Bell family trophy up for grabs

By Maurice O'Reilly
The Bell Family Trophy was the main competition at Mahunga last weekend, and there were some good matches. The competition of the day was a par round. The biggest win of the day went to Ngaire Graham and Graham Dick who with a score of 8up on par easily disposed of Rose Alexander and Ken Luke who finished 3 up. In other matches Jean Bayly and Fred Brittain beat Len & Susan Christall, and Trish Gallon and Rodney Flood beat Chic & Leigh Reiri.
On Saturday the ladies had a par round and first was Noelene Stevenson who was 2 down, from Ngaire Graham and Rose Alexander who were both 3 down. The club competition was also a par round, and in group 1 Terry Fleet took the group by lot on 4 up ahead of Chic Reiri. Next was Graeme Paulsen and Raymond Cocks who were both square. In group 2 Greg Granich was 2 up, followed by Alan Biel, who was 1 up, and Mark Schultz and Bill Leahy who were both square.
Holes in two were scored by Rob McKelvey, Raymond Cocks, and Jeremy Harp. Nearest to the pins went to Bill Leahy on Solway Pie Shop no.1, Robbie McKelvey no.3, Rose Alexander McAuleys Transport no. 6, Graeme Paulsen Solway Butchery no. 8, Mark Schultz Progressive Engineering no. 10, and Graeme Dick no. 17.
Sunday was a busy day at Mahunga with the Watt Cup being held on the course, as well as Masterton Cosmopolitan Club playing Palmerston North, and our own competition. The ladies also had a team playing Tilson Salver at Carterton. They came up against Carterton on their home track and had a 2-4 loss.
The club competition for the day was a Stableford round. Conditions were testing with no sign of the sun and continual dew on the greens all day meant some players had a few more putts than usual. Raymond Cocks excelled in the conditions to take out group 1 with 40 points. He was followed by Shane Stewart on 38 points, and Frankie Martin and Lance Duckett on 37 points. Robin Britt took group 2 by lot with 38 points from Ron Hutcheson, and next were Fred Brittain and Heather Ousey with 36 points. Holes in 2 were scored by Heather and Bill Ousey, Rose Alexander, and Lance Duckett. Lukey's Lucky Last went to Syd Whittington with 25 points.
This weekend sees Walker Fourball Qualifying for the men. See the draw at the end of this report for your tee time. The ladies have an LGU round on Saturday and the Ross Burling no.2 on Sunday. The club competition on Saturday is a medal round and Sunday sees a Stableford round. Sunday also sees the Masterhunga being played at Masterton and everyone is to meet at Masterton by 11.15am. Have a great weekend golfing hopefully in sunshine.
What will you do for golf? Four married guys go golfing on Sunday. During the 3rd hole the following conversation ensued: First Guy: "Man, you have no idea what I had to do to be able to come out golfing this weekend. I had to promise my wife that I will paint every room in the house next weekend." Second Guy: "That's nothing, I had to promise my wife that I will build her a new deck for the pool." Third Guy: "Man, you both have it easy! I had to promise my wife that I will remodel the kitchen for her." They continue to play the hole when they realized that the fourth guy has not said a word. So they ask him. "You haven't said anything about what you had to do to be able to come golfing this weekend. What's the deal?" Fourth Guy: "I don't want to talk about it. Let's just say that the foundation for the new house is being poured next Tuesday."
Walker Fourball Qualifying Draw
No. 1 tee: 11.30am G Shaw & H Paku, T Fleet & R Flood; 11.37am G Wilmshurst & I Karaitiana, G Duckett & D Leach; 11.44 am D Coley & J Harp, F Brittain & K Gibbs; 11.51am G Dick & C Reiri, K Luke & J Paulsen; 11.58am R Cocks & C Cocks, R Hoar & I Race; 12.05pm M Alexander & B Herangi, K May & G Paulsen; 12.12pm M O'Reilly & D Jepson, R McKelvey & D O'Reilly; 12.19pm M Schultz & P Kenny, R Britt & W Evans; 12.26pm B Chappell & B Ousey, S Stewart & L Butler.