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Mt Maunganui
NZ men’s foursomes
Feb 08
(07) 575 0590
Taupo
NZ men’s senior championships
Feb 08-10
(07) 378 6933
Mt Maunganui
Grant Clements Memorial
Feb 09-10
(07) 575 0590
Whakatane
Women’s opening day tournament
Feb 13
(07) 308 8117
Whakatane
Men’s teams day
Feb 14
(07) 308 8117
Te Puke
Women’s opening day
Feb 20
(07) 533 1115
Mt Maunganui
Veterans 54-hole annual mixed strokeplay
Feb 20-22
(07) 572 7044
Tauranga
Women’s Bluett Cup qualifying
Feb 23
(07) 578 8465
Te Puke
Men’s opening day
Feb 23
(07) 533 1115
Tauranga
BOP-TV women’s vets
Mar 04
(07) 578 8465
Tauranga
Top of the Harbour
Mar 17
(07) 578 8465
Rotorua
Rotorua Open
Mar29-31
(07) 348 4051
Robinson (Putaruru) emerging victorious after both posted 41 points. Taero Tereapii won the men’s gross with a 70 from Marsell Makea (Taupo) and Kerry Smith, while the stableford was won by Scott Brettell (Lochiel) with 45 points, ahead of Robin Thompson with 42.
BEATTIE BEATS THEM Neil Beattie did not beat around the bush en route to a sweat-free win in the Boxing Day Haggle at Te Puke. Beattie had things all his own way, his 44 points proving way too good for his rivals. Lawrence Russo finished second five points in arrears after a countback from Geoffrey Robinson and Joe Doherty (Hamilton), while Nathan Burt and David Dickie were also competitive with their 38s.
EDWARDS STAYS THE COURSE Ron Edwards showed his staying power to win the Harcourts Stayers stableford at Taupo just after Christmas. It was a tightly run thing, though, with Edwards just doing enough to collect the spoils. He scored 41 points to end up one ahead of Marcus Bartron and Ross Nixon, with Manu Vincent on his own in fourth with 39.
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Michael Bowers, Andy Roestenburg and Elwin Hockley all scored 38 and Howard Wedekind managed 37. Joan Frost won the women’s competition with 36 points, two better than her Wairakei International clubmate Ruth Kerr.
TARANAKI GOLF TRAIL
LANGTON RECOVERS WELL Aarun Langton recovered from a slow start to take out the senior men’s gross honours in the South Taranaki New Year tournament. Langton (Opunake) shot an even par 214 for the 54-hole event contested at Te Ngutu, Hawera and Manaia. He began with a five-over 76 and then really got into his work with a four-under 68 at Hawera and a one-over 70 at Manaia. Mark Hawken won the senior men’s nett with a 211 total while the stableford honours went to John Lovell with 112 points. The intermediate gross was won by Don Cameron with a 252 total, the nett was won by Dan Joubert 210 and the stableford by Peter Bayley 114. The junior titles went to John Langridge (gross), Murray Smith (nett) and Richard Johnson (stableford). The women’s division one gross was won by Celeste McLean, who shot a three-round 235, Michelle Furness won the nett with a score of 211, and the stableford went to Jenny Newland with 110 points.
XMAS SUCCESS The North Taranaki Christmas tournament was a resounding success, with a field of 174 assembling for close to $12,000 worth of prizes for the 54-hole event at Inglewood, Westown and New Plymouth. The latest edition of the tournament was notable for two holes-in-one. Having previously given up only one ace in 43 years, the latest tournament saw two scores on the second day at Westown. Kaye White (Palmerston North) used a nine wood to hole out on the 120m parthree 14th hole and Tony Hardy (Wes-
• TARANAKI Patea
Open tournament
Feb 16
(06) 273 8335
Westown
Westown Classic
Feb 16-17
(06) 758 6933
Manaia
Junior girls’ fun day
Feb 17
(06) 274 8325
Pungarehu
Coastal Classic 27 holes
Feb 20
(06) 763 8831
Manaia
Clytie Vine
Feb 20
(06) 274 8325
Strathmore
EDRS tournament
Feb 24
(06) 762 7559
Waitara
Women’s open day
Feb 27
(06) 754 8923
Westown
Taranaki sec schools twilight event
Feb 28
(06) 758 6933
town) had an eight iron in his hands when he aced the 128m par-three 16th.
SUMMER OPEN POPULAR A total of 116 players participated in the Taranaki Golf Centre Summer Open at New Plymouth last month. Taranaki representatives Murray Martin and Vanessa Bouvet produced the best men’s and women’s gross scores with 72 and 73 respectively. Craig McDonald won the senior men’s stableford with 46 points, the junior title went to Trevor Harrop with 49 and the women’s was won by Sharon Wray with 38.
John Cade, Shaun Gower, Ken Taylor and Ivor Sarten rounded out the top 10 with 41 points.
LOCALS LOCKED OUT New Plymouth members were forced to take a back seat when they hosted the club’s final Pro Shop stableford of 2012. Visitors filled the top six placings, headed by Brett Williams (Inglewood), who won the day with his handsome collect of 47 points. Roger Maxwell (Urenui) nabbed second on a countback from Bruce Black (Westown) after both returned 45, while Stephen Hughes (Patea) posted 42 and Errol Tuffery (Westown) 40. Then came Philip Trevenen (Waihi) with 39, on a countback from John Baldwin, Patricia Bouvet and Richard Barlow (Westown). Paul Carrington completed the top 10 with 38 points.
HAWKE’S BAY POVERTY BAY GOLF TRAIL
GOOD ON GRANT Grant Schwieters started the year on the right note when Westown staged their opening Saturday stableford of 2013. Schwieters showed more than solid form to collate 46 points to top the leaderboard ahead of Adrian Remeeus with 44. Terry Doherty, Gavin Grant and Ray Lock lined up behind Remeeus with their 43s, while Colin Maihi, Jeff Mason, Robbie Paul and Rodney Ward all entered the clubhouse with 42 points.
MAREE ON MESSAGE Maree Messenger delivered when Inglewood members contested a Lamb tournament stableford early last month. She was too slick for her rivals, winning with a haul of 45 points. Sandra Willans, Kevin Gunn and Don Sole all scored 43, with Nicole Mace and Merv Dew also competitive with 42.
HAWKE’S BAY - POVERTY BAY Poverty Bay
Tom Shaw Memorial mixed
Feb-17
(06) 867 4402
Patutahi
Women’s Open
Feb 19
(06) 862 7789
Hawke’s Bay
Women’s 18hole greensome
Feb 22
(06) 879 8890
Hawke’s Bay
Hawke’s Bay sec schools champs
Mar 08
(06) 879 8890
Puketitiri
Women’s 18hole open
Mar 11
(06) 839 8659
Waikohu
Women’s open
Mar 16
(06) 862 3188
Mahia
Women’s open day
Mar 23
(06) 837 5700
Hastings
Junior Tiger event
Mar 24
(06) 879 7206
Hastings
Elizabeth Horne 18 hole
Mar 25
(06) 879 7206
Poverty Bay
Women’s 36-hole Ryman Open
Mar 26
(06) 867 4402
Poverty Bay
Women’s 18-hole Ryman Open
Mar 27
(06) 867 4402