Poverty Bay member Dirk Bullivant rode to the premier title in the Fiordland Lobster Company Mahia men's two-day open tournament over the weekend.
The E motorscooter-riding Bullivant totalled 140 (73, 67) to win the overall 36-hole net.
John Aitchision won the Charlie Austin Trophy for the best local performer.
Kawerau's Tuakana August posted the lowest gross total — 153 — but the nets are the main prizes so won the senior 35-hole net with 145.
The senior gross went to home-course player Peter Bremner (158), who this year won his 20th senior club championship crown — a feat he was unaware he had achieved.
SATURDAY/SUNDAY — Fiordland Lobster Company Mahia men's two-day open tournament, overall 36-hole net: Dirk Bullivant 140.
Charlie Austin trophy (best local): John Aitchison.
36-hole net, senior division: Tuakana August 145 from Darren Oliver 151.
Intermediate: Mike Bird 141 from Joe de Kock 144.
Junior: Bobby Lewis 143 from John Humphris.
36-hole gross, senior division: Peter Bremner 158 from Matiu Manuel 160.
Intermediate: Gray Clapham 174 from Bruce Maher 177.
Junior: Grant Hornblow 194 from Joe Tihore 199.
36-hole stableford, senior division: Wade Weshe 66 from Brian Morrissey 66.
Intermediate: Jason Geary 72 from Milky Hamblyn 68.
Junior: George Geary 68 from Kent Birrell 65.
Sunday 18-hole stableford, senior division: Tim Bell 34.
Intermediate: Kemp Solomon 37.
Junior: Duncan Bremner 33.
Saturday 18-hole net, senior division: Wade Wesche 73.
Intermediate: Bernie Crowley 73.
Junior: Bruce McEachean 72.
Saturday teams' event winners: Pete Jelbert, Kelvin Ellison, Tom Bliss, Kelvin Field.
Long drives, Saturday: Nathan Maher, Will YHates, Kent Birrell.
Sunday: Tuakana August, D Price, Kent Birrell.
Approaches, Saturday: Kelvin Field, Tony Green, Keith Daniels.
Sunday: Tene Goldsmith, Tony Green, Kent Birrell.
Twos: K Field, N Jones, J de Kock, T Goldsmith, J Nepe-White, J Hunter, E Brown, P Bremner, T Lincoln, W Wesche, D Waihaki.
Hole-in-one on 15th: Nigel Jones.
The winners lived up to their team name in the Greentree Plaque drawn mixed teams' event on Saturday.
The Unbelievables, comprising Carolyn Carpendale, Paul Wellard and James Witika, posted an ambrose net of 56 to win by 0.6.
DJC — Jean Foot, Craig Christophers and Darrel Gregory — were second on 56.6.
TUESDAY (Oct 11) — Veterans' stableford: J Muir 37, G Williams 36, E Morley 36.
SUNDAY — Women's stableford: K Hay 84-10-74, 35.
Twos: K Hay.
SATURDAY — Greentree Plaque drawn mixed teams ambrose net: The Unbelievables (C Carpendale/P Wellard/J Witika) 56; DJC (J Foot/C Christophers/D Gregory) 56.6; TTS (S Maisey/R Taylor/S Toa) 57.8.
Men's stableford: C Christophers 36, D Mauheni 35, I Loffler 35.
THURSDAY (Oct 6) — Carters Building Supplies twilight stableford, overall stableford: T Reynolds from S Brown.
Non-golfers' section: D Bronlund.
Approaches: W Brown (men), Kino White and Laura Cook (women).
Long drive: W Brown,
Monkey on the Back: Charlie Uili.
Birdie board: D Gray.
Fay Pell was the common denominator in two winning women's combinations this week.
Pell combined with Kirsty Shaw to win the Russian Roulette pairs stableford on Monday, then was drawn with Odette Thompson in the Freyberg Salver pairs on Wednesday.
Pell and Thompson contributed equally in their victory. Each had 36 points for a total of 72 — five clear of runners-up Faye Allen and Sarah Eriksen.
Jak Rowe had the round of the week in winning the division 2 stableford on Sunday with 83-19-64, for 44 points.
Ross Gibson was a foot away from a hole-in-one on the 11th in his division 1 men's stableford-winning 77-9-68, for 40 points on Sunday.
Warwick Thompson — Odette's husband — equalled his best round of the year to win the division 2 stableford on Saturday. He shot 92-24-68, for 40 points.
Other men's competition winners over the week were Andy Hayward (37pts), Sam Willock (39) and Cliff Poole (38).
WEDNESDAY — Freyberg Salver women's drawn pairs stableford: O Thompson/F Pell 72; F Allen/S Eriksen 67.
MONDAY — Russian Roulette women's pairs stableford: K Shaw/F Pell 81; V Fletcher/P Zame 78.
SUNDAY — Men's stableford, division 1: R Gibson 40, J Situ 36, S Jeune 36.
Division 2: J Rowe 44, K Houkamau 41, Rob Fletcher 38, K Travers 37.
Twos: G Morley, R Gibson, D Twigley.
Approach: Rob Fletcher.
SATURDAY — Men's stableford, division 1: C Poole 38, A Abrahams 37.
Division 2: W Thompson 40, B Read 37, K Travers 36.
Twos: G Morley.
Approach: S Andreassen.
THURSDAY (Oct 6) — Men's stableford, division 1: A Hayward 37, J Van Helden 35, M Higham 35.
Division 2: S Willock 39, G Clapham 39, D Bush 34.
Twos: S. Andreassen.
Approach: H. Williams.
COMING UP: WEDNESDAY, Oct 26, women's AGM and prizegiving.
His nickname didn't match his golf as Peter “Chopper” Summersby's 64 won the men's net on Sunday.
The Tuesday women made a welcome return and Shelley Robertson's 91-18-73 won the day.
TUESDAY — LGU and putting: S Robertson 91-18-73, 28 putts; S Gray 100-20-80, 29; L Haisman 110-28-82, 33.
SUNDAY — Men's net: P Summersby 66, C Taylor 67, J Neilson 69, A Nimmo 69.
Women's net: S Gray 74.
FRIDAY — Meat pack 9-hole stableford, senior division: P Molloy 19, P Summersby 17, J Priestley 16.
Junior division: T Sharp 21, L Tietjen 18, J Graham 16, N Bunting 16.
Richard Reeves followed up a series of century scores with a freakish performance on Sunday.
Reeves won the men's stableford with 81-33-48, for 58 points.
He was 16 points clear of second-placed Aaron Coker on 42.
SUNDAY — Men's stableford: R Reeves 58, A Coker 42, T Ritchie 34.
Women's stableford: M Tuapawa 34, P Rutene 29, C Te Rito 29.
COMING UP: SATURDAY, interclub at Opotiki; SUNDAY, shootout.
The women did play while the men were away.
Most of the men were on their annual golfing excursion to Hawke's Bay so the women “held the fort” at the Springs.
Hazel Miratana's 29 points was enough to win the women's stableford on countback from Hiria McClutchie.
Makita Puke, Pauline Summersby, Iritana Ngarimu and Robyn Ngatai were all on 28.