A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.
POVERTY BAY
Brian “Beaner” Anderson reckons it is over 30 years since he last played in the Barns-Graham Cup.
He’s made his comeback a good one.
Anderson and Stefan Andreassen are among the four pairs still standing in the quest for the coveted BG men’s pairs silverware.
The And-Ands moved into the quarterfinals with a 3 and 2 win over bottom qualifiers Carl Carmody and a sick Dean Robertson on a challenging Saturday of wet weather soaking an already sodden course.
Of note in this year’s edition of the 72-year-old tournament is how close matches have been in the Cup section. The four quarterfinals went to the 16th hole or beyond.
Andreassen and Anderson’s semifinal opponents are John Van Helden and Richard Owen. JVH justified “letting go” previous partner Stu Harbottle as he and “Chips” Owen beat Murray Parkes and Dave Pirimona
3 and 2.
It was an “Old Boys” battle, with Owen and Parkes having played club and representative alongside each other for Old Boys and Poverty Bay.
The “teen leftie machine” of Marcus Gray and Zach Rolls advanced to the last four with a
2 and 1 defeat of Glenn Morley and two-time BG winner Ron Young.
Morley admitted he wasn’t at his best but Gisborne Boys’ High students Gray and Rolls played solidly, including a couple of chip-ins.
If they go on to win the BG, they will easily be the youngest (combined ages) champions in the history of the Gisborne Motors -sponsored competition.
Out to foil that are Lee “Pikey” Hewson and Chris Taewa, who stayed in the title hunt with a 3 and 2 win over fellow “Sunday Schoolers” Bruce Talbot and Tony Battistella.
The Bryan Cup subsidiary is at the quarterfinal stage while the BG Plate finalists have been sorted — Mark Jefferson and Michael Callaghan v Neil Mackie and Paul Mullooly.
SATURDAY — Barns-Graham Cup men’s pairs, twos: W Mortleman.
Approach: D Robertson.
THURSDAY — Men’s stableford, division 1: I Murphy 37, J Van Helden 36, B Colbert 35, N Mackie 34.
Division 2: R Young 38, D Mettrick 37, B Allen 37, H Williams 36.
Twos: N Mackie, S Jeune, H Williams.
The Barns-Graham Cup men’s pairs semifinals and quarterfinals and semifinals of associated trophies are on Saturday. The draw for that and for players in the Saturday field (teeing off 10) for the TP Strong 4 Andy fundraising tournament is —
No.1 tee, 11.15am: L Pollitt/K Daniels v R Chalmers/G Hawea. 11.23: R Gibson/B Brown v W Mortleman/P Graham. 11.31: K Goldsmith/T Goldsmith v V Richardson/C Poole. 11.39: F Ball/P Hakiwai v M Gemmell/T Sherratt. 11.47: S Andreassen/B Anderson v J Van Helden/R Owen. 11.55: C Taewa/L Hewson v M Gray/Z Rolls. 12.03: M Jefferson/M Callaghan v P Mullooly/N Mackie.
No.10 tee, 11.15: C Nelson, M Francois, M Allan, A Witters. 11.23: I Logan, K Lewis, Visitor, Visitor. 11.31: F Ngatoro, A Ruru, Visitor, Visitor. 11.39: W Brown, P Zwart, R Moleta, D Russell. 11.47: Visitor 4. 11.55: Visitor 4.
The TP Strong 4 Andy fundraising tournament is on SUNDAY. The draw (as of yesterday) is —
No.1 tee, 7.22am: M Gray/S Rimene-Albrett, D Gray, C Christophers. 7.29: L Pollitt, K Daniels. A White, B Morgan. 7.36: R Witters, H Keast, M Campbell, J McGregor. 7.43: D Collier, T Forrester, P Stewart, A Reedy. 7.50: L Bates, R Fergus, T Petro, A Willock. 7.57: Starters time. 8.04: D Wright, K Travers, P Hokianga, Affiliate. 8.11: R Ainsworth, Z Proudfoot, C Andrews, T Goldsmith, 8.18: J Sheridan, T Adamson, B Yates, D Milner. 8.25: Taine Lincoln, Joel Lincoln, A Lincoln, M Yates.
10.52: R Gibson, B Brown, C Carmody, P Hakiwai. 10.59: N Higham 3, A Haisman. 11.06: B Reynolds, Z Boyle, L Hayes, J Hayes. 11.13: J Witika, S Phillips, E Harrison, R Harrison. 11.20: N Jones, A Lawler, D Bullivant, J Kerr. 11.27: H Rasmu x 4. 11.34: I Murphy, J Rowe, N Mackie, A Battistella. 11.41: I Loffler, A Hayward, S Shivnan, P Butler. 11.48: N Richardson, V Richardsdon, S Andreassen, C Hensley. 11.55: C Cullen 4. 12.02: J Devery, A Rangihika, M Lloyd, Mihi. 12.09: W Ngata, T Hindmarsh, B Clark, N Dewes. 12.16: P Graham, W Thompson, B Read, M Smith.
No.10 tee, 7.22am: D Patumaka, J Leaf, S Fonoti, Mason. 7.29: D Robertson, R Chalmers, S Solomon, A Nother. 7.36: A Kirkpatrick, D Kirkpatrick, M Gemmell, A Gemmell. 7.43: P Anderson, S Jeune, C Jeffrey, P Zwart. 7.50: D Young, S Butt, M Gibson, B Johnson. 7.57: Starters time. 8.04: M Wesche, D Waihaki, P Bremner, T Smith. 8.11: T Neill 4. 8.18: N Hansen, Tere Lincoln, S Cranswick. 8.25: M Watts, R Pomana, Z Horomia, D Maitai.
10.52: C Beattie, J Solomon, F Punton, B McKenzie. 10.59: T Reedy, W Reedy, W Tuapawa, R Castle. 11.06: W Yates, T Welsh, M Waru. 11.13: W Donnelly, W MacLellan, C Taewa, J Phillips. 11.20: J Collier, J Collier Jr, D Mauheni, D Pilitati. 11.27: A Cook, Z Rolls, S Rolls, D Cook. 11.34: S Brown, T Pomana, S Skudder, Wade Wesche. 11.41: R Foon, A Foon, D Jenkins, R Hindmarsh. 11.48: F Lewis, R Moleta, B Simpson, P Harrison. 11.55: P Summersby, C Kirkpatrick, B Tietjen, G Hawea. 12.02: H McClutchie, R Ngatai, T Reeves, F Ball. 12.09: S Harbottle, G Morley. B Colbert, J Van Helden. 12.16: M Owen 4.
PATUTAHI
Abbie Davis racked up 23 points to win the junior division of the meat pack 9-hole stableford on Friday.
Any hopes of getting in weekend golf were dashed by the rain and Patutahi has been closed since.
FRIDAY — Meat pack 9-hole stableford, senior division: R Mottart 20, A Hindmarsh 18, T Sharp 18, D Johnston 18, R Pardoe 17.
Junior division: A Davis 23, D Quinn 19, J Blair 18, D Dodgshun 18, M Owen 18.
ELECTRINET PARK
The wrath of the weather gods was once again unleashed on the Park course, with the closed sign going up on Sunday.
The course was still closed yesterday but it was hoped to have nine holes available today as the water slowly drained away.
The opening two rounds of the Te Kanawa Cup men’s pairs will be played over the first two weekends the course is playable.