A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.
The No.1 seeds sneaked across the line while two other matches went overtime as the line-up for the quarterfinals of the Te Kanawa Cup men's pairs was completed at the weekend.
Rookie golfers and top seeds Chris Fox and Matt Downie, in their first taste of matchplay, survived a late charge from Paul Wellard and Rob Taylor to win on the 18th in round 2 of the handicap matchplay series.
Fox admitted it was nerve-racking but a lot of fun and they were looking forward to their quarterfinal against Derek Craven and Luke Hayes.
Zach Rolls stepped up when it counted most as he and father Steve advanced to the quarters.
There was a chunk of karma to teenager Zach sinking a 12-foot birdie putt on the 19th (par-5 first hole) to knock out Wayne Carpendale and Phil Nepia.
Carpendale had chipped in for four for the win on the same hole to start the round.
The Rolls face fellow father-son combo Shannon and Beau Toa in the next round. That match teed off at lunchtime today.
Another father-son duo — Danny and Zane Boyle — could do little about the way they were eliminated in a 19-hole battle with Shaun Nepe and Charlie Uili.
Having fought back from 2-down with three holes to play, the Boyles watched as Uili made par on the first extra hole getting two shots off Zane.
Uili and Nepe next face Ian Loffler and Steve Webb.
The other quarterfinal pits Steve Phillips and James Witika against John Collier Jr and Waiti Tamatea.
TUESDAY (June 14) — Veterans' stableford: E Parkin 35, R Taiapa 35, C Carpendale 34, A Lewington 34, H Schreiber 33, P Wellard 31.
The surnames Norman and Jenkins are in gold lettering on the Barns-Graham Cup men's pairs honours board for 2018.
That could be the case again in 2022, although with a significant difference.
Dave Jenkins and Mark Norman won the illustrious BG Cup title in 2018.
Jenkins is back this year but this time with Norman's cousin, Rod Norman.
And on their showing in qualifying for the BG Cup on Saturday, it's a combination as dangerous as the 2018 conquerors.
Jenkins and Rod Norman clinched the top seeding with a best-ball stableford score of 47 points off the championship blue tees.
Rod, off an 18-handicap, had seven pars and a four-point birdie-2 in his round while 7-handicapper Jenkins' efforts included pars on five of his shot holes. The pair had seven three-pointers on the back nine (they started on the 10th).
Jenkins and Norman top qualified on countback from Cliff Poole and Vance Richardson. Second again Poole probably thought as he and Colin Christie lost the 2018 final to Jenkins and Mark Norman.
Three combos posted 45 points — Nick Whyte and Tim Williams, 2017 BG winners Paul Mullooly and Neil Mackie, and Pete Graham and Willy Mortleman.
Defending champions Andy Hayward and Mark Stewart qualified well down in 20th but could rightly point out they're in the hunt, and that's all that matters.
Among the 34 pairs vying for the 32 qualifying places were several players having to do it solo as their partners were unavailable.
The best of those was senior club champion William Brown (whose partner is Mark Barker), who had 38 points courtesy of a 3-under 69 that featured five birdies, including the jackpot of two twos.
It was good enough for 27th spot and a first-round match against Dave Hall and Simon Jeune.
Stu Harbottle (John Van Helden his partner) also had to do it on his own and responded with an admirable 36 for 28th spot.
Alex Kirkpatrick (Rob Fergus partner) grabbed the 32nd and last spot with his 34 points.
The two to miss out were both flying solo — Bruce Talbot (Glen Udall partner) on 29 and Graeme Eriksen (Jeremy Castles partner) 23.
■ JAN Utting and Marg Colebourne know how to win.
They have done it time and again at home and away and while it wasn't the prettiest performance, their efforts in yesterday's OPSM women's 18-hole foursomes were good enough to do it again.
The Utting/Colebourne duet topped the gross with a modest 93 and with it collected the Foursomes Salver.
The Reah Lahmert Cup for best net was tight. Birgitt Whyte and Maxine Francois won on countback from Anne Witters and Sue Kemp.
Lesley Daniels and Sandy Armstrong ran away with the 9-holers' net. Their 34, highlighted by a two, earned them the honours by six shots.
Top seed Vicki Fraser successfully cleared the first matchplay hurdle in the Hutchinson Cup.
Fraser defeated Marg Lane to advance. Other winners were Lynne Holmberg, Pip Dymock, Kirsty Shaw, Maxine Francois, defending champion Odette Thompson, Pen Wanklyn and Rosie Spence.
WEDNESDAY — OPSM women's 18-hole foursomes, gross (Foursomes Salver): J Utting/M Colebourne 93.
