Mettrick led 1-up after six holes but Stewart proceeeded to win almost all of the holes up to where they shook hands.
Modest in victory, Stewart said “a couple of lucky putts” helped.
But the 16.7 handicap-indexed player’s card, which included four pars from the eighth to 14th holes, were indicative of a solid performance Mettrick (13.5 index) could not match.
It was water off a duck’s back for Thomas Donovan in last Thursday’s competition.
Donovan was among the hardy souls who battled the wet weather in round 1 of the Thursday Throne series.
He responded sensationally, with a 3-under par 69, including five birdies — one of those a two — to win the round with a +4 total.
Anthony Pahina led a Electrinet Park battalion who ventured down the road for a round after rain forced the closure of their course.
Pahina won the division 1 men’s stableford with 79-9-70, for 38 points.
Joe Bryden’s division 2-winning 40 was the best round of the day.
Miggles Shanks led her President’s team to victory over Viv Bell’s Captain’s team in their Burke Cup clash yesterday.
President’s team.
V Fletcher.
R Spence 34, G Young 34.
J French 17.
A Pahina 38, C Taewa 36, J Situ 36, A White 35 G Morley 35.
J Bryden 40, C Simpson 37, G Hawea 36, K White 35, M Gemmell 35.
A White 2, M Dodgshun, A Pahina, J Situ, C Simpson, J van Helden (eagle on 7).
G Morley.
A White.
T Donovan +4, S Harbottle -1, G Clapham -2, W Brown -2, J van Helden -3.
P Clayton, A Kirkpatrick, T Donovan.
A Kirkpatrick.
P Clayton.
NO one was able to beat their handicap in club competitions on Sunday.
Tama Brown’s 72 easily won the men’s net while Ella Wynard had 28 points for a one-point victory in the women’s stableford.
T Brown 72, K Tamanui 76, U Chambers 77, P Milner 78.
E Wynyard 28, M Tuapawa 27.
THE Ray Scragg Motors King of the Coast men’s open tournament is all go for this weekend. Players are advised to be at the course at 7.30am for an 8am start.
Toby Williams, Dave Hubbard, Paul Hubbard, Rodney Conrad, Brown Cortesi, Kurtis Cortesi, Nathanial Cassidy, Hamish Harris, Liam McFarlane, Tini Hawea, Greg Hawea, Tim Petro, Norm Thomas, Tony Green, Paul Mullooly, Mark Watts, Rickey Bowen, Wayne Boyd, Reese Fenn, Rod Maxwell, Richard Sewell, Ray Shields, Bob Watts, Darren Thompson, Alan Carswell, Neil Hansen, Peter Bremner, Wade Wesche, Wayne Wesche, Bruce Mahar, Bernie Crowley, William Brown, Andrew Higham, Roly Smith, Tuakana August, Mickey Grant, Scott Cranswick, Rongo Pomana, Dion Milner, Ash Hindmarsh, Tony Akroyd, Gary Watson, Allan White, Gray Clapham, Mark Higham, John van Helden, Hukunui Brown, Daniel Weston, Ben Johnson, Mark Steele, Spencer Butt, Taine Lincoln, Matt Pittar, John Pittar, Rob Fergus, Butch McKenzie, Tautohe Kupenga, Eddie Brown jr, Tom Donovan, Collin Jeffrey, Chris Taurima, Labour Taurima, Dwayne Russell, Yvarne Carroll.
THE men’s handicap cups matchplay tees off this weekend, with players chasing silverware glory in two sections.
Rod Moore (net 74), Pete Stewart (74) and Anthony Pahina (77) were the top three qualifiers in the first section and advanced directly to the quarterfinals.
Paul Wellard (73) grabbed the No.1 spot in the other section and was one of five players to go straight to the last eight.
G McKinnon v Z Boyle, R Walford v Z Rolls. 9.07: S Phillips v B Reynolds, R Taylor v A Reedy. 9.15: B Huhu v S Peneha, G Williams v J Glassford. 9.23: S Rolls v J Collier, S Pahina v A Williams.
