The Annual Triangular Tournament between the Waihi, Whangamata, and Omokoroa golf clubs was held on Sunday, March 17 at the Whangamata course.

It is always a keenly contested event, and great social day, which proved to be the case again this year.

With home course advantage the Whangamata Team proved too strong and made a clean sweep of the trophies.

The final scores were Whangamata with an average score of 33.36, ahead of Waihi on 32.56, and Omokoroa 32.10.

In the Wai/Whanga contest the Whangamata Ladies won by just .06 of a shot, while the Men beat Waihi by 1.21 shots on average.

MEN’S BEACH CUP FINAL:

The final was played on Saturday, and proved to be a comfortable win for Daryll Denyer. On the day, in the wet conditions, he proved too strong for Jason Baldwin winning 6 and 5.

MONDAY VETS:

A good field of Vets played a team game called Pocket Ball this week which proved to be a lot of fun. Individually there was some very good scoring by Anke Hermannsdorfer and Judy Saunders with 42 points, and Mavis Bruce one point back, but it was the team score that counted.

The winning team with 40 points was Wendy’s Wonders (Wendy Matutinovich, Jenny O’Dwyer, Andrew McLennan, and Kerry Lewis), ahead of Baynesy’s Mob (Brian Baynes, John Giffney, Adele Gunning, and Des Crene).

Entries are open for the Two-Day Vets Tournament on April 8 & 9. Entries can be made by calling the Club on 07 8638678, or on the Club Web Site.

The Tuesday Nine Hole scramble this week was a stableford round. Sharing top place were Nicola Pooley and Margaret Meldrum who both scored 23 points, followed by Glen Bennett with 21, and Alison Turney 20. Michelle Bonnici and Lynda Thomson were next with 17 points.

WEDNESDAY LADIES: The Ladies played a stableford haggle in nice autumn conditions. The day was won by Tamara Morris with a staggering 48 points. There is plenty of run at the moment and the course is in great condition, but to achieve this score is outstanding. Well back with very good 41 points were Dot Ramsey and Diane Lockwood, with Jan Robinson next on 40. The Hidden Hole was shared on 9 points by Dot Ramsey, Mavis Bruce, and Diane Lockwood. “The Dreamers Player of the Week” was Rae Wright with her 66 nett.

THURSDAY MEN: Perfect conditions for the day’s haggles. In the morning Division 1, Bruce Rutter was first with 39 points, followed by Francis Gascoigne on 37. On 36 were Tayla Turnbull, John Giffney, and Jim Powell. In Division 2, Bill Tiffin had the round of the morning with 43 points, with Tom Wallace just behind with 42. Then John Drent and Gary Dunlop were back with 36 points.

In the Afternoon Haggle the scores were very competitive, with Dave Morris and Greg Bundle both having 40 points, with the ever-present Rex Knight one point back. Mark Bryant and Bill Young shared 38 points, while Alistair Cochrane and Murray Butterworth both finished with 37 points.

VETS PENNANTS: On Friday, Waihi hosted the next round of the Waikato Zone 3 pennants. With 72 players taking part in this well organised event on a fine day with ideal playing conditions, the Waihi Quartz team were able to extend their lead at the top of the table. The Waihi Ingots, and the Nuggets were both able to improve their positions to 5th and 6th. Allen Smith of Waihi had the day’s best gross of 76, while Adele Gunning (Waihi) had the best nett of 68.

SATURDAY LADIES: After an extended period of fine weather, Saturday players had to contend with a wet day.

This week proved to be Tamara Morris’s week for after dominating the Wednesday field she once again won the haggle with 40 points. Second was Liz Hale with 39, while Bev Ireland and Jackie Robson both had 36 points. Karen Diggelmann and Jackie Robson shared The Hidden Holes.

SATURDAY MEN: Very reduced fields for the two haggles due to the wet weather. In the mornig haggle Vaughn Meads and Ross Sayer both had 36 points, ahead of John Libby with 35. John Giffney, Tom Rowbotham, and Sam Gurney all had 34.

In the Afternoon Haggle the only one in the men’s fields to show signs of having web feet was Wayne Brierley with 40 points. Second was Jethro Meares with 35, and then Mark Tomsett on 34. Next best was a group on 32!

Rodger Bagshaw