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Trophies

Men

Senior Club Championship

Senior Club Championship (The Pewter Mug)

Mens Senior Championships

The Men’s Senior Championship is the pre-eminent event at Tai Tapu Golf. The very first winner of the championship (and twice more thereafter) was also the first Club Captain, J Bain. Fittingly, the Club’s first President, W G Macartney was Senior Champion (1938). He returned after World War II to win again in 1949.

As may be seen in the table below, the most prolific were the Sisson brothers, Roger (five times winner in the 1970s) and Adrian having four wins. Father and son winners were Daniel Cusiel with four wins, 1999, 2002, 2011 and 2013, and his younger son Michael, winner in 2006 and 2009. Gavin Titmus had a remarkable sequence of four consecutive wins during 1967-1970.

Ken Noh, who held the then course record of 67 as a 15 year old, won this event in millennium year, 2000. The Club’s course record holder in 2013, Daniel Hobbs won this event in 2012.

Whilst in their employment at the Club, two previous greenkeepers, viz., Gerald Ware (1963) and Neil Scriggins (1998) have won the event. Wayne Clark who served for a time as an Assistant Greenkeeper also had a win in this event (in 2004).

The winner of the Men’s Senior Club Championship does not receive the traditional cup but, unusually, a fine lidded pewter tankard engraved “Tai Tapu Championship” instead. It originated from Walker & Hall, Sheffield, England in the 1930s.

Senior Championship Winners

2020 - Dan Cusiel
2019 - Dan Cusiel
2018 - Dan Hobbs
2017 - Hobbs, Daniel
2016 - Hobbs, Daniel
2015 - Cochrane, David
2014 - Stalker, Hamish
2013 - Cusiel, Dan
2012 - Hobbs, Daniel
2011 - Cusiel, Dan
2010 - Berryman, Stuart
2009 - Cusiel, Michael
2008 - Hoffman, Michael
2007 - Hoffman, Michael
2006 - Cusiel, Michael
2005 - Fitzgibbon, Patrick
2004 - Clark, Wayne
2003 - Milligan, Hadley
2002 - Cusiel, Dan
2001 - Milligan, Hadley
2000 - Noh, Ken
1999 - Cusiel, Dan
1998 - Scriggins, Neil
1997 - Harper, Wayne
1996 - Walker, A
1995 - Jordan, Bruce
1994 - Walker, A
1993 - Goodson, Laurie
1992 - Pemberton, Anthony
1991 - Rennell, Raymond
1990 - Rennell, Raymond
1989 - Daly, Alan R
1988 - Daly, Tony
1987 - Rennell, Raymond
1986 - Daly, Tony
1985 - Fowler, Ian
1984 - Fowler, Ian
1983 - Sisson, Adrian
1982 - Ware, Gerald H
1981 - Sisson, Adrian
1980 - Sisson, Adrian
1979 - Sisson, Roger
1978 - Sisson, Roger
1977 - Sisson, Roger
1976 - Sisson, Adrian
1975 - Sisson, Roger
1974 - Ware, Gerald H
1973 - Sisson, Roger
1972 - Ware, Gerald H
1971 - Parrott, Michael
1970 - Titmus, Gavin
1969 - Titmus, Gavin
1968 - Titmus, Gavin
1967 - Titmus, Gavin
1966 - Watson, Darcy
1965 - Watson, Darcy
1964 - Watson, Darcy
1963 - Ware, Gerald H
1962 - Amos, Patrick
1961 - Jones, Ernest
1960 - Woods, W
1959 - Gallen, Edward
1958 - McKenzie, William J
1957 - Stoddart, Gerald
1956 - Turrell, George
1955 - Stoddart, Gerald
1954 - Stoddart, Gerald
1953 - Turrell, George
1952 - Stoddart, Gerald
1951 - Sheldon, G N
1950 - Sheldon, G N
1949 - Macartney, William G
1948 - Anderson, Carr
1947 - Mackenzie, N J
1946 - WW II (in recess)
1945 - WW II (in recess)
1944 - WW II (in recess)
1943 - WW II (in recess)
1942 - WW II (in recess)
1941 - Williamson, Frederick
1940 - Williamson, Frederick
1939 - Macartney, Dereck E
1938 - Macartney, William G
1937 - J Bain
1936 - J Bain
1935 - D L McDonald
1934 - J Bain

Dan Cuisel
1999, 2002, 2011, 2013, 2019, 2020

Wayne Clark
2004

Patrick Fitzgibbon
2005

Mike Hoffman
2007, 2008

Stu Berryman
2010

Dan Hobbs
2012, 2016, 2017, 2018

N J McKenzie
1947

Gerald Stoddart
1952, 1954, 1955, 1957

Edward Gallen 1959.
Club Captain 1966-68

Gerald Ware
1972,1974,1982

Ernest Jones 1961.
Club Captain 1961-65

Hamish Stalker
2014

Intermediate Club Championship

Mens Intermediate Championships & Plates

The Men’s Intermediate Cup has been competed for since 1952 when it was won by H B Anderson. Coincidentally, Anderson donated to the Club the Men’s Junior Championship Cup.

Patrick Fitzgibbon has the honour of having the most wins in this event–four. (He also won the Senior Championship in 2009.) As may be seen in the table below, there are several dual winners of this event but apart from Patrick, no-one else has claimed this Cup as “his own”.

Year	Winner	Runner-Up
2020	Neil Vickers	Rod Frewen
2019	David Livesey	Rod Frewen
2018	David Livesey	Marcus Annan
2017	John Knowles	Ian Colhoune
2016	Fitzgibbon, Patrick	Tahurangi, Wiremu
2015	Harding, Ben	Tahurangi, Wiremu
2014	Clarke, Wayne	Stalker, David
2013	Stalker, David	Knowles, John
2012	Formosa, Murray	Nicholls, Rick
2011	Tentori, Mark	Peters, Shane
2010	Nicholls, Rick	Nicholls, William
2009	Fitzgibbon, Patrick	Turner, Roydon
2008	Formosa, Murray	Davidson, Brian
2007	Tentori, Mark	Luscombe, Ross
2006	Clayton, David?	Goodson, Lawrence
2005	Wilson, Rhys	Hoffman, Michael
2004	Spicer, Wayne?	Cate, David
2003	Fitzgibbon Patrick	Engebretsen, George
2002	Setterington, Joel	McKendry, Bruce
2001	Fitzgibbon, Patrick	Pemberton, Anthony
2000	Chapman, W	Messervy, David
1999	Fitzgibbon, Patrick	Rennell, Kevin
1998	McKendry, Bruce	Engebretsen, George
1997	Pemberton, Anthony	Davidson, Brian
1996	Griffiths, Murray	Holland, W
1995	Allsop, Peter?	Welsh, Angus
1994	Scriggins, Neil	Welsh, Angus
1993	Nilon, Leo
1992	Meechin, Warren
1991	Rennell, Kevin
1990	Welsh, Angus
1989	McIntyre, James
1988	Hatchard, Murray
1987	McIntyre, James
1986	Shelford, P
1985	Weatherhead, William
1984	McLean, Donald
1983	Brixton, Clark
1982	Burke, Murray
1981	Fowler, Noel
1980	Taylor, S
1979	Brixton, Clark
1978	Stowell, David Grahame
1977	Smith, J
1976	Pierson, Frederick
1975	Smith, J
1974	Hatchard, Murray
1973	Rose, Roy
1972	Lanauze, Lawrence
1971	Withell, Lynton
1970	Herron, Neville
1969	McVinnie, Kenneth Cullen
1968	Miller, Francis Russell
1967	Lethaby, Grant
1966	Conyers, K J
1965	Gray, A
1964	Jones, Ernest
1963	Cox, H
1962	Mills, J F
1961	Hartnell, John Nott
1960	Allom, Samuel Harcourt
1959	Robertson, M W
1958	Kilroy, Leslie(??)
1957	Wiseman, V
1956	Stoddart, Robert H Gerald
1955	Wane, G
1954	McNeil, T D
1953	Ager, Denis Terence
1952	Anderson, Hugh Boseawen??

Grant Lethaby
1967

Maurice Burke
1982

Joel Setterington
2002

John Hartnell
1961

Patrick Fitzgibbon
1999, 2001, 2003, 2009

Mark Tentori
2007, 2011

David Stalker
2013

Murray Formosa
2008, 2012

Murray Griffiths
1996

Warren Meechin
1992

Jim McIntyre
1987

Neville Herron
1970

Wayne Clark
2014

Intermediate Plate

AR	WINNER	RUNNER-UP
2017	Livesey, David	Adams, John
2016	Luscombe, Ross	Tabley, Frank
2015	Biddle, Andrew	Pestor, Jason
2014	Piper,Stephen	Scott, Craig
2013	Adams, John	Smith, I
2012	Fiecken, Alister	Scott, Craig
2011	Fiecken, Alister	Piper, Stephen
2010	Fitzgibbon, Patrick	n/d
2009	Tentori, Mark	Formosa, Murray
2008	Cate, David	Setterington, Joel
2007	McKendry, Bruce	Cate, David
2006	Dore, C	Knowles, John
2005	Goodson, Lawrence	Ny, Edward
2004	McKendry, Bruce	Engebretsen, George
2003	O'Connor, Jason	Wilson, Rhys
2002	Little, Ken	Pahau, Wiremu
2001	Dockery, John	Engebretsen, George
2000	Meechin, Warren	Smylie, S
1999	Pemburton, Anthony	Hartnell, John
1998	Ball, G	Gilbertson, P
1997	Renell, Ramon	Turner, Roydon
1996	Engebretsen, George	Prisk, Robert
1995	Collender, Neville	Milne, P
1994	McGinley, Robert	McIntyre, James

Junior A and B Club Championship

Some uncertainties arise when attempting to record the Men’s Junior A Championship winners. Until these are resolved, the Junior, Junior A and Junior B are presented together.

