Only one was needed, Papuni sealing the win to add a club championship crown to her Benson Cup pairs (with Jacque Akuhata-Nickerson) and Agnes Attwood women's matchplay titles this year.
Jo Kerr made it four senior women's titles in a row, coasting to an 8 and 7 win over 2015 senior champion Blanche Walker.
The intermediate final between Tracey Ford and three-time champion Jean Foot is to be played at a later date.
The top seeds in the men's club championships all advanced to the last four from quarterfinals on Sunday.
Senior men's No.1 qualifier Anaru Reedy was the most impressive and it appears it is going to take something special to stop him from claiming a third consecutive piece of silverware in recent months.
Reedy was 5-under the card when he and Pete Stewart shook hands on the 13th, his flawless performance reaching perfect heights with a hole-in-one on the fifth.
It set up a semifinal with Selwyn Peneha, who beat Tom Reynolds on the 17th.
Rod Moore outplayed Rob Taylor 5 and 4 and next faces defending champion Brad Reynolds, who beat Zane Boyle 3 and 2 in the battle of the besties.
Intermediate top seed Ray Walford had one of the matches of the day against Glen McKinnon, with Walford getting home on the last.
His semifinal opponent is Steve Phillips, who thumped Phil Nepia 6 and 5.
Zach Rolls' hopes of a Poverty Bay-Gisborne Park intermediate double were dashed by Ben Cameron 3 and 2.
Cameron next meets Anthony Pahina, who ousted defending champion Danny Boyle on the 17th.
Junior No.1 Dave Harrison ended the Rolls campaign with a win over Steve Rolls — Zach's dad.
Harrison's semifinal adversary is Pete Tamatea, who won “the battle of the greenkeepers” against Ray Grace.
Second seed Glyn Williams got past Barry Cox on the 18th.
Up against him in the semis is Neal Jones, who beat Williams' son Alan, also on the 18th.
The semis are on Sunday.
Men's stableford: A Reedy 39, Z Boyle 34.
Approach: Z Boyle.
Women's best third shot: P Johansen.
Grandmothers Cup net: J Akuhata-Nickerson 70
Non-Grans Salver net: J Kerr.
Drawn two: J Kerr.
Men's stableford: A Pahina 38, E Parkin 35.
Women's club championship finals, senior division: J Kerr def B Walker.
Junior division: K Papuni def D Webb.
Women's stableford: R Taiapa 32.
Two: B Walker.
Veteran men's stableford: P Nepia 34, B Cameron 34, R Walford 34, B Cox 34, B Lunsden-Nicholls 33, R McGann 33, A Nairne 33, R Moore 33.
The semifinals of the men's club championships are on SUNDAY. The draw — No.1 tee, 9.15am: A Reedy v S Peneha,R Moore v B Reynolds.
9.25: R Walford, v S Phillips, B Cameron v A Pahina.
9.35: D Harrison v P Tamatea, G Williams v N Jones.
Kirsty Shaw ended a run of century scores with a trophy-winning performance yesterday.
Shaw's 96-27-69 won the Viv Swann Salver net and topped the bronze 2 division in the LGU.
Don Wright encapsulated golf's fickle nature over the weekend.
He won the division 2 men's stableford on Saturday with 85-17-68, for 40 points, but was 11 shots worse the next day.
Vance Richardson emulated that contrast in the space of 18 holes on Saturday. Richardson had 3-under 33 on the front nine and 43 on the back nine in his division 1-winning 76-7-69, for 39 points.
Other competition winners over the week were Allan White (34) on Thursday, Paul Rickard (39 points) and Ken White (38) on Sunday, Gay Young (30) on Monday, Ray Veall (39pts) on Tuesday, and Young (net 76) and Faye Allen (72) on Wednesday.
LGU, silver division: G Young 92-16-76.
Bronze 1: Faye Allen 98-26-72.
Bronze 2: Kirsty Shaw 96-27-69.
9-holers: S Ellwood 33.
Twos: A Witters.
Viv Swann Salver women's net: K Shaw 69.
Veteran men's stableford: R Veall 39, P Reid 39, W Thompson 36, M Smith 35, N Jones 35.
Women's stableford: G Young 30.
Men's stableford, division 1: K White 38, B Morrissey 38, J Situ 36, P Kerekere 36, P Anderson 36.
Division 2: P Rickard 39, M Karalus 37, N Jones 36, G Hawea 35.
Approach: B Morrissey.
Twos: G Hawea, J Situ, L Gunther, B Morrissey.
Men's stableford, division 1: V Richardson 39, W Brown 35, C Poole 34, A Abrahams 34.
Division 2: D Wright 40, M Stewart 40, W Thompson 39.
Approach: D Mettrick.
Twos: D Mettrick.
Men's stableford, division 1: A White 34, I Murphy 33, A Abrahams 33.
Division 2: G Clapham 34, R Fletcher 33, J Pittar 32.
Approach: M Barker.
Twos: W Brown 2, G Clapham, A Abrahams.
Jackpot: W Brown.
The Emerre and Hathaway and Insurance Institute tournament is at Poverty Bay TOMORROW. Report at 12 noon for a 12.30pm shotgun start. The draw is —
No.1 tee: R Brott, G Webb, S Andrews, G Cunningham; S Harbottle, D Hall, H Johanson, R Owen.
