A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.
MIKE de Luze gave new meaning to the sporting cliché “game of two halves” at the Patutahi open opening day tournament on Sunday.
He won the division 1 men's gross with 80 off the stick but the number does not tell the story of how he got there.
De Luze's card reads 48 for the front nine holes . . . 32 on the back nine.
Accentuating the positive, the 32 featured an eagle-3 on the par-5 10th hole, a birdie-2 on the 15th, and furthers birdies on the 16th and 18th, either side of a double-bogey on 17.
Waikohu players were prominent in the Canadian mixed pairs. Audrey Tamanui-Nunn and Kahu Tamanui led the way with 45 points, one ahead of Patutahi duo Matt Stock and Jan Ewart.
Bryan Pohatu's 42 points won the division 2 men's stableford, Lyall Anania won the division 1 men's stableford with 39 and Hukanui Brown mixed five birdies with five bogeys to win the division 1 men's gross with even-par 70.
Patutahi life member, former club captain and president since 2012 Tony Green marked a birthday milestone this week . . . his 60th.
The Patutahi women's open is on Saturday. It will also feature the opening round of the Poverty Bay women's pennants.
SUNDAY — Patutahi open opening tournament, senior men's division, gross: H Brown 70.
Stableford: L Anania 39, W MacLellan 35, A Brodie 34, D Russell 34, A Nimmo 34, J Priestley 34, B Talbot 33.
Junior men's division, gross: M de Luze 80.
Stableford: B Pohatu 42, J Witika 42, S Maynard 38, M Weaver 37, D Fieldhouse 37, C Taylor 37, R Pardoe 37, P Summersby 35.
Canadian mixed pairs stableford: A Tamanui-Nunn/K Tamanui 45, M Stock/J Ewart 44, T Hindmarsh/A Stills-Hindmarsh 43, L Green/V Grace 39, S Gray/W Baty 38, H Humble/J Blair 38, T Ruru/M Tuapawa 38.
Long drives, men: T Ruru, D Quinn.
Long drives, women: S Robertson, J Ruru.
Approaches, men: T Hindmarsh, A Nimmo, S Maynard.
Approaches, women: S Gray, J Ewart.
Twos: W MacLellan 2, M de Luze, J Priestley, C Taylor, M Stock/J Ewart.
Eagle on 10: M de Luze.
FRIDAY — Meat pack 9-hole stableford, division 1: T Hindmarsh 21, P Molloy 20, J Priestley 20, J Brodie 20, C Parker 20.
Division 2: T Coutts 20, P Jex-Blake 20, P Briant 19, D Skudder 19, L Jamieson 19.
COMING UP: SATURDAY, Patutahi women's open and women's pennants, two divisions of gross, net and stableford, and a 9-hole stableford section, entries to Lorraine Haisman at 867-0922 or or Jan Ewart at 027-348-1434 or
THE drought almost broke for Glen McKinnon on Sunday.
April 20, 2019, was the last time he signed for a round in the 70s.
He went as close as he could get to ending that — 80-13-67 — on Sunday but took consolation in winning the men's stableford with 41 points, two ahead of Zane Boyle's 76-76-69.
A two on the 14th hole helped Jean Foot to the women's net honours with 86-16-70.
Geoff Hill (36pts) and Jacque Akuhata-Nickerson (net 71) were the Saturday winners.
SUNDAY — Women's net: J Foot from R Walford.
Twos: J Foot.
Men's stableford: G McKinnon 41, Z Boyle 39, D Harrison 37.
Twos: S Phillips.
SATURDAY — Men's stableford: G Hill 36, A Nairne 35.
Women's net: J Akuhata-Nickerson 92-21-71.
WEDNESDAY (Feb 10) — Women's net-plus-putts: B Walker 73+26=99; W Morrissey 73+30=103.
TWO new names are to be engraved on the Peter Rouse Memorial trophies.
Bill Clark — a long-time club member and friend of Rouse — won the men's net title and Doreen Goldsmith the women's at the annual tournament that celebrates the life of the late great East Coast legend.
Goldsmith did it in style, officially going under 100 for the first time to win the women's silverware with 96-33-66.
Clark, in only his fourth 18 holes of the year, won the men's section with 74-11-63. It earned him the King of the Coast tankard Rouse was presented with in winning the 1999 King of the Coast.
