A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.
MATCHING 84s earned Paul Wellard the top prize at the Summit Forest 36-hole open foursomes over the weekend.
Wellard won the overall net on 134 — the stand-out performance.
Andrew Higham’S scoring was similarly consistent — 76, 76 — but he rode a rollercoaster en route to posting the low gross of the field. One of his rounds rangeD from an eagle to a triple bogey.
Tolaga Bay’s support of the tournament was rewarded with section wins to Taine Lincoln (division 1 men’s net) and Tim Adamson (division 2 net).
Kino White (gross), Pat Johnansen and Wiki Morrissey (equal in the net) and Jean Foot were the women’s 36-hole winners.
Other 36-hole section victors were Ian Loffler, Dave Harrison, Shaun Nepe, and Matt Henwood.
SUNDAY — Summit Forest 36-hole open tournament, overall net: P Wellard 134.
Division 1 men, gross: A Higham 152, H Brown 154 on c/b from D Collier.
Net: Taine Lincoln 144, A Pahina 144, G Dickey 148.
Division 2, gross: I Loffler 167, M Christophers 169, J Hayes 174.
Net: T Adamson 143, P Nepia 146, D Rameka 148.
Division 3, gross: D Harrison 174, H Tupara 190, J Phillips 193.
Net: S Nepe 147, M Waru 149, M Bond 154.
Women’s division, gross: K White 192.
Net: P Johansen and W Morrissey 147.
Stableford: J Foot 64.
36-hole men’s stableford: M Henwood 75, S Fonoti 67, C Christophers 67.
Saturday stableford: D Gregory 36, D Boyle 35, D Brouland 35, T Reynolds 34, D Price 33.
Sunday stableford: S Brown 34, P Tuapawa 34, R Taylor 33, M Gray 33, W Yates 33.
Women’s approaches: J McCafferty (Saturday), J Foot (Sunday).
Men’s approaches: C Christophers (Saturday), P Nepia (Sunday).
Women’s long drives: W Morrissey (Saturday), K White (Sunday).
Men’s long drives: S Peneha (Saturday and Sunday).
EXPECT fireworks on and off the course when the Coates Trophy and McLean Trophy champions are found on Saturday.
The annual 4x12-hole matchplay tournament started on Sunday with qualifying and the first round of matchplay.
Tom Smith top qualified with a net 41 and underlined his No.1 seeding by beating Tama Brown in the first round of the Coates Trophy.
Defending champion Aaron Coker, 2021 runner-up Kahu Tamanui and 2021 McLean Trophy winner Ella Wynyard also advanced to the semis to be played this Saturday.
Karauria Ruru, Marg Tuapawa, Richard Reeves and Percy Milner are in the McLean Trophy semis.
SUNDAY — Coates and McLean trophies 4x12-hole matchplay competition, top qualifier (12-hole net): T Smith 41.
Coates Trophy matchplay, first round: Tom Smith def Tama Brown, Aaron Coker def Larry Green, Ella Wynyard def Cheryl Te Rito, Kahu Tamanui def Valerie Grace.
McLean Trophy matchplay, first round: Karauria Ruru def Pene Rutene, Marg Tuapawa def Ike Ruru, Richard Reeves def Ethine Reeves, Percy Milner def Sonny Ritchie.
COMING UP: SATURDAY, Coates and McLean trophies, semifinals and finals, 10am tee-off, bring a plate for shared tea; SUNDAY, free day; SATURDAY, Nov 26, Waikohu Christmas Cheer tournament, men’s and women’s sections, cup of tea at 10.30am, tee-off at 11am, inquiries to Tama Brown 862-3525 or 027-449-3473, note the club does not have eftpos.
PERI Gayford picked the right day to produce her round of the year.
Gayford fired 91-27-64, for 46 points, to win the overall stableford at the Bronwyn Kay women’s Christmas Open tournament.
It was the cream of an impressive crop of scores.
Fay Pell was one point behind her after what appears to be her best round at the Bay in over 12 years — 104-39-65.
Marg Lane was third on 44, followed by Rosie Spence on 43, and Jan Steele, Jenny Williams and Te Puia Springs’ Doreen Goldsmith all on 42.
Sue Ellwood’s 21 points was best of the 9-holers.
Dirk Bullivant’s first experience of the Sunday School’s annual trip was a triumphant one.
Fresh from overall glory at the Mahia men’s open, Bullivant topped the stableford standings for the three rounds the SS played in their excursion — this year to Waikato and the Bay of Plenty.
Bullivant, who was as low as a 2-handicapper in his heyday but now bats off a leisurely 11, totalled a modest 101 points but it was good enough for the overall honours.
He was two ahead of Allan White and multiple sporting talent Ray Brott.
The SS crew usually play at four courses on their annual trip.