In 2013, the Club has in its possession four cups for men’s competitions in the Junior Championships categories. They are the Anderson Cup (engraved for the Club’s Junior Championship), the Jones Cup (engraved for the Club’s Junior A Championship), the Brian Davidson Cup (also engraved for the Club’s Junior A Championship, and the Tai Tapu Golf Club Cup (engraved for Junior B Championships).All are pictured above in this order.

These Cups were acquired in the order stated. The first, the Anderson Cup, was first played for in 1949 when, as engraved on the cup, it was won by I C Gray. For the following two seasons W D Robinson was Junior Champion.

In 1957 the Jones Cup for Junior A Championship made an appearance with G R Day as the first winner. The Jones Cup continued in use until 1975 when the last name engraved on it was A B Hight.

However, during the period the Jones Cup was in use ostensibly for Junior A Championships, the original Anderson Cup was also in use and none of the names engraved thereon matched any one of the Jones Cup’s names for that period. The implication might be that a decision had been made about 1957 to split Junior into Junior A and Junior B. Because the Jones Cup specified that is was for Junior A competition, that could have meant that the Anderson cup, from 1957 was for Junior B competition, but there is no other evidence to support that view.

Hearsay information at Tai Tapu golf has suggested that the Jones Cup went astray at some time. If it did, then presumably it was after Hight won it in 1975. Notwithstanding that issue, the Brian Davidson Cup (which is of a fine attractive appearance) has since become the official Junior A Championship Cup. It appears that winners names on it were backdated to 1972 although the cup itself was donated about 2003. Oddly, the Anderson Cup (which it is recalled was for simply Junior Championship, not Junior A championship) continued to be engraved with the same winners names (albeit a couple of uncertainties) as were being placed on the Brian Davidson Cup, i.e. a duplication.

Also in 1975, the Tai Tapu Junior B Championship Cup was put into competition. It has continued so right up to the present.

To assist somewhat in clarification of the situation, the table below shows also the names of the winners as posted on the Honours Boards. It is noted that the Honours Board hosting the Junior Championship was in place before the split into Junior A and Junior B.

Junior Championship Winners

YEAR	Honours Board Junior B	Junior B Championship Cup	Honours Board Junior/Junior A Championship	Anderson Cup Junior Championship	Jones CUP Junior A Championship	Brian Davidson Cup Junior A Championship
1949			Gray I C	Gray I C
1950			Robinson, W D	Robinson, W D
1951			Robinson, W D	Robinson, W D
1952			Ware, Gerald	Ware, Gerald H
1953			Carter, T F	Carter, T F
1954			Rawstron, G A	Rawstron, G A
1955			Mackay, M StJ (Stu)	Mackay, M StJ (Stu)
1956			Mackay, M StJ (Stu)	Mackay, M StJ (Stu)
1957			Withell, L R	Withell, L R	Day, G R
1958			Barnes, I B	Barnes, I R	Towart, R
1959			Hartnell, John	Hartnell, John	Dreaver, J G
1960			Costello, K J	Costello, K J	Ogg, Stanley
1961			Creighton, F	Creighton, F	Benzie, D J
1962			Lethaby, Grant	Lethaby, Grant R	Lethaby, Grant
1963			Withell, L R	Withell, L R	Clancy, R
1964			Manson, R B	Manson, R B	Wilson, R E
1965			Jennings, A D	nd	Milne, R R
1966			Jennings, A D	Jennings, A D	Narbey, Ivan
1967			Burke, Maurice	Burke, Maurice C	Stowell, Graham
1968			Jennings, A D	Jennings, A D	Satherley, N J
1969			Manson, R M	Manson, R M	Narbey, Barry
1970			Jennings, A D	Jennings, A D	Robb, I J
1971			Stowell, Graham	Stowell, Graham	Gibson, Ross
1972			Jones, Ernest	Jones, Ernest	Hurcomb, Gordon	Jones, Ernest
1973			Fiecken, W	Fiecken, W	Busch, E	Fiecken, W
1974			Penny, G	Hatchard, Murray	No data	Penny, G
1975	Gibson, Ross	Gibson, Ross	Hatchard, M	Hatchard, Murray	Hight, A B	Hatchard, Murray
1976	Mills, D	Mills, D	Penny, G	Penny, G		Penny, G
1977	nd	nd	Wilson, Stanley	Wilson, Stanley		Wilson, Stanley
1978	Erikson, Owen	Erikson, Owen	Barnhill, Bruce	Barnhill, Bruce		Barnhill, Bruce
1979	Erikson, John	Erikson, John	Kinzett, Reginald	Kinzett, Reginald		Kinzett, Reginald
1980	Williams, R	Williams, R	Pierson, Frederick	Pierson, Frederick		Pierson, Frederick
1981	Lang, Jack	Lang, Jack	McIntyre, James	McIntyre, James		McIntyre, James
1982	Ogg, Stanley	Ogg, Stanley	Gleeson, Jack	Gleeson, Jack		Gleeson, Jack
1983	Lang, Jack	Lang, Jack	Barnhill, Bruce	Barnhill, Bruce		Barnhill, Bruce
1984	Austin, G	Austin, G	Hall, B	Hall, B		Hall, B
1985	Clarke, Stephen	Clarke, Stephen	Naysmith, John	Naysmith, John		Naysmith, John
1986	Erikson, John	Erikson, John	Cullen, Robert	Cullen, Robert		Cullen, Robert
1987	Pears, Derek	Pears, Derek	Irving, Ken	Irving, Ken		Irving, Ken
1988	Milne, James	Milne, James	Narbey, Ivan	Narbey, Ivan		Narbey, Ivan
1989	Wright, D	Wright, D	Gargett, Roger	Gargett, Roger		Gargett, Roger
1990	Duncan, T	Duncan, T	Griffiths, Murray	Griffiths, Murray		Griffiths, Murray
1991	Erikson, Owen	Erikson, Owen	Narbey, Ivan	Narbey, Ivan		Narbey, Ivan
1992	Narbey, Kevin	Narbey, Kevin	Gunby, Stephen	Gunby, Stephen		Gunby, Stephen
1993	Wright, D	Wright, D	Gerven, G			Gerven, G
1994	Turner, Roydon	Turner, Roydon	Herron, Michael			Herron, Michael
1995	Samson, James	Samson, James	Gerven, G			Gerven, G
1996	Samson, James	Samson, James	McIntyre, James			McIntyre, James
1997	Yaxley, Peter	Yaxley, Peter	Manson, Max			Manson, Max
1998	Yaxley, Peter	Yaxley, Peter	Herron, Michael			Herron, Michael
1999	Reece, Douglas	Reece, Douglas	Smylie, S			Smylie, S
2000	Adam, David	Adam, David	Prisk, Robert			Prisk, Robert
2001	Herron, Neville	Herron, Neville	Roach, Ronald			Roach, Ronald
2002	Hurcomb, Chris	Hurcomb, Chris	Engebretsen, Dane			Engebretsen, Dane
2003	Williamson, Brian	Williamson, Brian	Rennell, Kevin			Rennell, Kevin
2004	Anderson, James	Anderson, James	Hurcomb, Chris			Hurcomb, Chris
2005	McCallum, Michael	McCallum, Michael	Setterington, Joel			Setterington, Joel
2006	Laurenson, Peter	Laurenson, Peter	Meechin, Warren			Meechin, Warren
2007	Stewart, Alan	Stewart, Alan	McRobert, Roy			McRobert, Roy
2008	Goile, Norman	Goile, Norman	McKay, Bruce			McKay, Bruce
2009	Dillon, Dennis	Dillon, Dennis	McKendry, Bruce			McKendry, Bruce
2010	Narbey, Ivan	Narbey, Ivan	Miller, David			Miller, David
2011	Hamilton, Dean	Hamilton, Dean	Revitt, Terence			Revitt, Terence
2012	Brewer, Wayne	Brewer, Wayne	Biddle, Andrew			Biddle, Andrew
2013	McAlister, Bruce	McAlister, Bruce				Pester, Jason
2014		Adam, David				Frewen, Rodney
2015		Johnstone, Peter				Tan, Harvey
2016		MacFarlane, Justin				Knowles, Kurt
2017		Phillips, Clyde
2018		Dave Adam	Brian Moriarty
2019		Roy McRobert	Tom Westell			Jason Pester
2020		Dave Adam	Bob Magrs			Terry Revitt

Maurice Burke
1967

Ivan Narbey
1988, 1991

John Hartnell
1959

Murdoch St John MacKay
1955 & 1956

Max Manson
1997

Jason Pester
2013

Bruce McKendry
2009

Robert Prisk
2000

Michael Herron
1994 & 1998

Rod Frewen
2014

Junior B Championship Winners

Brian Williamson
2003

David Adam
2000, 2014

Champion of Champions

To have a Champion of Champions trophy is not uncommon in golf clubs. The trophy pictured here is quite handsome and would grace any member’s trophy shelf. It was donated by former Club Secretary William Weatherhead.

The match format is knock-out Match Play on Handicap. Disappointingly, it has not often been played for at Tai Tapu. Part of the problem is that by the time the championships have been completed there are not many opportunities to complete this event before the end of the season.

