GOLF ROUNDUP

Anahera Stills-Hindmarsh announced her return from working in Australia in emphatic fashion at the Patutahi Xmas Ham open tournament on Saturday.

Stills-Hindmarsh, in her first 18 holes at the ’Tahi since late May, posted one of the rounds of the day out of a field of over 120 players.

Her 84-21-63 fittingly won her the women’s 0-21 net but it wasn’t the low score of the day.

That belonged to Waikohu’s Sonny Ritchie — a staggering 93-37-56, which not only won the men’s 19+ net but also saw his World Handicap System (WHS) index slashed from 41.6 to 35.8.

Te Puia Springs’ Hiria McClutchie made the haul down State Highway 35 a rewarding one by not only winning the women’s 22+ net with 97-25-72, but also collecting one of the approaches.

Regan Hindmarsh’s 69-2-67 was the equal low gross. He won the men’s up to 11 net.

Poverty Bay’s Stu Harbottle won the men’s 12-18 net with 77-11-66.

Dwayne Russell had 15 pars in his senior men’s gross-winning 69.

Other gross winners in their sections were Shane Watson (79), Shaun Nepe (89), Skylah Pohatu (79) and Raewyn Pittar (96).

Sheree Gray’s purple patch continued with 41 points and stableford glory in her women’s division.

The other stableford victors were Pete Stewart (37), Mike de Luze (38), Dave Dodgshun (38) and Val Grace (37).

Retiring course convenor Chris Parker was acknowleged at the club’s AGM. Kevin Philip and Rae Burgess thanked Parker for the “great work and effort that Chris has put into making our course a top quality course in this district”, and there was a warm round of applause.

Parker has remained on the club committee and a new convenor is to be appointed.

Graham Holland and Kim Torrez won the Guy Farmer mixed pairs cup on Sunday. They totalled 84 points for the South African stableford format.

Club captain George Brown won the Wednesday 10-man shootout final yesterday.

Brown defeated Tom Hindmarsh in a chip-off on the ninth hole.

SUNDAY — Men’s net: C Beattie 67, B McKenzie 71.

Women’s net: K Torrez 65, J Winiata Beattie 69.

Twos: T Green.

SATURDAY — Hansen and Tomlinson Patutahi Xmas Ham Tournament, overall net, women up to 21 handicap: A Stills-Hindmarsh 63.

Women 22+: H McClutchie 72.

Men up to 11: R Hindmarsh 67.

Men 12-18: S Harbottle 66.

Men’s 19+: S Ritchie 56.

Senior men (up to 11), gross: D Russell 69 on c/b.

Stableford: P Stewart 37, G Brown 37, H Brown 37, R Pohatu 37, T Hindmarsh 37, C Beattie 36, A Hayward 36, D Pohatu 36, Wade Wesche 36.

Intermediate men (12-18), gross: S Watson 79.

Stableford: M de Luze 38, A Brodie 37, R Reeves 36, G Hawea 35, B Williams 35, A Nimmo 35, R Pardoe 35, S Lardelli 34, H Harris 34.

Junior men (19+), gross: S Nepe 89.

Stableford: D Dodgshun 38, P Stevenson 38, C Brown 38, J Tietjen 38, M van der Velde 34, T Smith 34, B Tietjen 34, L Hayes 34, R Nichol 34.

Women up to 21, gross: S Pohatu 79.

Stableford: S Gray 41, T Smith 38, R Hiko 38, J Winiata Beattie 37, S Robertson 35.

Women 22+, gross: R Pittar 96.

Stableford: V Grace 37, L Haisman 36, K Utting 35, M Tuapawa 35, V Kyle 35, K Torrez 35.

Men’s long drives: M Henwood, B Williams.

Men’s approaches: D Pohatu, G Hawea, G Watson.

Women’s long drives: S Pohatu, C Holland.

Women’s approaches: J Winiata Beattie, H McClutchie.

Twos: P Stewart, A Pahina, G Watson. A Brodie, P Stevenson, Trena Smith, D Johnston, S Gray, T Akroyd (eagle 3 on 1).

FRIDAY — Meat pack 9-hole stableford, senior division: T Sharp 22, A Blakeman 19, C Parker 19, D Johnston 19, P Summersby 19.

Junior division: A Stills-Hindmarsh 23, C Kirkpatrick 22, K Torrez 22, S Pittar 20, I Tietjen 20.

COMING UP: SATURDAY, club day (moved from Sunday), 12.30pm tee-off.

An alternate shots pairs competition was held on Sunday to mark the end of the club year.

Winners were Ike Ruru and Ella Wynard (Canadian foursomes), Marg Tuapawa and Val Grace (women) and Tom Smith and Larry Green (men).

The 2023 season tees off with the first round of the Summer Cup on January 15.

The club wishes all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

SUNDAY — Alternate shots pairs, Canadian foursomes: I Ruru/E Wynyard 36.

Women: M Tuapawa/Ve Grace 35.

Men: T Smith/L Green 36.

COMING UP: SUNDAY, Jan 15, Summer Cup first round.

Bring on 2023 was the call from Andy Abrahams after a triumphant week.

Abrahams won the division 1 men’s stableford last Thursday with 81-9-72, for 36 points, then followed it up with 76, for 41 points, on Saturday.

That effort, however, was only good enough for second. Kit Goldsmith denied Abraham a double with his second sub-80 score in four rounds — 79-12-67, for 41.

The enigma that is Gray Clapham kept the lizards at bay last Thursday win a division 2 men’s stableford-winning 86-18-68, for 40 points.

James Situ and Colin Simpson also cracked 40 points on Saturday.

TUESDAY — Veterans’ stableford: R Farmer 37, N Jones 36, C Carmody 36, J McGregor 35, T Goldsmith 35 C Dean 35.

Saturday — Men’s stableford, division 1: K Goldsmith 41, A Abrahams 41, J Situ 40.

Division 2: C Simpson 40, Robert Fletcher 37, S Francks 37.

Twos: J Situ, M Stewart, M Thomas.

Approach: K Goldsmith.

Thursday (Dec 15) — Men’s stableford, division 1: A Abrahams 36, A Kirkpatrick 36, M Thomas 35, V Richardson 35, C Christie 35.

Division 2: G Clapham 40, H Williams 38, G Hawea 38, B Allen 35.

Twos: G. Morley.

Approach: H Williams.

Iritana Ngarimu overcame muggy conditions to win the club stableford on Sunday with 35 points.

James Forrester gave a lovely kōrero on the 19th, thanking everyone for their input to the previous weekend’s Christmas tournament and the club’s trophy day.

The final message from Te Puia Springs at the end of the season is: “Me noho ora whānau. Meri Kirihimete me te tau hou. See you all in the next golf year.”

SUNDAY — Stableford: I Ngarimu 35, P Harrison 34, J Forrester 32, P Ngarimu 31, N Dewes 30.

Beau Toa and Silas Brown lead the qualifying field for the 9-hole twilight shootout final heading into the Christmas-New Year break.

Toa and Brown are on a total of 102 points for their top five scores, two ahead of Heath Tupara.

The 10th-best score is 93.

The top 10 players, including one woman, will battle it out for the big bucks in the shootout hole-by-hole elimination decider on the final night of twilight next year.

The Carters Building SuppliesThursday twilight competition resumes on January 12.

THURSDAY (Dec 15) — Carters Building Supplies twilight competition, stableford: I Loffler 22, D Bronlund 21 on c/b from H Tupara.

Long drive: S Brown.

Approach: I Loffler.

Monkey on the back: J Adams.

Birdie board: S Brown.