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LET the games begin.
Twenty-six combinations will be hunting 2021 Te Kanawa Cup men’s pairs glory — the largest field in several years for this highly sought-after title.
“This is a reflection of a swell in new members, with membership having increased by 30 percent compared to this time last year,” Te K organiser Tom Reynolds said.
Vets, newcomers and tournament regulars alike were supporting it and a local rule allowing all members over 65 years of age to play in carts had added to its popularity, he said.
Pairs had the month of May to qualify.
They had to designate their qualifying round beforehand, then play best-ball stableford.
The top qualifiers were Mike Christophers and Adrian Wyrill on 48 points.
The top six advanced to the round of 16 while the other 20 are doing battle in a “play-in round” to decide the other 10 to complete the 16.
Among those are defending champions Anaru Reedy (off a +5 handicap) and greenkeeper Pete Tamatea (20) — the latter’s qualifying round on Sunday his first official
18 holes since September of last year.
Those in the play-in round have to Monday of Queen’s Birthday Weekend to compete their matches.
The losers from this round will drop into the Turanganui Cup section.
The round of 16 matches must be played between June 8 and June 20. The losing pairs drop into the Fletcher Cup subsidiary.
R Grace 39, P Wellard 38, T Reynolds 38.
A Reedy.
J Kerr/M Marino def J Akuhata-Nickerson/K Papuni on the 18th.
E Parkin 35, A Pahina 34.
A Pahina, E Parkin.
W Morrissey 88-12-76.
A SIXTH Kahlenberg Cup women’s pairs title and a second in a row is in the sights of Gay Young.
The defending champion, who won the crown with Vicki Fraser in 2020, has advanced to the 2021 final alongside partner Pen Wanklyn.
The pair defeated Jan Steele and Kirsty Shaw 3 and 2 in their semifinal.
Their final opponents were to be decided today in the semi between Lynne Holmberg and Vonnie Fletcher and Sally Spence and Ann Ward.
The Juliet Rickard trophy 9-holers’ matchplay finalists have emerged. Sue Ellwood will play Jean Clayton.
“Beautiful to watch” was how William Brown’s latest golfing feat was described.
The Poverty Bay greenkeeper shot 6-under 66 on Sunday — the lowest men’s round of the year on the Awapuni Links.
Brown equalled his best score off the white tees although he has gone lower off the championship blues — 65 on April 7, 2018.
The latest performance featured seven birdies — five of those in a sublime back nine of 5-under 31.
He bombed one long putt for birdie on the 17th but the rest were putts inside 10-feet.
His sole bogey, on the 339-metre third hole, was a three-putt after crushing his drive to 60m from the green.
“I was hungry for the ‘bird’,” he said.
Thomas Donovan, who was playing with Brown, said Brown “did it with ease . . . it was beautiful to watch”.
F Allen 39, R Taewa 36 on c/b.
G Young, F Allen.
G Young/P Wanklyn def J Steele/K Shaw, L Holmberg/V Fletcher v S Spence/A Ward (played today).
M Lane/O Thompson def M Colebourne/V Fraser, J MacKinnon/M Williams def P Dymock/V Harnett.
S Ellwood def R Dymock, J Clayton def J Alderson.
R Pettigrew 20, B Dickson 16.
M Williams 31.
W Brown 40, B Brown 40, B Talbot 39, G Morley 37, A Higham 37, D Patumaka 37.
J Holmes 40, P Grogan 39, J Kerekere 35, A Putnam 34, P Rickard 34.
Twos: S Andreassen, B Brown, B Talbot, A Higham, J Van Helden.
R Gibson.
D Griffin 35, S Andreassen 33, D Wright 32.
B Allen 38, K Daniels 32, A Baldwin 32.
A Higham.
W Thompson.
I Murphy 38, B Colbert 38, N Mackie 38, G Morley 36, W Mortleman 36.
T Williams 37, P Graham 37, J Pittar 35, J Clare 34.
H Johanson, W Brown, B Colbert, M Higham, G Morley, A White.
C Dean.
BRUCE Yates shrugged off a triple-bogey on the 14th hole to win the stableford on Sunday. Yates shot 71-5-66, for 38 points, including a two.
B Yates 38, T Adamson 37, T Reedy 36.
Taine Lincoln 2, B Yates, J Hale, J Sheridan.
THE golfing gods giveth.
The golfing gods taketh away.
Regan Hindmarsh knows that only too well after an excellent round with one notable blemish in winning the senior men’s stableford on Sunday.
Hindmarsh carded even-par 70-2-68, for 39 points. His round featured five birdies, including a two, but he was left lamenting a triple-bogey 7 on the short fifth, which ultimately denied him a score in the 60s.
Junior men’s winner Mike de Luze was probably also wondering “what if” in his 82-13-69, for 39, dented by a quadruple-bogey 8 on the 18th.
R Hindmarsh 39, T Green 37, J Neilson 37, T Brodie 36, M Stock 34.
M de Luze 39, S Eder 38, B Pohatu 35, D Quinn 34, S Marsh 34.
A Stills-Hindmarsh 35.
M Stock 20, A Blakeman 20, A Hindmarsh 19, B Wallace 19.
D Skudder 20, D Quinn 19, P Briant 18, M Owen 18.
TOUGH conditions were reflected in the scoring at the Waikohu Women’s Open on Saturday.
Players battled the elements but that didn’t dampen their enthusiam or enjoyment of typically generous Waikohu hospitality.
Handicap golf was non-existent although a few went close.
Te Puia Hot Springs’ and former Waikohu member Georgina Roberts won the 0-18 division stableford with 34 points; Wairoa’s Taina Paku won the 0-18 net with 91-17-74; and local Marg Tuapawa won the 19+ division net with 105-31-74.
The Waikohu Men’s Open is on Saturday. Players have the chance to get a free health check from Turanga Health before tee-off at 11am.
A Coker 71, I Ruru 75, S Te Rito 75, P Milner 76, L Green 76.
M Tuapawa 83, A Tamanui-Nunn 84, V Grace 86, E Wynyard 87.
T Brown.
J Kerr 82.
T Paku 74.
G Roberts 34, E Wynyard 30, L Tana 29, E Westwood 26, F Wesche 25.
Maraea Wesche 95.
M Tuapawa 74.
Hiria McClutchie 29, J Underhill 28, I Ngarimu 26, J Williams 25.
J Winiata, D Goldsmith.
L Tana, D Goldsmith.
GISBORNE East Coast Veteran Golfers Society’s next competition is at Patutahi on Tuesday, June 8. Tee-off is at 10.30am.