SPORTS ROUNDUP
BOWLS
Thirty members took part in June 17 Club Night at the new time of 7pm. Winners were Wayne Gamble, Andrew McClean, Carol Freeman and Stewart Couper. Runners-up, Neal Mikkelsen, Neil Cruden, Chris Sherriff and Allan Perry. Championship triples will be played on June 24.
GOLF
Katikati
Fairview 9 Hole Ladies — Last week 33 golfers returned for the remainder of the winter programme. The haggle was Hidden Pairs — combining the stableford points of both a Div 1 and a Div 2 player drawn at random. Resuls: 1st Collette Payne and Chris Nickel 36, 2nd Marilyn Payne and Pat Pepper 34, 3rd Mary Furness and Jenny Harrison 33, 4th Anne Howard and Dot Spice 32, 5th equal Jo Carnachan and Evelyn McCord /Sandie Knowlson and Brenda Carr 30, 6th Anita Kelly and Laraine Harder 29. Chip in on the 5th hole with a 7 iron for Chris Nickel.
Waihi
Women’s 18 hole — There was a good field on June 12 for the Handicap Championships nett qualifying round. Results: Kaylene Croker 69;
Shoneen Dunning 68; Karen May 73; Bev Ireland 75; Carol Leary 76; Jenny Wilson 77. Twos: Karen May, Michelle Libby.
■ Qualifiers and matches for Handicap Championships — Silver division: Anke Hermannsdorfer has a bye; Bev Ireland v Carol Leary; Sharlene Stewart v Michelle Libby; Wendy Matutinovich v Susie Goodall. Bronze 1 division: Sally Grindlay v Edna Connolly; Jenny Gallaugher v Sharon Deacon; Nan Hoggard v Kathy Ashton; Klara Ingle v Karen Lee; Rae Brown v Mavis Bruce; Adele Gunning v Vivienne Lilley; Helen Baynes v Phillipa Harvey ; Diane Lewis v Pat Hay. Bronze 2 Division: Shoneen Dunning has a bye; Kaylene Croker v Gay Bainbridge; Heather White v Rae Wright, both have byes in the first round. Bronze 3 division: Karen May has a bye; Liz Hale v Glennis Burgess.
■ There were 41 players in the field on Wednesday, June 17, for 4th LGU, Wilson Salver, and Karl Wilson Buttons competitions. Nett results: Billie-Jo Simmons, Susan Mustard 69; Dianne Douglas 70; Niria Gerbich, Kaylene Croker 71; Sharlene Stewart, Adele Gunning 73; Ros Robson, Wendy Matutinovich 74; Heather White, Gay Bainbridge, Diane Lewis,
Bev Ireland 75; Jan Robinson, Kay Marshall, Jenny Gallaugher, Rae Wright 76, Edna Connolly, Denise McConnon 77; Dot Ramsey, Jenny Wilson, Chris Mercer, Jeanette Culton 78; Marie Rickard 79. Karl Wilson Buttons — Silver: Billie-Jo Simmons. Bronze 1: Dianne Douglas. Bronze 2: Kaylene Croker. Bronze 3: Ros Robson. Hidden Holes: Billie-Jo Simmons. Katikati Dreamers Player of the Week: BillieJo Simmons.
Veterans — Waihi hosted a field of 101 players on June 15 for Waikato Veterans’ Day, with players coming from Te Aroha, Paeroa, Raglan, Gulf Harbour, Whangamata, Hauraki, Ngaruawahia, Riverside, Cambridge, Ngahinepouri, Pirongia, Morrinsville, Walton, and Waihi. Competition for the day was stableford, played in conjunction with the Coromandel
Shield. In the Waihi zone are, Te Aroha, Paeroa, Hauraki, Thames, Whangamata and Waihi, and during the season each club hosts a round of the Coromandel Shield on their designated Waikato Vets day. Coromandel Shield results round 1: Waihi 42 points, Hauraki 33, Paeroa and Whangamata 35, Te Aroha 24.
Results in one division over the field — Best Ladies nett: Mavis Bruce 69. Best Men’s nett: Allen Smith 70 on countback from Ken Purcell.
Stableford results: Ken Purcell 38 points; Rob Maurice (Te Aroha), Benjamin Shim (Paeroa) , Steve Meddings (Raglan), Adele Gunning 37; Peter Maria, Mark Benjamin (Gulf Harbour) 36; Peter Booker (Whangamata), Gyan Prole, Bill Holt (Hauraki), John Purkis 35; Bernie Gilmour (Ngaruawahia), John Giffney, Allen Sarjant, Daryll Denyer, John Libby, Peter Robertson, Jim Evans 34; Ross Brydon (Hauraki), Graham Jenkins, George Rogan (Riverside), Soon Park (Paeroa), Ross Fitness, Kerry Lewis, Denis Borman, Gerry Tompkins, David Croker, Mick Goodall 33. Bill McIntosh (Paeroa), Andrew McLennan, Linley Wallace (Cambridge), Don Lynch (Hauraki), Peter Nicholls (Te Aroha), Kristine
Gascoigne, 32; Bill Tiffin, Tony Webber (Ngahinepouri), Richard Baker (Paeroa), Avon Gordon, John Drent, Rodger Bagshaw, Sharon Meddings (Raglan), Bev Ireland, Dave D’Abo (Te Aroha), Nan Hoggard 31; Maurice Joyce, Peter Hewitt, Brian Baynes, Graeme Hill (Te Aroha) 30.
Twos: Allen Smith, Daryll Denyer, Deon Liedenberg (Walton), Cam Fleming (Morrinsville), Malcom Burt (Whangamata), Soon Park (Paeroa), Michelle Libby. Nearest the Pin on 8 — Men: Peter Reekie (Whangamata). Ladies: Bev Ireland.
Nine Hole — There was a cheerful crowd at golf on Tuesday, June 16, eagerly looking forward to their first competition day since Covid-19 stopped everything. The competition was Wintle Cup and Martha nett, with Division 1 ladies playing their third LGU round as well.
Wintle Cup nett results: Pip Jones 33, Cathy Shannon, Glen Bennett, Judith Dee 34, Jill Morrison 36, Gwyn Wiggans, Mandy Piper, Cath Poulter 37; Lorraine Meyer, Margaret Meldrum 38; Laurel Alenka, Jean Cotterill, Barbara Schrider, Gwen Garrett 39. Martha nett Men: Peter Madsen 34, Garth Pritchard 37, Tony Skelton, Rex Smith 40.