Champion of Champions

2017
2016
2015 - Event not held
2014 - Event not held
2013 - Event not held
2012 - Event not held
2011 - Event not held
2010 - Event not held
2009 - Event not held
2008 - Event not held
2007 - Event not held
2006 - Event not held
2005 - Lee, Rosie
2004 - Stephens, Jenny
2003 - Hurcomb, Chris
2002 - Herron, Neville
2001 - Chapman, W
2000
1999
1998 - Yaxley, Peter
1997 - McIntyre, James
1996 - Samson, James
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991 - Rennell, Mrs Patricia

Otahuna and Hartnell Cups

The Otahuna Cup

The Otahuna Cup is one of the oldest trophies at the Club still extant. This handsome Cup itself does not have the common chromium-plating but is silver-plated as certified by hallmarks engraved on it. It was presented to the Club by Sir Heaton Rhodes himself in 1935 and first played for in 1936.

The first winner, M Mackenzie won it in both 1936 and 1937. The table below shows that the Cup has been won by a wide range of members, but only one member, Bruce McKendry has managed to make it “his own” with five wins. (He was summarily ejected from the 2007 event in the first round, but then recovered well to win the John Hartnell Cup).

Patrick Fitzgibbon with four wins is the best of the remaining winners followed by Maurice Burke and Murray Hatchard each with three wins.A number of others have been dual winners, notable the Club’s first President William Grieg Macartney, and Stuart Berryman in 2013 & 2014. Surprisingly, Danny Cusiel who has been the Club Champion on several occasions and remains in 2013 as still amongst the top few players at the Club, has won it only once. The plate event for first round losers also carries a trophy, viz., the John Hartnell Cup.

After a Stroke Net round to obtain 32 qualifiers, the contest for the Cup is matchplay on handicap

2021
2020 - Richard Browning
2019 - Andrew Biddle
2018 - Mark Tentori
2017 - John Knowles
2016 - Westland, Mervyn
2015 - Luscombe, Ross
2014 - Berryman, Stuart
2013 - Berryman, Stuart
2012 - Livesey, David.
2011 - Cusiel, Daniel
2010 - Cochrane, David
2009 - Fitzgibbon, Patrick
2008 - Anderson, James
2007 - Cochrane, David
2006 - Renata, Mac
2005 - Fitzgibbon, Patrick
2004 - McKendry, K Bruce
2003 - Fitzgibbon, Patrick
2002 - Knowles, John
2001 - Meechin, Warren
2000 - Fitzgibbon, Patrick
1999 - McKendry, K Bruce
1998 - Rennell, Kevin G
1997 - McIntyre, James
1996 - Lees, Alex
1995 - Goodson, Laurie
1994 - Meechin, Warren
1993 - Walker, T
1992 - Clancy, Douglas
1991 - Briden, A
1990 - McKendry, K Bruce
1989 - Welsh, Angus
1988 - McLean, Donald
1987 - McIntyre, James
1986 - McKendry, K Bruce
1985 - McKendry, K Bruce
1984 - Welsh, Angus
1983 - Hatchard, Murray
1982 - McNally, William
1981 - Shipley, G
1980 - Small, R
1979 - McNally, William
1978 - Shipley, G
1977 - Eastlake, W
1976 - Burke, Maurice
1975 - Hatchard, Murray
1974 - Hatchard, Murray
1973 - Burke, Maurice
1972 - Burke, Maurice
1971 - Rose, Roy
1970 - Miller, Bruce
1969 - Rose, Roy
1968 - McLean, Donald
1967 - Saunders, G
1966 - no data
1965 - Ogg, Stanley E
1964 - Saunders, G
1963 - Lanauze, Laurie
1962 - Lanauze, Laurie
1961 - Creighton, F
1960 - Amos, Patrick
1959 - McKay, M StJ
1958 - Kilroy, L
1957 - Kilroy, L
1956 - McKay, J
1955 - Turrell, George
1954 - Stoddart, Gerald
1953 - Thompson, B
1952 - Blackmore, R C
1951 - Needham, N H K
1950 - Anderson, H B
1949 - McKenzie, Jock
1948 - McKenzie, Jock
1947 - Johnstone, W A
1946 - World War II Recess
1945 - World War II Recess
1944 - World War II Recess
1943 - World War II Recess
1942 - World War II Recess
1941 - Macartney, William G
1940 - Macartney, William G
1939 - Bullen, M W
1938 - Hussey, J
1937 - Mackenzie, M
1936 - Mackenzie, M

Otahuna Cup Winners

Bruce McKendry
1985,1986, 1990, 1999, 2004

Maurice Burke
1972, 1973, 1976

William Macartney
1940,1941

Patrick Fitzgibbon
2000, 2003, 2005, 2009

John Knowles
2002

Bruce Miller
1970

Laurie Lanauze
1962, 1963

Stuart Berryman
2013 & 2014

Ross Luscombe
2015

The John Hartnell Cup

To act as a plate event to complement the Otahuna Cup, a second handsome trophy was played for in 2006. It was named in honour of Honorary Life Member John Hartnell who successively held the offices of a Club Committee member, Club Captain, President and Patron. The John Hartnell Cup is the plate event for those losing in the first round of the Otahuna Cup competition, this was changed in 2019 when the plate round was scrapped and the runner up to the Otahuna Cup bacame the recipient of the John Hartnell Cup, It has been possible to insert Mugshots of all winners of the John Hartnell Cup from 2006 through 2014.

A more prosaic account of the origin of this trophy comes from the 27 April 2005 Report of Match Committee submitted by the then Club Captain, John McCabe: “The match committee will introduce a flights section for this event next year as part of our efforts to expose players to more matchplay events. A new trophy will be bought by the Club Captain. The new trophy will be called the John Hartnell Cup.”

Hartnell Cup Winners

2020 - Jordan Coffin
2019 - David Burt
2018 - Craig Scott
2017 - Hansrod, Abdus
2016 - McRobert, Roy
2015 - Newcombe, Kevin
2014 - Ferguson, Alister
2013 - Piper, Stephen
2012 - Luscombe, Ross
2011 - Brewer, Kyle
2010 - Nicholls, William
2009 - Roach, Ronald
2008 - Pester, Jason
2007 - McKendry, Bruce
2006 - Kitto, Selwyn

Waitaha Cup and Rex Rudkin Salver

Apart from the Championships cups, the three most significant Club trophies are the Otahuna Cup, the Waitaha Cup and the Suckling Cup. They are of long-standing. The Waitaha Cup format is a knockout four ball best ball net after a qualifying round. That format gives the opportunity for some of the “more average” players in the Club to have the pleasure of partaking in a trophy with some hope of success.

The Waitaha Cup was presented to the Club by the famous W G Macartney, the first President in 1949— but he never won it himself! The most successful winning combination has been Donald McLean and Jack Gleeson who were on the right side of “shake hands time” in 1973, 1974, 1976 and later, in 1982. That’s a fine record, almost as though they were specialising in the event. Two father/son combinations were succesful–Kevin Rennell with his son Ramon in 1994 and Daniel Cusiel and his elder son John in 1999. Daniel partnered in 2015 with Club Administrator Stephen Piper to take a narrow win, Stephen coming to light with a longish critical putt on the first play-off hole to take the win from Runners-Up Wiremu Pahau and Alasdair Graham.

Year	Winner	Winner	Runner-Up	Runner-Up
2019	John Knowles	Kurt Knowles	Steve Piper	Rod Frewen
2018	Murray Hamilton	Roy McRoberts	Henry Siave	Abdus Hansrod
2017	Hamilton, Murray	Himiona, Abe	Frewen, Rod	Graham, Alasdair
2016	Richardson, Raymond	Knowles, John	Frewen, Rod	Graham, Alasdair
2015	Cusiel, Daniel	Piper, Stephen	Graham, Alastairr	Pahau, Wiremu
2014	Frewen, Rodney	Graham, Alasdair	McAlister, Bruce	Kinzett, Reginald
2013	Biddle, Andrew	Auton, Chris	Williamson, Brian D P	Johnstone, Peter
2012	Rogers, John	Cammock, David	Cochrane, David	Luscombe, Ross
2011	Cochrane, David	Peters, Shane	Revitt, Terence	Porter, John
2010	Renata, Macca	Kingi-Hazel, Jack
2009	Davidson, Brian	Borer, Robert
2008	Dillon, Dennis	Frees, Bill
2007	Renata, Macca	Kingi-Hazel, Jack
2006	Frewen, Roderick	Cate, David
2005	Davidson, Brian	Meechin, Warren
2004	Pahau, Bill	Clark, Wayne
2003	Berryman, Stuart	Hope, Ronald
2002	Dockery, John	Beattie, L
2001	Meechin, Warren	Clancy, R
2000	Clancy, Douglas	Goile, Norman
1999	Cusiel, Daniel	Cusiel, John
1998	Scriggins, Neil	Griffiths, M G
1997	Narbey, Ivan	Manson, M
1996	McIntyre, James	Meechin, W
1995	Walker, A	Kirk, I
1994	Rennell, K	Rennell, Ray K
1993	Gerven, G	Herron, Michael
1992	Goodson, L	Engebretsen, G
1991	Welsh, A	Cook, R
1990	Stanbury, P	Clephane, M
1989	Green, N	Wright, D
1988	McLean, D	Gargett, R
1987	McIntye, J	Prendergast, A
1986	Erikson, J	Erikson, O
1985	McIntyre, J	McKinnon, J
1984	Meechin, W	Weatherhead, W
1983	Burke, Maurice	Burgess, W
1982	McLean, D	Gleeson, J
1981	Alleyene, C	Brixton, C
1980	Robertson, J	Clarke, J
1979	Sisson, Adrian	Daly, J
1978	McIntyre, James	McMaster, M
1977	Hancock, R	Stanbury, P
1976	McLean, Donald	Gleeson, J
1975	Hancock, E F	Stanbury, P
1974	McLean, Donald	Gleeson, J
1973	McLean, Donald	Gleeson, J
1972	McNally, W	Nixon, S
1971	Billcliff, J	McMaster, M
1970	Rhodes, C	Rose, Roy
1969	Burke, Maurice	Burgess, R G
1968	Forbes, L J	Austen, G K
1967	Rhodes, C	Rose, Roy
1966	Morten, Robert	Saunders, Gavin
1965	Miller, Russell	Jennings, A D
1964	Rhodes, C	Rose, Roy
1963	Shaw, P J	Lane, M
1962	Ware, Gerald	Houlden, J
1961	Cox, H	Hartnell, John Nott
1960	Woods, N	Woods, L
1959	McIntosh, M	Robertson, M
1958	Mackay, M StJ	Mackay, G
1957	McKenzie, N J	Nutt, G A
1956	Mackay, M StJ	Jones, Ernest
1955	Ager, D T	McKenzie, N J
1954	Davison,E B	Blackmore, R C
1953	Withell, N R	O'Donnell. J
1952	Blumsky, L	McNeill, T D
1951	Sheldon, G N	Mackay, M StJ
1950	Anderson, H B	Stoddart, Gerald
1949	Sheldon, G N	Nutt, G A