Goldsmith and Clark continued the tradition of Te Puia players winning both titles at the seven-year-old tournament where the memory of Rouse comes to the forefront — although the number of times PD Rouse appears on the club honours boards and various pieces of Rouse memorabilia on the clubhouse walls are a constant reminder.
Brian Morrissey, who shifted from Te Puia to Poverty Bay years ago, won the 2019 title but is East Coast at heart.
Raana Walker (2014 and 2015) remains the only player to have won the Peter Rouse Memorial twice.
The Te Puia Springs team for the opening round of the Poverty Bay women's pennants at Patutahi on Saturday are Hazel Miratana, Iritana Ngarimu, Georgina Roberts and Pauline Summersby.
SUNDAY — PD Rouse Memorial Tournament, women's net: D Goldsmith 96-33-63, J Williams 92-27-65, P Summersby 90-24-66, H Miratana 91-23-68, G Roberts 85-16-69.
Men's net: B Clark 74-11-63, N Dewes 80-16-64, R Smith 81-17-64, W Rasmussen 89-24-65, T Adamson 83-17-66, T Kupenga 85-18-67, I Sykes 85-18-67, M Higham 74-7-67, I Logan 92-24-68, R Lopez 75-7-68, P Ngarimu 87-18-69, B J Morrissey 76-6-70, R Walker 92-22-70, J Puha 96-26-70.
Twos: T Anderson, T Kupenga, R Lopez, W Ngata.
COMING UP: SUNDAY, meeting at 10.30am followed by bisque bogey competition.
The course is closed tomorrow and Saturday.
It will reopen on Sunday for a club competition, followed by a meeting.
Waikohu's open opening day is on Saturday, February 27.
SUNDAY (Jan 31) — Hidden holes stableford, men's division: U Chambers 30, P Milner 26, K Tamanui 25, L Green 24.
Women's division: V Grace 31, A Tamanui-Nunn 31, M Tuapawa 27.
Twos: L Green.
Tolaga Bay's open opening day scheduled for this Sunday has been postponed.
A committee meeting will be held on Sunday at 10am.
Joe Lincoln won last Sunday's stableford with 39 points.
SUNDAY — Stableford: Joe Lincoln 39, J Hale 36, T Higgs 35, A Hale 33.
Twos: T Higgs.
THE Poverty Bay women's club season is under way.
Female club members teed off their year on Monday with a 9-hole fun ambrose followed by morning tea.
The winning team were Marg Colebourne, Carnie Nelson, June MacKinnon and Sue Ellwood with 38 off the stick, three ahead of Peri Gayford, Marg Williams and Kirsty Shaw.
Stu Harbottle was in a class of his own in the men's stableford on Sunday. Harbottle rattled up 44 points in his 78-14-64 to win division 2.
Nick Richardson flew the flag high for the low handicappers, winning division 1 with 1-over 73-4-69, for 39 points.
Alex Kirkpatrick was in fine form in last Thursday's men's club day. He won the division 1 stableford with 73-6-67, for 41 points, while Richard Owen won division 2 with 38 points.
Peter Hakiwai (69) and Colin Christie (70) were the Saturday winners.
SUNDAY — Men's stableford, division 1: N Richardson 39, A Hayward 38, G Clapham 38, S Andreassen 36.
Division 2: S Harbottle 44, J Pittar 39, L Hewson 37, C Carmody 37.
Approach: D Pirimona.
Saturday — Men's net, division 1: P Hakiwai 69, G Morley 70, R Foon 72.
Division 2: C Christie 70, K Goldsmith 70, C Simpson 71.
Twos: V Richardson.
Approach: A Kirkpatrick.
THURSDAY (Feb 11) — Men's stableford, division 1: A Kirkpatrick 41, J Bryden 38, N Mackie 37.
Division 2: R Owen 38, S Harbottle 36, B Read 36.
Twos: T Goldsmith, J Jenner, A Kirkpatrick, C Poole, J Bryden, C Dean.
Approach: J Bryden.
COMING UP: Bull Cup teams' aggregate stableford, teams of four, can be played either Thursday Feb 18, Saturday, Feb 20 or Sunday Feb 21, players can only be part of one four over the three days, those looking for a team should contact the pro shop.