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2023 King's Birthday Tournament

44 players (22 teams) contested our annual King's Birthday weekend mixed pairs tournament.  Weather was "OK" with blasts of wet weather and cold temperatures on Sunday, but we managed to finish the tournament with all sections completed.  The tournament is combined stableford, with 18 holes 4BBB on Saturday, 12 holes American foursomes and then 12 holes foursomes on Sunday, and 18 holes 4BBB on Monday.  We run two divisions, Moutere for lowest handicaps and Tararua for higher handicaps. The field is split equally into the two divisions.

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The 2023 winners were:

Moutere division:  David and Lily Griffin (Waipawa, Manawatu, and Texas) - pictured left 
Tararua divison:  David Giddens and Bridget Cameron (Buckley) - pictured right

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Full results:

Moutere Division Sat 4BBB Sun AF Sun 4 Mon 4BBB Total
Griffin David and Griffin Lily 43 29 28 44 144
Morrell Richard and Maxwell Matekino  45 30 23 41 139
Jones Aimee and Jones Alex 39 27 27 42 135
Turley Darryn and Tatana Tania 41 27 24 41 133
Bura Ljubo and Parke Jude 43 23 24 39 129
Elers  Kim and Elers Ritchie 43 25 25 36 129
Ward Robert  and Ward Leanne 40 23 27 39 129
Kawai Peter and Kawai Pip 40 27 20 41 128
Sweetman  Denise  and Sweetman  Hamish  39 26 24 39 128
Heather Henry and Walker Michelle 41 25 21 41 128
Stops Kim and Cain Karen 40 20 26 39 125
Tararua Division Sat 4BBB Sun AF Sun 4 Mon 4BBB Total
Giddens Dave  and Cameron Bridget 47 28 30 40 145
Bullen Katrina and Bullen Brian 45 31 17 43 136
Kawana Layton and Jones Vivien 39 30 22 41 132
Woods Paul and Lawn Alwyn 37 27 19 45 128
Messenger Nigel and Messenger Audrey 41 26 23 37 127
Newling Tony and Newling Chris 37 24 24 41 126
Heather Joe and Takiwa Jaimie 41 23 22 40 126
Walker Nigel and Walker Debbie 43 20 19 42 124
Kelly George  and Kelly Joyce 35 25 21 42 123
Morrison John  and Morrison Trish 35 17 20 38 110
White Perry and Bennett Jenny 42 0 0 39 81

Incorporating feedback from both 2023 participants and club members, the 2024 event will make a few changes:

  1. 2024 will be an "any pairs" tournament, allowing men only and women only teams, organized into different divisions.
  2. Monday will be changed to a Canadian foursomes format.

We look forward to welcoming a large field in 2024.

 

2023 Horowhenua Open and Manawatu Wanganui Masters

We were blessed with warm weather and sunshine for the 2023 edition of the Horowhenua Open and Manawatu Wanganui Masters golf tournaments.  Conducted by Golf New Zealand Manawatu Wanganui, the tournament is conducted over 36 holes, with 18 holes played on Saturday and 18 holes on Sunday.  The Horowhenua Open is open to all players, while Masters eligibility is aged 40 and above.

Having been without a sponsor for a number of years, we were delighted to have Levin Kia come on board as major sponsor for the Open, as well as for Junior Golf, in 2023.  Levin Kia provided a new EV6 (fully electric vehicle) to display at the clubhouse.  A significant innovation was using the car to power the scoring computer and leaderboard outside the clubhouse.  Iconic local brand Swazi also offered some prizes for the event.

Spectators were able to see some excellent golf played by some of the lower North Island's leading players.

2023 Horowhenua Open Winner Tara Raj 2023 Horowhenua Open and Manawatu Wanganui Masters winner Tony Chettleburgh
2023 Horowhenua Open Winner Tara Raj 2023 Horowhenua Open and Manawatu Wanganui Masters winner Tony Chettleburgh
2023 Manawatu Wanganui Masters winner Lisa Herbert

Final men's group shaking hands on 36th hole 

Final ladies group approaching the 5th hole

2023 Manawatu Wanganui Masters winner Lisa Herbert  

Full tournament results are available at Tournament detail - Golf New Zealand.  To avoid confusion, all participants were eligible for the Horowhenua Open, while participants over 40 years of age were also eligible for the Masters.  The tournament system does not include the Masters participants in the Open results.  Key division results were:

Horowhenua Open - Men's (par 72 course)

Name

Club

R1

R2

Total

Note

Tony Chettleburgh

Feilding

67

71

138

Winner of playoff

Tam Slaven

Paraparumu Beach

68

70

138

 

Dominic Hazeldine

Royal Wellington

68

71

139

 

Regan McConaghty

Manawatu

74

69

143

 

Simon Younger

Paraparumu Beach

73

72

145

 

Anthony Ilton-Maher

Foxton

76

71

147

 

William Dunsmore

Levin

74

73

147

 

Horowhenua Open - Ladies (par 71 course)

 

Name

Club

R1

R2

Total

Tara Raj

Wanganui

70

67

137

Lisa Herbert

Manawatu

72

74

146

Casey Chettleburgh

Manawatu

74

74

148

Sera Raj

Wanganui

72

77

149

Manawatu Wanganui Masters - Men's (par 72 course)

Name

Club

R1

R2

Total

Note

Tony Chettleburgh

Feilding

67

71

138

Winner of playoff

Tam Slaven

Paraparumu Beach

68

70

138

 

Manawatu Wanganui Masters - Ladies (par 71 course)

Name

Club

R1

R2

Total

Lisa Herbert

Manawatu

72

74

146

Karen Wehipeihana

Palmerston North

82

85

167