A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.
MARY Allan came back from 5-down to win the final of the Oman Cup women's matchplay in 2021.
Not this time.
Vonnie Fletcher proved far too good for the reigning champion in the 2022 title decider yesterday — the match ending on the 13th.
Allan made a Lazarus-like fightback from 5-down in last year's final, but Fletcher wasn't about to let her back in. She led 4-up after nine holes and applied the screws over the next few holes to win 6 and 5.
Fletcher's semifinal was a contrasting affair — an 18-hole battle with Marg Colebourne — while Allan cruised to a 5 and 4 win over Kirsty Shaw.
Marty Reynolds did not just break a century for the first time in well over a year last Thursday; he shattered it.
The left-hander, who has played only 9-hole golf this year, made his first 18-hole effort of 2022 one to remember — 94-30-64, for 44 points. Not surprisingly it won him the division 2 men's stableford.
Cliff Poole broke his age for the second time this year on Saturday and Tene Goldsmith threatened to do the same
Poole, 80, won the division 1 men's net with 78-11-67, for 41 points, while Goldsmith, 75, was second with 76-8-68, for 40.
Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, the golf rules course scheduled to be held at Poverty Bay Golf Club has been cancelled. Referee Duncan Bush was grateful to all those who expressed an interest in attending and said hopefully it would be run in spring.
The Eastland Helicopter Rescue Trust 16th Annual Charity Golf Tournament scheduled for tomorrow has been postponed due to the Omicron outbreak in the district. It will now be held on Friday, May 13.
WEDNESDAY — Oman Cup women's matchplay final: V Fletcher def M Allan 6 and 5.
Semifinals: M Allan def K Shaw, V Fletcher def M Colebourne.
LGU 1, Bronze 2: R Spence 100-28-72
9-holers: S Ellwood 56-18-36.
MONDAY — Women's stableford: P Wanklyn 35.
SUNDAY — Men's stableford, division 1: D Pirimona 36, R Gibson 36.
Division 2: M Karalus 39, A Baldwin 38.
Twos: P Kerekere, C Carmody, R Gibson.
Approach: P Kerekere.
SATURDAY — Men's stableford, division 1: C Poole 41, T Goldsmith 40.
Division 2: C Christie 34, K Goldsmith 34.
Twos: T Goldsmith, D Griffin, A Kirkpatrick.
Approach: D Griffin.
Thursday (March 10) — Men's stableford, division 1: T Goldsmith 39, A Kirkpatrick 37, I Murphy 37.
Division 2: M Reynolds 44, P Humphreys 39, J Pittar 38
Twos: J Williams, M Smith, T Goldsmith.
Approach: J Williams.
COMING UP: WEDNESDAY, March 24, First Light Frozen 27-hole women's Canadian foursomes open tournament.
A BIRDIE on the 18th took down the Poverty Bay Open champion as a couple of men's Handicap Cup finals were decided in wet and windy conditions on Sunday.
Peter Stewart played some quality golf on his way to winning the Holmes Cup senior division handicap matchplay final against Anaru Reedy.
Fresh from winning the coveted Poverty Bay men's open crown at the Awapuni Links course, Reedy found himself 2-down after nine holes after Stewart went out in 1-under 35.
Reedy fought back and the pair teed off the 18th locked all-square.
It was always going to take something a little special to decide this one and Stewart delivered, putting his second shot to 12 foot from the pin and sinking the birdie putt.
The Chrisp Cup junior final was even tighter. Jordon Coppen and Glyn Williams were square after nine holes and halved the next seven.
Coppen won the 17th to edge ahead, Williams squared the ledger on the 18th, to send it to sudden-death — Coppen clinching the title on the 19th.
The President's Cup intermediate final between Wayne Carpendale and Matt Henwood was to be played some time this week.
The Digg It Gizzy top 10 twilight shootout finalists will be confirmed today.
Several players have already sealed a place in the final but others near or on the cusp still had the chance to snatch a place.
Heading into today's final qualifying opportunity, Matt Henwood led the standings with an average of 19.60 points, followed by Dave Rameka on 18.90, Mike Christophers and Anthony Pahina on 18.80, Craig Christophers 18.60, Steve Phillips 18.40, Neil Hansen and Shannon Toa 19.10, Darrell Gregory on 17.80 and Shaun Pahina and Pete Stewart 10th-equal on 17.60.
Three players were within 0.30 of 10th and if there was a tie for 10th, the last place was to be decided by a putt-off.
The hole-by-hole elimination final is on March 24. The last golfer standing pockets $1000.
