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Poverty BayJUST how tough it is to win the Gisborne Motors Barns-Graham Cup men’s pairs title was underlined in one hole in round 2 matches on Saturday.
Peter Clayton, according to opponent Bill Allen, made “a beautiful birdie” on the ninth hole . . . for a loss.
Allen’s partner-in-crime Roy Skuse made par-4 for a net 2 as he was getting two shots off Clayton.
Long-time BG combo Allen and Skuse went on to beat Clayton and John Pittar 4 and 3 to move into the quarterfinals and keep alive their quest for a third title.
Round 2 served up a mixture of tense and comfortable victories.
Andy Hayward and Mark Stewart would probably have beaten any combination on the day. Ross Gibson and Barry Brown were their victims — a 6 and 5 pasting.
Hamish Williams and Tim Williams were similarly dominant in their 5 and 4 drubbing of Stefan Andreassen and Dave Pirimona.
Second seeds Jim McGregor and Phil Wauchop eased into the last eight 4 and 3 over Brian Morrissey and Colin Simpson.
Don Wright and Mark Karalus ended the run of fourth seeds Thomas Donovan and Darren Patumaka 2 and 1.
The other three matches went to the 18th.
Cliff Poole and Duncan Bush fended off a comeback from Warwick Thompson and Mark Gemmell, who were 4-down after five holes.
Arthur Bacon and Darryl Grant sneaked home over Tene Goldsmith and Glenn Burnside.
Larry Foster and Robin Wells could not repeat their top seed giant-killing performance of round 1, falling to Clive Dean and John Williams.
Round 3 of the Barns-Graham Cup and Bryan Cup subsidiary is this Saturday. Bryan Cup victors face another round on Sunday.
n A Poverty Bay-Patutahi combo added their name to the Tom Shaw Memorial trophy at the Awapuni Shootout pairs tournament on Sunday.
David Situ (PB) and Rios Moleta (Pat) were the overall net winners for the 27 holes comprising nine holes of best-ball, nine of Canadian foursomes and nine of ambrose.
The winners finished with a 94.75 net, heading off Richard Foon and Peter Clayton (95.92) and William Brown and Hukanui Brown (also 95.92).
The Brown duo’s 6-under 30 was the top best-ball score; Nigel Jones and Ron Young recorded the best Canadian score of 31.5; Brent Colbert and Ray Morgan’s 28.17 was the lowest ambrose.
Fourth-placed Anaru Reedy and Pete Anderson (97), off a scratch-handicap, were 11-under for the three nines, Colin Christie and Alex Kirkpatrick (97.84) were fifth overall and Young and Jones (98.17) sixth.
Father and daughter Andy and Jessica Hayward (101.67) won the combined mixed and women’s section.
n Club president Miggles Shanks was top individual at the Eagles/Murray Halberg competition held over two days this week.
Shanks had rounds of 88, 91 off her 18-handicap to win the Murray Halberg Trophy.
The Eagles Cup team stableford honours went to Jan Utting, Vonnie Fletcher and Morag Shanks. The trio had 170 points.
WEDNESDAY — Eagles/Murray Halberg women’s two-day tournament, day 1 team winners: J Utting/V Fletcher/Morag Shanks.
Day 2 team winners: G Young/J MacKinnon/P Zame.
Overall winners (Eagles Cup): J Utting/V Fletcher/Morag Shanks from G Young/J MacKinnon/P Zame.
Murray Halberg Trophy (for best individual stableford overall): Miggles Shanks.
SATURDAY — Barns-Graham Cup and Bryan Cup men’s pairs matchplay, twos: B Morrissey, K White, V Richardson, B Brown, L Foster.
Approach: K White.
THURSDAY (June 27) — Men’s stableford, division 1: M Young 42, G Morley 40, J van Helden 38, J Phillips 36, N Mackie 36.
Division 2: R Fletcher 39, T Williams 37, M Gemmell 36, R Owen 35, D Mettrick 35, D Bush 35, G Clapham 35.
Twos: B Hall, M Dodgshun, J van Helden.
Approach: R Owen.
THE draw for the Barns-Graham Cup and Bryyan Cup men’s pairs on SATURDAY is — No.1 tee, 11.15am: P Wauchop/J McGregor v T Williams/H Williams. 11.23: D Bush/C Poole v R Skuse/B Allen. 11.31: A Hayward/M Stewart v M Karalus/D Wright. 11.47: A Jennings/R Foon v B Morrissey/C Simpson. 11.55: C Jeffrey/P Hakiwai v D Pirimona/S Andreassen. 12.03: J Situ/B Payne v W Thompson/M Gemmell.
No.10 tee, 11.15am: D Griffin/G Brown v P Clayton/J Pittar. 11.23: D Situ/E Atherton v B Brown/R Gibson. 11.31: A Kirkpatrick/G Clapham v T Donovan/D Patumaka. 11.39: L Hewson/C Taewa v G Burnside/T Goldsmith. 11.47: G Kemp/R Fletcher v L Foster/R Wells.
Gisborne ParkMIHI Marino lost one trophy but won the other in the King Cup and Kemp Salver women’s 27-hole competition on Sunday.
Marino, the 2018 King Cup 27-hole net winner, this time claimed the Kemp Salver 27-hole stableford crown.
Her 52 points were five ahead of Pat Johansen.
Blanche Walker won the King Cup with a net 112, with Jo Kerr runner-up on 114.5.