That was cut to three this year as rain flooded Te Puke course on Sunday morning, the last of their destinations.
The other rounds were at the Phil Tataurangi-designed Tieke Golf Estate, just out of Hamilton, St Andrew’s in Hamilton and Walton, an off-the-beaten-track course described as “the hidden gem of New Zealand golf courses”.
John van Helden had the best individual round of the trip — 78-11-67 at Tieke.
Les Gunther — not having played a full round of golf since the 2021 SS trip — was hot favourite to win the infamous toilet seat trophy for the worst combined stableford.
That was enhanced when he ran out of puff on the physically challenging Tieke course (despite having a buggy) and played only seven holes for six points.
Step up to the plate Dave Hall, who belied his good swing with a 60-point debacle even Gunther managed to beat (by one point).
Fortunately for Hall, there was no official presentation as the “seat” went missing a few years ago.
WEDNESDAY — Bronwyn Kay Christmas Open, stableford: P Gayford 46, F Pell 45, M Lane 44, R Spence 43, J Steele 42, J Williams 42, D Goldsmith 42, H McClutchie 39, M Colebourne 39.
Approaches: K Hay (0-19), T Lewis (22-27), P Shaw (28+), (L Daniels, 9-holers 0-22), C Burke (9-holers 23+).
9-holers’ stableford: S Ellwood 21, L Daniels 20, J Loffler 19,C McDonald 18, J Alderson 18, A Gemmell 18.
Longest Putt: I Ngarimu.
TUESDAY — Poverty Bay veterans’ stableford: C Dean 37, C Christie 36, N Jones 36, P Goodwin 35, W Thompson 35, B Rothschild 35.
MONDAY— Women’s red tee day, gross: A Witters 78.
Net: O Thompson.
Stableford: O Thompson 45.
Longest putt: O Thompson.
Best tee shot on 6: A Witters.
SUNDAY — Men’s stableford, division 1: T Goldsmith 37, C Jeffrey 35.
Division 2: K Goldsmith 37, W Thompson 36, M Thomas 36.
Approach: S Jeune.
SATURDAY — Men’s stableford, division 1: D Jenkins 37, G Brown 35, R Foon 34.
Division 2: C Christie 37, C Poole 35, K Travers 35.
Approach: C Christie.
Thursday (Oct 27) — Men’s stableford, division 1: C Dean 38, G Clapham 36, I Murphy 36, B Colbert 36.
Division 2: B Read 39, Reid Fletcher 38, G Kemp 38, R Veall 37.
Twos: G Clapham, C Poole.
Approach: J Aitchison.
WEDNESDAY (Oct 26) — Women’s AGM day, Irish foursomes one-club 9-hole ambrose, gross: J Ngarimu/J Williams/S Kemp/S Armstrong 67; A Witters/D Kirkpatrick/ J French/ R Dymock 67.
Sunshine Brewery twilight stableford, men, front nine, men: S Brown 21 from D Pohatu, K Traves.
Back nine: P Reid 23 from S Long, J Henderson.
Women: L Kriel 22 from C Nelson.
REGAN Hindmarsh showed his liking for the par-3s — 18 of them — as the course was rearranged for a different type of competition on Sunday.
Members played a course of 18 par-3 holes from back to front and Hindmarsh won with a net 60, two ahead of Dean Pohatu, Pat Hokianga and Hamish Harris.
Kim Torrez racked up 25 points to win the junior division of the meat pack 9-hole stableford on Friday.
SUNDAY — Par-3 competition, men’s net: R Hindmarsh 60, D Pohatu 62, P Hokianga 62, H Harris 62, C Taylor 65, T Brodie 66.
Women’s net: H Pomana 75.
Approaches: S Gray (women), T Brodie (men).
Twos: A Brodie.
FRIDAY — Meat pack 9-hole stableford, senior division: G Brown 20, T Hindmarsh 20, A Nimmo 20, M Pohatu 20, T Brodie 20.
Junior division: K Torrez 25, G Maude 19. M Owen 19, G Holland 18.
IAN Logan is the 2022 intermediate men’s club champion.
Logan defeated Kahu Waitoa in the final on Sunday.
A birdie on the 18th highlighted Hiria McClutchie’s 93-25-68, for 36 points, and victory in the women’s stableford.
Mark Higham won the men’s stableford with 79-11-68, for 34.
SUNDAY — Women’s stableford: H McClutchie 93-25-68, 36; H Miratana 31, I Ngarimu 29, D Goldsmith 29, R Ngatai 28, P Summersby 25.
Men’s stableford: M Higham 79-11-68, 34; P Harrison 93-25-68, 34; N Dewes.
TOLAGA Bay’s Christmas tournament is being held on Sunday, November 27. Tee-off is from 8am and midday and there are mixed and men’s sections. Inquiries to Taine Lincoln at
027-943-3843.