Tee-time: finals day at Gisborne East Coast vets open

ON SONG: Teresa Lewis has carried her hot weekend club form into the Gisborne East Coast Veterans open on her home Poverty Bay course. Lewis is well in the hunt in the women's stableford and net sections of the 54-hole strokeplay. On Saturday she won the women's division of the Primo Cup finals with an outstanding 91-27-64 — her best round of golf in many years. Pictures by Paul Rickard

Pistols at dawn became drivers at 9am this morning as George Brown and Tene Goldsmith teed off on finals day of the Gisborne East Coast veterans' open tournament.

The pair emerged triumphant from semifinal battles yesterday on their home Awapuni Links course — Brown beating Bruce Ridden of Cambridge and Goldsmith ejecting clubmate Bernie Rothschild.

Brown, off a 7-handicap, is giving Goldsmith two shots in the title decider.

The GEC vets' open features three rounds of matchplay for the men in groups of eight seeded by handicap.

Eleven women entered and are playing three rounds of strokeplay — the last of those today.

The Group 2 final was a city club duel — Electrinet Park's Wayne Carpendale up against Poverty Bay's Clive Dean.

Group 3 was another all-PB clash — Peter Goodwin versus Ron Young.

Bill Simpson was flying the host course flag in the Group 4 final against Waipukurau's Brian Rose.

Te Puia Springs' Peter Harrison faced yet another PB member — Reid Fletcher — in the Group 5 final.

Agnes Han, of Paraparaumu Beach, was leading all scoring in the women's section.

Her 87, 85 off a 15-handicap put her at the top of the standings in the gross (172) by 11 shots, net (142) and stableford (78).

Poverty Bay's Teresa Lewis was in hot pursuit in the net (145) and stableford (76).