Every golf club needs them and Māhia is no different; stalwarts who give freely of their time out of their love for the club, community and the game of golf. Two of those who continue to contribute are Tegal Smith and Lil Morgan, who were among those who enjoyed the club’s 50th anniversary celebrations.
Every golf club needs them and Māhia is no different; stalwarts who give freely of their time out of their love for the club, community and the game of golf. Two of those who continue to contribute are Tegal Smith and Lil Morgan, who were among those who enjoyed the club’s 50th anniversary celebrations.
Patutahi
Brothers Tritan and Lucian Nickerson did the 1-2 in Sunday’s net competition.
Tritan won with 90-21-69 and Lucian was second with 95-25-70.
Helen Poman’s net 74 won the women’s section.
SUNDAY - Men’s net: T. Nickerson 69, L. Nickerson 70, T. Green 72, J. Neilson 72, R. Pardoe 73on c/b.
Raana Walker’s best round in six and a half years earned him a runaway victory in the men’s Stableford on Sunday.
Walker shot 82-21-61 for 31 points - nine points ahead of second-placed Bill Clark.
SUNDAY - Captain’s competition, round 1, net/LGU: I. Ngarimu 73, H. McClutchie 73.
Putting: I. Ngarimu 29, H. McClutchie 32.
Men’s Stableford: R. Walker 82-21-61, 41; B. Clark 81-11-70, 32.
Poverty Bay
If you play to your handicap, you’re in the money.
That seems to be the pattern at Poverty Bay and is likely to continue as the course plays longer over winter.
The best scores in men’s competitions over the week was Dom Wilson’s 75-6-69, for 39 points, which won the division 1 Stableford on Saturday, and Electrinet Park member John Collier snr’s 89-20-69, for 39, which won division 2 on Sunday.
Other winners over the week were Nick Richardson (37 points), who went close to a hole-in-one on Sunday; Murray Smith (37) on Saturday; and Mike Lewin (34) and John Pittar (32) in tough conditions last Thursday.
Twos: J. Jenner, G. Udall, S. Andreassen, J. Pittar.
Approach: G. Udall.
COMING UP: SATURDAY, May 25, Enterprise open foursomes, 18 holes, shotgun start from 12pm, gross, net and Stableford, men’s, women’s and mixed sections, barbecue to follow.
Māhia Golf Club patron Duncan Bremner at the club's 50th anniversary celebrations. Bremner, who has been a member since 1978, was given the honour of cutting the jubilee cake.
Electrinet Park
Mahia or Te Puia Hot Springs?
That is the million-dollar question heading into the sixth and final round of the Tairāwhiti women’s interclub pennants at the Park course on Saturday.
Following on from its successful 50th anniversary, Tahunga will be buzzing again on Saturday when it hosts its biggest tournament of the year - the Tahunga Men’s Open.
Always a popular event, there will be a cup of tea at 10.30am followed by a shotgun start from 11am.
There are gross, net and Stableford divisions and a barbecue to follow.
