Golf TRAILS Tournament from left Mark Barnett, Junior Rawiri, Craig Mac Donald, Mutu Paterson, Clarke Smith, Gavin Weallean and Catherine Brown On the 18th of January we will be hosting the East Waikato Open a 36 hole competition with two men’s divisions, starting at 8.30am with a rolling start from the 1st and the 11th tees, the best gross and net scores will be rewarded with some excellent prizes from Prodrive, so ring 07 888 6109 or email info@matamatagolf.co.nz to book your tee time.
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This year’s annual tournament held recently saw a full field of 120 players from 37 clubs play 54 holes over 3 days. The weather was better than last year with only a few passing showers and blustery winds. The field was divided into 2 sections based on age which this year saw the split at 4057, and 58+. The oldest entrant was local Whangamata veteran Merv Michael at 80 years of age. Scoring was very close in the “young “ division after the first 2 days, with Richard Craven from Tauranga on 145 leading the charge from Dave Cooke
golferpacific.co.nz of Tauranga and Mark Anderson from Akarana, both on 146. Day 3 saw calmer weather conditions and Anderson made the most of his opportunities to hit a one over 71 to finally come in with 217, 3 shots ahead of Craven and a further 2 shots back to Cooke. Regular entrant and past winner Glen Goldfinch was another shot behind in 4th place. In the “senior” division, Sonny Te Kanawa from Waitomo was leading after day 2 on 152, 4 shots ahead of Thames’s Greg Overend, with another 3 shots further back to Mike McCarten from Cambridge. On the final day Overend shot the best round of the day, a par 70, to finish on 226 and take out the honours by 4 shots from Te Kanawa with William Zimmerli from Akarana on 236. Whangamata local Bill Marshall won the Stableford prize in the senior division and regular overseas visitor to Whangamata, Yasu Suzuki from Japan took out the Nett overall winner in the senior division. Bruce Fishwick, a Whangamata country member from Auckland won overall Nett. Other locals to share in the prize list were Rod Vause, Peter Williams, Mike Rumble and Bruce Scott Picture left to right are, Colin Brink-
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worth (President of Whangamata Golf Club),Mark Anderson, Bruce Fishwick and Michael Tate.
A well-attended prize giving ceremony followed on Sunday afternoon. Sponsors and local businesses combined with the Whangamata Golf Club to build a prize list worth in excess of $15,000. Tournament director Murray Hill thanked the many volunteer helpers for their part in running the tournament in a very smooth and efficient manner. More than 30 members of the golf club acted as spotters and general helpers over the 3 day tournament.
Results:-
Open Gross winner Mark Anderson (Akarana)
Open Nett winner Bruce Fishwick (Whangamata) Open Stable ford winner Michael Tate (Pukekohe) Division 1 Gross – winner Richard Craven (Tauranga) Division 1 Gross – second Dave Cooke (Tauranga) Division 1 Gross – third Glen Goldfinch (The Grange) Division 1 Nett – winner Michael Connor (Akarana) Division 1 Nett – second Glen Dalgety (Mt Maunganui) Division 1 Nett – third Dean Robertson (Whitford Park) Division 1 Stable ford – winner Syd Mitchell (Waitomo) Division 1 Stable ford – second Ray Johnson (Matamata) Division 1 Stable ford – third Bernie Sedon (Hamilton) Division 2 Gross – winner Greg Overend (Thames) Division 2 Gross – second Sonny Te Kanawa (Waitomo) Division 2 Gross – third William Zimmerli (Akarana) Division 2 Nett – winner Yasu Suzuki (Whangamata) Division 2 Nett – second Michael Cooney (Waitemata) Division 2 Nett – third Eugene Van Lierop (Tahuna) Division 2 Stable ford – winner Bill Marshall (Whangamata) Division 2 Stable ford – second David Coupland (Stewart Alexander) Division 2 Stable ford – third Colin Cowan (Ngahinapouri)
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