Coronation Cup final results and other news

Bryan Burt - Club scribe • June 13, 2019

Evening all,
Coronation Cup Finals. ( Supplied by Wayne Mudgeway)

The 2019 Coronation Cup finals were played at OngaOnga last Saturday and Sunday.The 4 teams that won through to the final were Te Pohue from Zone 1, Napier from Zone 2, Porongahau from Zone 3 and Pongaroa in Zone 4. Saturday weather was rather cold, windy and wet at times, but Sunday was a brilliant day weather wise. The hosting club OngaOnga did an outstanding job which made the weekend flow very well so special thanks to John Swinburne and his team for looking after everybody.

After the Saturday play it was very even, with maybe Te Pohue holding a slight advantage in games but come Sunday, Napier took full advantage of the improved conditions, being unbeaten with 8 wins and 4 halves across the 12 players.

Napier took out the cup with 6 points from 3 wins, while the other three teams went turnabout, beating each other, all having 1 win each, so 2 points each.

Congratulations to Napier GC and the players involved for the win – unbeaten on the last day speaks for itself, a great achievement. Robin Daley, a Golf HB and Golf NZ life member presented the trophy to Gerry Gray, the Napier captain.

Finally, thanks to Russell Burns who looked after the day for Golf HB and again to John and OngaOnga for the presentation of the course and the catering.

We now look forward to 2020.

Saturday 15th June Card Draw 11am (Note the new tee time) This is only a mid winter tee time, which will return to 11.30am in a few weeks time. Wiffing Cup Qualifying Top 32 Players Card Draw

Sattrup & Brannigan; With 23 pairs entered this year, we have 7 matches to be played to get down to the final 16. Pairs were drawn at random. The matches required to be played are P Drummond & T Peeti v P Leogreen & B Burt, T Bell & M Hutana, v R Howerth & J B Holm, B & S Poole v S Paewai & M B Lilo, A Prasad & N Evans v C Mason & Z Gregory, I Harrowfield & G Freeman v V Hales & W Ridge, R Gray & B Mott v P Wilson & M Filer, G Terry & T Small v J Bassett and C Fisher. Can these matches please be completed before Saturday 6th July. Draw sheet in the clubhouse from Saturday.

Sunday 23rd June . Norsewood 27 Hole Ruahine Rosebowl Tournament. 8am Cup of Tee, 8.30am Tee Off

Management Committee. It is with regret that our Committee has received the resignation of our Green Keeper Brian Gear. Brian has decided to move to Australia (Kalgoolie) Wishing you all the best for your new adventure. An appropriate farewell will be advertised in the near future. We also have Maria Adams retiring from here catering and Shop / Camping etc duties. Both matters are before the management Committee Meeting Monday 17th June

With 116mm rain over the last 24 hours,(my rain gauge) I can assure you the summer run will be gone now for a while. We will see how it all soaks in in the new day or so.

Good Golfing

Bryan Burt

Club Scribe

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