Tristin stars at Super 8

New golferTristin Williams racked up 105 stableford points over two rounds competing in the B Division of the Super 8 secondary schools tournament yesterday.

Gisborne Boys’ High student Tristin Williams won’t forget his Super 8 secondary schools golf tournament debut on the Awapuni Links course yesterday.

Playing in the B Division of the 54-hole event, the youngster racked up an incredible 60 stableford points in Round 1 — shooting 101 off a 53-handicap for an astonishing net 48.

He followed that up with 45 points in Round 2 to be leading the individual standings by nine points.

That effort and a personal best 80-19-61, for 47 points, by David Gray were the highlights as Gisborne Boys’ High put themselves right in the mix for team honours.

The Super 8 competition features four-man teams in A  (gross) and B (stableford) divisions.

Gisborne’s A team are Marcus Gray, Riki Reedy, Liam Beattie and Luke Bidois.

Marcus, who made his men’s national interprovincial debut  for Tairāwhiti last year, fired 79, 77 yesterday, including an eagle-3 on the fifth hole in his afternoon round, to be anchoring the GBHS effort.

Reedy carded 89, 86, Beattie 94, 84 and Bidois 91, 102.

Rotorua’s Francis Lockwood was the leading individual after 36 holes with rounds of 71, 73.

He was two shots ahead of New Plymouth’s Jamie Anderson, who followed up the round of the day — 3-under 69 — with 77.

Marcus Gray was sitting 11th in the individual standings heading into this morning’s final round.

David Gray followed up his morning effort with 40 points —and like brother Marcus also eagled the fifth — to be fourth overall on 87 points in the B Division individual stableford standings.

Gisborne’s Salem Randell was sitting sixth on 81 (40, 41) and Gisborne’s fourth team member — Johnathan Gray, a third Gray brother — was lying 12th on 74 points (36, 38).