Rex Rudkin Salver

The Rex Rudin Salver is the prize for the winner of the Plate event for Waitaha Cup competition. The Plate is contested by those pairs exiting after the first round of the Cup. The Salver is quite attractive and in some ways it could be argued that it would have been better had it been awarded to the beaten finalists in the Waitaha Cup itself. Winning a Plate event in any sport (often called a “consolation event”) is not usually regarded as particularly meritorious. However, many fine players have found themselves in the Rex Rudkin event after an indifferent first round in the Waitaha and so there have been many fiercely contested and high standard finals in this event as well as in the Waitaha. No minor prize would therefore suffice, this was changed in 2019 when the plate round was scrapped and the runners up to the Waitaha Cup became the recipients of the Rex Rudkin Salver.

As with the Waitaha Cup itself there is wide range of winning pairs for the Rex Rudkin Salver. However, Daniel Cusiel has accumulated four wins, two with his younger son Michael in successive seasons 2006 & 2007 and two with Bruce McAlister in 1989 and 1991. The latter has had five wins, his second two were with Reginald Kinzett in 2000, & 2005. In 2015, Club President Neville Turner with the steady Terence Revitt as a partner had a comfortable win over Runners-Up Joel Setterington and John Knowles.

Year	Winner	Winner	Runner-Up	Runner-Up
2020
2019	Rod Frewen	Steve Piper	N/A	N/A
2018	Marcus Annan	Dean Hamilton	Clyde Phillips	Merv Altmans
2017	Macpherson, Basil	Stephens, Barry	Auton, Christopher	Magrs, Robert
2016	Westland, Mervyn	Bowden, John	Bowers, Craig	Adam, David
2015	Turner, Neville	Revitt, Terence	Knowles, John	Setterington, Joel
2014	Clark, Wayne	Robson, Richard	Malloch, C	Spencer, S
2013	Luscombe, Ross	Peters, Shane	McAlister, Bruce	Kinzett, Reginald
2012	Livesey, David	Scott, Craig	Malloch, C	Spencer, S
2011	Ferguson, Alister	Newcombe, Kevin	Chapman, Murray	Tabley, FranK
2010	Davidson, Brian	Buckner, Desmond
2009	Narbey, Ivan	Dillon, Dennis
2008	Adam, David	Robertson, Paul
2007	Cusiel, Daniel	Cusiel, Michael
2006	Cusiel, Daniel	Cusiel, Michael
2005	McAlister, Bruce	Kinzett, Reginald
2004	Kissell, Gilbert	O'Connor, Jason
2003	Cate, David	Leadbeater, Terence
2002	Little, Ken	Whitley, Ken
2001	Armstrong, Val	Kavanagh, Kevin
2000	McAlister, Bruce	Kinzett, Reginald
1999	Lees, Alex	Cate, David
1998	Pemberton, Anthony	McKendry, Bruce
1997	Herron, Neville	Herron, Michael
1996	Cullen, Robert	Norton, R
1995	Watt, Mervyn	McAlister, Bruce
1994	Ingold, Alan	Richardson, Raymond
1993	Armstrong, Val	Lavendar, C
1992	Holland, W	Gerven, G
1991	McAlister, Bruce	Cusiel, Danny
1990	Maling, C	Rennell, Kevin
1989	Cusiel, Danny	McAlister, Bruce

Junior Boys Championship Cup

Although many girls and boys show an initial interest in playing golf at Tai Tapu, very few persist beyond the beginner level.

Of those who do and become reasonable players fewer still remain at the Club. It will be apparent from the table below that there have been many occasions when there have been few or no juniors to compete for the cup.

Also, it is regretted that there are only four photographs of the winners of the Junior Boys Championship Cup.

Of these, Michael Cusiel, as with his father Daniel and brother John, became an excellent golfer and a credit to his family.

Michael has twice won the Club’s Senior Championship (2006, 2009). Daniel Laughton developed into a fine golfer but has preferred other Clubs for his membership. The only youthful photo we have is of Alister Fiecken who became a well-respected and rominent member at the Club.

Alister has made valued contributions to the administration of the Club. He was Vice President in 2014, and in the usual course of events he would be expected to succeed to President in due course.

2005 - Laughton, Daniel
2004 - Wilson, Rhys
2003 - Cusiel, Michael
2002 - Cusiel, Michael
2001 - No data
2000 - Milligan, Hadleigh
1999 - Cusiel, Michael
1998 - Pearson, James
1997 - Edwards, Sam
1996 - Munro, Phillip
1995 - Edwards, Sam
1994 - Maxwell, Scott
1993 - Leete, A
1992 - Eagle, R
1991 - Miller, Bruce
1990 - No data
1989 - No data
1988 - No data
1987 - No data
1986 - No data
1985 - No data
1984 - Marks, T C
1983 - No data
1982 - No data
1981 - McGregor, David Knox
1980 - McMaster, Donald
1979 - Fowler, Ian
1978 - Day, B A
1977 - Daly, Brendan
1976 - No data
1975 - No data
1974 - No data
1973 - Sisson, Roger
1972 - Sisson, Roger
1971 - Sisson, Roger
1970 - Sisson, Roger
1969 - Matthews, Bruce Robert
1968 - Sisson, Roger
1967 - Sherlock, Michael John
1966 - Titmus, Gavin Lindsay
1965 - Titmus, Gavin Lindsay
1964 - Fieken, Alister Richard
1963 - Ogg, Jeffrey Stanley
1962 - Morten, Arthur Roscoe
1961 - Suckling, Donald
1960 - No data
1959 - No data
1958 - Calder, Michael William
1957 - Calder, Michael William
1956 - Calder, Alan Thomas
1955 - Withell, Lynton Raywell
1954 - Withell, Lynton Raywell

Former Junior Boys Champions

Monthly Mug

The Men’s Monthly Mug competition is of such long standing—at least 38 years–that it has become a tradition. Each month there is scheduled a Stroke Net game for which the prize is the Mug. It is invariably keenly contested and the winner receives an acclamation as though he had won a major trophy event–indeed it is virtually such. The winner receives a free beer from the bar in a Mug dedicated to the purpose. There is a protocol associated with it. In its purest form, the Mug winner is permitted to extend the empty Mug to any of the Saturday men competitors and have it filled and paid for by them for the Mug winner’s consumption at any Saturday during the month. There have been variations in the protocol, mainly to place reasonable limits on whom may so be requested and how often the Mug may be refilled, but that is its essence. The Mug itself came into existence in 1975 when a prominent member, William (Bill) J McNally, presented a pewter mug for the competition.

In the 1975 programme booklet the match on Saturday 8 March reads: “Stroke. W McNally, Pewter Mug, Trophy.” It is possible that by donating an actual Mug, Bill McNally was formalising a practice already in existence, if not officially recognised. (It seems more or less to be copying the basics of the Ladies Golf Union (LGU Medal competitions).

Unfortunately, as Bill McNally himself reported at the Club committee’s meeting March 1987, the original Mug had been lost. Whether an interim replacement had been made is unknown. The present Mug is of stainless steel and has a wooden handle. It has ” The Bill Mac Mug” inscribed on a piece of pewter stuck to the side. In a couple of seasons Mug winners have been given to keep a normal glass mug already engraved with the event name and month and year, but not the winner’s name.

Unfortunately the records of the winners in the programme books go back only to the 2002 season. And that is all that can be listed below. During the 2013 season, 2013, David Stalker won the Mug in successive months and that was speculated as being unique. But later in 2013, Bob Magrs (pronounced “maars”) won in successive months October and November. In the 2014 season, Tai Tapu Golf’s greenkeeper, James Lee won the Mug in both October and November. Not only that, but he presented the 2014 season’s Best Mug score of 59 Net. David Adam won the Mug three times 2006; first-up to open the season and then later in consecutive months September and October 2006. The late Warren Meechin in 2002 won the Mug in the three consecutive months August, September, October. Indeed over the period 2002-2013, Meechin won it 8 times altogether. And he passed away a few years back so competed for only a part of the seasons for which there are records. Next nearest were Johnny Knowles (6 wins by mid 2014) and then David Cate and Wayne Clark, each a 5 times monthly winner.

