GOLF ROUNDUP

A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.

A 38-hole Sunday ended in Te Puia Springs Handicap second 16 glory for Allan White at the East Coast Open.

“Whitey” defeated Poverty Bay clubmate Peter Clayton with a par on the first extra hole in the matchplay final on Sunday arvo.

Earlier, he also needed 19 holes to put away Tolaga Bay's Bruce Yates in the final.

“I was stuffed,” said 2002 King of the Coast champion White, who couldn't recall winning his opening two matches at any previous EC Open, let alone playing four matches at the tournament (a round-robin is often played in the Sunday morning round).

Tom Reynolds gave Electrinet Park a title double with his 4 and 3 win over Patutahi's Tony Green in the Tokomaru Bay Handicap third 16 final.

He joined EC Open champion and Park clubmate Anaru Reedy (see back page story) as a section winner.

The Waipiro Bay Handicap fourth 16 final was an out-of-region affair, with Miramar's Malcolm Yemm beating former Springboks rugby international and Hurricanes player Joggie Viljoen 2 and 1.

Viljoen was one of three ex-internationals at Te Puia. All Black greats Ian Kirkpatrick and Joe Stanley were in the Tikitiki Handicap fifth 16.

The fifth 16 title went to a local. Former Poverty Bay-East Coast representative Tautohe Kupenga sank a 30-foot par putt on the 19th to beat Tolaga Bay's Tim Adamson.

The Te Puia Springs team for the Endeavour men's pennants at Mahia on Saturday are Bill Clark, Nehe Dewes, Tautohe Kupenga, Daryl Goldsmith, Peter Harrison and Ian Logan.

SUNDAY — East Coast men's open, championship 16, final: Anaru Reedy (Electrinet Park) from William Brown (Waikohu).

Third: Glenn Morley (Poverty Bay).

Flight: Wade Wesche (Mahia) from Tony Boon (Waimakariri Gorge).

Plate: Mark Jefferson (PB) from Dwayne Russell (Patutahi).

Consolation: Kelvin Bentley (Maraenui).

Te Puia Springs handicap second 16, final: Allan White (PB) from Peter Clayton (PB).

Third: Bruce Yates (Tolaga Bay).

Flight: John Van Helden (PB) from Neil Mackie (PB).

Plate: Tene Goldsmith (PB) from Taine Lincoln (Tol B).

Consolation: Rob Lopez (Martinborough).

Tokomaru Bay Handicap third 16, final: Tom Reynolds (Park) from Tony Green (Pat).

Third: Brian Morrissey (PB).

Flight: Chris Taewa (PB) from Mark Norman (PB).

Plate: Dudley Meadows (PB) from Rongo Pomana (Tol B).

Consolation: Stu Harbottle (PB).

Waipiro Bay Handicap fourth 16, final: Malcolm Yemm (Miramar) from Joggie Viljoen (Manawatu).

Third: Nehe Dewes (Te Puia).

Flight: Paul Mullooly (Te Puia) from Ross Simpson.

Plate: Percy Milner (Waik) from Sir Matiu Te Rei (Mir).

Consolation: Bruce Wehipeihana (Linton).

Tikitiki handicap fifth 16, final: Tautohe Kupenga (Te Puia) from Tim Adamson (Tol B).

Third: Blair Cooper (Waikare).

Flight: Gordon McKendry (Titirangi) from Neville Carson (Mir).

Plate: Ian Logan (Te P) from Ian Kirkpatrick (PB).

Consolation: Daryl Goldsmith (Te P).

Stableford (all from Te Puia): Peter Harrison 77 on c/b from James Forrester 77, Raana Walker 66, Henry Rasmussen 66.

Eagles: Anaru Reedy (on 2), Malcolm Yemm (on 5), Dwayne Russell (on 2), Jason Devery (on 2), Wade Wesche (on 1).

COMING UP: SUNDAY, club haggle.

Host club Poverty Bay fell agonisingly short of top honours at the Hawke's Bay-Poverty Bay National Teams regional event on Monday.

The PB team of Marg Colebourne, Rochelle Taewa, Marg Lane and Birgitt White finished just one stroke behind Hawke's Bay Golf Club's representatives in the four-ball best-ball net format.

Colebourne and Taewa combined for a net 68 while Lane and White posted 70 for a 138 total — one behind Hawke's Bay.

Poverty Bay beat Hastings on countback for the runner-up position.

Nine clubs contested the regional tournament hosted by Poverty Bay for only the second time.

WEDNESDAY — LGU 3, silver division: G Young 92-15-77.

Bronze 1: K Shaw 94-23-71.

Bronze 2: V Fraser 116-29-88.

9-holers: P Griffin 48-14-34.

Twos: J Utting.

Monday — Women's stableford: M Allan 39.

COMING UP: SUNDAY, course closed to 12 midday; SATURDAY, May 1, Enterprise Motor Group men's open foursomes, enter at pro shop or book online; WEDNESDAY, May 5, Pharmacy 53 Beaufoy women's open.

Mahia is tough in the best of weather conditions.

