Open Tournaments

Turf Classic

It was a fantastic day for the Turf Classic with sun all day and not much wind which helped with some amazing scores on the course.

We had 125 in the field with three people not turning up at the last minute, thanks to the four that added an extra person to their group to make it work!

We had a lot of two’s but notably both David Riordan and Bryce Currie had two two’s.

Closest the pins:

Ladies: Annie Tiller

Division 2: Robin Richards

Division 1: Matt Jones

Our Captains half dozen: David Riordan (this is a sponsored half dozen every week from Captains brewery)

Longest Drive, which is a qualification for Long Drive South Island that is being held at the Club later in the Year, Men’s, Dan Turner, Masters Andrew Schwass, Women’s: Annie Tiller

Shootout winner: Dean Brown

You needed 42 points to be in the prizes which paid right down to 18 place.

Winners with 48 points: Bryce Currie and Andrew Schwass

2^nd: Oliver Mussley and Graeme Peake with 47 points

3^rd: Gerry Callaghan and Geoff Clark with 45 points

4^th Kam Clarke and David Riordan with 45 points

5^th Adrian Blake and Paul Ladbrook with 44 points

6^th Jenny Norton and Ron Fyfe with 44 points

7^th Richard Bell and Chris Bayard with 43 points

8^th Mike Law and Paul Steere with 43 points

9^th Dean Brown and Neil Drewery with 43 points

10^th Dave Harley and Darren Quirk with 43 points

A huge thank you to all our sponsors for the day, with an extra special mention for the Turf and Bach which are fantastic sponsors of the day so if you get a chance please support them for a cheeky beer or win or maybe dinner out at the Bach!

Photos below with Andrew Woolley (the Turf representative)

Paul Ladbrook                                                             Kam Clarke & David Riordan                                 Geoff Clarke & Gerry Callaghan

Oliver Mussley & Graeme Peake                               Dean Brown                                                                 Andrew Schwass & Bryce Currie

SATURDAY 16^th & Sunday 17th MARCH 2024 –  NBS Open Tournament Report

This year the NBS Open was a 2-day event in pairs. With just under 100 entries it was a fantastic tournament. The first day was 4BBB with some hot scoring from a lot of people the 3 front runners from day one were:

1st Karl Clark and Glenn Fitzpatrick (Motueka) 48 points
2nd Hurbert Martin and Diane Varey, 3rd 46 points Derek and Jeane Drysdale 46 points (on countback)

The second day was another cracking day. The course was set up fantastically with a few hard pins but also some gettable holes. It was a pairs Ambrose while scoring Stapleford points. Around half way round NBS true sponsorship kicked in when we were treated to a 15 minute airshow put on for all the golfers!
We had two teams score 50 Stableford’s for the day to leapfrog the previous days leaders.

Overall results:

1st Cooper Huhu and Kam Clarke 94 Points (including 50 points on day two)

2nd Paul and Vanessa Andrews 92 points (including 50 points on day two)

3rd Karl Clark and Glenn Fitzpatrick (Motueka) 88 points

4th John Egglelton and Euan Milne 88 points

5th Jack Bell and Jackson Gosling (Greenacres) 86 points

6th Eddie Paurini and Kieron Harwood 86 points

7th Andrew Tasker and Dennis Wright 86 points

8th Derek and Jeane Drysdale 85 points

9th Michele Reardon and Craig Marshell 85

10th Carl Snelgrove and Darren Quinell 85 points

11th Brent Williams and Mathew Jones (NBS) 84

12th James Marshall and Dave Hall 83 points

13th Alyce Graf and Tim Cumming 83 points

Cooper Huhu and Kam Clarke                               Paul and Vanessa Andrews                                      Karl Clark and Glenn Fitzpatrick

Derek and Jeane Drysdale                                      Diane Varey and Hubert Martin

Closet the pins winning a gift basket from Stoke New World was Mathew Jones and Barry Davies.
Longest drive qualifying for the south island championships this year. Kam Clarke Men’s Brent Williams Masters and Jenny Norton women.

Thanks again to Stoke New World and our major sponsor NBS!

This event will be on 16 November 2024. Watch this space for event details.