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Poverty BayIT’S down to the last eight in the Barns-Graham Cup men’s pairs and the schools of thought are varied as to who will emerge triumphant.
There are those picking Peter Goodwin and Mark Cameron.
“Goodie” is a former Poverty Bay-East Coast representative now batting off a 24-handicap.
The 71-year-old was a bit sheepish about that after he and Cameron ousted top seeds Marc Armstrong and John Pittar 2 and 1 in round 2 on Saturday.
But having returned to the game in 2018 after a season off, he could point out that he shot 104.
Others believe it is going to the year of father and son Vance and Nick Richardson.
The Richardsons blew away Brent Colbert and Mark Barker in round 1 — combining for an opening nine net total of 26 — and only needed 14 holes to dismiss Mark Karalus and Don Wright in round 2.
Veterans Cliff Poole and Colin Christie have their backers. Christie is no stranger to BG success while 15-handicapper Poole is one of the most consistent players in the club. Their 4 and 3 defeat of Ken White and Brad Morgan was a good scalp.
George Brown and Don Griffin are lurking in the background. Brown, in particular, has been in impressive form, including a 1-over 73 on June 28. The pair put away Warwick Thompson and Robin Wells 3 and 2 to stay alive.
John Kerekere and Phil Grogan cruised into the quarters, dismissing two-time BG champion Ron Young and Nigel Jones 4 and 3.
An in-form Dave Jenkins birdied the 14th and 15th holes as he and Mark Norman beat Stefan Andreassen and Dave Pirimona 5 and 3.
David Situ took bragging rights over father Jimmy in their family duel. Situ junior and Ewan Atherton knocked out Jimmy and Bernie Rothschild 2 and 1.
Alex Kirkpatrick and Pete Graham remain in the hunt after a 3 and 2 win over Glenn Burnside and Tene Goldsmith.
A birdie cost Simon Jeune a 100 percent par performance in Sunday’s stableford, but he wasn’t complaining.
Jeune had 17 pars and one birdie — on the 12th — in his 1-under 71-3-68, for 40 points, which won him division 1.
Jan Utting won the overall individual stableford and was a member of the winning team in the Eagles/Murray Halberg competitions held on Tuesday and yesterday.
Utting totalled 72 points from rounds of 87, 93 off a 16-handicap.
She also led Sally Spence, June MacKinnon and Teresa Lewis to victory in the Eagles Cup teams’ stableford on 202 points.
Tuesday/Wednesday — Eagles Cup/Murray Halberg Trophy women’s competitions, team stableford, day 1 winners: G Young/F Pell/K. Crosby 96.
Eagles Cup overall winners: J Utting/S Spence/J MacKinnon/T Lewis 202 from M Coleborne/M Shanks/P Gayford/S. Kemp 191.
Murray Halberg Trophy for overall individual stableford: J. Utting 72
9-hole red tee net: C Skuse 42-12-30.
SUNDAY — Men’s stableford, division 1: S Jeune 40, P Anderson 38, B Morrissey 38, B Morgan 38, P Kerekere 38.
Division 2: L Hewson 40, N Jones 38, B Brown 37, K Travers 35, R Young 35.
Twos: D Patumaka, P Stewart, M Jefferson, K Travers, J Kerekere, R Young.
Approach: P Stewart.
SATURDAY — Barns-Graham Cup men’s pairs, round 2: D Jenkins/M Norman def D Pirimona/Stefan Andreassen 5 and 3; J Kerekere/P Grogan def N Jones/R Young 4 and 3; C Christie/C Poole def K White/B Morgan 4 and 3; A Kirkpatrick/P Graham def G Burnside/T Goldsmith 3 and 2; M Cameron/P Goodwin def J Pittar/M Armstrong 2 and 1; G Brown/D Griffin def R Wells/W Thompson 3 and 2; V Richardson/N Richardson def M Karalus/D Wright 5 and 4; D Situ/E Atherton def J Situ/B Rothschild 2 and 1.
Twos: P Grogan, G Brown, D Griffin.
Approach: J Kerekere.
THURSDAY (June 28) — Thursday Throne men’s par: R Owen +5, B Clarke +4, R Third +4, B Payne +3, A Kirkpatrick +3, V Richardson +3, J Aitchison +3, D Bush +2, A Abrahams +2.
Twos: F Ball, B Allen.
Approach: I Murphy.
PatutahiTONY Green knows how to win the club’s most historic trophy.
Heading into Sunday, Green’s name was on the Te Kani Pere Cup three times.
It is to become four.
Green defeated Butch McKenzie 1-up in the matchplay final to win a trophy that dates back to the club’s infancy in 1937.
McKenzie, receiving one shot, led most of the way but Green finished strongly and won the 18th to clinch the silverware.
Denise Johnston won the women’s equivalent, the McKeague Cup. Her final opponent, Jan Ewart, was unable to play so defaulted.
It was a day for the Tonys, with Tony Cave racking up 47 points from his 81-22-59 to win the men’s 17+ stableford by 12 points.
George Brown was also in excellent touch, winning the 0-16 division with 74-12-62, for 44.
Johnston won the women’s stableford.
TUESDAY — Women’s net: M Philip 97-26-71.
SUNDAY — Men’s stableford, 0-16: G Brown 44, T Green 42, J Priestley 38.
17+: T Cave 47, R Pardoe 35, J Maynard 35.
Women’s stableford: D Johnston 30.
Twos: T Green, T Cave.
Te Kani Pere Cup men’s matchplay final: T Green def B McKenzie.
McKeague Cup women’s final: D Johnston def J Ewart by default.
FRIDAY — Meat pack nine-hole stableford, senior division: A Hindmarsh 21, T Brodie 18, W Brown 18, T Green 18.
