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Te Puia Hot Springs

A week is a long time in golf.

Stu Harbottle was sent packing from the Poverty Bay men’s shootout  after a triple-bogey eight and a chip-off on the very first hole on Sunday, November 12.

A week later he was crowned the Tokomaru Bay third 16 champion at the 72nd edition of the East Coast Open.

And he did it in style, brushing aside clubmate Mark Norman 6 and 5  in the matchplay final after a 1-up semifinal win over Electrinet Park’s Danny Boyle, who won his club’s men’s shootout final the same day Harbottle was ejected from Poverty Bay’s.

Yes, a week’s a long time in golf.

An extra hole was needed to decide the Te Puia Springs second 16 final between Paul Smith (Tauranga) and Tim Mackie (Waipukurau).

It came down to similar 4-foot putts for par. Smith got his. Mackie’s stopped on the edge of the hole.

Tolaga Bay’s Murray Yates defeated  Alvie Lawson in the Waipiro Bay fourth 16 decider.

Home-course player Peter Harrison added to his list of EC Open successes in beating Tolaga Bay’s Watene Reedy in the Ruatoria bottom 8 final.

SUNDAY — Te Puia Hot Springs Hotel East Coast Open championship 16, winner: Apirana Ngarimu from William Brown.

Third: Craig Van Der Nagel.

Flight: Mutu Ngarimu from David Situ.

Plate: Tony Akroyd from Shayde Skudder.

Consolation: Elijah Huriwaka.

Te Puia Springs handicap second 16, winner: Paul Smith from Tim Mackie.

Third: John Van Helden.

Flight: Bruce Yates from Andy Hayward.

Plate: Neil Mackie from Dudley Meadows.

Consolation: Chris Beattie.

Tokomaru Bay Handicap third 16, winner: Stu Harbottle from Mark Norman.

Third: Gray Clapham.

Flight: Stu McFadyen from Chris Taewa.

Plate: Alan Double from Dirk Bullivant.

Consolation: Ian Logan.

Waipiro Bay Handicap fourth 16, winner: Murray Yates from Alvie Lawson.

Third: Joe Sheridan.

Flight: Maioha Waru from Joe Stanley.

Plate: James Forrester from Mark Barker.

Consolation: Dave Hall.

Ruatoria Handicap bottom eight, winner: Peter Harrison from Watene Reedy.

Flight: Ross Calder.

Plate: Rewi Castle.

Patutahi

The lean Green machine and  a

par-doing Rocky proved too good for Handy Andy and the Mighty Quinn in the men’s pairs matchplay final on Sunday.

Tony Green and Rocky Pardoe defeated Andy Nimmo and Dave Quinn 4 and 3 to win the four-ball best-ball title.

Pardoe parred half the course in shooting 81-14-67, which also earned him second in the men’s net.

Green had two birdies, including a two.

Mana King reigned supreme on the day, winning the net with 85-22-63.

Former world jetsprinting champion Peter Briant raced to victory in his division of the Friday meat pack 9-hole stableford.

Briant had 23 points for his counting nine and shot an impressive 83-21-62 for 18 holes.

SUNDAY — Men’s net: M King 63, R Pardoe 67, G Brown 69, J Brown 69, D Dodgshun 71.

Women’s net: S Robertson 72.

Twos: T Green.

Men’s pairs four-ball best-ball matchplay final: T Green/R Pardoe def D Quinn/A Nimmo 4 and 3.

FRIDAY — Meat pack 9-hole stableford, up to 8 handicap: P Turei 20, A Nimmo 20, B Williams 19, B Toa 18, P Summersby 18.

9+: P Briant 23, D Quinn 20, D Skudder 20, H Pomana 18, P Tinnelly 18.

Tolaga Bay

Trent Higgs fell one shot shy of breaking an eight-month sub-80 drought, but had a winning consolation on Sunday.

Higgs shot 80-14-66, for 38 points, which was good enough for victory in the stableford — two shots clear of Mark Watts.

The club’s Christmas tournament is on Sunday — 8am and 12 noon tee-offs.

SUNDAY — Stableford: T Higgs 38, M Watts 36, P Stevenson 35, J Hale 33, R Pomana 33, Z Horomia 33.

COMING UP: SUNDAY, Tolaga Bay Christmas Tournament, 8am and 12 noon tee-offs, mixed pairs and men’s sections, inquiries to Taine Lincoln 027-943-3843.

Electrinet Park

Jean Machine.

Shootout Specialist.

Foot to the Fore.

The headlines flowed after Jean Foot reasserted her status as Electrinet Park’s shootout queen.

The defending champion overcame 14 challengers to add 2023 to her list, which now numbers at least six titles over a period of 17 years.

Tai Aramakutu was the last to fall on Saturday after 15 players started on the fifth hole — Rebecca Walford the first to go.

