45th Te Marua Masters Who’s coming ?

The men’s division is very strong.

Cruise Wawatai is the top ranked player followed by Wellington Masters team member Malcolm Gullery . Anthony Ilton-Maher last years champion is in form. Trey Shedlock is fourth and Te Marua Club champion Owen Lloyd make sup the top five. All of these players are on 1 or less.

Making up the top 10. Zane Wilkins, Aaron Wright Josh Cumpstone Josh Ackerly and Tai Walters.

The women’s division is also strong with last years winner Teisa Vaka at No1, then Erika Cui and Mary Spier. Philippa Smith and Alannah Braybrook round out the top 5.

NZ Maori Nationals 2024

8th to 12th January 2024

In Wellington at the Shandon and Te Marua Golf clubs.

There will be three separate registrations based on grades. Click on the blue titles to enter.

Open Grades (Womens Open, Mens Senior, Mens Intermediate and Mens Junior), at Shandon

Rangatahi Grade (Boys and Girls) and

Masters Grades (Kaumatua and Golden Girls) at Te Marua.
Masters grades are over 55 years of age.

Payment will be made through the registration link on the Golf New Zealand website, not via the NZ Māori Golf Association bank account at it has in previous years. You will need to pay via the link to secure your spot.

2022 Master Winners

2022 TE MARUA PAK’nSAVE MASTERS

Congratulations to our 2022 Masters Champions:

– Senior Men: Anthony Ilton-Maher (Foxton) with a Gross Score of 283

– Intermediate Men: Greg Idour (Te Marua) with a Gross Score of 326

– Junior Men: Mike Smith (Te Marua) with a Gross Score of 355

– Division 1 Women: Teisa Mania Vaka (Shandon) with a Gross Score of 312

– Division 2 Women:  Amanda Cox (Boulcotts Farm) with a Gross Score of 355

The Tournament Committee acknowledges and thanks all who volunteered their time during the week, with special thanks to:

– PAK’nSAVE Upper Hutt – great sponsors of the tournament – thank you, Damon.

– Adrian Ash who acted as starter every day.

– Vince Emerson who was our Course Marshall each day.

– Ross Braybrook who put out and brought in the nearest-the-pin and longest drive pins every morning and night.

– Our new office staffer, Karen who did an outstanding job of running the shop solo.

– Allan Old for the hours of work updating the website with Masters information, sorting entry payments etc. etc. etc.

– Chris Brooks for all the big and small things – too many to list.

– Dave Sully and the Greenkeeping team (and James Omundsen) – the course was in awesome condition – lots of compliments, well done.

– The Ambrose Cafe team who adapted to staffing issues (get well, Rob and Kaylee). 

– The following who gave their time in various capacities: Chris Herbert, Mary Penrose, Gail Waight, Trish Honey, Rob Wright, Kim Abrahams, Kerry Baines, Chrissy Doughty.

From

Andrew Black, Mike Smith and Peter Gallen

Masters Raffle WInners

GOLF PACKS

1st Prize – Sam Iraia

2nd Prize – Simon Rush

3rd Prize Barry Mant

$150 CASH

Raffle 1 – Baz Kirkwood

Raffle 2 – Carol Lightfoot

Raffle 3 – Siria Vaka

Raffle 4 – Joe Sione

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS AND THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED THE CLUB

GETHING TROPHY:  The winners of the Gething Trophy, played Sunday 18/12/22, were Dave Edhouse & Rod McLachlan with a score of 46.

New Men’s and Women’S SHIRTS – we have just had a delivery of men’s and ladies shirts – so check them out next time you are in the Shop.

A reminder that the Ambrose Café will be closed Sunday 1st and Monday 2nd January 2023.

Take care everyone – see you next year!

Kind Regards,

Karen

News 28/10/22

Morning Members,

Hope you all had a great weekend.

