GOLF ROUNDUP

CLUB CHAMPIONS: Poverty Bay Golf Club's women's club champions were decided yesterday. They are (from left) Pip Dymock (intermediate), Anne Witters (senior) and Vicki Fraser (junior). Picture supplied

Two first-time winners and a return to the top marked the Poverty Bay women's club championship finals day yesterday.

Anne Witters won her ninth senior women's crown 24 years after winning her first and 11 years since her eighth title.

her 7 and 6 win over Jan Utting in the 36-hole matchplay final yesterday means she has won the senior title in four consecutive decades — the first of those in 1998.

The others were in 1999, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010 and 2011.

On a glorious day, Witters forged a 3-up lead after 18 holes and added to it in the third nine before sealing victory on the 30th (12th).

Pip Dymock (intermediate) and Vicki Fraser (junior) celebrated their first club championship successes.

Dymock was 2-up after 18 holes against Miggles Shanks, was still 2-up after 27 and went on to win on the 35th.

Dymock described the victory as “a big surprise” and “a big thrill”.

She admitted to feeling a bit like a professional, with her own caddie and a bit of a gallery, which she said was a little scary and exciting at the same time.

Fraser powered to a 6-up lead in her 27-hole duel with Sue Kemp.

Kemp made a comeback in the third nine but the damage had been done and Fraser won on the 24th.

There was a touch of irony to victory . . . the trophy she won is the Kemp Cup.

Fraser recalled getting to the final of the intermediate champs in the past.She was delighted to go that one step further.

“It was a long time coming.”

Sue Ellwood beat Chic Mackie in the 9-holers' final.

■ TWENty-four years ago Dean Twigley claimed his first and only senior men's club championship title.

It was 1998 and “Twigs” was one of the young guns of Poverty Bay-East Coast golf.

Plenty of water has flowed under the bridge since then but Twigley is still a quality player and last Saturday he beat another one-time senior champion to move a step closer to the 2022 final.

Twigley defeated 2015 champion Simon Jeune 1-up in their quarterfinal to set up a semifinal with first-season member Nick Whyte.

Three of the four quarterfinals went to 18 and beyond.

Whyte, after leading 2-up early then trailing 2-down with three holes to play against Stefan Andreassen, won the 16th and 17th and went on to clinch the match with a par on the 20th.

Mark Jefferson threw birdies at Thomas Donovan on the second, third and fourth holes for a 3-up lead but by the turn it was all-square.

Donovan won the 12th and 13th to be 2-up only for Jefferson to win 15 and 17.

They halved the 18th to send it to sudden-death and a Jefferson par on the 19th ended it.

His next challenge is a skyscraper-tall order.

Top seed and defending champion William Brown brushed aside Pete Anderson 5 and 4 in a six-birdie, 5-under the card performance.

It came after a 5-under 67 featuring eight birdies, which won him the division 1 men's stableford with 40 points on Thursday.

Zach Rolls kept alive his hopes of intermediate titles at different courses in the same year.

Rolls beat Neil Mackie in the quarterfinals and will play Peter Hakiwai in the semis.

Teenager Rolls is also in the intermediate semis at Electrinet Park — that clash to be played today.

Four-time intermediate runner-up Cliff Poole plays James Situ in the other Poverty Bay semi.

Defending junior champion Kim Travers remains in the hunt. He plays Duncan Bush in the semis while top seed Ray Morgan is up against Jak Rowe.

WEDNESDAY — Women's club championship finals, senior division: Anne Witters def Jan Utting.

Consolation: Marg Colebourne def Gay Young.

Intermediate: Pip Dymock def Miggles Shanks.

Consolation: Birgitt Whyte def Maxine Francois,

Junior: Vicki Fraser def Sue Kemp.

Consolation: Sarah Eriksen def Marg Lane.

9-holers: Sue Ellwood def Chic Mackie.

Stableford: P Wanklyn 39.

Twos: J Utting.

9-holers' stableford: J Clayton 21, L Daniels 19.

Sunday — Men's stableford: N Richardson 37, R Gibson 37, G Morley 35.

Division 2: J Kerekere 37, G Marchbank 36, P Rickard 34.

