Our annual 54 Hole Men’s Matchplay event was held over the long weekend, with 36 holes being played on Saturday 1st June, and the final round being played on Sunday. We had a full field with representatives from 16 clubs, including as far away as St Clair in Dunedin and from Tauranga in the north. Thanks to everyone who came along to play – as always it was a great weekend, with lots of fun and laughter along the way!

A big thanks to our tournament sponsors Thrive Financial and Speights Alehouse Palmerston North. Thanks also to our Men’s Match Committee for their hard work in making this tournament come together, and for the wee tweaks on the course, that make things just that little bit more challenging!

Results

Division One – Winner – Ryan Rooney, Runner-up – Sam Towers, Flight Winner – Nathan Clark

Division Two – Winner – Jakob Bird, Runner-up – Ethan Ward, Flight Winner – Anton Hughes

Division Three – Winner – Warren Herbert, Runner-up – Tawio Makene, Flight Winner – Ben Anderson

Division Four – Winner – Glen Stephens, Runner-up – Dave Goddard, Flight Winner – Damian Walker

Division Five – Winner – Jayden Hunter, Runner-up – Hamish Watson, Flight Winner – Madden Chittenden

Division Six – Winner – Craig Evans, Runner-up – Ray Moore-Feu’u, Flight Winner – Paul Gavegan

Division Seven – Winner – Theo Gambitsis, Runner-up – Ben James, Flight Winner – Duncan Webb

Division Eight – Winner – Steve Cox, Runner-up – Gary Worsley, Flight Winner – Tim Woodward

Division Nine – Winner – Kelvin Orr, Runner-up – Danny O’Connell, Flight Winner – Steve Ryan

Division Ten – Winner – Gordon Shirkey, Runner-up – Sam Jones, Flight Winner – Paul King

NTP – Thanks to Tim Adlam from Speights Alehouse Palmerston North for sponsoring the nearies.

For those who didn’t make it through to match play finals, we run a stableford competition on Sunday. Congrats to Trevor Ward who won with 36 points.

A big thanks to Lisa in the Golf Shop who ensures everything is organised and runs as smoothly as possible! Also thanks to our Bar and Kitchen staff – Aaron, Morgan, Bud, Emma and Emma who kept everyone well fed and watered!

See you all again next year!

Happy Golfing

A great turnout despite some arctic conditions for our 9 holer’s open day with 83 in the field.

Well done to everyone who came along and braved the rain and cold!

In the women’s competition congratulations to Francis Clark who won the Gross competition in Division One with 49 (on countback over Cheryl Harper). Maureen Shannon won division two with a gross score of 53.

In the men’s competition, Phil Wahanui took home the top spot in the Gross category after shooting 42, with Chris Bell winning division two with a gross score of 50.

In our stableford competition, Cheryl Harper took out the Division One comp with 20 points, and Barbara Smith came in 2nd with 19 points. In Division Two, Louise White took the win with 24 points, and Yvonne Ohlson came 2nd on countback from Dee Amor with 21 points.

For the men, Murray Crawford won the Division One comp on 19 points with Gordon Piets coming in 2nd on countback.

Graham Cottrill won the Division Two competition with 21 points, with Bob Dann coming in 2nd with 19 points (on countback with Barry Rollinson and Stephen Whitford).

The only twos of the day went to Sue Chard on the 9th and Iesha Adrian-Mansfield on the 17th.

Once again, thanks to everyone for coming along to support, and we look forward to hosting you all again next year!