Walker went into the competition on the back of winning the silver division of Saturday’s LGU with 84-16-68.
n The last two standing in the senior and intermediate divisions of the men’s handicap cups took contrasting semifinal paths.
In the Holmes Trophy senior semis, Rod Moore comfortably saw off Ray Walford 5 and 4 while Bo Huhu went to the 18th in his win over Brad Reynolds.
Anthony Pahina beat Danny Boyle 1-up in the President’s Cup intermediate division.
His final opponent is Zach Rolls, who crushed Dave Harrison 6 and 5.
Pete Koorey was even more emphatic in a 12th-hole win over Dave Rameka in the Chrisp Cup junior divsion. Glyn Williams beat Paul Wellard 4 and 3 to grab the other final spot.
The KKK Cup endeavour final will pit Mike Hutton against Les Green.
Finals are on Sunday.
SUNDAY — King Cup and Kemp Salver women’s 27-hole competition, King Cup 27-hole net: B Walker 112, J Kerr 114.5.
Kemp Salver 27-hole stableford: M Marino 52, P Johansen 47.
18-hole net: W Morrissey 78, A Watene 78 on c/b.
18-hole stableford: J Foot 30, J Akuhata-Nickerson 30.
9-hole net: K Papuni 35.5.
9-hole stableford: T Ford 14.
Approach: J Foot.
Men’s stableford: R Taylor 38, C Brown 35, G McKinnon 33 on c/b.
Twos: R Grace.
SATURDAY — LGU, silver division: B Walker 68.
Bronze I: M Marino 74.
Bronze II: D Webb 80.
Twos: J Kerr.
Men’s stableford: S Peneha 40.
The Men’s Handicap Cup finals are on SUNDAY. The draw is — No.1 tee, 9.30am: B Huhu v R Moore, A Pahina v Z Rolls. 9.40: G Williams v P Koorey, L Green v M Hutton.
PatutahiMARTIN Weaver and Sheree Gray claimed two of the club’s more prestigious matchplay trophies.
Weaver defeated Rocky Pardoe in the final of the Te Kani Pere men’s matchplay series.
Gray beat Lorraine Haisman in the McKeague Cup women’s matchplay final.
Poverty Bay golf course greenkeeper William Brown was in sensational form in the meat pack nine-hole stableford on Friday. He won the senior division with a 4-under 31 for 23 points.
TUESDAY — Women’s net: J Winiata 86-18-68, M Winiata 100-29-71, M Philip 101-31-70.
SUNDAY — Men’s net, senior division: C Parker 65, E Brown senior 68, C Beattie 69.
Junior division: H Harris 68, S Pittar 69, M Weaver 70.
Women’s net: L Haisman 76.
Twos: C Brown, T Green.
Te Kani Pere Cup men’s matchplay final: M Weaver def R Pardoe.
McKeague Cup women’s matchplay final: S Gray def L Haisman.
FRIDAY — Meat pack nine-hole stableford, senior division: W Brown 23, W MacLellan 21, C Parker 21, G Tattersfield 20, M Pohatu 19.
Junior division: D Somerton 21, I Tietjen 20, M Broad 19, C Brown 17.
Tolaga BayJEREMY Murphy set the pace in round 1 of the Reeves Cup men’s net on Sunday.
Murphy shot 86-21-65, one shot ahead of Dion Milner and Joe Lincoln.
The Reeves Cup is the best two of three net rounds. Round 2 is on Sunday.
SUNDAY — Reeves Cup men’s net (best two of three rounds), round 1: J Murphy 65, D Milner 65, Joe Lincoln 66, P Stevenson 68, Tere Lincoln 69, M Jefferd 69.
Putting ; M Watts 29, J Murphy 29, C O’Sullivan 29.
Twos. J Hale, J Lincoln, T Lincoln, C O’Sullivan, D Milner.
COMING UP: SUNDAY, Reeves Cup men’s net, round 2, Bartram Cup men’s handicap singles, round 1.
Te Puia SpringsONE shot was all that was in it after 27 holes of the Morrow Cup women’s net on Sunday.
Aomihi Cook emerged victorious on 105, with Georgina Roberts second on 106 and Hazel Miratana a further stroke back in third.
SUNDAY — Morrow Cup women’s 27-hole net: A Cook 105, G Roberts 106, H Miratana 107, R Ngatai 110, I Ngarimu 111, D Goldsmith 115, H McClutchie 122, F Walker 124.5.
Approaches: G Roberts, H Miratana.
Men’s stableford: P Ngarimu 39, J Miratana 37, J Forrester 34, N Truman 33, J Babbington-Welsh 32, N Dewes 31, J Puha 30, J Devery 30.
Twos: J Forrester.
Busby Tray men’s pairs matchplay: J Miratana/N Truman def P Harrison/J Babbington-Welsh.
COMING UP: Round 2 of Captain’s women’s competition, LGU, putting; haggle for men; Busby Tray men’s pairs semifinal (N Dewes/J Puha v N Truman/J Miratana).
WaikohuIT was backwards to go forward for Kahu Tamanui on Sunday.
Tamanui showed he has no problems in a reverse traverse of the course in winning the men’s division of the course backwards net with 63.
Ella Wynyard’s 32 points was enough to win the women’s stableford.
SUNDAY — Course backwards net, men: K Tamanui 63, P Milner 65, I Ruru 67, T Smith 70.
Women’s stableford: E Wynyard 32, V Grace 27.
Twos: P Milner.
COMING UP: SATURDAY, Coates/McLean trophies semifinals and finals, 10am tee-off; SUNDAY, course backwards drawn foursomes.