On Monday all three women’s Pennants teams got the 2016 interclub season underway. The most successful team was the Div 3 team that played Shandon at Shandon for a 6½-2½ victory. Singles wins were recorded by Brenda Blatchford, Roselee Thurston, Shirley Saunders and Marilyn Beetham.
In Div 2 Section 2 Masterton played Carterton at Te Marua for a 3-3 draw with wins to Larraine Duckett, Lesley Stewart and Pam Griffith and in Div 1 Masterton met Otaki at Manor Park and suffered a 3½-5½ defeat with the solitary singles winner being Linda Cameron.
The Tuesday women’s field played a stableford round in excellent conditions. Results were-
Silver
1st Edith Clarkson 38
2nd Sereana Phillipps 38
3rd Nooroa Rota 37
Bronze
1st Trish Newcombe 43
2nd Jane Buchanan 42
3rd Rosemary Laffey 41
The All Teed Up Nearest the Pin on No 8 was Marilyn Strang and the New World Nearest the Pin on No 18 was Lesley Stewart.
The vets have had two competition days in the last week. Last Wednesday, in a stableford round, results were-
Women
1st Isobelle Weaver 28
2nd Pam Sutherland 26
3rd Helen Falloon 21
Men Group 1
1st Charles Anderson 28
2nd Alan Kirkham 26
3rd Alan Sadler 26
Men Group 2
1st John Tatham 32
2nd Ian Eyre 29
3rd Brian Henson 27
Mac Martyn won the Fagan Ford Nearest the Pin.
On Monday the vets also played a stableford round in very hot conditions. Results were-
Women
1st Beryl Stuart 28
2nd Isobelle Weaver 26
3rd Pam Sutherland 26
Men Group 1
1st Brian Pollock 30
2nd Alan Sadler 29
3rd Ash Peterson 28
Men Group 2
1st John Carroll 30
2nd Ian Hull Brown 28
3rd Mike Inwood 27
The men’s Saturday club field played the first Challenge Shield and Chairman’s Trophy rounds of the season and ‘benchmarks were set that will be very hard to beat in coming months. In the Challenge Shield Kerry Mountcastle’s gross 65 in the round to beat and in the Chairman’s Trophy Sila Fa’aiuaso had a nett 63. Results in the stroke competition were-
1st Sila Fa’aiuaso 63 nett
2nd Kerry Mountcastle 68 (Kerry is on +3)
3rd Ray Morris 69
4th Simon Richardson 69
5th Phil Rutene 70
Women (Stableford)
1st Edith Clarkson 40
The All Teed Up Nearest the Pin’s were won by Jack Richmond, Edith Clarkson and Simon Buckley but perhaps the biggest winner of the day was Jack Richmond who won the jackpot albeit a very small one!
On Sunday the final of the Wairarapa Shootout was played at Mahunga and, up to lunch after 7 holes our three representatives were all still in the field. However Murray Wolland was eliminated on the 8th and Ray Verhaart went out in spectacular fashion on the 9th leaving Simon Buckley as Masterton’s sole hope. He lasted until the 16th hole where he lost in a chip out.
Fortyseven players attended the TRC Toyota Twilight golf last Wednesday and scoring was variable. Mitch Hooper won the men’s division with 24 points and Jan Tatham had 22 in the women’s. The lowest scores in both divisions were 12 points showing that the heat took its toll on some of the field. Darryl Hart and Jeanette McNae delivered the longest drives and Sue Dalziell was Nearest the Pin on the 8th. A special draw saw Matt Hooker, on his first outing, pick up the Matahiwi Pinot Noir. The teams’ competitions are becoming very close with any of three teams able to take out the two competitions. With only four Wednesdays left, it’s going to come down to the wire once each team’s worst two scores are taken from their totals.
The Thursday New World Supermarket competition was won by Graeme Jones with 41 points from Murray Johnston, Dennis Hogg, Jack Richmond and Geoff Masters, all on 40. The All Teed Up Nearest the Pin was Ash Peterson.
The 9 holers had a stableford round on Wednesday which was won by Di Herbert with 22 points from Jill Slight on 21. Di Herbert won the PGG Wrightson Longest Drive.
This Saturday all the men’s interclub teams are in action with the new Div A4 team playing at Masterton. The club field will tee off at 12 noon as usual.
Off The Fairway
Members are reminded that the club AGM is being held this Sunday at 10.30 in the 19th. An All Teed Up mini tournament will follow.