So when Mother Nature delivers some of her worst, the result can be carnage as proved the case at the Mahia women's open and round 3 of the Poverty Bay women's interclub pennants on Saturday.

A ferocious southerly almost blew the players away.

“You could hardly stand up at times,” said one hardy competitior.

Wairoa's Tina Duncan won the Ray Stevenson Trophy for best overall net.

The host course were comfortable winners of the pennants round, totalling 124 points for the stableford format.

Waikohu and Te Puia Springs were joint second on 116.

Waikohu lead the series on 18 team points, with Te Puia and Mahia on 16.

Fortunately for those clubs who struggled on Saturday, this year's pennants format is the best five scores over seven rounds.

SUNDAY — Women's Connolly stableford: F Wesche 34, L Steel 32, V Kyle 28.

Men's Foster stableford: B Crowley 36, L Taurima 35, D Bremner 34, Wayne Wesche 34, P Bremner 33, T Smith 32, B Cutler 32.

SATURDAY — Mahia women's open, overall net (Ray Stevenson Trophy): T Duncan.

Senior gross: F Wesche from A Maru.

Senior net: M Wesche from B Whyte.

Senior stableford: T Smith from E Wynyard.

Intermediate gross: P Johansen from M Pickles.

Intermediate net: V Grace from T Paku.

Intermediate stableford: J Muir from E Westwood.

Junior gross: V Kyle from V McQueen.

Junior net: J Williams from J Thompson.

Junior stableford: M Tuapawa from L Morgan.

Poverty Bay women's pennants, round 3 (stableford): Mahia 124, Waikohu 116, Te Puia 116, Electrinet Park 106, Wairoa 92, Patutahi 84, PB 74.

Overall points: Waikohu 18, Te Puia Springs 16, Mahia 16, Wairoa 13, Poverty Bay 8, Electrinet Park 8, Patutahi 6.

THURSDAY (April 15) — Women's bisque par: J Smythe +9, L Morgan +6, L Steel +1, E Westwood +1.

Sheree Gray's produced her best score since February of 2019 in only her third round of the 2021.

Gray shot 87-20-67, for 40 points, to win the women's stableford.

Don Stevens racked up 24 points to win the junior division of the Friday meat pack 9-hole stableford.

Ashley Hindmarsh's even-par 35 reaped 23 points and the senior division honours.

TUESDAY — Women's par: J Ewart 96-23-73, +1; M Philip 101-28-73, sq.

SUNDAY — Men's stableford, senior division: T Hindmarsh 36, R Hindmarsh 35, J Brown 34, J Neilson 34, R Pohatu 34.

Junior division: G Tattersfield 40, B Pohatu 38, G Watson 38, B McKenzie 37, D Quinn 37.

Women's stableford: S Gray 40.

Twos: T Hindmarsh, B McKenzie.

Eagle: R Hindmarsh.

Jackpot: T Hindmarsh.

FRIDAY — Meat pack 9-hole stableford, senior division: A Hindmarsh 23, S Pohatu 22, H Douglas 21, J Priestley 21 on c/b.

Junior division: D Stevens 24, S Fookes 22, D Maloy 22, C Brown 21 on c/b.

Kahu Tamanui, Tipi Ruru and Audrey Tamanui-Nunn had wins in the handicap singles matchplay on Sunday.

Tamanui beat Ike Ruru on the 19th, Ruru was a comfortable 6 and 4 victor over Larry Green and Tamanui-Nunn beat Marg Tuapawa 3 and 2.

SUNDAY — Stableford: T Ruru 37, S Te Rito 37, K Tamanui 33, I Ruru 32, L Green 31, A Tamanui-Nunn 35, V Grace 32, M Tuapawa 30.

COMING UP: SUNDAY, 9-hole competition, 1pm tee-off.

Was it something in his water bottle? Perhaps.

Whatever it was Pete Koorey was a golfer possessed in the Tuesday veterans' stableford last week.

Koorey blitzed the field with a sensational 76-15-61, for 47 points.

That sort of scoring on the WHS system sharpens the handicap axe.

Koorey's course handicap was slashed by four shots and two days later he carded an Earth-returning 94.

Paul Wellard (38 points), John Collier (39) and Pat Johansen (37) were the weekend competition winners.

SUNDAY — Men's stableford: J Collier 39, T Pointon 38.

Women's stableford: P Johansen 37, S Maisey 36.

Twos: P Johansen, P Nepia.

SATURDAY — Men's stableford: P Wellard 38, S Peneha 35.

TUESDAY (April 13) — Veteran men's stableford: P Koorey 47, H Schreiber 41, W Carpendale 39, R McGann 38, P Mitchell 38, A Reedy 36, S Peneha 35.

Twos: A Reedy, H Schreiber.

Vaughan Des Barres fended off all challengers in the club stableford on Sunday.

Des Barres won with 84-15-69, for 35 points.

SUNDAY — Club stableford: V Des Barres 37, J Hale 34, Joe Lincoln 33, T Higgs 32, A Hale 30.

Twos: P Stevenson.