The Late Warren Meechin, highly successful in the Men’s Monthly Mug competitions.

Johnny Knowles–With his latest win on the 8th June 2014 Johnny has won the Mug Six times!

Monthly Mug Winners (Men)

Year	Jan	Feb	March	April	May	June	July	August	Sept	Oct	Nov
2020		Otis Holland	Abdus Hansrod	Callum Bowers	Wayne Stack	Jason Pester	Jordan Coffin	Greg Heath	Dan Cusiel	Marcus Herron	Paul Howley
2019		Tim Scott	Richard Browning	Richard Browning	Shane Peters	Frank Tabley	David Burt	Dan Cusiel	Ben Harding	Abdus Hansrod	Murray Chapman
2018		David Broughton	Kurt Knowles	Abdus Hansrod	Andrew Biddle	Ben Harding	Ben Harding	James Lee	Wiri Tahurangi	Barry Stephens	Murray Hamilton
2017		Himiona, Abe	Moriarty, Brian	Burt, Dave	Auton, Chris	Nicholls, Rick	Thorpe, Tony	Pester, Jason	Frewen, Rod	Bowers, Craig	Broughton, David
2016		Scott, Timothy	Renata, Te Maunga	Richardson, Raymond	Cusiel, Danny	Colhoun, Ian	Fitzgibbon, Patrick	Berryman, Stuart	Vickers, Neil	Nicholls, Rick	Richardson, Raymond
2015		Kinzett, Reginald	Colhoun, Ian	Roach, Ronald	Nicholls, Henry	Lees, James	Tabley, Frank	Colhoun, Ian	Fitzgibbon, Patrick	Renata, TeMaunga (Macca)	Henderson, Colin
2014		Formosa, Murray	Hamilton, Dean	Marks, David	Welsh, Gary	Knowles, Johnny	Frewen, Rod	Adams, John	Le Page, Donald	Lee, James	Lee, James
2013		Colhoun, Ian	Renata, Macca	Stalker, David	Stalker, David	Nicholls, Henry	Peters, Shane	Cusiel, Danny	Bowden, John	Magrs, Robert	Magrs, Robert
2012	Tentori, Mark	Roach, Ronald	Berryman, Stuart	Wild, Anthony	Harding, Ben	Knowles, John	Tentori, Mark	Clark, David	Hetherington, Rick	Brewer, Wayne	Knowles, Kurt
2011	Watt, Mervyn	Pugh, David	Pagan, Michael	Renata, Macca	Cusiel, Danny	Peters, Shane	Richardson, Raymond	Poorter, Johann	Cochrane, David	Morgan, Ross	McAlister, Bruce
2010	Knowles, John	Bolland, Brett	Kavanagh, Kevin	Cochrane, David	Helms, Jamie	Kingi-Hazel, Jack	Le Page, Donald	Helms, Jamie	Scott, Timothy	Knowles, John	Ferguson, Alister
2009		Leadbeater, Terence	Frewen, Rod	Stephens, David	Tentori, Mark	Clark, Wayne	Fitzgibbon, Patrick	Renata, Macca	Tahurangi, Wiremu	O'Brien, Paddy	Poorter, Johann
2008		Stephens, David	Hamilton, Murray	Cate, David	Livesey, David	Robertson, David	Not played	Luscombe, Ross	Formosa, Murray	Green, Barrie	Robertson, David
2007		Hoffman, Michael	Clayton, David	Ny, Anthony	Renata, Macca	Robertson, David	Tahurangi, Wiremu	Cochrane, David	Buckner, Desmond	Clark, Wayne	McKendry, Bruce
2006		Adam, David	Knowles, John	Cate, David	Phillips, Clyde	Wilson, Rhys	Cusiel, Danny	Green, Barrie	Adam, David	Adam, David	Meechin, Warren
2005		Frewen, Rod	Kinzett, Reginald	Bolland, Brett	Meechin, Warren	Bolland, Brett	Graham, Alastair	McCabe, John	Meechin, Warren	Watt, Mervyn	Whitley, Ken
2004		Fitzgibbon, Patrick	Pahau, Bill	Turner, Neville	Narbey, Ivan	Clark, Wayne	Pahau, Bill	no data	no data	Edmonds, Craig	Clark, Wayne
2003		Milne, J	Herron, Neville	Meechin, Warren	Cate, David	Meechin, Warren	Richardson, Raymond	Kavanagh, Kevin	Kissell, Gilbert	Scriggins, Neil	Milne, J
2002		Walker, M	Reece, Douglas	Goodson, Laurie	Clark, Wayne	Goodson, Laurie	Cate, David	Meechin, Warren	Meechin, Warren	Meechin, Warren	Hall, Mervyn

Men's Monthly Mug Winners 2016

Timothy Scott
Febuary

Raymond Richardson
April

Te Maunga Renata
March

Dan Cusiel
May

Ian Colhoun
June

Stuart Berryman
August

Patric Fitzgibbon
July

Men's Monthy Mug Winners 2015

Reginald Kinzett
Febuary

Ian Colhoun
March

Ronald Roach
April

Henry Nicholls
May

James Lee
June

Frank Tabley
July

Ian Colhoun
August

Patrick Fitzgibbon
September

Te Maunga Renata
October

Sheldon Cup

Geoffrey N Sheldon presented his Cup in 1949. It was inscribed “Tai Tapu G. C. Spissitudine”

The match format is best three of five rounds Stroke Net. The term “spissitudine” is somewhat obscure. It appears from a Latin-English online dictionary to be related to “spissitudo”. And for that, terms such as “density”, “thickness”, “consistency” have been stated. Because the winner of this Cup needs to have some consistency during the five rounds then perhaps it was this latter meaning which Sheldon intended. Unfortunately we shall never be sure about that because Geoff, who was a country farm agent for AMP and retired in about 1966, passed away in 1988.

Around 2013 or so, the five rounds of the Sheldon Cup are played in conjunction with the scheduled men’s monthly Mug Days.

2018 - Dan Cusiel
2017 - Nicholls, Rick
2016 - No result provided
2015 - Colhoun, Ian
2014 - Kenyon, Lance
2013 - Stalker, David
2012 - Knowles, John
2011 - Bolland, Brett
2010 - Formosa, Murray
2009 - Clark, Wayne
2008 - Cate, David
2007 - Bolland, Brett
2006 - Cate, David
2005 - Kinzett, Reg
2004 - Irvine, T
2003 - Meechin, Warren
2002 - Meechin, Warren
2001 - Kinzett, Reginald
2000 - Cate, David
1999 - Lees, Alec
1998 - Setterington, Joel
1997 - McKendry, Bruce
1996 - Neal, Dr D J
1995 - McClurg, A
1994 - Rennell, Kevin
1993 - Welsh, Angus
1992 - Clancy, Doug
1991 - Kerr, D
1990 - Hitchins, M
1989 - McIntyre, James
1988 - Wilson, S
1988 - McIntyre, James
1987 - Prendergast, A
1987 - Welsh, Angus
1986 - McLean, Donald
1985 - McIntyre, James
1984 - Rennell, Kevin
1983 - McIntyre, James
1982 - Sherlock, M
1981 - McLean, David
1980 - Small, G
1979 - Daly, T
1978 - Rennell, R
1977 - Fowler, N G
1976 - Thomas, C
1975 - Weatherhead, William
1974 - Taylor, W
1973 - Chaston, R E
1972 - Clark, T
1971 - Rendall, J
1970 - Rose, Roy
1969 - MacMaster, M
1968 - Andrews, E
1967 - Herron, Neville
1966 - nd
1965 - nd
1964 - Sturgess, B
1963 - Withell, L
1962 - Saunders, G J
1961 - Costello, K J
1960 - Amos, Patrick
1959 - nd
1958 - Amos, Patrick
1957 - nd
1956 - nd
1955 - Turrell, George
1954 - O'Donnell, J
1953 - Stoddart, Roger
1952 - Hamilton, H D
1951 - Macartney, William
1950 - Stoddart, G
1949 - O'Donnell, J
1949 - McKenzie, N J

William Macartney
1951

Graham Stoddart
1950

N J McKenzie
1949

Johnny Knowles
2012

Murray Formosa
2010

David Stalker
2013

Brett Bolland
2007 & 2011

Neville Herron
1967

Lance Kenyon
2014

Tri Series

The Men’s Tri Series is a handsome striking figure on a pedastal attributing the donors Oceans Gems, Shell Riccarton Road, R A Hale Ltd, Joiners. Ocean Gems is owned and operated by a former Tai Tapu Golf Club Captain, John McCabe. John McCabe is remembered at the Club as a strong proponent of the work that produced the current fine balcony structure. R A Hale Ltd’s part owner Stephen Piper was Vice President of Tai Tapu Golf and later resigned from that position to be appointed the Club’s “Administrator”. Effectively that position was equivalent to House Manager. In 2014 he was adjudged Canterbury Golf Association’s Administrator of the Year. Stephen has in 2016 won the trophy with partner Barry Stephens, and they won it with a record margin. The event is played over three rounds of different formats. In 2012 they were Greensome Stroke Net, 4 BBB stroke net, and 4 BBB Stableford net. The first winners of the event were Peter Laurenson and Stuart Carline. Peter was only a medium handicapper but he possessed a tremendously long drive off the tee. Stuart was amongst the best golfers in the Club but it was Peter’s drive that made all the difference at the time. Stuart who was a regular volunteer for works at the Club resigned to go to Western Australia in 2012, but happily for the Club was back in the latter part of 2013. Already there have been dual winners in this event as shown in the table following.