Clive Dunstan is in hospital after a blackout at his home on Wednesday morning.  He texted Dave Edhouse last night from Wellington hospital and will be having a pacemaker fitted .  We wish him all the best and a speedy recovery.

It’s good to see Dave Sully back after his surgery – awesome work John and the greens team while Dave was away.

The Outdoor Hutt Shootout final is on the 12th of November   Who’s going to make the CUT!!!!

I have put the results on the notice board, I wonder who will end up first out of Robert McIntyre, Alex Walters, Malcolm Wellington, and Kane Lloyd, we have Andrew Curry in 19th place with Sam Iraia and Michael Baines closely behind him. Good Luck for the final four games😊

Thanks to Gary Sherwin for emptying the bins outside the office/shop plus around the course – we appreciate your work very much😊

Thanks to Murray Quinn for suppling me with more coat-hangers for the shop – much appreciated

Golfers of the year round 9 that I have already registered for the final on the 27th of November are Patrick Melaugh, Malcolm William, and Meka Boynton – congratulations.

Last few days to register your Pak n Save Business House Twilight Team – have your registered your team??  Final list of teams goes to Peter Gallen on Sunday for the draw.  Payment for all teams to be made on or before Thursday 3rd November.

What’s on this week:

Saturday – Interclub game, lunch and prizegiving.  – White tees for the Men/Yellow for the Women

Sunday – Club Day – Blue tees for the Men/Yellow for the Women

Monday – course available

Tuesday – MW Men

Wednesday – MW Women LGU Putts

Thursday – MW Men

Friday – course available

Everyone have a wonderful weekend.

Regards Sonia

2021 Prizegiving

Held in May 2022 due to Covid

Lina Worthing- Autumn Cup & Interclub Player of the year
John Troy- Hastwell Cup
Andrew Black- Ade Waddell Memorial
Meka Boynton – Summer Cup
Lina Worthing & Greg Idour
Meka Boynton – Gething Cup

2020 Cossie Club Shootout Final

Hello everyone, in particular participants in the 2020 Cossie Club Shoot.

The final results are in (after 94 rounds) and things have changed a little from the list which has been on the Noticeboard for the last couple of weeks.

Top 3 Qualifiers based on best 10 Stableford scores through the year were, for the men, Terrence Horne (373), Meka Boynton (371) and Chas Evans (370) – on countback from Mal Wellington.

And for the women’s event, which is being played on Saturday  28th Nov,  the top 3 qualifiers were Lina Worthing (370), Kerry Baines (369) and Amie Clisby (366) – on countback from Kim Abrahams.

Unfortunately, in the Men’s event, Terrence Horne and a few others are unable to play. But for those outside top 19, there is the opportunity to bring the playing field up to a full complement of 19 players.

The list below excludes those who have already advised us of their unavailability and includes those who were First Reserves so we now need all those on this new list, including the new First Reserves, to please [re-]confirm their availability.

Please reply by e-mail to temarua@golf.co.nz  or phone the Golf Club on (04)526 7020 or, as an extra option, send a text message to Pete Gallen on 027 228 6206 .

The current list of players for the Men’s  Cossie Club Shootout Final  is:

  1   Boynton, Meka

  2   Evans, Chas

  3   Wellington, Malcolm

  4   Old, Allan

  5   McIntyre, Robert

  6   Phillips, Mel

  7   Alexander, Dean

  8   Topp, David

  9   Curry, Andrew

10   Gallen, Pete

11   Needham, Steve

12   Hislop, Chris

13   Quinn, Murray

14   Gee, Roger

15   Quinn, Stephen

16   Cooper, Jose

17   Frost, Owen

18   Baines, Michael

19   Herbert, Chris

First Reserves

1   Judd, Greg

2   Van Der Vegt, Michael

3   Girling, Mark

4   Black, Andrew

5   Curry, Andrew

Thanks in advance for a prompt response and Good Luck for Saturday 21st

Pete Gallen

(Event Co-ordinator – for this Event)

2017 Cossie Club Shootout – RESULTS

A great day, perfect conditions, many challenges, unusual pressures all had
their impact on the golf.

