GOLF ROUNDUP

Tairāwhiti golfers will be familiar with the name Craig Van Der Nagel, who has been starring for the Bay of Plenty team at the Freyberg Masters men’s national interprovincial on the Awapuni Links course this week. Te Puke Golf Club member Van Der Nagel is the nephew of former Poverty Bay-East Coast representative Collin Jeffrey and was in Gisborne in September for the Poverty Bay Open on the Awapuni course. He and BoP teammate Mark Smith made the championship 16 matchplay final, which Smith won on the 20th hole. That experience clearly put them in good stead for this week’s over-40s national interprovincial. Van Der Nagel, at No.3 in the BoP five-man squad, chalked up his fifth win from as many matches yesterday as BoP drew 2½-all with defending champions Wellington in a top-of-the-table match-up. Smith had a win at No.2 for a record of four wins and one loss (on the 18th). Picture by Paul Rickard

Poverty bay

Darryn White and Marg Colebourne are the 2023 Primo Cup champions.

White won the men’s title while Colebourne won the women’s crown, along with the hidden partners competition run alongside the Primo Cup final.

White shot 77 off his 10-handicap. The cup finals format was front-nine net minus back-nine stableford and White’s winning score was 33-20-13.

Colebourne was also in top form in posting 85-15-70. Her winning score was 32-17-15.

Colebourne’s name was drawn alongside chief sponsor Dave Jenkins of Country Foods Gisborne for the hidden partners. Jenkins donated back his prize as a lucky draw which was won by Alex Kirkpatrick.

Coincidentally, Colebourne, Jenkins and Kirkpatrick were all in the same playing group, along with 2022 Prime Cup women’s winner Teresa Lewis.

A front-nine holes of 3-under 33 set Glenn Morley up for victory in the division 1 men’s stableford last Thursday. Morley went on to shoot 73-4-69, for 39 points.

Both 2022 champions are back to defend their titles in the Sean Shivnan Pharmacy men’s and Kevin Hollis Glass women’s shootout finals on Sunday.

Colin Christie qualified sixth for the men’s final while Vicki Fraser 11th in the women’s qualifying.

Tene Goldsmith ended the qualifying period as No.1 seed for the men.

Anne Witters topped the women’s qualifying.

SATURDAY — Pro’s competition, twos: C Dean, V Richardson, T McDonald, M Shanks.

Approach: M Shanks.

Thursday (Nov 2) — Men’s stableford, division 1:  G Morley 39, A Kirkpatrick 37, S Jeune 37 .

Division 2: S Bridge 39, D Mettrick 39, M Dodgshun 37, J Pittar 37.

Twos: G Morley.

Approach: G Morley.

Qualifying for the Sean Shivnan Pharmacy men’s shootout final has closed. Due to the unavailability of some qualifiers for the final (this Sunday, assemble at 8.30am for 9am start), 15 players are confirmed for the 19-man field. There will be a chip-off at 8am on Sunday for the remaining four spots. Those in the chip-off are Pat Butler, Stephen Francks, Stu Harbottle, Willy Mortleman and Don Wright.

The 15 confirmed qualifiers are Tene Goldsmith (net 200), Peter Humphreys, Brad Morgan, Cliff Poole, Bill Simpson (all on 204), Colin Christie, Richard Foon, Darryn White (205), Reid Fletcher, Neil Mackie, Bruce Talbot (206), Carl Carmody, Ross Chalmers, Gray Clapham, Harvey Johanson (207).

The Kevin Hollis Glass women’s shootout final is on Sunday. Report at 7.45am for an 8.15am start. The finalists are Anne Witters (213), Jan Utting (214), Janet Muir (216), Gay Young (217), Viv Bell (218), Mary Allan (219), Leigh Fletcher (219), Carnie Nelson (220), Marg Colebourne (221), Rosie Spence (221), Vicki Fraser (221), Odette Thompson (222), Sue Kemp (222), Marg Lane (223), Teresa Lewis (223), Lynne Holmberg (223), Miggles Shanks (224), Colleen Skuse (225), Anne Gemmell (234).

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Chic would have been proud.

Freida Brown and moko Dan Collier won the 2023 Mitchell Cup mixed foursomes title on Sunday and no doubt the late Chic Brown — Freida’s husband — was smiling from above.

Collier and his nan compiled 42 stableford points to win by one point from Jason Lloyd and Di Webb, with Craig Christophers and Jo Kerr third on 39.

“Proud to get over the line for Nan Freida after a tough year for her,” a proud Collier posted on Facebook. “She’s got some big shoulders to carry her oldest over the line.”

Craig Christophers will be looking to go one better than last year when he tees off as No.1 qualifier in the men’s shootout final on Sunday.