She was followed by Kath Papuni (No.6), Sue Maisey (No.7), Karen Hay (No.8), Freida Brown (No.9), Kino White (No.10), Jaye McCafferty (No.11), Jacque Akuhata-Nickerson (No.12), Carney Pipi (No.13), Jo Kerr (No.14), Di Webb (No.15) and Tracey Ford (No.16).

Pat Johansen, the 2019 champion, fell on 17 — emulating her 2022 efforts.

That left Foot and Tai Aramakutu.

Aramakutu was getting a shot on the 18th, but could only watch as Foot sank a 15-footer for par, which proved good enough.

Shootout referee Barb Woods paid tribute to Foot’s survival skills.

“Jean’s amazing. She could have gone out a number of times.”

There was a bit of drizzle but otherwise it was “a fabulous day for the girls”, Woods said.

“And they all stayed on (after being eliminated) and supported the others.”

THURSDAY (Nov 16) — Gordons Pharmacy twilight stableford: K Tupara 22, S Toa 21.

Long drive: S Brown.

Approach: T Reynolds.

Monkey on the back: S Lardelli.

Simulator challenge: T Reynolds.

WEDNESDAY (Nov 15) — Coates Associates Electrinet Park women’s Christmas tournament, gross: J Kerr 79.

Net: A Lincoln 69.

Stableford: J Akuhata 39, K White 39, T Paku 39, L Tana 38, J Muir 38, T Aramakutu 37, L Holmberg 35, F Brown 34, K Hay 33, J McCafferty 32, P Johansen 32, S Gray 32.

9 -hole division, gross: S McLaughlin 53.

Stableford: R Pettigrew 17, S Armstrong 15, J Alderson 13, T Allan 12, J French 9, B Dickson 9.

Approaches: M Francois (up to 24), A Lincoln (25+), S Armstrong (9-holers).

Closest to  line: P Johansen, L Plowman.

Twos: K White.

Simulator approach: P Johansen.

COMING UP: SUNDAY, Dec 3, MTF Finance Electrinet Park Xmas Tournament, rolling start from No.1 tee from  7.45am to 11am, entry includes lunch, men’s and women’s divisions, gross, net and stableford, long drives, approaches and birdie board, simulator competition in divisions, start sheet at clubhouse, inquiries to office 867-9849 or to Mike 027-534-9741.

Waikohu

You will never take the Waikohu out of Pera Turei.

Australia-based Turei was back on his home course on Sunday although had to play second fiddle to the Ritchies in the club competition.

The former Poverty Bay-East Coast representative , who played in 11 Freyberg Masters national interprovincials and won the Waikohu senior club championship a multitude of times, headed over the ditch in 2010.

He headed to Patutahi on Friday and won the senior men’s section of the meat pack 9-hole stableford with 20 points.

His 34 points at Waikohu on Sunday was good enough for third but well adrift of the top two — Te Rata Ritchie on 41 and Sonny Ritchie on 40.

The Christmas Cheer open tournament scheduled for Saturday has been cancelled due to the forecasted bad weather.

Sunday — Men’s stableford: T Ritchie 41, S Ritchie 40, P Turei 34, R Reeves 33.

Women’s stableford: E Wynyard 32, A Reeves 32, M Tuapawa 30.

Twos: T Ritchie 2.

Poverty Bay

Ross Morley’s low round of the year at Awapuni Links earned him a comfortable win in the division 2 men’s stableford on Saturday.

Morley fired 84-15-69, for 39 points.

Other competition winners over the week were John Aitchison (39pts), Vance Richardson (38), Manawatu member Rod Grieve (38), Dave Pirimona (36) and Shaquaid Hihi (38).

Sunday — Men’s stableford, division 1: D Pirimona 36.

Division 2: S Hihi 38.

Approach: A Putnam.

SATURDAY — Men’s stableford, division 1: R Grieve 38, T Goldsmith 37, S Andreassen 37.

Division 2: R Morley 39, M Allen 35.

Twos: T Goldsmith 2, S Andreassen, K Grieve.

Jackpot: T Goldsmith.

Approach: S Andreassen.

Thursday (Nov 16) — Men’s stableford, division 1: V Richardson 38, C Poole 36, I Murphy 36, G Udall 32, A Abrahams 32, C Christie 32.

Division 2: J Aitchison 39, D Atkins 39, B Read 36, G Clapham 36, H Johanson 36.

Twos: T Mackie, G Morley, D Bush, A Abrahams, G Udall.

Approach: A Abrahams.

COMING UP: SUNDAY, December 10, Taste One/First Light Frozen Christmas Open Tournament, entries being taken.

Golf Roundup compiled and edited by Chris Taewa. If you have a story, tournament to promote or results you wish to have printed, contact 
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