Saturday 6th December
Exceptional day for golf and an exceptional sponsor, Whitwells Menswear Open. Brent dragged his son in-law along. Liam dabbles in golf but if he had a handicap he would have won easy. Played off 36, finished Nett 59 and had an Eagle, his first. Some very good scores.
Gross winner Blair Bavin 74,
Nett winner Matt Davis 61( his best ever).
Overall N RU Danny Hannigan 62,
Overall Gross RU Paul Silke 74.
Mens Results
A Grade Nett winner Mike Hay 72 c/b, Gross winner Chris McGeown 74, Nett runner up Karl Clark 72, Gross RU Wee Andy 76,
B grade men Nett W Brent Thomson 69, Gross W Andrew Fenemor 82, Nett RU Pete Johnson 71, Gross RU Mike Inwood 83,
C Grade Nett W Brian Miller 68, Gross W Allan Barbara 88, Nett RU Paul Hurst 70, Gross RU Peter Dally 90
D Grade nett Daniel McDowell 63, Gross Stu Price 96, Nett RU Roger Hall 74, Gross RU Rob Vincent 99.
Ladies Results
A Grade Ladies Nett Paula Bavin 69, Gross W Lee Willets 81, Nett RU Sue Park 69, Gross RU Annie Tiller 87.
B Grade Ladies Nett W Shirlene Miller 65, Gross W Jean Hodson 92, Nett RU Evelyn Hay 71, Gross RU98.
Lots of novelty prizes dished out - too many to mention.
Apologies for no photo of the winners. The photographer failed to focus his equipment
Big thanks to Brent, his crew and the Whitwell family for generous sponsorship over many, many years.
The shootouts were both held Sunday
Men Ist Bob Ilton, 2nd Allan James, 3rd Larry Moses. That's enough, others aren't likely coming up in a pub quiz question.
Ladies Ist Jenny Van Heerden, 2nd Jan Dobbie, 3rd Rhonda Heckler.
Congratulations to all the winners over the weekend.
Now the Eagles Society had their shootout at Redstone Park. If you have group or just want have bit of a day out, highly recommended. Catch them on FB , redstonegolfpark.co.nz, ph 035418452 or 0274489367. Fantastic people and place.
Closing Day this Saturday, special guest appearance from you-know-who. Wear something colourful and seasonal. Format is Greensomes Stableford.
Dont forget to get your NBS Open entries in.
Good bye.
11.11.25 Armistice Day also Ladies closing Day for the Year.
35 ( 9 and 18 hole) Ladies came to play a 9 hole stableford competition before having lunch followed by Prize Giving and the Ladies annual Meeting.
There were some excellent scores with all the credit going to the winning Ladies and the Greenkeepers.
1st with a very creditable 22 stbs Jocelyn Thomson
2nd Shona Johnson 20
3rd Jackie Hall 20th
4th, 5th and 6th Chris Roberts, Jenny Van Heerden and Rhonda Heckler all on 18
There were 3 nett Eagles but no 2's.
Thanks to all the Ladies who gave up so much time to make this a busy season for us all . We appreciate the time you put into running our golf for us. Have a good break over the next few weeks.
Best of the Best
This event was hosted by Nelson this year and we were lucky the forecast horrific windy weather forecast only arrived for the last 2 holes with very challenging strong wind. Marlborough were prevented from attending due to the treacherous conditions over the hill. Motueka had a very successful day winning the Club team of the year and Pauline Sutherland winning section 2 best nett and Gaye Milnes winning Section 1 best nett.
A big thanks to our very supportive caddies. Unfortunately Irene and Lorraine missed the Best of the Best due to previously made commitments.
Well done team the Motueka Club is proud of your achievments.
You will recall that in June 2019 President Peter announced in his Newsletter that if any member of our club purchased a vehicle from Bowater Hyundai/Isuzu, either new or used, the club will benefit by $250.
It's all ticking along very nicely. Thank you to Bowaters, and thank you too to our members who have all purchased vehicles.
