GOLF ROUNDUP

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

Bigger proved better as a handful of combinations advanced to the quarterfinals of the Te Kanawa Cup men's pairs.

“The 5XLs”, better known as Steve Phillips and James Witika, booked their spot with a come-from-behind round 2 matchplay victory over the “Booze Brothers” Dan Collier and Ray Walford.

Phillips made up his own headline for their 5 and 3 win.

“Booze Bros became a dry bar,” he spouted after he and his fellow 5XL found themselves 3-down after six holes, then proceeded to win eight of the next nine holes.

Next up for them is “WhiteJC's” John Collier Junior and Waiti Tamatea who knocked out the “Two Tones” — Tony Akroyd and two-time Te K winner Tony Leggett — 3 and 2.

The “Tiki Toas” — father and son Shannon and Beau Toa — kept the whanau flag flying high with a 2 and 1 defeat of the “Smoking Rod” duo of Rod Moore and Duane Mauheni.

Shannon went into the match on the back of a bragging rights first-round 5 and 4 win over his fellow Gisborne District Council worker and 2021 Te K partner Josh Taylor and Park life member Ray Grace.

Taking on the Tiki Toas in the quarters will be the winners of the round 2 clash between the Rolls Royces” Steve Rolls and son Zach and the “Carpenepia” combo of club president Wayne Carpendale and Phil Nepia, who blew away “Handicapped Highlanders” Glen McKinnon and Dave Harrison on the 12th in round 1.

Cliff Nepe will have to wait another year to add a second Te K crown to his 2003 triumph alongside Jury Kerekere. Nepe and 2022 partner John Collier Sr, together known as “Master Card”, lost on the 17th to “69ers” Luke Hayes and Derek Craven.

Hayes and Craven are now lying menacingly in wait for the winners of the round 2 clash between “No.1 Deer” team and top seeds Chris Fox and Matt Downie — who are yet to play a match as they had a round 1 bye — and the “Miss Fits” pairing of Paul Wellard and Rob Taylor.

The shootout between “Good, Bad & Ugly's” Ian Loffler and Steve Webb and “2 Vets” Horst Schreiber and Evan Parkin went the way of the Clint Eastwood fans 3 and 2. In Loffler and Webb's quarterfinal gunsights will be the winners of the match between “Shorn Willy's” Shaun Nepe and Charlie Uili and “The Boil-Ups” father and son duo Danny and Zane Boyle.

■ An “amazing” short game was the foundation of Jean Foot's victory in the John Penny women's final on Tuesday.

Foot defeated Barb Woods 4 and 3 in the handicap matchplay final.

Woods, who was getting six shots, was full of praise for her conqueror.

“She was the form player of the tournament,” Woods said. Her short game was amazing.”

Foot ousted Karen Hay in the semifinals last week while Woods beat Linda Brown.

SATURDAY — Women's net: M Sheridan 95-21-74.

WEDNESDAY (June 8) — John Penny women's matchplay semifinals: J Foot def K Hay, B Woods def L Brown.

Eeny meeny, miny, mo . . . the 2022 edition of the Gisborne Motors Barns-Graham Cup men's pairs tees off on Saturday and the infamous “Poison Pen” has opted for a more random prediction approach this year — the dart board.

Thirty-four pairs had entered earlier this week, meaning two will miss out on making the top 32 in Saturday's best-ball stableford qualifying round.

Last year's runners-up Andy Putnam and Brent Colbert would have been high on the favourites list after the former's blazing 44 points on Sunday. But they are not in the field this year.

Reigning champions Andy Hayward and Mark Stewart are, with Hayward showing on Sunday (38pts) that he is tracking nicely for their title defence.

But this is the BG. Rarely does one pair stand out from the rest and when it comes to matchplay, it is dog eat dog.

