Strong winds test club golf champs

The first round of match play for the Men’s Club Champs competition was held on Saturday at the Tokoroa Golf Club. While wet weather threatened, it was strong winds that tested golfers on the day. Congratulations to Tom Hayes, Garth Shaw, Henry Skelton, Darren Costar, Bradley HayesLennon and Dave Ahuriri, who all progress to the second round of the competition. A reminder that those knocked out after the first round are eligible to play for the Atkinson Trophy.

With an impressive score of 43 stableford points, Barry Preece took top honours at Wednesdays Vets Scramble, 3 points clear of runner up John Loye. Alan Blair was third with a very respectable 39 points. Two’s were scored by Barry Preece and John Kawenga. John also had the longest putt of the day on the 9th hole.

The draw for the 2nd round of Mens Club Champs on Saturday 15th is as follows:

..................... I. Christie vs S. Steiner ................................... K. Cortesi vs B. Cortesi

........... R. Asiata vs B. Hayes-Lennon ...................................... D. Costar vs T. Hayes

..................... J. Bartley vs H. Skelton ................................... G. Shaw vs B. Nicholas

................ B. Watene vs S. Ngatamariki ....................................... K. Orake vs T. Pirato

............... C. Duggan vs T. Numanga ....................................... B. Preece vs J. Welch

................... O. Wilson vs M. Fiddis .......................................... J. Loye vs L. Tufau