Christophers was beaten by Ian Loffler in a putt-off in last year’s 19-man, hole-by-hole net elimination final.

He top qualified for the 2023 final with a total of 415 for his three best white-tee nets and three best blue-tee nets.

James Witika was second on 415 while Loffler was seventh.

SUNDAY — Mitchell Cup mixed foursomes stableford: D Collier/F Brown 42; J Lloyd/D Webb 41; C Christophers/J Kerr 39.

Twos: J White/K White.

THURSDAY (Nov 2) — Gordons Pharmacy twilight 9-hole stableford: C Fox 22, J Witika 21.

Non-golfers’ section: M Holt.

Long drive: R Moleta.

Approach: J Adams.

Monkey on the back: S Tiopira.

COMING UP: SATURDAY, #Hear4U Blokes Golf Day, entries taken up to 9am, 9.30am shotgun start, course will be closed for the event until 1.30pm, for more information contact Mat Downie at golfdayout@gmail.com; SUNDAY, men’s shootout final, report at 8.30am for 9am start; WEDNESDAY, Nov 15, Park women’s Christmas tournament, 18-hole and 9-hole sections, inquiries and entries to Kino White 027-613-5070.

Tolaga bay

Watene Reedy rode a roller coaster on his journey to victory in the stableford on Sunday.

Reedy’s 89-24-65, for 39 points, ranged from a birdie-2 on the 17th to a qudruple bogey on the 10th.

The shootout final follows the club’s AGM this Sunday.

SUNDAY — Stableford: W Reedy 39, P Stevenson 37, G McLean 36.

Twos: W Reedy, T Adamson.

Approach: B Yates.

COMING UP: SUNDAY, AGM, shootout; SUNDAY, Nov 26, Tolaga Bay Christmas Tournament, 8am and

12 noon tee-offs, mixed pairs and men’s sections, inquiries to Taine Lincoln 027-943-3843.

Te Puia Hot Springs

Watarawi Ngata and Peter Harrison claimed club championship crowns on Sunday.

Ngata defeated Bill Clark 2-up over 18 holes in the intermediate final.

Harrison outgunned Graeme Summersby 5 and 4 in the junior decider.

Ngata enjoyed double glory. He also won the men’s stableford with 80-16-64, for 38 points.

Iritana Ngarimu won the women’s net with 96-29-67.

SUNDAY — Women’s net: I Ngarimu 96-29-67, P Summersby 99-25-74, H McClutchie 102-23-79.

Men’s stableford: W Ngata 38, I Logan 34, E West 33.

COMING UP: SUNDAY, committee meeting, 10.30am.

Patutahi

It’s down to four in the men’s four-ball best-ball competition.

Mike de Luze and Chris Parker face Rocky Pardoe and Tony Green in one semifinal. Dave Quinn and Andy Nimmo take on Dave Skudder and Gary Watson in the other.

De Luze was in good form on Sunday, winning the junior men’s net with 83-17-66.

Pat Molloy’s senior men’s net-winning effort was a little uncanny. He repeated the previous weekend’s winning score — 78-12-66 — and his nines were exactly the same, 41, 37.

Helen Pomana won the women’s net with 93-24-69.

SUNDAY — Men’s net, up to 14 handicap: P Molloy 66, H Harris 68, R Hindmarsh 71, T Brodie 71.

15+: M de Luze 66, A Nimmo 68, P Johnston 69, B Tietjen 69.

Women’s net: H Pomana 69.

FRIDAY — Meat pack 9-hole stableford, senior division: P Summersby 22, S Toa 20, A Nimmo 20, J Brown 19.

Junior division: A Davis 21, I Tietjen 21, D Skudder 21, D Quinn 20.

Waikohu

The Reeves whānau were to the fore in Sunday’s competition.

Terry Reeves won the men’s gross with 75; Richard Reeves the stableford with 34 points; and Andrea Reeves the women’s putting with 27.

SUNDAY — Men’s gross: T Reeves 75.

Men’s net: P Milner 70.

Men’s stableford: R Reeves 34, I Ruru 33, E Reeves 32.

Women’s putting: A Reeves 27, P Rutene 30, M Tuapawa 30, A Tamanui-Nunn 30.

Twos: P Milner, R Reeves.

COMING UP: SATURDAY, fundraising tournament for Catherine Mullooly’s women’s world ewe shearing record attempt, Canadian pair and men’s open sections, limited to 80 entries, 10.30am cup of tea, 11.30am tee-off, lunch provided, contact Audrey 022-177-2474; SUNDAY, club competition; SATURDAY, Nov 25, Christmas Cheer tournament, men’s and women’s sections, cup of tea 10.30am, tee-off 11.30am, inquiries to Tama Brown 862-3525 or 027-449-3473.