A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.
POVERTY BAY
He tempted fate last year. Not this time.
Simon Jeune chose not to repeat his 2022 action of touching the giant Enterprise Motor Warehouse open foursomes trophy before teeing off on Saturday.
Eighteen holes later he and Glenn Morley had completed a successful defence of the men’s gross title and with it came another filling of the biggest silverware in local golf — a cup in which over 100 golf balls can fit.
The Jeune/Morley combo shot 4-over 76 to win by one shot from Park duo Dan Collier and Tony Akroyd,
Morley, in his acceptance speech, gave much of the credit to Jeune, who he said was in “vintage” form.
“It was awesome to watch. He carried me. He’s got sore shoulders, I’d say.”
He also made a touching reference to Te Puia Springs member and Poverty Bay East Coast representative Andrew Higham, who is in the thoughts of many of the golfing community after suffering multiple serious injuries in a car crash at Mahia the previous weekend.
Sunday regulars Nick Richardson and Darren Patumaka know each other’s games well and that showed as they won the men’s net with 78-9-69, two strokes clear of club stalwarts Colin Christie and Duncan Bush, with Dean Robertson and Carl Carmody a stroke back in third.
Brothers Tene and Kit Goldsmith won the men’s stableford with 39 points.
Carnie Nelson and Odette Thompson were the best of the women’s pairs,
They won the net with 78 while Park duo Jaye McCafferty and Linda Brown topped the women’s stableford with 34 points.
Andy Putnam broke 90 for the first time in nearly a year in winning the division 2 men’s stableford on Sunday with 89-23-66, for 42 points.
SUNDAY — Men’s stableford, division 1: A White 37, R Gibson 36, M Thomas 36, A Hayward 36.
Division 2: A Putnam 42, R Morley 36, M Karalus 35, G Marchbank 35.
Twos: B Brown, C Hensley, M Callaghan.
Approach: R Morley.
SATURDAY — Enterprise Motor Group Open Foursomes, men’s division, gross: G Morley/S Jeune 76, D Collier/T Akroyd 77.
Net: N Richardson/D Patumaka 69, C Christie/D Bush 71, D Robertson/C Carmody 72, K Travers/S Andreassen 73, M Smith/W Thompson 73, J Phillips/P Stewart 74, N Whyte/N Bunting 74, G Brown/J Brown 75.
Stableford: T Goldsmith/K Goldsmith 39, B Read/P Graham 36, S Shields/S Harbottle 35 on c/b.
Women’s net: C Nelson/O Thompson 78.
Women’s stableford: L Brown/J McCafferty 34.
Twos: D Patumaka/N Richardson, V Kyle/R Hiko.
THURSDAY (May 18) — Men’s stableford, division 1: S Harbottle 40, A Kirkpatrick 36, G Morley 36, J Van Helden 36.
Division 2: B Read 37, H Johanson 37, H Williams 36, T Sherratt 36.
Twos: J Van Helden, A Abrahams, D Bush, H Williams, G Morley, B Colbert, P Humphreys, N Mackie.
Approach: G Clapham .
TOLAGA BAY
MAIOHA Waru’s 82-14-68 won him the Sunday stableford.
Tere Lincoln was a couple of strokes back in second.
SUNDAY — Stableford: M Waru 68, T Lincoln 70, T Adamson 72, R Waru 72.
Putts: P Tuapawa 26.
Approach: Tere Lincoln.
MAHIA
Tegal Smith was a winner and a loser on Sunday.
His 37 points earned him the men’s stableford honours but he lost his Carter Cup Round 2 match to David Waihaki.
Graham Shapland also advanced in the Carter Cup.
Trena Smith — Tegal’s wife — got the weekend off to a winning start for the couple. She topped the LGU NZ Homelinks women’s net with 91-15-76.
SUNDAY — Carter Cup men’s matchplay, round 2: G Shapland def Wayne Wesche; D Waihaki def T Smith.
Stableford: T Smith 37, P Te Hau 36, D Waihaki 35, R Smith 34, D Bremner 33, P Bremner 33.
SATURDAY — LGU NZ Homelinks women’s net: Trena Smith 91-15-76, J Thompson 76, J Smyth 78, V Kyle 79, M Wesche 83.
TE PUIA SPRINGS
James Forrester rediscovered form not shown in over two years in winning the men’s stableford on Sunday.
Forrester carded 75-15-60, for 42 points, in a runaway victory.
SUNDAY — Men’s stableford: J Forrester 75-15-60, 42; P Harrison 94-25-69, 33.
Hole-in-one on 9: P Harrison.
Women’s Captain’s Round 1 net: Hiria McClutchie 104-24-80, I Ngarimu 109-27 82.
LGU putting: I Ngarimu 31, P Summersby 33.
PATUTAHI
Mike Owen, Dwayne Russell and Denise Johnston emerged victorious from Sunday’s club competition.
Owen dominated the junior men’s net. His 84-19-65 was five shots clear of runner-up Sonny Maynard.
Russell shot an even-par 70-+2-72 to win the senior men’s division and Johnston’s bogey-filled (13 in all) 86-12-74 was best of the women.
SUNDAY — Men’s net, senior division: D Russell 72, R Hindmarsh 73, C Parker 73, H Harris 74, J Neilson 74.
Junior division: M Owen 65, S Maynard 70, S Fookes 71, G Tattersfield 73, M de Luze 73.
Women’s net: D Johnston 74.
Twos: D Russell.
WAIKOHU
The Turanga Health Waikohu Men’s Open tournament is on Saturday, June 17. Tee-off is 11am. Turanga Health will be doing heart checks at the club from 9.30am to 10.45am. Queries to Tama Brown 027-449-3473.
ELECTRINET PARK
PAUL Wellard had a Saturday to remember.
Wellard charged to 81-17-64, for 43 points, to win the men’s stableford, and had two twos in the process — earning him the jackpot.
WEDNESDAY — John Penny women’s matchplay: C Carpendale def L Brown, J McCafferty def T Ford, T Aramakutu def J Foot, F Brown def P Shaw,
SUNDAY — Men’s net: P Nepia 82-13-69, J Witika 81-11-70, C Christophers 78-7-71, D Collier 72-0-72.
Twos: C Christopher, D Mauheni, D Boyle, M Henwood 2, Z Boyle 2.
Jackpot: Z Boyle, M Henwood,
SATURDAY — Men’s stableford: P Wellard 81-17-64, 43; S Peneha 71-4-67, 40; E Parkin 96-14-72, 35.
Twos: P Wellard 2.
Jackpot: P Wellard.