Anyone could win, even Craig Bauld, who had 15 points for 18 holes (116 not out) last Friday. It was suggested to Bauldie's concerned BG partner, Larry “Steros” Foster, that he was cleaning out the sewer pipes in preparation for a Ninja-like cup assault.

Those likely to be in the mix include Greg Hawea and Thomas Donovan — the latter winning more matches than any other player during the recent Oligoi Jug interclub series — former BG winner Dave Jenkins and Rod Norman and 2021 top qualifiers Glenn “Doctor Phil” Morley and Gray Clapham.

Notable new combinations include father and son Bill and Mike Allen, and former Poverty Bay-East Coast representatives Collin Jeffrey and Peter Goodwin, while among the usual suspects are two-time BG winner Barry Brown and no-time BG winner Ross Gibson, Duncan Bush and Colin Christie, former winners Mike Dodgshun and Brian Clarke, and Sam Willock and Marty Reynolds.

But if the “Poison Pen” was given the ultimatum of choosing a winner or being locked in a room and forced to listen to Brandel Chamblee for 24 hours — and clearly the latter is a torture of worst-nightmare-don't-wish-on-your-worst-enemy magnitude — he would go with Simon Jeune and Dave Hall.

Hall goes into Saturday on the back of a stableford victory double last weekend, both from 39-point hauls. His front nine holes of 39 in Saturday's win featured seven pars, a birdie and a quadruple-bogey 7.

Nick Richardson played the shot of last week — his “smooth” 9-iron-struck ball on the par-3 sixth hole on Sunday finishing an inch behind the hole.

■ VICKI Fraser got three for one in top qualifying for the Hutchinson Cup women's handicap matchplay yesterday.

As well as earning the No.1 seeding, Fraser's 106-34-72 also won the bronze 2 division of the LGU 4 and her net section of the Audrey Kelly Salver competition.

Fraser faces Marg Lane in the first round of matchplay.

Anne Witters qualified second and her 92-17-75 also won the silver division of the LGU and was best gross in the Audrey Kelly Salver.

Hutchinson Cup defending champion Odette Thompson qualified seventh.

■ A Rules Course series of four seminars are being held at Poverty Bay Golf Club — the first of these on Monday, August 8, from 5.30pm to 7pm. Practical sessions will be held at times to suit participants. Cost is $5. For more information contact Duncan Bush at 0211502170 or 8686427 or duncbush@gmail.com

WEDNESDAY — LGU 4, silver division: A Witters 92-17-75.

Bronze 1: R Spence 107-29-78.

Bronze 2: V Fraser 106-34-72.

Audrey Kelly Salver women's competition, gross: A Witters 92.

Net, up to 18.4: A Witters 75.

18.5-33.4: V Fraser 72.

33.5-40.4: S Kemp 77.

9-holers' net: L Daniels 37.

Hutchinson Cup women's matchplay, qualifying (net): V Fraser 72.

9-holers' LGU 5: L Daniels 52-15-37, C McDonald 57-17-40.

SUNDAY — Men's stableford, division 1: D Hall 39, A Hayward 38, D White 37, S Harbottle 37.

Division 2: A Putnam 44, J van der Velde 39, M Karalus 37, J Willoughby 37, H Williams 36.

Twos: S Harbottle, C Carmody, N Richardson, B Talbot, G Morley.

Approach: N Richardson.

SATURDAY — Men's stableford, division 1: V Richardson 34, P Butler 34, A Kirkpatrick 33, G Brown 33.

Division 2: D Hall 39, W Thompson 38, K Travers 38, S Harbottle 36.

Twos: A Abrahams, G Morley.

Approach: C Poole.

THURSDAY (June 9) — Men's stableford, division 1: P Butler 40, C Dean 39, M Thomas 38, A Kirkpatrick 37, D Griffin 37.

Division 2: G Eriksen 36, B Simpson 36, G Clapham 36, M Smith 35, J Aitchison 35.

Twos: W Brown, J Bryden, A Abrahams, A Kirkpatrick, M Higham.

