Local ladies finish well in strokeplay champs

HOME FRONT: Representing the hosting club, Brenda Muller won the stableford section of the 18-hole division at the Kaitaia Ladies' 36/18-Hole Open tournament at Ahipara on Saturday.

KAITAIA LADIES. Near perfect weather conditions and a course in excellent form set the stage nicely for the Northland 36 Hole Strokeplay Championships, which were held in conjunction with Kaitaia ladies' 18/36 hole tournament in Ahipara on Saturday.

The event attracted 80 players representing 12 clubs from throughout the province, with Denise Pilbrow (Waipu GC) emerging as the overall winner and strokeplay champion in the silver division with a gross score of 162, while the winner of the bronze division was Carolyn Rawson (Ngunguru GC) with a gross of 189.

Organisers were more than pleased to note the other two top placegetters - Lisa Busby and Nancy Gregory - in the 36-holes section were locals, as were the top three in the 18 holes gross, nett and stableford divisions. The results were as follows.

36-holes, gross: Denise Pilbrow 162 (best gross), Alayna Cox 164 (runner-up); nett: Lisa Busby 138 (e.g. winner) then Janis Webster 143, Carolyn Rawson 149, with T Ngakuru 150, I Bartlett and F Patterson all 152; stableford: Nancy Gregory 79, Merle Tipene 73, Kerry Rolleston 69, Kyra Rapana 67, Judi Brown 66, Cilla Golding 65cb.

18-holes, gross: Marj Duncan 83, Marilyn Atkinson 86cb; nett: Linda Lunjevich 68, Lynne Nelley 69, Rosaleen Steed, R Shaw 73, D Cassidy 74, K Cogan, K Stewart 75; stableford: Brenda Muller 41, Karen Gray 39, Lynne Masters, M Pennington 36, Lynn McCarthny, Jackie Ingham, Anne Stanton 34. Extra prizes, Best nett, am: Kath Gibson 76, pm: Jenny Peters 74; NTP, 0-20 handicap, Flo Smith, 21+: B Muller, LD 0-20, Brooke Irving; LD 21+: Anne Stanton; and 2s by Cheryll Voullaire, Petrina Maddren, Karyn Ferguson, K Rolleston and B Muller.

KAITAIA MEN. The Kaitaia Golf Club is running one of the major events from its 2015 programme this Saturday, the LiquorKing Tuatua Tournament. Organisers advised the $25 entry included 2s, longest drive and nearest to the pin prizes and that post entries were welcome.

The draw is, No.1 tee, 0930hrs M Masters, B Muller, W Clark, R Shaw, 0938 L Shailes, D McCulloch, A Squire, N Robson, 0946 L McCarthny, E Masters, T Wright, I Yuretich; 0954 V Smith, S Smith, M Duncan, J Douglas, 1000 C Semenoff, J Gardner, R Panaho, A Roozen, 1008 B Waitai, S Hossini, D Frost, M Kahi; No.9 tee, 0930 B Robson, F Smith, C Shailes, R Manga, 0938 L Lunjevich, R Mulcahy, J Carnachan, C Helleur, 0946 E Hammond, S Courtenay, C Urlich, T Shaw, 0954 K Rolleston, R Masters, R McCarthny, J Proctor, 1000 J Hincho, L Yuretich, Lesley Masters, 1008 post entries etc.

KAITAIA VETS. The Kaitaia Golf Club vets reported a great turnout of 38 players who enjoyed perfect autumn conditions for golfing at Ahipara on Monday morning.

Results were, men: Brian Mulcahy 35, Jim Gardner 30, Peter Hammond 28, Clive Helleur 28, Bob Robson, Bob Pirini, Bill Steed all 27 on countback; ladies: Marg Duncan, Noelene Masters (both) 28, Lyn McCarthny 27, Rosaleen Steed, Rata Masters 26.

There was a 2 by Bill Steed while, for the second in time in memory, nobody could find the 9th green with their tee shots, resulting in by lot win draws to Bob McCarthny and Elaine Hammond, and lucky draw: Vaughan Leach.