Over the last fortnight the major event has been the Wairarapa Sports Education Trust Ambrose Tournament which was held two Fridays ago and attracted 26 teams. The winning team was ‘The Putting Gods’ made up of Joel Macklin, Simon Dew, Alec Treseder and Michael Batley who recorded a staggering nett score of 52.38. Their round included lots of birdies and an eagle on No 18. The Trust raised just under $10,000 which will be used to support Wairarapa sportspeople and coaches. The next big tournament is the Hospice Wairarapa Ambrose with the same format as Sports Education Trust Tournament and being held on Friday August 14th. To find out more information go to www.hospicewairarapa.co.nz.
The Monday vets played a stableford round. Results were-
Women
1st Venetta Justice 24
2nd Pam Sutherland 19
3rd Beryl Stewart 19
Men Group 1
1st Alan Kirkham 24
2nd Robin Carseldine 22
3rd Ash Peterson 20
Men Group 2
1st Ian Hull Brown 25
2nd David Baker 25
3rd Hugh Blundell 24
The Fagan Ford Nearest the Pin was won by Ash Peterson.
The Saturday club field played a stroke round for men and a stableford round for women.
The men’s round was also a Challenge Shield and Chairman’s Trophy day but no one bettered the ‘benchmarks already set. Results were-
Men
1st Paul Williams 69
2nd Kevin Mackay 71
3rd Ian Buchanan 71
Women
1st Sereana Phillipps 40
The All Teed Up Nearest the Pins on No 8 were won by Murray Wolland and Sereana Phillipps and on No 18 by Kevin Mackay.
On Thursday the New World stableford was won by Geoff McKay with 39 points from Bob Hill and Peter Forrester, both with 38. Fourth were Ian Harrowfield and Jack Richmond. The All Teed Up Nearest the Pin was Ian Harrowfield.
On Tuesday the ladies field had a stableford round. Results were-
1st Marilyn Strang 33
2nd Nooroa Rota 32
3rd Sereana Phillipps 30
Last Sunday the Tilson Salver playoff was held at Mahunga and Featherston defeated Masterton by 3 1/2 to 2 1/2.
This weekend the men’s club day will probably be a stableford round while the ladies will play a par round.
Off The Fairway
The twelve golf tourists are back after a wonderfully fine and warm visit to the Gold Coast where six official rounds were played, although three opted to play Robina Woods on the rest day. Each day a different competition is held and, at ‘The Glades,’ this included counting the number of balls each player lost in the water. All up our twelve players lost 24 balls, ten of them by two people and the average stableford score was 25!