Approach: D Bush.

Reuben Mottart and Chris Beattie will decide the Te Kani Pere men's champion for 2022.

Mottart defeated 2021 runner-up Pat Hokianga while Beattie beat Hamish Harris in the semifinals of the handicap matchplay.

The Patutahi Men's Open is on Sunday.

SUNDAY — Men's stableford, senior division: S Pohatu 34, C Beattie 33, D Pohatu 32, T Green 31.

Junior division: R Pardoe 35, C Parker 34, R Mottart 32, P Paenga 32.

FRIDAY — Meat pack 9-hole stableford, senior division: T Green 19, G Brown 18, D Russell 18, T Brodie 17, P Summersby 17.

Junior division: M Broad 18, D Humphrey 18, P Briant 17, D Skudder 16, B Tietjen 16.

COMING UP: SUNDAY, Patutahi Men's Open tournament, including the Bryan Johnson Memorial Trophy. Field limited to 100 players. Morning tea followed by 11am tee-off. Entry includes meal. Patutahi members to bring a plate. For more information, contact George Brown 0273709869.

Lee Steel and Viv Kyle outclassed a small but quality field to win the Northern Hawke's Bay women's 27-hole open foursomes title on Saturday.

The Steel/Kyle combo posted 105 for the 27 holes which comprised nine holes of foursomes, nine of Canadian foursomes and nine of American foursomes.

Trena Smith and Jackie Thompson were second on 110.5.

SUNDAY — Carter Cup men's matchplay: D Waihaki def B Maher, G Shapland def B Crowley.

Presidnts four-ball matchplay: Rusty Smith/A Steel def Tegal Smith/G Hornblow.

Stableford: A Steel 35, G Shapland 34, B Crowley 34, D Waihaki 34, C Pitman 32, L Morgan 32, G Hornblow 32.

SATURDAY — Northern Hawke's Bay women's 27-hole foursomes (net): L Steel/V Kyle 105, T Smith/J Thompson 110.5, R Hiko/A Denigan 111, M Colebourne/P Gayford 116, T Duncan/T Paul 118,5, B Whyte/M Francois 122.

COMING UP: SUNDAY, Carter Cup.

Andrew Higham and Te Rata Ritchie were the big winners at the Waikohu Men's Open on Saturday.

Higham won the gross with a 1-over 71 that featured eight 3s while Ritchie's 93-21-72 won the net.

SUNDAY — 9-hole stableford: L Green 18, S Te Rito 18, E Wynyard 15, V Grace 12.

SATURDAY — Waikohu Men's Open, gross: A Higham 71.

Net: T Ritchie 72, R Hindmarsh 76.

Senior stableford: J Devery 32, W Brown 30.

Junior stableford: S Watson 32, L Green 31.

Stableford: R Moleta 28, S Te Rito 28, T Brown 27, C Beattie 26, G Brown 26, D Pohatu 26.

Long drives: W Brown, R Moleta.

Approaches: C Christophers, S Watson.

COMING UP: SUNDAY, players' choice competition.

Mark Higham won the men's stableford with 75-11-64 for 38 points.

It was another Sunday and another victory for Iritana Ngarimu, who continued her streak with a women's net-winning 99-25-74.

SUNDAY — Women's stableford: I Ngarimu 99-25-74, 36; Hiria McClutchie 98-24-74, G Roberts 94-19-75.

Putting: H Miratana 33, G Roberts 35, P Summersby 35, R Ngatai 35, H McClutchie 36, I Ngarimu 36.

Twos: P Summersby.

Men's stableford: M Higham 75-11-64, 38; P Ngarimu 84-16-68, 34: B Clark 78-10-68, 34.

Twos: N Dewes, B Clark.

COMING UP: SATURDAY, Te Puia Hot Springs Women's Open and round 6 of the Poverty Bay women's pennants; SUNDAY, committee meeting.