Witika anchored the effort with a men’s stableford-winning 39 points.
The Te Kanawa competitors are vying for a place in the top 16 and those sitting near the bottom of scores posted so far have a nervous wait for those yet to play.
Pairs in the women’s equivalent, the Benson Cup, are in matchplay action this weekend.
J Witika 39, R Taylor 38, J Collier 37, S Pahina 34.
J Foot.
B Walker/W Morrissey v J Nickerson/K Papuni. T Ford/C Pipi v J Kerr/ M Marino.
JAN Steele and Kirsty Shaw are the No.1 seeds in the 2021 edition of the Kahlenberg Cup women’s pairs.
Steele and Shaw top qualified with a best-ball stableford total of 42 points, with Mary Allan and Sue Kemp second.
Qualifying was held on Monday and Wednesday and pairs were able to play either or both days to post a qualifying score.
Kemp was the bounceback story of qualifying. She posted a mere 18 points in horrible weather conditons on Monday but made up for that emphatically on Wednesday with 36.
The first round of matchplay is on Wednesday next week.
A 24-point homeward nine set Paul Rickard up for victory in the division 2 men’s stableford on Sunday.
“Rick”, fresh from chopping his way around multiple courses at a veterans’ matchplay tournament around the Wellington region, had 2-over 38 on the back nine to finish with 84-16-68, for 40 points.
J Steele/K Shaw 42 from M Allan/S Kemp.
D Kirkpatrick 36.
A White 38, A Higham 37, B Morgan 36, M Jefferson 36, S Andreassen 36, M Thomas 36, M Callaghan 36.
P Rickard 40, M Karalus 37, P Goodwin 35, A Baldwin 35, C Simpson 35.
N Richardson, M Norman, L Pollitt, S Andreassen.
D Patumaka.
P Clayton 36, D Griffin 33, N West 33.
B Read 34, B Allen 32, L Pollitt 31.
P Clayton
P Clayton.
B Colbert 35, W Mortleman 35, P Clayton 32.
M Higham 35, J Pittar 34, B Allen 32.
W Mortleman.
SELWYN Pohatu produced his best round in many a golfing moon in Te Kani Pere and McKeague cup qualifying on Sunday.
Pohatu had two birdies in his 3-over 73-8-65 to top the senior men’s net while Garth Tattersfield (72) was best of the junior men’s division and Andrea Haisman (70) led the women.
S Pohatu 65, P Hokianga 67, T Green 69, T Hindmarsh 70, D Pohatu 77.
G Tattersfield 72, S Pittar 72, C Brown 73, G Watson 73, M Smith 74.
A Haisman 70, D Johnston 73 on c/b.
P Johnston.
T Green 19, P Graham 19, G Brown 18, C Beattie 18.
P Jex-Blake 22, D Skudder 18, C Kirkpatrick 18, J Graham 17.
JOHN Puha won the final battle but Ian Logan won the war as the Jo Hale Memorial champion for 2021 was decided on Sunday.
Puha won the fourth and final round with 89-27-62.
Logan could manage only 71 but had accumulated enough points (4) to hold on for the overall title.
Hiria McClutchie was the runner-up on 3 points.
H Miratana 90-22-68, J Williams 99-24-75, D Kamizona 123-47-76, H McClutchie 101-24-77.
H Miratana 30, J Williams 31, G Roberts 31, I Ngarimu 34, D Goldsmith 34, H McClutchie 34.
J Puha 89-27-62, M Higham 73-9-64, W Ngata 85-18-67, P Harrison 68, I Logan 71, R Walker 71, T Kupenga 72, J Forrester 76.
M Higham.
I Logan 4pts from H McClutchie 3pts.
B Clark, P Ngarimu, T Kupenga, W Ngata, P Harrison, I Logan.
DAN Maitai warmed up for the Endeavour men’s interclub pennants finale with a Sunday competition win.
Maitai’s 81-14-67 was the best of the six 18-hole rounds he has had at Tolaga Bay this year.
He will look to convert that form as part of Tolaga Bay’s six-man side at the final round of the Endeavour at Poverty Bay this Sunday.
D Maitai 67, R Mackey 69.
Joe Lincoln 28.
A Hale 37, J Hale 36.
T Sweeney, D Maitai, J Hale.
R Pomana, T Adamson, T Higgs, Joe Lincoln, J Sheridan, P Stevenson.
ANOTHER competition, another trophy for Tama Brown.
Riding the wave of his success at the Terry Rutene Memorial Easter matchplay, Brown claimed a second trophy on the trot — the Men’s Handicap Cup — on Sunday.
Brown proved too good for Kahu Tamanui, winning 4 and 3.
U Chambers 28, E Wynyard 28; T Brown 29; K Tamanui 30, A Coker 31, L Green 32.
T Brown def K Tamanui 4 and 3.
Ella Wynyard, Percy Milner.
