Their 17th-hole win was a decent notch in the belt. “Haks” is a hardened match-player, who has now professional David Smail among his Poverty Bay-East Coast representative day scalps, while leftie Ball’s game usually personifies rock-solid.Allan and Shaw booked themselves…
Several division titles will be up for grabs – junior boys and girls (under-16), open men and women, “seasoned swingers” (50 years-plus men and women), and other divisions to be confirmed.Finals will be head-to-head knockout battles similar to professional long…
Coincidentally, the man Higgs eliminated on the 18th to win the shootout – Pete Stevenson – had to settle for second again on 41 points.Husband and wife John and Alvie Hale won the mixed pairs Stableford with 43 points, Te…
The women’s competition was a Waikohu clean-sweep – Marg Tuapawa winning the net, Ella Wynyard the gross and Audrey Tamanui-Nunn the Stableford.Waikohu proved far too good for Ōpōtiki in their interclub challenge. The hosts averaged 36.6 points to Ōpōtiki’s 26.5.SATURDAY…
In an all-Poverty Bay duel, Dirk Bullivant beat Mark Norman 2 and 1 in the second 16 final; Roland Waru defeated Tolaga Bay clubmate Rongo Pomana for the third 16 title; local Eruera West downed Tolaga Bay’s Maioha Waru in…
“They both played really well,” said Stewart.Equally importantly, they combined strongly. When one faltered, the other stepped up.Tupara, sporting a black eye from copping a stick to the head in the hockey final, and Bond won the first hole and…
Poverty Bay Golf Club course superintendent William Brown, LeaderBrand chief executive Richard McPhail and greenkeeper Rowan Clark stand on the 10th tee as a sprinkler operates behind them. Photo / Strike PhotographyLeaderBrand has teed up a novel method to help…
Then all of a sudden, a switch flicked, including a birdie and three pars, as Tietjen and Pat Hokianga gave Jason Phillips and Pat Molloy a 5 and 3 towelling in their four-ball haggle before walking to the sixth green…
Dad Waiti Tamatea put a club in Kymani’s hand when he was little and he hasn’t looked back.He started playing nine holes off the red tees at Poverty Bay in July 2023 and got his first handicap – 39.8 –…
The battle of the besties – Zane Boyle v Brad Reynolds – was one-way traffic. Reynolds described his 5 and 3 loss as “a belting”.Boyle next meets Jason Devery, who parred his way home after trailing 2-down at the turn…