Tri Series Winners

2020	Paul Howley	Kevin Arthur
2019	Dan Cusiel	Bevin Ryan
2018	Craig Scott	Stu Berryman
2017	Rogers, John	Scott, Tim
2016	Stephens, Barry	Piper, Stephens
2015	Newcombe, Kevin	Biddle, Andrew
2014	Luscombe, Ross	Vickers, Neil
2013	Peters, Shane	Frewen, Rod
2012	Peters, Shane	Brewer, Kyle
2011	Vickers, Neil	Pester, Jason
2010	Cusiel, Daniel	Dillon, Dennis
2009	Anderson, James	Pester, Jason
2008	Cochrane, David	Luscombe, Ross
2007	Cochrane, David	Luscombe, Ross
2006	Carline, Stewart	Laurenson, Peter

Men's Tri Series Winners

Stuart Carline & Peter Laurenson
2006

Ross Luscombe & Neil Vickers
2014

Ross Luscombe & David Cochrane
2007 & 2008

Dennis Dillon & Daniel Cusiel
2010

Neil Vickers & Jason Pester
2011

Kevin Newcombe & Andrew Biddle
2013

Barry Stephens & Steve Piper
2016

2017

2018

2019- Bevin Ryan and Dan Cusiel

Gleeson Trophy

The match for the J R Gleeson Trophy is currently an eighteen hole combined Stableford with Senior/Junior drawn pairs. It was always a drawn pairs game irrespective of handicap and in the past it may have been played as either a 27-hole or a 36 hole match. There might also have been a “Calcutta” book made up for the results. More recently it was changed so that pairs were drawn one from a pot of the lower handicap players and the other from a pot of higher handicap players. Confusion attended when by mistake the draw was made after the match instead of before. J R Gleeson was one of the very first winning pair for his own trophy in 1974. He went on to win it twice more. However, it was the redoubtable Kevin Rennell, whose wins tallied four, who dominated this trophy. Don McLean and the late Angus Welsh returned three wins each.

2020	James Lee	Kurt Knowles
2019	Frank Tabley	David Burt
2018	Ben Harding	James Lee
2017	Livesey, David	Heath, Greg
2016	Scott, Craig	Buckner, Desmond
2015	Marks, David	Knowles, John
2014	Ferguson, Alister	Adams, John
2013	Ny, Ted	Lee, James
2012	Knowles, Kurt	Scott, Craig
2011	Graham, Alastair	Hamilton, Murray
2010	Vickers, Neil	McAlister, Bruce
2009	Knowles, John	Tabley, Frank
2008	McCabe, John	Green, Barrie
2007	Bolland, Brett	Green, Noel
2006	Engebretsen, George	Turner, Neville
2005	Davidson, Brian	Teape, David
2004	Stewart, Alan	Cullen, Robert
2003	Scriggins, Neil	Richardson, Raymond
2002	Ball, G	Ferguson, Alister
2001	Meechin, Warren	Whitley, Ken
2000	Griffiths, Murray G	Clancy, Douglas
1999	Lobb, R	Welsh, Angus
1997	Wyse, H	Fitzgibbon, Patrick
1996	Welsh, Angus	Gunn, B
1995	Rennell, Kevin	Walker, M
1994	McIntyre, James	Hamilton, Murray
1993	Meechin, Warren	Neal, D
1992	Goodson, Laurie	Herron, Michael
1991	Armstrong, Val	Goodson, Laurie
1990	Smith, J	Humm, Harold T
1989	Clancy, Douglas	Ingold, Alan
1988	McKendry, Bruce	McIntyre, James
1988	McGinley, Robert	Fairbrass, D
1987	Cullen, Robert	Narbey, Ivan
1986	Herron, Neville	Shelford, P
1985	Clancy, Douglas	McGregor, H
1984	McNally, William	Gleeson, J
1984	Miller, Bruce	Welsh, Angus
1983	Hatchard, Murray	Smith, J
1982	Rennell, Kevin	Brian?, M
1981	Billcliffe, J	Shipley, G
1980	McLean, D	Buxton, C
1979	McLean, D	Gleeson, J
1978	Romerill, K?	Rennell, K
1977	Rennell, Kevin	Rhodes, R C
1976	McMahon, C	Kinzett, Reginald
1975	Lee, J	Holmes, R
1974	Gleeson, J	McLean, D

Men's Tri Series Winners

Kurt Knowles & Craig Scott
2012

Murray Hamilton & James McIntyre
1994

Alister Ferguson & John Adams
2014

David Marks & Johnny Knowles
2015

Ron Holmes Memorial Cup

Men’s Pairs 18 Hole Combined Stroke Net. Partners drawn prior to match as Senior/Junior pairs.

YEAR	WINNING PAIR		RUNNERS-UP
2020	Tony Thorpe	Alister Ferguson	Ray Richardson	Brent Earnshaw
2019	Ben Harding	Greg Heath	Murray Chapman	Jason Pester
2018	Neville Turner	Will Tuton	Ben Harding	Merv Westland
2017	Macpherson, Basil	Altments, Merv	Ferguson, Alister	Berryman, Stu
2016	MacFarlane, Justin	Harding, Ben	Turner, Neville	Adams, John
2015	Cusiel, Danny	Buckner, Desmond	Magrs, Robert	Adams, John
2014	McKendry, Bruce	Hamilton, Dean	Stalker, Hamish	Tan, Harvey
2013	Luscombe, Ross	Henderson, Colin	Malloch, Carl	Smith, Ian
2012	Nicholls, Rick	Buckner, Desmond	Livesey, David	Pugh, David
2011	Hartnell, John	Luscombe, Ross	Hamilt0n, Dean	Nicholls, Rick
2010	Frewen, Roderick	Chapman, Murray	Bolland, Brett	Hill, B
2009	McCabe, John	Crozier, S	Engebretsen, George	Anderson, James
2008	Roach, Ronald	Formosa, Murray	Williamson, Brian	Miller, David
2007	Witsey, Paul	Newcombe, Kevin	Cusiel, Michael	McKendry, Bruce
2006	Teape, David	Ny, Anthony	Wilson, Rhys	Piper, Stephen
2005	Clayton, Jeremy	Archie, William	Cullen, Robert	Meechin, Warren
2004	Davidson, Brian	Ferguson, Alister	Leadbeater, Terence	Ny, Anthony
2003	Hurcomb, Chris	Knowles, John	Berryman, Stuart	Roach, Ronald
2002	Norton, Roger	Dore, John	McKendry, Bruce	Clarke, S
2001	Hope, Ronald	Craig, Ian	Clephane, M	Thomson, G
2000	Welsh, Angus	McKinnon, Jack	Kinzett, Reginald	Goodson, Laurie
1999	Gray, Ken	Engebretsen, Dane	Scriggins, Neil	Poorter, Johan
1998	Cate, David	Burfitt, T	Kissell, Gilbert	Jordan, B
1997	Cusiel, Daniel	Clancy, Douglas	Ingold, I	Pahau, Wiremu
1996	Rennell, Kevin	McGinley, Robert	Erikson, Owen	Briggs, Brian
1995	Rennell, Kevin	P Gilbertson	Herron, Neville	McIntyre, James
1994	Cusiel, Daniel	Hitchins, M	no data	no data
1993	Herron, Neville	Herron, Michael	no data	no data
1992	Goodson, Laurie	Chaston, Colin	no data	no data
1991	Jordan, Bruce	Chaston, Colin	no data	no data
1990	Edwards, D	Watt, Mervyn	no data	no data
1989	Prendergast, A	O'Malley, R	no data	no data
1988	McLean, D	Reece, Douglas	no data	no data
1987	Meechin, Warren	Craig, C	no data	no data
1986	Cusiel, Daniel	Kinzett, Reginald	no data	no data
1985	Cusiel, Daniel	Williams, C	no data	no data
1984	Cusiel, Daniel	Milne, F	no data	no data
1983	Poore, A	Lang, Jack	no data	no data
1982	McNally, W J	Mulqueen, B	no data	no data
1981	McKendry, Bruce	Mulqueen, B	no data	no data

Ron Holmes Memorial Cup

Rick Nicholls & Desmond Buckner
2012

John Hartnell & Ross Luscombe
2011

Michael & Neville Herron
1993

Dean Hamilton & Bruce McKendry
2014

Justin MacFarlane & Ben Harding
2016

Harris Mugs – Longest Drive – Men’s and Women’s

The pair of pewter mugs donated by Harris as early in the Club’s history as 1937 have experienced very different fates. The Ladies mug has been played for and, except for a period in the 1960s a winner recorded nearly all the years since,. The Men’s mug had no winners recorded until 1940. And after that, Frederick Williamson (a fine surname is Williamson!) won in 1940. Then winners were recorded erratically up till the early 1970s. That does not say a great deal for the men’s administrators in that long period. After that the Mug disappeared altogether and everyone forgot all about it.

However, when a former member who had actually had the mug in his possession for years discovered it in 2012 when moving his household to Auckland. The mug was returned to the Club (a bit the worse for neglect) and played for again in 2012. The event was open to any member who wished to try his luck. Each participant was allowed three drives and his longest was taken for the competition. Of course only those drives which finished in the fairway qualified.

