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Poverty BayPARAMEDIC Marc Armstrong hopes the two defibrillators recently bought by the golf club will never have to be used.
But he can be sure there will be a few heart palpitations in his and John Pittar’s Barns-Graham Cup men’s campaign, which got off to the perfect start on Saturday.
Armstrong and Pittar top qualified for the popular men’s pairs competition with a four-ball best-ball stableford total of 48 points.
They were three shots clear of Andy Hayward and Mark Stewart, with two pairs a point back on 44 points — Glen Burnside and Tene Goldsmith, and Mark Norman and Dave Jenkins.
The talking point of the 19th was 2017 champions Paul Mullooly and Neil Mackie’s failure to negotiate the first hurdle. The pair could manage only 36 points — not enough to make the top 32.
No.1 seeds Armstrong and Pittar face a potentially tricky matchplay opener on Saturday in two-time winners Roy Skuse and Bill Allen.
Gay Young and Basil Payne had to settle for second in the Captain’s Cup mixed pairs . . . but not in the Toogood Jugs.
The Young/Payne combo won the combined stableford title with a 75-point total.
Young anchored it with 87-18-69, for 41 points, while Payne had 35.
Janice Bell and Colin Christie were second on 69.
Anaru Reedy put the pain of a couple of late lapses behind him with a sublime 6-under 66 on Sunday.
Two Fridays ago, Reedy was 4-under with three holes to play only to finish double bogey-double bogey-bogey for 73.
Two days later he needed to sink a 3-foot putt on the 18th to win the Sunday School jackpot of $200 for scoring two stableford points or more on each hole . . . only to miss.
There were no mistakes on Sunday as Reedy completed a flawless 18 holes of 66-1-65, for 43 points, to win the division 1 men’s stableford and the SS jackpot.
Sally Spence defeated Gay Young to win the women’s Hutchinson Cup yesterday
TUESDAY — Women’s Hutchinson Cup semifinal: G Young def I McKinnon; S Spence def M. Shanks.
SUNDAY — Men’s stableford, division 1: A Reedy 43, M Norman 39, B Morgan 39, P Kerekere 39.
?Division 2: J Jenner 41, M Armstrong 36, N Jones 36, R Young 35.
?Twos: N Jones.
Approach: K White.
SATURDAY — Barns-Graham Cup men’s pairs qualifying, four-ball best-ball stableford: M Armstrong/J Pittar 48, A Hayward/M Stewart 45, G Burnside/T Goldsmith 44, M Norman/D Jenkins 44, C Christie/C Poole 43.
Twos: J Pittar, D Jenkins, T Goldsmith, T Donovan.
Approach: T Goldsmith.
THURSDAY (June 14) — Men’s stableford, division 1: A Kirkpatrick 40, G Brown 39, V Richardson 38, A White 38, M Thomas 38.
Division 2: P Goodwin 40, N Absalom 40, B Proudfoot 38, D Mettrick 37.
Twos: J van Helden, C Dean.
Approach: H Williams.
Three Blind Mice: V Bell 62 net.
Te Puia SpringsIan Sykes proved the previous weekend’s hot round was no one-hit wonder.
Sykes fired a consecutive 78-19-59, for 43 points, to win the men’s stableford, leaving the field in his wake.
Georgina Roberts won the women’s stableford with 33 points.
The Morrow Cup 27-hole net tournament has been postponded to July.
SUNDAY — Men’s stableford: I Sykes 43, B Clark 39, J Babbington-Welsh 37, D Cook 36, P Ngarimu 34, J Devery 33, G Summersby 32, J Puha 32.
Twos: P Ngarimu, J Forrester, B Clark.
Women’s stableford: G Roberts 33, I Ngarimu 32, A Cook 28?.
The Busby Cup men’s pairs matchplay is on SUNDAY. The draw is — P Ngarimu/J Devery v J Puha/G Summersby, H Rasmussen/J Forrester v J Babbington-Welsh/A Forrester, I Sykes/D Cook v B Clark/N Truman.
COMING UP: SUNDAY, women’s haggle, first round of Busby Cup men’s pairs, haggle for other men.
?Tolaga BayBRUCE Yates and Pete Stevenson came from several holes down to win the four-ball men’s matchplay final on Sunday.
Yates also won the men’s stableford with 38 points as he and Stevenson defeated Dion Milner and Johnny Hale 1-up.
SUNDAY — Four-ball men’s matchplay final: B Yates/P Stevenson def D Milner/J Hale 1-up.
Stableford: B Yates 38, D Milner 37, D Maitai 36, Taine Lincoln 33.
Twos: Taine Lincoln.
COMING UP: SUNDAY, Reeves Cup first round, Bartram Cup qualifying, committee meeting at 10am.
WaikohuPERCY Milner followed up a matchplay main course with stableford pudding on Sunday.
Milner and Kahu Tamanui beat Tipi Ruru and Larry Green in the final of the men’s pairs championship.
Milner, despite a 12 on the first hole, also won the stableford with 97-24-73, for 38 points, consigning Green to another runner-up finish.
SUNDAY — Men’s stableford: P Milner 38, L Green 37, T Ruru 36, K Tamanui 34.
Women’s stableford: A Tamanui-Nunn 38, E Wynyard 32.
Men’s pairs championship final: K Tamanui/P Milner def T Ruru/L Green.
COMING UP: SUNDAY, women’s pairs competition, no men’s club competition.
PatutahiTHE McKeague Cup and Te Kani Pere Cup matchplay finalists have been decided.
Denise Johnston and Jan Ewart will decide the McKeague Cup.
Tony Green and Butch McKenzie will do battle for the Te Kani Pere honours.
The Colliers International Patutahi Men’s Open Tournament is on Sunday, teeing off at 11am.
Inquiries to George Brown, 027-370-9869.
SUNDAY — Te Kani Pere and McKeague Cup semifinals, senior men’s stableford: P Molloy 79-13-66, 40; G Tattersfield 84-15-69, 37; E Brown jr 79-7-72, 36.
Junior men’s stableford: J Maynard 84-19-65, 41; J Brodie 89-23-66, 40; M Farmer 88-19-69, 37.
Women’s stableford: D Johnston 91-14-77, 30; S Gray 92-15-77, 30.
Twos: C Beattie.
Te Kani Pere Cup men’s matchplay final: T Green v B McKenzie.
McKeague Cup women’s pairs final: D Johnston v J Ewart.
FRIDAY — Meat pack nine-hole stableford, senior division: C Parker 20, T Hindmarsh 20, A Brodie 19, O Willimott 18 on c/b.
Junior division: J Neilson 22, G Humble 19, R Shannon 19, R Nichol 19.
MahiaMahia put on great weather for the Mahia Ladies 27 holes on Saturday.
Home course knowledge was the key with local ladies Viv Kyle and Lee taking out the competition with a combined net score over 27 holes of 97.50.
Scores: Trena Smith/Louise Tana 102.50 on countback from Elaine Westwood/Maria Buckman; Colleen Wesche/ Fairlane Wesche 104.50, Jo Kerr/Lyn Holmburg 107.00; Suzy Adams/Maraea Wesche 108.50; Georgina Roberts/Pauline Summer 109.00.
Men’s stableford: Wayne Wesche 37 on countback from son Wade Wesche; Bernie Crowley 36.
Tolaga BayWomen’s third stableford Cup — D Watts 111-31-34, T Waru 111-34-32