Net (Reah Lahmert Cup): B Whyte/M Francois 75, A Witters/S Kemp 75, P Wanklyn/J Tietjen 76, R Spence/F Allen 77, M Allan/C Nelson 79, S Spence/V Fraser 79.
9-holers' net: L Daniels/S Armstrong 34, J Newman/R Pettigrew 40, J Ngarimu/F French 44.
Best second shots on 18: M Francois/B Whyte (up to 22.5), P Dymock/J Williams (23+), R Pettigrew/J Newman (9-holers).
Best third shot on 5: J Utting/M Colebourne (up to 22.5), P Dymock/J Williams (23+).
Twos: M Allan/C Nelsoon, L Daniels/S Armstrong.
MONDAY — Hutchinson Cup women's matchplay, round 1: V Fraser def M Lane, L Holmberg def V Fletcher, P Dymock def G Young, K Shaw def S Kemp, M Francois def A Witters, O Thompson def J Williams, P Wanklyn def J Utting, R Spence def B Whyte.
Sunday — Men's stableford, division 1: G Morley 33, B Talbot 31.
Division 2: D Wright 32, G Hawea 31.
Twos: D Wright.
Approach: D Pirimona.
Saturday — Gisborne Motors Barns-Graham Cup men's pairs qualifying, twos: W Brown 2, R Norman, D Griffin, A Putnam, C Poole.
Approach: C Poole.
Jackpot: W Brown.
Thursday (June 16) — Men's stableford, division 1: M Higham 39, A Kirkpatrick 39, D Griffin 38, J Pittar 38.
Division 2: D Atkins 39, A Standfield 37, H Johanson 36, G Clapham 35, B Allen 35, P Graham 35.
Twos: W Mortleman, R Owen.
Approach: M Higham.
The Patutahi men's open scheduled for Sunday, June 19, was postponed due to the weather. A new date is to be confirmed.
Wynne MacLellan (19 points) and Duncay Humphrey (21) were the section winners of the Friday meat pack 9-hole stableford.
FRIDAY — Meat pack 9-hole stableford, senior division: W MacLellan 19, C Parker 18, A Blakeman 18,T Hindmarsh 17, D Russell 17.
Junior division: D Humphrey 21, I Tietjen 20, P Briant 20, P Summersby 19, W Bruce 19.
Individual and team glory made it a Te Puia Springs women's open to remember for the host club on Saturday.
The open was held in conjunction with round 6 of the Poverty Bay women's interclub pennants series.
The Springs, having won round 5 at Waikohu last month, made it two victories on the trot . . . and they did it in style.
The Springs' four-woman team of Georgina Roberts, Hazel Miratana, Hiria McClutchie and Pauline Summersby totalled 137 points for the aggregate stableford format.
They were 26 points clear of second-placed Wairoa (111), followed by Poverty Bay (108), Patutahi (105), Mahia (99) and Electrinet Park (95).
Roberts' 88-19-69, for 35 points, was the best of the Springs side and also won the bronze section net of the open, with Miratana (90-20-70) runner-up.
Wairoa's Taina Paku won the silver division net with 88-17-71 from Mahia's Trena Smith with 82-8-73.
The round results condensed the overall points heading into the seventh and final round at Park on July 9.
Wairoa lead on 28 from Mahia 27, Te Puia 25, Patutahi 21, Poverty Bay 15 and Park 10.
SATURDAY — Te Puia Springs women's open, silver division net: T Paku 88-17-71, T Smith 82-9-73.
Bronze division net: G Roberts 88-19-69, H Miratana 90-20-70.
Long drive: C Pipi.
Approaches: J Foot, T Smith.
Twos: P Denigan.
Poverty Bay women's interclub pennants, round 6 (aggregate stableford): Te Puia Springs 137, Wairoa 111, Poverty Bay 108, Patutahi 105, Mahia 99, Electrinet Park 95.
Best individuals from each club —Te Puia: G Roberts 35.
Wairoa: T Paku 33.
Poverty Bay: J Utting 32.
Patutahi: S Robertson 29.
Mahia: T Smith 31.
Park: J Foot 28.
Percy Milner had a mixed bag of a round en route to winning the men's stableford on Sunday.
Milner produced everything from a birdie-2 to a triple-bogey six in his 76-7-69, for 37 points.
SUNDAY — Men's stableford: P Milner 37, K Ruru 36, L Green 31, S Te Rito 30.
Women's stableford: E Wynyard 32, V Grace 30.
Twos: P Milner.
COMING UP: SUNDAY, club competition followed by meeting.
Nine holes was enough of a golfing fix for members on Sunday.
BJ Sidney came out on top by one point from Pete Stevenson.
SUNDAY — 9-hole stableford: BJ Sidney 21, P Stevenson 20.
Twos: T Adamson, P Tuapawa.
COMING UP: SUNDAY, committee meeting.