Junior division: D Malloy 20, J Graham 18, J Neilson 17, C Brown 17.
Gisborne ParkROD Moore did the weekend double in men’s competitions.
Moore only needed handicap golf on Saturday — 81-9-72 — to win the men’s net. He improved on that on Sunday, winning with 77-9-68.
The first round of the matchplay in the Men’s Handicap Cup is this weekend.
There is a different format this year. Rather than divisions, there is a top 32, with the losers dropping into minor cup divisions.
Anthony Pahina is the No.1 seed and faces Dave Harrison in round 1.
Electrinet Park results, SUNDAY — Men’s net: R Moore 68, D Craven 70, B Huhu 70, S Phillips 70.
Twos: D Boyle, B Watene.
Men’s best second shot: P Cameron.
Approach: D Boyle.
Women’s stableford: J Morley.
Twos: B Walker.
SATURDAY — Men’s net: R Moore 72, B Huhu 73, P Nepia 74 on c/b.
Twos: R Moore, E Parkin.
LGU, silver division: J Foot 78.
Bronze division: P Johansen 80.
TUESDAY (June 26) — Veteran men’s par: C Brown +1, E Parkin -1, B Atkins -1, P Hogan -3, P Mitchell -3, A Lewington -3.
The first round of the Men’s Handicap Cup is on SATURDAY/SUNDAY. The draw is — No.1 tee, 9am: D Craven v P Wellard.
SUNDAY. No.1 tee, 9am: Z Boyle v Z Rolls. 9.06: A Pahina v D Harrison, B Reynolds v R Grace. 9.12: D Boyle v B Cox, R Moore v G Hill. 9.18: G McKinnon v J Glassford, J Collier v M Emery. 9.24: T Teneti v M Hutton, B Watene v R Walford.
9.30am: C Brown v P Hogan, J Charles v P Cameron. 9.36: S Peneha v P Koorey, S Phillips v R Taylor. 9.42: T Leggett v B Huhu, C Nepe v J Bright.
MahiaDUNCAN Bremner and Maraea Wesche enjoyed wins over the weekend.
Bremner was a clearcut victory in the men’s stableford on Sunday, thanks to his 41-point haul.
Countback decided the women’s stableford on Saturday after Wesche, Lil Morgan and Elaine Westwood all posted 33 points.
SUNDAY — Men’s stableford: D Bremner 41, G Pitman 38, P Bremner 36, A Steel 36.
SATURDAY — Women’s stableford: M Wesche 33, L Morgan 33, E Westwood 33, T Smith 32, C Wesche 32.
TahungaMARK Steele produced his best round since September of 2016 to win the men’s 0-18 division stableford on Sunday.
Steele shot 77-16-61, for 44 points, while Craig Brownlie’s 38 won the 19-36 division.
SUNDAY — Men’s stableford, 0-18: M Steele 44, T Sherratt 41.
19-36: C Brownlie 38, B Law 36.
All-in approach: S Butt.
Best third shots: M Steele, C Brownlie.
Tolaga BayBRUCE Yates’ putter proved a deadly weapon in the medal on Sunday.
Yates had just 25 putts in his winning score of 66.
Entries are still available for the King of the Coast men’s open on July 28-29.
SUNDAY — Medal: B Yates 66, Taine Lincoln 67, D Maitai 68, J Murphy 69.
Twos: Tere Lincoln, J Hale.
Putting: B Yates 25, D Maitai 29, J Hale 30.
Fotheringham women’s net and putting: S Robertson 79 (27 putts), G Watts 75 (33), T Waru 76 (40).
COMING UP: SATURDAY, working bee, 8am; SUNDAY, get-together for Letty, Hauiti Marae, 9.30am; SATURDAY/SUNDAY, King of the Coast men’s open, July 28-29, entries still available.
WaikohuLARRY Green top qualified on day 1 of the Coates/McLean competition and survived the first matchplay hurdle.
Green defeated Percy Milner to advance to the semifinals. He was joined by Kahu Tamanui, Audrey Tamanui-Nunn and Val Grace.
Day 2 is on Sunday when the Coates and McLean trophy winners will be decided.
SUNDAY — Coates/McLean competition, top qualifier: L Green.
Matchplay, round 1: L Green def P Milner; K Tamanui def C Te Rito; A Tamanui-Nunn def I Ruru; V Grace def E Wynyard.
COMING UP: SATURDAY, day 2 of Coates/McLean trophy competition, tee-off 10am, followed by prizegiving and shared tea; SUNDAY, par competition.
SeniorsGISBORNE East Coast Veteran Golfers’ Society’s next tournament will be something a little different.
The format will be three-man drawn team ambrose, with each team comprising a low, medium and higher-handicapped player.
Each team member will have to count six drives, meaning careful selection and added pressure towards the end of the round.
Player of the year points will be up for grabs, correlating to a team’s placing.
The tournament is at Poverty Bay on Tuesday, July 10, and tee-off is from 9.30am.
With the last GEC veterans’ tournament called off due to the weather, the Player of the Year standings remain the same after four rounds.
Te Puia Springs vet Peter Harrison leads on 28 points, with Mike Orford (Poverty Bay) second on 15 and clubmate Frank Ball and Gisborne Park’s Brian Lumsden-Nicholls third-equal on 14.
The GEC vets’ committee are busy preparing for the annual vets’ men’s and women’s open tournament. Entry forms should be available from August. Volunteers to help with the tournament are welcome.
Contact president John Fricker, vice-president Phil Simpson, treasurer Colin Christie or committee members Arthur Bacon, Steve Williams, Dallas Atkins and John Aitchison.
The New Zealand vets’ championship is at Cambridge Golf Club from December 3 to 7.