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Sports update – 2 September

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The Informer

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updates from snooker, darts, bridge, bowling, and golf.

MERCURY BAY CLUB SNOOKER

Wednesday, 27 August

11 players, on Wednesday. Dennis Rush played Dave Coleman in the final which saw Dennis with a comfortable win. Ian Baumgren, Jason Smith, Greg Murphy, Steve Jessup and Ray had  2 wins. Ian Baumgren with a high break of 24.

Saturday, 30 August

There were 8 players on Saturday.  Dennis Rush played Peter Shultz in the final which saw Dennis beat Peter in a close game. Wayne Malcom had 2 wins. No high break recorded.  

MERCURY BAY CLUB DARTS

We had 31 players this week, so 501 doubles were played. Double to start and finish. Only one team went through unbeaten in all four sets this week. The winning team members was Selwyn Whatarangi and Bill Bennetto. Well done and some excellent darts played by Selwyn. Highest finishes this week were 60 for the ladies, scored by Debbie Holmes and 94 for the men, scored by Mike Gillett. One player scored a 180 this week and that was Selwyn Whatarangi.

TAIRUA BRIDGE CLUB

Final Round Pacific Pairs   

Mon  25 September

North/South: 1 Ton van der Meer & Peter McNeil 63.89. 2 Jean Myles & Johanna Bonnar 54.51. 3 Jocelyn Taylor & Christine Meinhold 52.78.

East/West: 1 Judy McKenzie & Jenny Prince 66.32. 2  Sue Poland & Donna Harvey 57.14. 3  Mary Castles & Doreen Wernham 55.16.

HAHEI BRIDGE CLUB 

Te Pare Point Pairs Week Four  Tues  26 August 

North/South: 1 Judie Johnson and Robyn Waters 65.48; 2 Bev Dickie and Peter Clark 53.97; 3 Dave Dylla and Anne Knowles 51.98.

East/West: 1 Sheryll Roberts and Natasha Courtney 65.48; 2 Chris Ellett and Sally Chambers 55.56; 3 Alison Tichbon and Denise Knutson 54.76.

MERCURY BAY BRIDGE CLUB 

August Competition Round Three    Wed 27 August 

Results:  1 Kate Palmano & Gavin Hedwig 62.7; 2 Augusta Canegallo & Susan Swan 60.3; 3 Chris Southwell & Colin Day 57.1.  

Championship Singles (Thurs) Round Two 

Thurs 28 August 

1 Chris Southwell & Bob Schibli 62.5; 2 Lois Page & Amy Hyde 56.3; 3 Geoff Jervis & Faith Stock 55.0. 

MERCURY BAY INDOOR BOWLING CLUB

Thurs 28 August

Winners: Ken Lack, Wayne Fisher and Betty Russell. 

Runners Up: Wayne McNeill, Merle Ward and Pat Fisher. 

Good Sports: Maureen Lack, Shirley Marshall and Betty Simpson.

TAIRUA GOLF CLUB   

Week ending 29 August

Eighteen-hole Scramble   Sat 16 August

1 Mark Corey-Wright; 2 Jenny Tawa; 3 Michael McCann; 4 Geoff Cambie.

Eighteen-hole Scramble  Thurs 21 August 

1 Terry Kingham; 2 John Fraser; 3 Brendan Platt; 4 Wongdeun Prachachot.

Nine-hole Scramble

1 Kay van Lubeck; 2 Anna McGuire; 3 Jan Stanley; 4 Sue McDonnell.

THE DUNES GOLF CLUB 

9 Hole Men’s Stbfd 

Mon 25th Aug

1 Noel Rogers. 2 David Macdonald, 3 Rey Bertling.

9 Hole Ladies Stbfd Results 

Tue 26th Aug

1 Leanne Evans , 2 Julie Clayton, 3 Ruth Fisken.

9 Hole Men’s Stbfd

Thur 28th Aug

1 Robert Fisken, 2 Rey Bertling.

18 Hole Men’s Tony Cotton Memorial Shootout Qualifier Net Results

1 Glenn LeLievre, 2 Brian Tomlinson, 3 Paul Anderson.

Gross Results

1 Tracey Mulligan.

Nearest The Pin on 18: Darren Gribble

Two’s: Russell Barnett on Hole 18

18 Hole Ladies Hidden Holes

1 Noeleen Mulligen, 2 Bev LeLievre, 3 Mary Coughlan-Mason.

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