Masterton Golf Club

Interclub matches are very few and far between now that most of the interclub season is over but on Monday Wellington Golf held a field day at Paraparaumu to mark the end of the women’s Pennants season. The format was teams of three pairs playing foursomes. Masterton had two teams playing and our No 2 team came 2^nd in a field of 22 teams. Sereana Phillipps and Larraine Duckett came 2^nd in the individual pairs with 33 stableford points.

The 9 holers interclub played their last fixture last Thursday at Boulcott’s Farm when they met Kapiti for a 1-3 loss. The only winner was Rosey Wellbrock. Masterton finished the season in the middle of the field.

On Saturday the final of the Oldfield Rosebowl, the men’s match play with handicap competition, saw Ray Verhaart meet Mike Dixon in what proved to be a very close tussle. Dixon quickly went 2 up and slowly Verhaart pegged him back and at the turn Dixon held a slender 1 up lead. Verhaart won the 10^th, the only shot hole in the whole match, and it remained square until the 15^th when Dixon had a terrible drive and a worse second to lose the hole and then proceed to miss a vital putt on the 16^th to go 2 down. The 17^th was halved and Verhaart won the match and the trophy, 2 and 1. This is Verhaart’s third victory in this competition, having won the Oldfield in both 2007 and 2013.

Saturday, for men, was also a stroke round off the blue tees for the Challenge Shield and Chairman’s Trophy, although none of the scoring put at risk the ‘benchmarks’ set earlier in the year. The women’s field played a stableford round. Results were-

Men

1^st        Rob Blackett                                     69 nett

2^nd       Ray Verhaart                                                70

3^rd        Ash Peterson                                    70

4^th        Jamie Brunton                                  71

5^th        Conrad Shanly                                 71

Women

1^st        Nooroa Rota                                     36 pts

The All Teed Up Nearest the Pin on No 8 went to Ash Peterson and No 18, to Rob Blackett.

The Tuesday ladies field played a par round. Results were-

Silver

1^st        Jan Tatham                                       +1

2^nd       Brenda Blatchford                           -3

3^rd        Linda Cameron                                -3

Bronze

1^st        Lorraine Stewart                               +1

2^nd       Trish Newcombe                              +1

3^rd        Isobelle Weaver                               Sq

The Quilters Lane Nearest the Pin on No 8 was Brenda Blatchford and the New World No 18 was Serena Phillipps.

The Thursday New World competition saw a day when dubious weather caused many to stay away, however the small filed only had to ‘survive’ one small shower. Sila Fa’aiuaso won the competition with 37 points from Dennis Hogg and Ian Buchanan on 35. The All Teed Up Nearest the Pin was Carl Christensen.

The vets played a stableford round on Monday and attracted an excellent field. Results were-

Women

1^st        Beryl Stuart                                       20

2^nd       Helen Falloon                                  18

3^rd        Shirley King                                      17

Men Group 1

1^st        Charles Anderson                           25

2^nd       Ash Peterson                                    24

3^rd        Alan Kirkham                                                23

Men Group 2

1^st        Peter Smith                                       27

2^nd       David Baker                                      26

3^rd        John Whitehead                              25

Derek Clarkson won the Fagan Ford Nearest the Pin.

Congratulations to club members, Kerry Mountcastle and Dean Gray who have both been selected in the Wellington Representative squad for 2016.

This weekend, on Saturday, the men will play a par round which will be a Moore Stephen Markham Shootout qualifier and the women play a Home Pennants Stableford.