The results below show that this competition is “anyone’s game”.

Qualification was only the beginning …

Qualifying Order Exit Order
Pos Name On Hole Name
1 Alexander, Dean 1 McIntyre, Robert
2 Iraia, Sam 2 Fayen, Allan
3 Gee, Roger 3 Henley, Paul
4 McKenzie, Jason 4 Rogers, Con
5 Boynton, Meka 5 Alexander, Dean
6 Evans, Chas 6 McKenzie, Jason
7 Peebles, Rex 7 Gee, Roger
8 Rogers, Con 8 Kahui, Noel
9 Fayen, Allan 9 Peebles, Rex
10 Cooper, Jose 10 Hay, Bruce
11 McIntyre, Robert 11 Codyre, Clinton
12 Herbert, Chris 12 Iraia, Sam
13 Hay, Bruce 13 Evans, Chas
14 Codyre, Clinton 14 Boynton, Meka
15 Gallen, Peter 15 Subritzky, Tiri
16 Kahui, Noel 16 Keno, Brett
17 Subritzky, Tiri 17 Gallen, Peter
18 Henley, Paul 18 Herbert, Chris
19 Keno, Brett 2017
CHAMPION		 Cooper, Jose

2016 Cossie Club SHOOTOUT FINAL (26th Nov)

A Big Thank You to the Cossie Club Upper Hutt who as Sponsor for this event provide extra funding for prizes in the form of Gift Vouchers to be redeemed at the Cossie Club. Fantastic. Thank You.

Cossie club

Thanks to Chris Brooks, our Club Captain, for taking the time to come down and set the day rolling.

Thanks also to our Event Officials John Cooper, Allan Old, Jamie Ryland who, along with the players who, after being knocked out, stayed on to help, made the event run very smoothly and successfully. The weather was not fantastic so these folks deserve special accolades for sticking through the sometimes rather uncomfortable conditions.

With a late apology from one scheduled participant, the 2016 Cossie Club Shootout Final started with only 18 participants. Play still started from #1 but the 15th hole, which is stroke-hole 18 (the easiest one on the golf course ☺ ), was skipped in terms of shootout proceedings.

The Finalists…….what a great looking bunch……

2016_cossie_club_shootout_finalists

Here are the results, reflecting the order of knockout

18th                    Andrew Black
17th                    Noel Kahui
16th                    Brett Keno
15th                    Sam Iraia
14th                    Allan Fayen
13th                    Murray Quinn
12th                    Rex Peebles
11th                     Mick Dearmer
10th                           Rob McIntyre
9th                            Mike Baines
8th                            Greg Judd
7th                            Andrew Curry
6th                            Roger Gee
5th                            Wayne Turner
4th                            Pete Gallen
3rd                            Dean Alexander
2nd                           Con Rogers
1st                      Clinton Codyre

Congratulations to all who made the final and special congratulations to our 2016 Cossie Club Men’s Shootout Champion, Clinton Codyre.

Never let it be said that low handicappers have no chance in this event – Clinton is on a 4 handicap, the lowest in a field of 18  with the highest handicap a  24 and there being a good spread in between (7 players under 10,  7 in the 10 -20 range and 4 over 20).

And we must remember those who did not make the Final – without their participation, the event would be a non-event !!

There IS a Women’s component to Cossie Club Shootout but this year there were only 3 finalists available, Amie Clisby, Kerry Baines and Kim Abrahams – a small group but still a serious competition.  The result from that little contest was

 3rd           Kerry Baines
2nd            Amie Clisby
1st              Kim Abrahams

Congratulations Kim, our 2016 Cossie Club Women’s Shootout Champion.

Special thanks to our ‘behind the scenes’ organisers, Sonia & Di in the Shop and Maree, Grahame and Blake for managing the sale and supply of refreshments.