No.2: R Fletcher, H Williams, M Reynolds, R Murphy; D Bush, R Foon, R Menzies, M van der Velde.
No.3: G Sligo, S Campbell, R Fisher, P Sligo.
No.4: C Sutton, D Quinn, T Reynolds, N Kitchen.
No.5: J Glassford, T Sweeney, P Hogan, N Jones; E Hindmarsh, K Humphries, R Griffiths, C Carmody.
No.6: P Mullooly, F Lewis, R Moleta, R Lincoln; Tere Lincoln, T Sharp, M Grant, S Cranswick.
No.7: J van Helden, G Morley, M Callaghan, H Keast.
No.8: A Abrahams, A Reedy, M Smith, B Read; S Rogers, T File, K Clapham, S Puketapu.
No.9: D Williams, M de Luze, P Molloy, M Weaver; K Penny, A Reid, M Allen, F Cook.
No.10: C Taewa, B Colbert, D Meadows, N Jones; B Allen, G Clapham, A Baldwin, B Pratt.
No.11: R Gibson, B Brown, B Talbot, T Goldsmith; P Grogan, B Rothschild, R Johnstone, G Hawea.
No. 12: P Rickard, L Pollitt, G Marchbank, T Green; C Bauld, B Morrissey, M Stevens, R Wells.
No.17: R Fergus, T Petro, N Richardson, J Murphy; C Newman, H Douglas, G Hannah, T Berry.
No.18: C Parker, M Tilley, M Torrie, D Hall; M File, L Ball, J Jenner, J Holmes.
A FAST start propelled Hukanui Brown to a successful defence of the senior men's crown as the cream of the club rose to the top on Sunday.
Brown defeated a perhaps weary Shayde Skudder 7 and 6 in the 36-hole matchplay final.
Having fallen to Waikohu in the Poverty Bay premier club rugby final the previous day, YMP captain Skudder found himself behind early in his second final of the weekend.
Brown won the opening three holes, was 5-up seven holes and from there “I just held him out” in a solid display from the big man.
Brown was joined on the 2020 club champion list by Denise Johnston, Tony Green, Mike de Luze, Andrea Haisman and Mike Broad.
Johnston proved too good for Jandy Winiata in the senior women's final, winning 8 and 7.
Green was a 4 and 3 victor over Selwyn Pohatu in the intermediate men's final.
Haisman overpowered Jan Ewart 12 and 11 in the junior women's final.
De Luze retained the junior men's title with a 2-up defeat of Jamie Brodie.
Mike Broad best Sai Eder 4 and 3 in the 18-hole endeavour men's final.
SUNDAY — Club championship finals, men's net, senior division: H Brown 70, T Green 74, G Brown 75, D Russell 75, S Pohatu 76.
Junior division: M Weaver 67, D Fieldhouse 69, H Harris 71, G Tattersfield 72, M de Luze 72.
Women's net: A Haisman 76.
Twos: H Brown, T Akroyd, M Weaver.
Jackpot: M Weaver.
Meat pack nine-hole stableford, senior division: P Molloy 19, M de Luze 19, J Brodie 18, A Nimmo 17 on c/b.
Junior division: S Fookes 26, J Tietjen 22, P Briant 20, G Maude 19, N Bunting 19.
The Tahunga open closing day is on Sunday.
It will comprise a combined mixed pairs stableford (arrange your own pair) and a men's gross, net and stableford section.
A cup of tea/coffee at 10.30am will be followed by shotgun tee-off from 11am.
Dinner will follow play.
Inquiries to Mark Steele at 867-0803 or email
Hazel Miratana's name will go up in gold again on the club honours boards.
Miratana successfully defended the intermediate women's club championship, beating Iritana Ngarimu in the final.
It was one of two finals on Sunday.
Hiria McClutchie beat Doreen Goldsmith in the junior women's decider.
SUNDAY — Women's net: P Summersby 94-26-68, I Ngarimu 96-26-70, H Miratana 96-24-72, D Goldsmith 116-40-76.
Approach: H McClutchie.
Men's net: T Kupenga 85-20-65, J Miratana 89-21-66, G Summersby 93-26-67, J Forrester 68, K Waitoa 69, P Harrison 69, H Ramusseh 69, J Babbington-Welsh 70, J Puha 70.
COMING UP: SUNDAY, men's club champs, women's handicap cup.
NEIL Hansen's senior men's club championship crown goes on the line in the final later this month.
Hansen beat Taine Lincoln 2 and 1 in a semifinal last weekend and will play Bruce Yates in the final.
All club championship finals are on Sunday, September 20, teeing off at 9am.
Stableford: M Watts 36 , P Stevenson 36, Taine Lincoln 35, Joel Lincoln 35, D Maitai 34, N Hansen 34.
Putting: P Stevenson 27, Taine Lincoln 28, Joel Lincoln 29, M Watts 29.
SPUD Te Rito had too much firepower for Claude Ruru in the endeavour men's club championship final on Sunday.
Te Rito coasted to a 5 and 4 victory in the 18-hole match.
SUNDAY — Drawn pairs stableford: T Brown/U Chambers 40; P Milner/A Tamanui-Nunn 40, L Green/K Tamanui 35.
Endeavour men's club championship final: Spud Te Rito def Claude Ruru 5 and 4.
