’s net on Sunday.
Miratana had nines of 53 and 40, including a two, in her 93-24-69 and had the least putts (31) of the women.
The quarterfinals of the Makarika Cup men’s matchplay are on Sunday. The draw is Mark Higham v Watarawi Ngata, Nehe Dewes v James Forrester, Peter Harrison v Peter Ngarimu and Daryl Goldsmith v Bill Clark.
H Miratana 69, I Ngarimu 71, H McClutchie 74.
H Miritana 31, I Ngarimu 33, G Roberts 33.
M Higham 31, I Sykes 31, D Goldsmith 29.
PETE Stevenson cleaned up in the net on Sunday.
Stevenson won with 94-30-64, had a two and the least putts (25).
P Stevenson 64, M Watts 65, T Higgs 66, Taine Lincoln 67, J Sheridan 67.
P Stevenson 25.
D Milner, J Murphy, P Stevenson, B Yates.