SATURDAY — Men's net: W Carpendale 71, E Parkin 73.
Twos: P Wellard.
THURSDAY (March 10) — Digg It Gizzy twilight stableford: B Toa 22, C Christophers 22.
Long drive: L Hayes.
Approach: P Stewart.
TUESDAY (March 8) — Veteran men's stableford: P Nepia 38, B Cox 36, P Simpson 35, C Carpendale 35, A Lewington 35, B Lumsden-Nicholls 34, S Molhmann 34, D Te Maro 34, P Mitchell 33, L Lexmond 33.
Twos: P Nepia.
COMING UP: SUNDAY, Lunken Cup Canadian mixed foursomes, sort your own pairs, report at 9am for 9.30am tee-off.
RAANA Walker completed a hat-trick and Georgina Roberts a double as history was repeated in the ninth annual Peter Rouse Memorial on Sunday.
The annual tribute to the legendary East Coast-Poverty Bay golfer, who died in a quad bike accident in 2012, was described as “a quiet day but a good day”.
Walker was the inaugural men's winner in 2012, repeated the feat the very next year and made it a third time on Sunday courtesy of 84-22-62.
He was once again presented the trophy — a tankard Rouse got for winning the 1999 King of the Coast.
Roberts won the women's title in 2018 and her name will again go on the silver tray after carding 84-19-65.
SUNDAY — Peter Rouse Memorial open tournament, men's net: R Walker 62.
Women's net: G Roberts 65.
Men's gross: B Yates 74.
Men's stableford: J Forrester 40, N Dewes 38, G Summersby 38, P Ngarimu 36, BJ Sidney 34, I Sykes 34, B Clark 34.
Women's stableford: H Miratana 34, P Summersby 33, H McClutchie 32.
DEAN Pohatu and Charlie Taylor had net 67s to win their divisions of the men's net on Sunday.
Steve Fookes racked up an impressive 24 points — shooting 40-11-29, including a two — to win the junior division of the Friday meat pack 9-hole stableford.
SUNDAY — Men's net, senior division: D Pohatu 67, R Pardoe 68, P Summersby 69, H Harris 69.
Junior division: C Taylor 67, B Williams 68, C Kirkpatrick 68, L Jamieson 68.
Women's net: D Johnston 75.
FRIDAY — Meat pack 9-hole stableford, senior division: A Nimmo 20, G Brown 19, B Cameron 19, J Williams 19, H Harris 19.
Juniors: S Fookes 24, D Bentley 22, G Maude 22, S Maynard 20, B Williams 19.
A RED circled 2 stood out on Audrey Tamanui-Nunn's card on the Golf NZ handicap website.
It helped Tamanui-Nunn to victory in the women's stableford with 36 points, while Larry Green's men's stableford-winning 35 points also featured a two.
Sunday — Women's stableford: A Tamanui-Nunn 36, V Grace 32.
Men's stableford: L Green 35, P Milner 30, T Brown 29.
Twos: A Tamanui-Nunn, L Green.
COMING UP: SUNDAY, handicap singles.
Women's pennants
TE Puia Hot Springs' long trip down state highways 35 and 2 yielded team glory in round 2 of the Northern Zone women's pennants on Saturday.
Wairoa hosted the round in conjunction with its women's open tournament and the Springs came away overall winners on the day.
Led by Iritana Ngarimu's 33 points, the Springs' four-women crew racked up 123 to win the aggregate stableford format by just one point from the hosts, with Mahia third on 113.
Poverty Bay were fourth on 109, followed by Patutahi 105 and Electrinet Park 100.
The other members of the Springs team were Robyn Ngatai, Dorreen Goldsmith and Hiria McClutchie.
Their efforts lifted Te Puia to first-equal overall with Wairoa and Mahia.
Those three clubs are on nine points, with Patutahi on eight, Poverty Bay five and Park two.
Te Puia's McClutchie described the day as “awesome”, the course as “magic” and the hosts as “lovely”.
Mahia host round 3 of the pennants on April 9.
Wairoa women's open results — 0-18 division, gross: Sylvia McRoberts (Mahia).
Net: Wiki Morrissey, (Park).
Stableford: Taina Paku (Wairoa).
Long drive: Trena Smith (Mahia).
19+, gross: Elaine Westwood (Mah).
Net: Tina Duncan (Wai).
Stableford: Doreen Goldsmith (Te Puia).
Long drive: Robyn Ngatai (Te Puia).
Approach: Helen Pomana (Patutahi).