Twos: N Richardson, C Simpson

Approach: W Mortleman.

Saturday — Liquorland men's club championships, quarterfinals, senior division: William Brown def Pete Anderson 5 and 4, Mark Jefferson def Thomas Donovan on the 19th, Nick Whyte def Stefan Andreassen on the 20th, Dean Twigley def Simon Jeune 1-up.

Intermediate: Cliff Poole def Rios Moleta, James Situ def John Van Helden, Zach Rolls def Neil Mackie, Peter Hakiwai def Colin Simpson.

Junior: Ray Morgan def Steve Berezowski, Jak Rowe def Peter Humphrey, Kim Travers def Dave Mettrick, Duncan Bush def Ray Farmer.

Twos: M Jefferson, A Hayward, D Patumaka, W Brown.

Approach: N Whyte.

THURSDAY (Aug 25) — Men's stableford, division 1: W Brown 40, J Van Helden 38, TGoldsmith 35, S Harbottle 35.

Division 2: D Mettrick 38, B Allen 37, B Read 37, G Clapham 37.

Twos: A White, W Mortleman, A Kirkpatrick, W Brown, A Abrahams, D Mettrick, T Goldsmith, G Morley.

Approach: D Mettrick.

The big two are through to the senior men's club championship finals and a battle royal is shaping up.

No.1 seed Anaru Reedy and second qualifier Daniel Collier got to watch each other in semifinals action — Collier beat Deevon Gray on the 15th; Reedy eliminated Pete Stewart the next hole.

Reedy was impressed with Collier.

“He played solid . . . he's hitting a long ball.”

John Collier Jr snatched one of the intermediate final berths. The other will be filled by either Zach Rolls or Matt Henwood (playing today at 1pm)

Top seed Ian Loffler moved into the junior final where he faces Glyn Williams.

Charlie Uili has the chance to go one better than last year in the endeavour final. He faces No.1 seed Carl Carmody.

The men's and women's finals are on Saturday.

Karen Hay plays Kino White over 36 holes for the senior title; Jean Foot is up against Tracey Ford in the 27-hole intermediate final.

SATURDAY — Men's club championship semifinals, senior division: Anaru Reedy def Pete Stewart, Daniel Collier def Deevon Gray.

Intermediate: John Collier Jr def James Witika, Zach Rolls v Matt Henwood being played today.

Junior: Ian Loffler def Damian Pilitati, Glyn Williams def Chris Fox.

Endeavour: Carl Carmody def Ray Akroyd, Blue Toa def Charlie Uili.

SUNDAY — Men's stableford: J Witika 34, M Downie 34.

Twos: M Christophers.

Women's Sunday Trophy shootout, stableford: J Muir 34.

Twos: T Ford.

WEDNESDAY (Aug 24) — Billies Cup women's putting, round 6: J Foot 31, B Woods 31.

Billies Cup overall winner (best four of six scores): J Foot 123 on c/b from B Woods.

GRC Rosebowl women's stableford (best two of three scores): K Hay 68, J Muir 66.

Putting: R Taiapa 27.

TUESDAY (Aug 23) — Veterans' par: J Witika +2, Phil Nepia +1.

The club has lost a personality and much-loved stalwart with the death of life member Doi Ormond,

Doi was a former club captain and president who played prominent roles for many years.

“Her face will be missed in the office,” long-time member Lil Morgan said.

Son triumphed over father as Wade Wesche beat Wayne Wesche in round 3 of the Carter Cup men's matchplay.

SUNDAY — Stableford: Wade Wesche 34, Wayne Wesche 34, G Pitman 34, D Waihaki 31, P Bremner 31, P Dennigan 31.

COMING UP:FRIDAY, Sept 9, Stockies and Cockies 9-hole ambrose, 1pm tee-off, members to bring a plate for morning tea.

Extra holes were needed to decide both senior men's finalists in club championship semifinals day on Sunday.

Hukanui Brown has the chance to make it four senior crowns on the trot after a comeback win over Jace Brown knocked out No.1 seed Regan Hindmarsh in a Friday quarterfinal.

Jace was 3-up after nine holes against Huks but the big man fought back and won with a birdie on the 19th.

His final opponent is Reef Pohatu who duked it out for 22 holes against Eddie Brown Jnr.