A great day – despite the occasional shower – so be sure to put the Cossie Club Shootout on your list of must-do golfing events for Te Marua Golf Club’s 2017 Season.Cossie club

2015 Te Marua Masters

The 37th Te Marua “Masters” Golf Tournament was held from 27th to 30th December inclusive at the Te Marua Golf Club, 7km north of Upper Hutt CBD.

Blessed with 4 days of brilliant summer weather, conceivably the best 4 days the Te Marua Masters tournament has seen in the last 10 years, there was a lot of very good golf played.

The 72-hole stroke-play Tournament is played in 5 Handicap divisions. For the Women, 2 divisions – Silver (0 – 18.4) and Bronze (18.5 – 40.4). For the Men, 3 divisions – Senior (0 – 9.8), Intermediate (9.9 – 15.5) and Junior (15.6 to maximum of 28.7).

The primary competition, in each division, is a gross-score contest where every shot counts and it is the final actual score which really matters.

There can be only one winner in each division and along with the typical set of golf prizes, those winners each receive a Te Marua Masters Jacket – a recognition of the event being the local version of the well know ‘Green Jacket” event held in the U.S.A., The Masters. (The Te Marua Masters Jacket is Blue.)

The full event also incorporates Nett and Stableford competitions, long-drive, nearest-the-pin and hole-in-two contests. Consequently all players, high and low handicappers alike, have the opportunity to pick up a prize during the 4 days of golfing competition.

The 154 competitors, playing in their relevant Handicap divisions, battled for the ultimate prize – the title of Te Marua Masters Champion for 2015, and the coveted “Blue Jacket”.

The Te Marua Masters tournament is also the season opener for the Wellington Golf Inc’s Order of Merit programme which is used to determine the top players in the region.

This year’s tournament attracted a good number of single figure handicappers, including a few on a ‘plus’ handicaps.  Players at that level possess some serious ability and skill in the sport of golf, skill which includes everything from hitting the ball 250m+ straight down the middle to playing miraculous recovery shots when things don’t go quite right to lofting a gentle chip to up to the hole to sinking 10m+ putts – some very impressive work.

But do not forget the rest of the field – everyone in the event will have displayed some hidden talent, be it only once or maybe many times. Playing even the occasional great shot, sinking the occasional long or difficult-to-read putt provides great memories for every golfer to treasure – and talk about with friends, golfers and non-golfers alike !

The Masters Champions for 2015, their home club and their 72-hole scores are:

Women
 Silver              Lisa Edgar                            296         Surfers Paradise (Australia)
Bronze            Audrey Messenger             357         Te Marua
Men
 Senior              Peter Spearman-Burn    282         Miramar
Intermediate  Kayne Martin                     317         Te Marua
Junior                Alex Walters                      351         Featherston

2015_Champions

From left to right, Audrey Messenger, Alex Walters, Kayne Martin, Zane Wilkins (2nd in Junior Division), Lisa Edgar, Peter Spearman-Burn

Special congratulations to Lisa Edgar who, in the process of claiming her 2015 Te Marua Masters title, set a new Women’s Course record of 70 on Day 1 of the competition.

The Junior division was decided by a playoff after Alex Walters, one of the tournaments long standing participants and supports, and Zane Wilkins, a youngster playing in his first Te Marua Masters, both returned 72-hole scores of 351. Alex took the 2015 title in the first playoff hole but in that aspect, and indeed over the 4 days of the event, Zane showed the talent which is hovering, ready to take on the world – take a note of that name, Zane Wilkins, a golfing talent to be watched for sure.

The Te Marua Golf Club extends its thanks the Tournament’s sponsors, its supporters and all the competitors, who together helped make the 2015 Te Marua Masters a resounding success.

 

The 38th Te Marua “Masters” will be held from Dec 27th to Dec 30th, 2016 – Put this great event in your golfing calendar now.