Year	Women's	Men's
2018		Dan Hobbs
2017	Gutzeit, P	Harding, Ben
2016	Bates, Carol	Peters, Shane
2015	Johnson, Ceri	Clark, Wayne
2014	Bates, Carol	Cusiel, Daniel
2013	Shadbolt, Adrienne	Livesey, David
2012	Hoffman, Bridgett	Berryman, Stuart
2011	Edmonds, Donna
2010	Whitelaw, Alison
2009	McKinnon, Lynette
2008	Stephens, Jenny
2007	Stephens, Jenny
2006	Hoffman, Bridget
2005	Wright, Ms Nancy
2004	Lee, Rosita
2003	Miller, Sandra
2002
2001	Rennell, Patricia
2000	Luscombe, Ta
1999	Rennell, Patricia
1998	Middlekoop, G
1997	Bates, Carol
1996	Goldsworthy, Ms Susan
1995	Bates, Carol
1994	Bates, Carol
1993	Hylands, Joyce
1992	Rennell, V
1991	Martyn, Esme
1990	Manson, Elizabeth
1989	Wheeler, Mavis
1988	Rennell, Patricia
1987	Rennell, Patricia
1986	Burgoyne, Rowena
1985	Burgoyne, Rowena
1984	Rennell, Patricia
1983	Burgoyne, Rowena
1982	Burgoyne, Rowena
1981	Holmes, Monica
1980	Manson, P
1979
1978	Hamilton, H
1977
1976
1975
1974
1973		Stowell, Graham
1972	Coakley, Lena	Fiecken, A R
1971	Wood, J	Ogg, J S
1970
1969
1968
1967
1966
1965
1964
1963
1962		Allon, S H
1961		Lanauze, L H
1960	Ockenden, J	Hartnell, J N
1959	Scott, Jean	McKay, M StJ
1958	Calder, R A	Kilroy, L
1957	Fiecken, Jessie	Stoddart, R
1956	Calder, R A
1955	Thompson, E
1954	Smart, R
1953	Scott, Jean
1952	Calder, R A?	Ware, G H
1951	McNeill, T D	Sheldon, G N
1950	Blackmore, R C	Anderson, B
1949	Coop, J	Sheldon, G N
1948	McKenzie, S	Suckling, G
1947	Withell, N R	MacKenzie, N J
1946	WW II Recess	WW II Recess
1945	WW II Recess	WW II Recess
1944	WW II Recess	WW II Recess
1943	WW II Recess	WW II Recess
1942	WW II Recess	WW II Recess
1941	Caldwell, R J	Williamson, Frederick
1940	Smith, S?	Anderson, H C
1939	Streeter, T
1938	Smith, S
1937	Smith, S

Harris Mug (Ladies)

Rowena Burgoyne
1982, 1983, 1985, 1986

Esme Martyn
1953

Adrienne Shadbolt
2013

Sandra Miller
2003

Mavis Wheeler
1989

Carol Bates
1994,1995,1997

Lynette Madgwick
2009

Nancy Wright
2005

Harris Mug (Men)

McKenzie N J
1947

Gerald Ware
1952

M StJ McKay
1959

John Hartnell
1960

Stuart Berryman
2012

David Livesey
2013

Danny Cusiel
2014

Wayne Clark
2015

Dr. Neal Cup

The cup, donated by Dr Neal for competition amongst the Tai Tapu men, is for the “most improved player” of the season. Generally. “most improved” is taken to be the player with the greatest reduction in his handicap from beginning to end of season.

Unfortunately, since 2012 or earlier, the whereabouts of the cup is unknown and a transcription of the winners names on it cannot be verified. The names of the winners given below for the period 1994-2012 , were taken from listings in the programme booklets. The cup was not presented to the winners from 2007 to 2012.

The first mention of this trophy is in the Club’s 1995 programme booklet. In that programme booklet, under the list of trophies, is the Dr Neal Cup which is “for the player with the largest handicap reduction in the 20-30 handicap grade.”

It appeared like that in the programme booklets 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999.

However, in the 2000 programme booklet, and all booklets since, the 20-30 handicap grade range requirement has been omitted. That change may have been decided upon by the Club Committee or the Match Committee around 2000, and there may have been good reason to change an original condition that was imposed by the cup’s donor, Dr Neal. Minutes of 1999 or 2000 meetings of the Match committee or the Club committee which may have an item about this cup, are currently unavailable. However, the change has allowed some players to be awarded it who otherwise would not have qualified –e.g. Daniel Laughton 2005, Michael Hoffman, 2007, and even Liam Brewer in his second win 2012.

Dr Neal Cup Winners

2018 - Abdus Hansrod
2017 - Robson, Richard
2016 - Bull, Nik
2015 - Bull, Nik
2014 - Not awarded
2013 - Not awarded
2012 - Brewer, Liam
2011 - Not awarded
2010 - Brewer, Liam
2009 - Tutton, Will
2008 - Kerr, Campbell
2007 - Hoffman, Michael
2006 - Ydgren, Nicholas
2005 - Laughton, Daniel
2004 - Angus, A
2003 - Wilson, Rhys
2002 - Planicka, Simon
2001 - Cusiel, Michael
2000 - Kavanagh, Kevin
1999 - Engebretsen, Dane
1998 - Turner, Neville
1997 - Whitley, Ken
1996 - Clark, Wayne
1995 - No data
1994 - Kinsett, T S

Dr Neal Cup: Most Improved Player (Men)

Wayne Clark
1996

Neville Turner
1998

Micheal Hofman
2007

Daniel Laughton
2005

Liam Brewer
2010, 2012

Cambell Kerr
2008

The Patricia and Kevin Rennell Shootout Cups

Kevin carried out a great deal of work assisting the greenkeeper and is remembered for designing and constructing the challenging #8 green. Kevin is on record of having had three holes-in-one; Patricia had one. Kevin and Patricia were a formidable pair in mixed pairs competitions, having won quite a number of trophy events. Patricia was Ladies Club Champion on eight occasions. Kevin’s name will be found on the important men’s trophies, the Intermediate Championship Cup, the Otahuna Cup and the Waitaha Cup.

Unfortunately, Kevin Rennell did not play in scheduled matches at Tai Tapu after 2009, while Patricia’s last match at Tai Tapu was believed to have been in February 2011. Kevin and Patricia Rennell between them have held nearly all the offices in the Club available to members. Patricia was Club Vice President in 1992, then President, 1993-1996 inclusive. Kevin was Club Captain 1981-1982, President in 1984-1985, Club Treasurer 1990-1992, Club Secretary 1992-1993, and on the Main Committee 1994. He also served on the committee of the Wednesday Group. They were both elected as Honorary Life Members for their fine services to the Club over many years.

The Men’s Shoot-out Cups, donated by Kevin Rennell, are competed for in the four basic grades–Senior, Intermediate, Junior A and Junior B. The Rennell Shootout is one of the most interesting in the Men’s competitions and is looked forward to most pleasurably each season. Ladies Shootout event was initiated in 2008 when it was sponsored by the Tai Tapu Vineyard, Bentwood Wines. That event is remembered with much appreciation because of a most generous donation of its product by proprietor Ray Watson. In the following season the Ladies competed for a permanent trophy in the form of nicely proportioned cup donated by Honorary Life Member Patricia Rennell.

For the Kevin Rennell Men’s Shootout, a qualifying stroke (Gross) round of 18 holes is played in the morning. The top ten players in each of the Senior, Intermediate, Junior A and Junior B grades then shoot-out during a refereed afternoon round which is over 9 holes. A referee is necessary to accompany the players to record the scores of each player on each hole and to determine the order of play. After each hole the player with the highest score is eliminated. On any hole, if two or more players have the highest scores, the referee calls for a putt-out or chip-out. He designates a spot either on the green, or just off the green, even in a green-side bunker, and the players have one stroke each to get nearest the flag. The player whose ball is furthest from the flag is eliminated. Thus eventually two players are left to contest the last hole which of course is the ninth played.

For the Ladies Shootout, a series of three qualifying stroke rounds are held during the season. The top ten players from these play in the Shootout later in the season.

Year	Women	Senior Men	Intermediate Men	Junior A Men	Junior B Men
1993		Formosa, Murray		Clark, S J
1994		Davey, P	Gerven, G	McClurg, A
1995		Rennell, Raymond	Collender, Neville	Walker, M
1996		Hey, J	Collender, Neville	Clancy, Doug	Samson, James, James
1997		Scriggins, Neil	Hartnell, John	Kinzett, Reginald	Kavanagh, Kevin
1998		Green, P	Roach, Ronald	Collender, Neville	Poorter, Johan
1999		Cusiel, J	Fitzgibbon, Patrick	Clarke, S	Hurcombe, G
2000		Scriggins, Neil	Messervy, David	Briggs, Brian	Harraway, Noel
2001		McKendry, Bruce	Rennell, Kevin	Ball, G	Leadbeater, Terence
2002		Noh, Ken	O'Connor, Jason	Hartnell, John	Planicka, S
2003		Frees, Bill	Pahau, Bill	McAlister, Bruce	Kinzett, Reginald
2004		Fitzgibbon, Patrick	Davidson, Brian	Fiecken, Alister	Kinzett, Reginald
2005		Morgan, Ross	Goodson, Laurie	Pester, Jason	Donovan, Brian
2006		Cusiel, Michael	Brown, Trevor	Hurcomb, G	Hall, Mervyn
2007		Berryman, Stuart	Tentori, Mark	Richardson, Raymond	Stewart, Alan
2008	Raewyn Donaldson Sponsor of this event was Bentwood Wines (Ray Watson)	Cusiel, Danny	Formosa, Murray	Pester, Jason	Green, Barrie
2009	Tentori, Penelope Cup donated for this event by Patricia Rennell	Cochrane, David	Tentori, Mark	Hamilton, Murray	Reece, Douglas
2010	Tentori, Penelope	O'Connor, Jason	Stalker, David	Frewen, Rodney	Chapman, Murray
2011	Blik, Jeanne	Hobbs, Daniel	Stalker, David	Le Page, Donald	Turner, Neville
2012	Edmonds, Donna	Berryman, Stuart	Hamilton, Dean	Biddle, Andrew	Knowles, Kurt
2013	Henderson Elizabeth	Berryman, Stuart	Scott, Craig	Kenyon, Lance	Adam, David
2014	Stalker, Diane	Berryman, Stuart	Tutton, Will	Auton, Chris	Magrs, Robert
2015	Piper, Kerry	Nicholls, Rick	McCullough, Rob	Knowles, Kurt	Himiona, Abe
2016	Madgwick, Lynette	Cochrane, David	Scott, Craig	Graham, Alistair	Chapman, Murray
2017		Cusiel, Danny	Livesey, David	McCullogh, Rob	Hamilton, Murray
2018		Dan Cusiel	David Livesey	Chris Auton	Murray Chapman
2019		Mark Tentori	David Livesey	Greg Heath	Bob Magrs
2020		Ben Harding	Jordan Coffin	Don LePage	Ali Graham