Eddie missed the green on the par-4 22nd (fourth hole) and was unable to up and down, leaving Pohatu to sink a 4-footer for the win.

“The putter went cold,” Eddie said. “And Reef just stayed solid on the back.”

Tom Hindmarsh, Reuben Mottart and Dave Quinn underlined their top seeding status to progress to finals in the other divisions.

Defending champion Hindmarsh faces Tom Brodie in the intermediate final; Mottart knocked out reigning champion Dave Fieldhouse in the junior semis to set up a final against Charlie Taylor; Quinn is up against Ian Tietjen in the endeavour final.

Denise Johnston will defend the senior women's title against Shelley Robertson.

Finals are on Sunday.

TUESDAY — Women's net: S Robertson 93-17-76, S Gray 98-19-79.

SUNDAY — Club championship semifinals, senior men: Hukanui Brown def Jace Brown, Reef Pohatu def Eddie Brown Jnr.

Intermediate men: Tom Hindmarsh def Hamish Harris, Tom Brodie def Ashley Hindmarsh.

Junior men: Reuben Mottart def Davie Fieldhouse, Charlie Taylor def Mason Smith.

Endeavour men: Dave Wuinn def Simon Pittar, Ian Tietjen def Dave Skudder.

Men's stableford, senior division: T Hindmarsh 38, S Marsh 35, T Brodie 34, T Green 34.

Junior division: R Pardoe 34, R Mottart 32, D Fieldhouse 32, A Nimmo 31.

Women's stableford: H Pomana.

Twos: T Hindmarsh.

Jackpot: T Hindmarsh.

Eagle: H Brown.

FRIDAY — Meat pack 9-hole stableford, senior division: R Moleta 21, R Pardoe 20, G Brown 19, J Brown 19, T Hindmarsh 19.

Junior division: C Kirkpatrick 20, D Quinn 19, C Brown 18, G Tattersfield 17, L Jamieson 17.

TUESDAY (Aug 23) — Women's stableford: S Robertson 94-17-77, 30; S Gray 99-19-80, 27; R Burgess 122-38-84, 26.

Mark Higham has claimed the second spot in the Makarika Cup final to be played this Sunday.

Higham defeated Peter Harrison in his semi on Sunday and will face James Forrester in the title decider.

Forrester warmed up for that by winning the men's stableford on Sunday with 39 points — 10 points more than Higham.

But as golfers well know, seven days is a long time in golf.

Iritana Ngarimu broke 90 for the first time in nearly a year-and-a-half in winning the women's bisque bogey.

Ngarimu had nines of 47, 41 in her 88-27-61, which put her 10-up.

She won on countback from an equally impressive Robyn Ngatai, who carded 86-25-61, with nines of 40, 46.

SUNDAY — Women's bisque bogey: I Ngarimu 88-27-61, +10; R Ngatai 86-25-61, +10; D Goldsmith 100-36-64, +8.

Makarika Cup men's handicap matchplay semifinal: M Higham def P Harrison.

Men's stableford: J Forrester 39, H Rasmussen 37, M Higham 29.

COMING UP: SUNDAY, Makarika Cup final.

New champions were crowned in every division of the club championships on Sunday.

Ella Wynyard won the senior women's title while Marg Tuapawa collected the junior honours.

Percy Milner was handed the senior men's title after William Brown defaulted.

Te Rata Ritchie won the intermediate final, Kahu Tamanui the junior and Richard Reeves the endeavour.

Sunday — Stableford: P Milner 37, R Reeves 36, V Grace 36, L Green 32, K Tamanui 31.

Club championship finals, senior men: Percy Milner won by default.

Intermediate men: Te Rata Ritchie def Uma Chambers.

Junior men: Kahu Tamanui def Spud Te Rito.

Endeavour men: Richard Reeves def Sonny Ritchie.

Senior women: Ella Wynyard def Cheryl Te Rito.

Junior women: Marg Tuapawa def Pene Rutene.

Saturday — Tataka Valley open ambrose (net): P Milner/J Fleming/G Fleming 32, L Green/T Tamanui/D Tamanui 34, K Tamanui/V Grace/M Tuapawa 34.