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Richard Foon carded one of the men’s rounds of the year net-wise on Saturday but it bears a possibly concerning resemblance to his performance almost a year ago.
Foon fired 77-13-64 off the blue tees to take an iron grip on Division 2 of the Dodgshun Cup men’s gross series.
It was his best score since July of last year — 77 off the white tees — and put him a distant 15 shots ahead of second-placed Colin Simpson after two of the four Dodgshun Cup rounds.
Foon is by no means a certain winner as players count their three best scores, meaning if they play all four rounds, they get to drop their worst one.
Last year, Foon won his Dodgshun Cup division but only after a disastrous third round, which doubled as qualifying for the club champs. He failed to qualify for the intermediate champs, then went out the next day and played 14 shots better to seal Dodgshun Div 2 glory.
The same scenario is in play this year, with club championship qualifying and Round 3 of the Dodgshun on Saturday, and Round 4 of the Dodgshun on Sunday.
History repeating is and isn’t on Foon’s agenda.
Dave Jenkins leads the race for the Dodgshun Cup Division 1 silverware although he won’t be crowing about his 170 (89, 81) total in a series so far missing almost all of the club’s top players.
Most of them will be in action this Saturday although reigning Dodgshun Cup Div 1 champion William Brown can’t defend it as he did not play in the first two rounds.
The door is open for Glenn Morley. He carded 77 in a small Round 2 field.
Division 3 is tight. Bill Simpson, on 192 (95, 97) leads by one stroke from Mark Stewart (96, 97).
Brown is defending his senior men’s club championship title but with Zach Rolls moving into the senior ranks, he won’t be retaining the intermediate crown.
Foon led some impressive scoring as the course became slightly friendlier at the weekend.
Nick Richardson won the Division 1 men’s stableford on Sunday with 75-8-67 for 41 points, followed by Pete Anderson with 75-6-69 for 39.
Odette Thompson and Janet Muir posted 39-point efforts in yesterday’s women’s stableford.
Sally Spence won the women’s par on Monday with 93-23-70 for +4.
WEDNESDAY — Women’s 18-hole stableford: O Thompson 39, J Muir 39.
9-holers’ stableford: R Pettigrew 22, J Tietjen 18.
MONDAY — Women’s par: S Spence +4, C Nelson +1.
SUNDAY — Men’s stableford, division 1: N Richardson 41, P Anderson 39, S Andreassen 36, B Morgan 36.
Division 2: D Patumaka 40, G Hawea 38, G Clapham 36, K Daniels 35.
Twos: D Patumaka, G Hawea.
Approach: G Clapham.
SATURDAY — Men’s stableford, division 1: P Clayton 38, S Andreassen 37, D Jenkins 35.
Division 2: R Foon 44, B Read 36, B Anderson 35.
Twos: S Andreassen.
Approach: C Dean.
THURSDAY (Aug 3) — Men’s stableford, division 1: N Mackie 33, C Dean 33, V Richardson 32, S Jeune 32.
Division 2: G Hawea 37, G Clapham 34, B Read 32, D Bush 31.
Twos: G Hawea.
Approach: J Pittar.
WEDNESDAY (Aug 2) — LGU 7, silver division: C Nelson 97-19-78.
BronzeI : Miggles Shanks 97-20-77.
Bronze II: O Thompson 114-32-82.
9-holers: J Ngarimu 58-24-34, C McDonald 55-20-35.
Twos: G Young.
MONDAY (July 31) — Foot-in-the-bucket women’s teams’ competition winners: V Fraser, M Colebourne, P Gayford.
Hukanui Brown’s quest for a fifth consecutive senior men’s club championship crown got off to an ominous start for those out to dethrone him.
Brown had seven birdies as he posted the top Round 1 qualifying score of 3-under 67.
Regan Hindmarsh was next best with 71.
Tom Hindmarsh, chasing a three-peat in the intermediate division, led the way with 76, two ahead of Hamish Harris.
Tony Sharp set the pace in the junior division with 85 off the stick, well clear of Mike de Luze’s 93.
Michael Broad topped the endeavour scoring with 98, with Ian Tietjen close behind on 100.
Round 2 of qualifying is this Sunday.
Players count their best 18-hole score.
Matchplay starts on August 20.
