Author: PCGolfer

Club Championships – Did you know…….

Club Championships – they bring out the best in golf and golfers !

It’s a well-accepted view that golfers can significantly “lift” their game when challenged, by the status of the event or by another player in the field.

Golf at Te Marua on Sunday 19th gave us a great demonstration of that scenario.

The Men’s Matchplay Championships, R2, the Senior division, Chris Hislop (qualifier #9)  vs  Owen Lloyd (qualifier #1)  – not exactly close on the H/C front (Chris 6.2, Owen +3.5) but Matchplay Championships are played “off the stick” – Course H/C does not come into the equation.

Chris found some of his best golf for Owen and pushed Owen into producing one of his significantly better rounds of late.

All square after 3 holes, Chris slipped on #4 and triggered Owen into a string of birdies and a 5-up lead in the match after 9.

Chris stayed with the challenge and returned par for the next few holes but birdies are very hard to beat (or even equal) – Owen continued to deliver birdies and took the match 7/6, a big win for sure, but a great effort by Chris too, lifting his game to meet the challenge and returning an 18-hole score better than the Handicapper would expect, a very noteworthy 76.

Congratulations Owen, an impressive set of numbers adding up to an impressive 18-hole score of 62 (29 for the first 9, 33 for the second),   a convincing win in the Championships match and a performance which has likely put fear into the heart of your next opponent (Jamie R.)  

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“Golfer of the Year” Final 2025

CONGRATULATIONS …………………….to…………..

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MAL WELLINGTON, this year’s Winner of the Jim Bremner Memorial Trophy and the title of 2025 Golfer of the Year

The Jim Bremner Memorial Trophy is a silver tankard (which stays in the Club House) and is the prop to be used when employing the ‘please buy me a beer’ privilege.

As per the published competition conditions……..

Mal will have the right, over the period from Opening to Closing Day next year, 2026, to ask politely and respectfully, any MALE club member of legal drinking age present in the lounge upstairs in the Clubhouse, the Ambrose Café, to buy him a pint of beer from the bar – Only a beer, only a pint (or less).
Most IMPORTANTLY,
He can only ask one person on any one day and only ask a person once over the above timespan.
If he asks the same person more than once and that person bought him a beer when asked on a previous occasion, then Mal must apologise profusely and buy HIM a beer !
WARNING: THIS PRIVILEGE MUST BE EXERCISED WITH COURTESY AND RESPECT OR IT WILL BE WITHDRAWN !


The 46th Te Marua Masters – Final Outcome

Played 27th – 30th December 2024, completed on Monday 30th in mostly fine and generally pleasant golfing weather.

A listing of prize-winners and actual scores can be seen at
https://temaruagolfclub.co.nz/2024-te-marua-masters-results/

Congratulations to the 2024 Champions:
Women’s Division – Darae Chung (Shandon)
Men’s Senior – Anthony Ilton-Maher (Foxton)
Men’s Intermediate – Paul Henley (Te Marua)
Men’s Junior – Allan Old (Te Marua)

Pictured left to right, Allan Old, Paul Henley, Darae Chung, Anthony Ilton-Maher

2024 Coring of Greens – delayed to 30th Sept

Recent weather conditions mean CORING of the GREENS has been delayed and will start on 30th September

STARTS 30th SEPTEMBER:  If you can help this would be greatly appreciated -please put your name down on the Volunteer List in the Shop.The work for volunteers is fairly light, some raking the small cores to the sides of the green, some sweeping and perhaps some light shovelling after the bulk has been removed by machine.   Many hands make light work – with a good number of helpers (and obliging weather), the job can be completed over 2 -3 days – please give us a few hours of your time.

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.

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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……

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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