GOLF ROUNDUP
WAIHI Veterans
— In last week’s report The Nuggets pennant team was one step away from an outright win in the Waikato Veterans Association Zone 3 Pennants final round robin competition, sitting at the head of the leader board, with Quartz only two points behind in second place. Nuggets held it together and came away with a great win with 2218 cumulative points over six rounds, with Tahuna 2 runners-up, only two points behind with 2220. Waihi’s Quartz team was in third place with 2222, an excellent result.
Is it too much to ask Nuggets team Allen Sarjant, Ken Purcell, John Giffney, Earle White, Maurice Joyce and Tim Parish in the district final at Paeroa on Monday, May 10 to play their hearts out and come home with the winning trophy? There were six rounds with 10 teams in this competition to reach the grand finale against the other Zones, and it is a remarkable result that there were only four points between first and third places.
The course was busy on Monday, April 26, with a number of Vets on the tee for an informal Haggle run by Rodger Bagshaw, and following them was a large group of green fee players from Auckland enjoying the peace and quiet of a country course. Talking to them afterwards in some sort of stilted English and sign language, they indicated they all enjoyed the course and had a great day. There was one heavy shower during the day, but otherwise conditions were pleasant when the sun came out. Stableford haggle results: John Giffney 39 points; Allen Sarjant 35; Rodger Bagshaw, Ross Fitness 34; Peter Hewitt, Jim Powell, Mavis Bruce, Nan Hoggard 33; Gyan Prole, Edna Connolly 32; Jim Evans, Des Johns 31.
Women’s golf — 18 holes
Players were up early and on the tee on Wednesday, April 28 in anticipation of playing 36 holes in the Nancy McCormick Foursomes, a national event in which the score from each club’s winning pair is forwarded to Golf NZ, and from there the winning pair is decided when all scores are on hand.
Players have the option of playing 36 holes on one day, or splitting the game into two rounds to play the second 18 holes on another day. As it happened, most Waihi players finished on the same day, as the weather was perfect, but there were a few pairs who chose to split the game.
Saturday ladies played their 36 holes on May 1.
The day’s haggle was set on the first 18 holes’ foursomes. Nett results — Helen Baynes and Wendy Matutinovich 67; Billie-Jo Simmons and Penny Joyce 71; Annette Hetherington and Jenny Gallaugher 72; Jan Robinson and Kay Marshall 75; Jacquie Bain and Anke Hermannsdorfer, Adele Gunning and Nan Hoggard 76;
Avon Gordon and Mavis Bruce 79; Rosalind Giffney and Heather Watters 80.
Nine Hole - It was wet again as usual on Tuesday, April 27, yet despite the weather, 24 turned up to play, waddling like ducks in their wet-weather clothing to play par and putting competitions. Honda Cup — Division 1: Glen Bennett and Carole Hambleton all square; Christine Mercer 1 down. Division 2: Jill Morrison Jnr 3 up; Lynda Thomson, Helen Brady, Julia Nicolson all square.
Men — Martha Par: Rex Smith, Terry Paterson 1 up; Garth Pritchard, John Murphy 1 down. Putting: Eda Pipe 14; Julia Nicolson, Norm Sanderson, John Murphy 15.