Weekly Update - By Club Captain Phil Barlow
If you needed any reminder we live on a windy island in the pacific, it came last Saturday loud and clear from the south-west which is not what we are used to. And just to add insult to injury, it was only 10 deg for much of the day making conditions very tough with some very interesting club choices having to being made. That being said, there were some outstanding scores amongst the men in particular off the blue tees for Monthly Medal.
A reminder that the Centenary Shotgun is on the following Saturday (14 Oct
This weekend’s competition is Par for the men and Marlin Trophy, and others Stroke for the women.
Interclub Update
Simon Cup (Currently 5th)
The Harewood team hosted Avondale at home on Sunday. Five matches went down the 18th but unfortunately the results did not go our way, going down 4 to 2. A good win to Lochie Horne in his first year of interclub, and halves to Jordan Wilson and Richard Hurley were the points scorers for Harewood.
The result drops us down the standings to 5th with the final round this year at Harewood this Sunday against Weedons who have jumped up to third. It will be a tough match, but with a good win it will push us into the semi final round.
This weekend the Woodward Cup team is at Avondale against Christchurch and Weedons and looking good at a semi-finals chance. The Blank Cup team is at Coringa against Clearwater and Avondale with a chance at the semi’s, but a couple of their usual team out. The Pollock Cup team is at Waimaire Beach against Clearwater and hopefully holding them off to take a semi-final spot.
Results for last Saturday
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Women
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Stroke
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Total
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1st
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Denise Curry
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78
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2nd
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Hyeza Kin
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79
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3rd
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Sonia Brown
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80
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Men – Div 1
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Monthly Medal - Blue (up to 12.3)
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Total
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1st
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Jordan Coffin (Top Dog carpark)
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66
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2nd
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Terry Coleman
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67
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3rd
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Jason Strachan
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72
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Best Gross: Cameron Powell (75)
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Men – Div 2
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Monthly Medal - Blue (12.4 to 17.8)
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Total
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1st
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John Hamilton
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69
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2nd
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Guy Chambers
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71
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3rd
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Phil Badger
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74
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Best Gross: Justin Cotter (90)
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Men – Div 3
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Monthly Medal - Blue (over 17.8)
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Total
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1st
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Liam Wilkie
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66
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2nd
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Jonny Lester
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76
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3rd
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Michael James
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76
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Best Gross: John Gold (97)
There were 5 two’s last Saturday earning $18 each. Nett Eagles was hole 4 with 2 winners.
Pro Tip of the week – Craig Mitchell
Advice for long bunker shots (20 to 40 metres)
My advice for long bunker shots is to use a Gap Wedge or your Pitching Wedge if you don’t have a steep lip. Open the face a little and play it the same way as you would with your sand wedge. The advantage of doing this is it’s a lot easier to get the distance because the loft is less, so you don’t have to hit the shot really hard to get the distance.
Upcoming Saturday golf (for full details refer to the 2023 programme).
7 Oct – Men: Par. Women: Marlin Trophy, and others Stroke.
14 Oct – Harewood Centenary Shotgun – 9:30 tee off. Note this is different to the programme, there will only be a single shotgun competition.
Course closed for coring – Mon 16 – Fri 20 Oct.
21 Oct – Cancer Charities best 3 of 4 teams Stableford. Note this is different to the programme, this is instead of a shotgun.
28 Oct – Men: Ashby Mugs – combined Stableford. Women: 4BBB.
29 Oct – Women’s AllPrint Shootout.
4 Nov – Men: Monthly Medal (Blue tees). Women: International Stableford.
Enjoy your golf.
Midweek Men Results - By David Williams-Jones
An interesting golfing week that reminded one of the 80's group: Earth, Wind and Fire.
Monday, October 2nd. Waitikiri visit.
Despite the gale, we welcomed 19 players from Waitikiri. The team game was very close with Harewood just getting over the line by all of 0.2 of a Stableford point!
Div I
1st Craig Anderson (W) 37 points
2nd Ramiro Guerrero 35
3rd Jacky Zhang 33
Div 2
1st Bruce Rickard 38 points
2nd Brent Moore (W) 35
3rd Wayne Fairweather (W) 35
Div 3
1st Alistar Christie 36 points
2nd Brian Blazey 34
3rd John Stevenson 32
Thursday, 5th October. Stableford
A still day at last. This time shrouded in smoke for a while from the slash burn off. But no complaints.
Div 1
1st Bruce Chalken 38 points
2nd Alan Dickson 36
Div 2
1st Dave Lin 41
2nd Ramiro Guerrero 36
Div 3
1st Brian Blazey 41
2nd Barry Crowther 39
9 Hole Ladies Results - By Kay Worley
Wednesday October 4th
Jayne Alexander Memorial Trophy
Winner Faye Sedgley
R/Up Erika O’Donnell
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