SPORTS ROUNDUP

BOWLS

Indoor — The Katikati Indoor Bowls Club members played the finals of the graded singles last week. Chris Van Hellemond beat Heather Morton; Neal Mikkelsen beat Gay Young; Joshua McClean beat Bruce Plummer. Josh was the graded singles winner, with Chris Van Hellemond, runner-up. Mikkelsen was placed third.

GOLF

Katikati

Fairview Ladies — On Tuesday, September 11 the ladies played the second round of the Tile Gallery Competition which was a nett round. We played the back nine which was in great condition and we also had a lovely still morning. Results: Cath Edwards 10, Sue Couper and Sharon Willetts 9, Kathleen Grammer 8, Christine Murphy and Anita Kelly 7, Pat Pepper 6.

Veterans — On September 13 the 9-hole Fairview vets teed off the white tees on the back nine holes. The competition for the day was a nett score, plus the number of putts. A strong westerly wind made for a very challenging day with a ll 12 players having very competitive scores. The winner on the day was Jim Blackburn with a nett of

33 + 17 putts = 50 points. Second was Peter Bartlett with a nett of

35 + 17 Putts = 52 points and third place was Peter Wilson with 36 Nett + 16 Putts = 52 points also. Waihi

Women’s 18 Hole — For such a beautiful warm sunny day on Saturday September 8, it was surprising that there were so few women in the field to play the first round in Strokeplay championships, 7th LGU, Lowrie Cup Par, and Karl Wilson Buttons competitions. Nett results: Sharon Deacon 73; Carol Leary, Jenny Gallaugher 74; Phillipa Harvey 76; Bev Ireland 78; Susan Mustard.

There were no complaints about the beautiful weather and 19 degrees on Wednesday, September 12. Nearly all of the GUR areas are in play and heaps of debris from felled trees just about burned away, vertidrained greens fast and true again, grass shoots appearing on the edges of the new bunkers — it makes players realise just how hard the greens staff have worked over the past few weeks to bring the course back to prime condition. Well done. Playing the lie for the first round of strokeplay championships, 7th LGU, Karl Wilson Buttons and Lowrie Cup par competitions, and with plenty of run, there were many very good scores. Nett results: Helen Tidswell, Edna Connolly, Glennis Burgess 69; Carol Leary, Jenny Gallaugher, June O’Reilly

70; Wendy Matutinovich 71; Diane Lewis, Mavis Bruce, Jenny Wilson 72; Nan Hoggard

73; Judy Borchard 74; Rae Wright, Kay Marshall, Margaret Lecky 75; Bev Ireland 76; Pat Hay, Rae Brown, Sally Sherson, Karen Lee 77; Jenny O’Dwyer 78; Diane Spiers, Jenny Tubman, Noelene Deverill, Denise McConnon 79. Karl Wilson Buttons — Silver: Carol Leary. Bronze 1: Wendy Matutinovich. Bronze 2: Edna Connolly. Bronze 3: Helen Tidswell. Hidden Holes: Rae Wright, June O’Reilly, Jenny Tubman, Jacquie Bain, Helen Tidswell, Edna Connolly. Soul Beauty Rooms Player of the Week: Helen Tidswell.

Veterans — It is always satisfying if one plays under his or her handicap in a round of golf, and on Monday September

10, there were some exceptional scores among the 46 players in the field, the most outstanding being Gyan Prole’s 12 up on Par,

49 stableford and 13 strokes under his handicap. Not to be outdone by the men, Helen Tidswell returned a score 9 strokes up on Par, and 10 under her handicap. Two very memorable and exciting games of golf — well done. Par results — Men: Gyan Prole 12 up; Peter Hewitt 8 up; Maurice Tait 7 up; Eddie Bruce, Peter Maria 6 up; Peter Wright 5 up; Ray Berghan, Peter Brown, Rodger Bagshaw 4 up; Peter Robertson, Allen Smith

3 up; Richard Still, Earle White, Norm Sanderson, Tom Wallace 2 up; Wayne Gamble, Andrew McLennan, John Saunders 1 up; Geoff Gunn, Eugene Elliott, Bill Tiffin, Errol Millar all square; Bob Hoggard, Rakau Keno 1 down; Kerry Lewis, John Purkis 2 down. Women: Helen Tidswell 9 up; Avon Gordon 5 up; Chris Mercer 4 up; Edna Connolly, Judy Borchard 3 up; Judy Saunders 2 up; Jenny Gallaugher all square; Helen Parry, Rae Brown, Adrienne Lynch, Denise McConnon 1 down; Nan Hoggard, Penny Joyce, Rae Wright 2 down; Vivienne Lilley 3 down. Twos: Norm Sanderson on No 8.

Nine Hole — It was overcast and gloomy to start with for the Strokeplay championship second round on Tuesday, September 11, but warm once the sun came out, and the course yielded some good scores. Gross results — Women Division 1: Raewyn Baillie 49; Cathy Shannon, Alison Turney

50; Lorraine Meyer, Eda Pipe

52.Division 2: Jean Cotterill, Jeanette Culton 50; Pat Burr, Judith Dee 54; Jill Morrison 55. Men: Tony Skelton, Clyde Smith

44; Peter Madsen 45; John Vautier 48. Twos: John Vautier.