Meanwhile, Hindmarsh and de Luze are to contest the final of the Te Kani Pere handicap men’s matchplay competition.
Abbie Davis faces Sheree Gray in the McKeague Cup women’s matchplay final.
SUNDAY — Men’s net, up to 13: T Hindmarsh 68, H Harris 68, R Hindmarsh 70, A Hindmarsh 70, H Brown 71.
14-plus: T Sharp 70, M Broad 71, I Tietjen 74, C Brown 75, S Fookes 76.
Women’s net: A Davies 72, K Torrez 74, H Pomana 74.
FRIDAY — Meat pack 9-hole stableford, up to 8: B Williams 19, G Brown 18, R Pardoe 18, G Hawea 18, H Harris 17.
9-plus: W Stevens 23, D Dodgshun 21, A Davis 20, I Tietjen 19.
Tom Smith was the anchor man as he and Ethine Reeves won the men’s pairs combined stableford on Sunday.
Smith and Reeves totalled 70 points, two ahead of Richard Reeves and Sonny Ritchie. Smith’s 41-point haul also won the men’s individual stableford.
Sunday — Men’s stableford: T Smith 41, K Tamanui 38, S Ritchie 36, R Reeves 32.
Women’s stableford: A Tamanui-Nunn 31, P Rutene 28, V Grace 27, C Te Rito 27.
Men’s pairs combined stableford: T Smith/E Reeves 70; R Reeves/S Ritchie 68; L Green/K Tamanui 64.
COMING UP: SUNDAY, club competition.
The weather may have severely impacted the 2023 Te Kanawa Cup men’s pairs but the hunger to lift one of the club’s most popular trophies remains.
The Te K is almost down to the last four duos.
Three semifinal spots have been confirmed — top qualifiers Tom Reynolds and Darrel Gregory (aka Faint Hearted); Mike Christophers and Ben Holt (My Colt); and father and son Anthony and Shaun Pahina (Feral Crescent Boys).
Reynolds and Gregory knocked out Mike Bond and Heath Tupara (Hackers) 2 and 1 in their quarterfinal clash.
Christophers and Holt had an 18-hole battle with 2022 runners-up Ian Loffler and Steve Webb (Good, Bad, Ugly) — Loffler his own harshest critic after missing a 4-foot putt that would have won the hole and taken it to sudden death . . . “I sucked.”
The Pahina whānau beat another family combo — Steve Rolls and son Zach (Rolls Royce) — 3 and 2 to set up a semi with Christophers and Holt.
Reynolds and Gregory face the winners of the match between brothers Selwyn and Quentin Peneha (Peneha Power) and Derek “Red” Craven and Josh Taylor (Redskins) to be played this Saturday.
Qualifying for the men’s club champs continues to Sunday next week.
Scores of note so far include Selwyn Peneha’s 75 in the senior division, Reynolds’ 80 in the intermediate division and Mason Emery’s excellent 82 in the juniors.
The first round of qualifying for the women’s club champs was held last weekend. The second round is on Saturday.
A date for the final of the Benson Cup women’s pairs is to be confirmed. Tracey Ford and Jo Kerr face Di Webb and Tai Aramakutu in the decider.
TUESDAY — Veterans’ stableford: J White 38, K White 37, E Morley 36, G Williams 35.
Twos: R Walford.
SUNDAY — Women’s stableford: T Aramakutu 101-29-72, 36.
Drawn two: S Paku.
Men’s stableford: J Witika 37, C Christophers 36, D Craven 36.
Twos: J Witika, S Phillips, B Reynolds, J Devery.
A sunny day and a course slowly but finally drying out was enjoyed by members on Sunday.
The women had a second consecutive round of LGU putting. Iritana Ngarimu won with 30 putts in a round that included a two on the sixth hole.
Nehe Dewes’ 34 points won the men’s stableford.
SUNDAY — LGU putting: I Ngarimu 30, H Miratana 34, H McClutchie 35.
Men’s stableford: N Dewes 34, P Ngarimu 32.
Twos: I Ngarimu.
Dan Maitai dominated the Sunday stableford with 79-15-64 for 40 points, He also had a two.
Club championships start on Sunday.
SUNDAY — Stableford: D Maitai 40, M Yates 34, J Sheridan 33.
Twos: P Tuapawa, D Maitai.
Approach: P Tuapawa.
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