Rennell Shoot-Out Ladies

Penelope Tentori
2009, 2010

Kerry Piper
2008

Donna Edmonds
2012

Jeanne Blik
2011

Raewyn Donaldson
2008

Lynette Madgwick
2016

Bentwood Wines Shootout 2008:

Back row from left: Jenny Stephens, Lorraine Adam, Sandra Miller, Patricia Reece, Alison Whitelaw, Nancy Wright, Raeleen Donaldson. Front row from left: Donna Edmonds, Sally Carroll, Lyn McKinnon

Bentwood Wines Shootout 2008: After the tee shot

Bentwood Wines Shootout 2008: The Last Two Survivors

From left: Raeleen Donaldson (winner) & Patricia Reece

Junior B Shoot-Out 20012:

Names Left to right Neville Turner, John Bowden, Murray Chapman, Peter Johnstone, Kurt Knowles (Winner), Barrie Green, Bruce McAlister, Frank Tabley, Lou Sylvester. (Kneeling) Colin Henderson (Runner-Up).

Junior-B Shoot-out 2011:

From left Neville Turner (First); Ian Craig (Second); Dennis Dillon (Third)

Three Shoot-Out Winners 2011:

from left: Donald LePage ( Junior A); Daniel Hobbs (Senior); David Stalker (Intermediate)

Junior B Shoot-Out 2013

from left back Carl Malloch, Raymond Richardson, Bruce McAlister, David Adam (winner), Ian Craig (Runner-up), Kevin Newcombe. from left kneeling Frank Tabley, James Lee, Henry Siave, Alister Ferguson

Junior B Shoot-Out 2015

2015 Junior B Shoot-out Group. (From left, back row): David Franks, Colin Henderson, Desmond Buckner, Bruce McAlister, Peter Johnstone, Neville Turner, Abe Himiona. (From left front): Justin McFarlane, Bob Magrs

Four Shoot-Out Winners 2015

Four Shoot-out Winners 2015. (From left) Rob McCullough (Intermediate); Abe Himiona (Junior B); Rick Nicholls (Senior); Kurt Knowles (Junior A).

Four Shoot-Out Winners 2016

2016 Kevin Rennell Shootout Cup Winners: from left: David Cochrane (Senior); Craig Scott (Intermediate); Alistair Graham (Junior A): Murray Chapman (Junior B).

Junior A Shootout Finalists 2016

Junior A: 2016 Kevin Rennell Shootout Finalists: From left: Frank Tabley; Abe Himiona; Henry Siave; James Lee (Greenkeeper); Chris Auton (Men’s Committee); Jason Pestor; Alistair Graham (eventual winner); Kurt Knowles (Mens Committee); Mervyn Westlake (Men’s Committee); Doug Elliott (Bunker Boy & Referee today); Donald LePage. Photo By Douglas Reece.

Men’s Ringers

The N G Fowler Cup was donated in 1980 for the Men’s Net Ringers competition and the names of winners listed below have been taken from those on the cup. There is no trophy for the Gross Ringers and the only records we have for that competition are from the Club’s Programme Booklets. In these, results of competitions have been recorded only from 1994 which were therefore published in the 1995 booklet.

Few golfers will be unaware of what Ringers are. But to refresh the memory, a Ringers score is simply the sum of a player’s best score on each hole of the course over a specified period of time, usually the golf season. There are Net and Gross versions of Ringers.

But what about the name itself? Originally the Handicapper, or other Club Official designated as the keeper of the Ringers Records, required any player who thought his score on a particular hole could well be his best on that hole to date, to place a ring around that score/hole on his scorecard. Then when the cards were being processed the Ringers records would be checked and updated accordingly.

Normally, Ringers are recorded only on Stroke rounds although there is no logical reason why they could not be counted also on Stableford rounds because any time a player picks-up it will be because he could not score any Stableford points on a particular hole and therefore wouldn’t have a Ringer score on that hole anyway. Until 2013, the Ringers counted on all Stroke rounds at Tai Tapu. From then, Ringers have counted only on Mug Days, i.e. monthly. That provides fewer opportunities for high handicappers to have the Par, or even the occasional lucky Birdie, which they need to lower their Ringers score. Not only that, but the course on Mug Days is set up with all tee markers set for Medal standard so that high handicappers may need an extra stroke to reach the greens. The reasons given for the Ringers to be counted only on Mug Days have been unclear–it certainly requires less work on the part of whomever keeps the Ringers records, but that should never be a good reason to change a traditional practice.

As to the Gross Ringers competitions, it is obvious that only the best players in the Club have any possibility of winning. For the last decade that has been the case: Patrick Fitzgibbon, Wayne Clark, Daniel Cusiel, Daniel Hobbs and Stuart Berryman, all Senior Champions of recent years were the Gross Winners. The same pattern is observed if one cares to look at the results for earlier years.

As to the Net Ringers, the opposite would be expected to apply, and indeed it has. With respect, one notes that veterans Mervyn Watt, Reginald Kinzett have in the last decade or so become high handicappers and until the recent change to Ringers being counted only on Mug Days, they and similar others have dominated Net Ringers. The sole exception appeared to be the win of Brian Davidson in 2008. Although Brian was not in the top half dozen players in the Club he was far from being a high handicapper.

In summary, a Net Ringers Competition is biased towards double-bogey handicappers while the Gross Ringers Competition is biased towards Scratch Golfers. Middle handicappers have limited opportunities in this sort of competition.

1997	Cusiel, Daniel	McIntyre, James
1998	Norton, Roger	Leadbeater, Terrence
1999	Cusiel, Daniel	Dockery, John
2000	Goodson, Laurie	Kinzett, Reginald
2001	Scriggins, Neil	Kinzett, Reginald
2002	Clark, Wayne	Watt, Mervyn
2003	Fitzgibbon, Patrick	Watt, Mervyn
2004	Fitzgibbon, Patrick	Turner, Neville
2005	Clark, Wayne	Watt, Mervyn
2006	Cusiel, Daniel	Watt, Mervyn
2007	Cusiel, Daniel	Watt, Mervyn
2008	Clark, Wayne	Davidson, Brian
2009	Clark, Wayne	Kinzett, Reginald
2010	Berryman, Stuart	Craig, Ian
2011	Cusiel, Daniel	Pugh, David
2012	Hobbs, Daniel	Knowles, Kurt
2013	Hobbs, Daniel	Buckner, Desmond
2014	Berryman, Stuart	Lee, James
2015	Cusiel, Danny	Altments, Mervyn
2016	Cusiel, Danny	Richardson, Raymond
2017	Hobbs, Daniel	Buckner, Des
2018	Dan Cusiel	Abdus Hansrod

Mervyn Watt
2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007

Reginald Kinzett
1988, 1993, 2000, 2001, 2009

Terry Leadbeater
1998

Ian Craig
2010

Desmond Buckner
2013

An Historical Snippet:

We know that in the sports’ idiom there is yet another meaning for “Ringer”. There it is used to refer to an impostor, especially one whose pretence is intended to gain an advantage in a competition. Most commonly it is substituting a very similar appearing but faster horse fraudulently for a slower horse.

It also means to recruit a person of much superior prowess into a competition where a lower standard generally would apply. Michael Bohn in Money Golf-Six Hundred Years of Betting on Birdies cites the case of James the future King James IV of Scotland who in 1681 arranged a fours golf match to “resolve” an issue of the origins of golf. Bohn states that James chose a local shoemaker and quite worthy golfer, John Paterson, as a Ringer to be his partner and they duly won—unfairly, because the opposition was no better than James himself. There was a heavy wager on the event and Paterson was enabled to build a fashionable house in Edinburgh with his share

Holes-in-One at Tai Tapu Golf

Tai Tapu Golf possesses a handsome trophy on which the names of those (skillful + lucky) players who have scored holes-in-one at Tai Tapu Golf are inscribed. This trophy may have been that which was presented to the Club in November 1977 by Mr W G Eastlake, but we are not quite sure. Can someone please advise?. It could be somewhat uncertain whether the names of all those who have scores holes-in-one have actually been inscribed on the trophy and the tabulated names below may not be complete.

The 50th Jubilee booklet records the very first Hole-in-One at Tai Tapu as being in August or September 1934, and “who more appropriate to achieve it but the President, Mr W G McCartney”

In 1952, after extensive changes to the golf course after World War 2, W D Robinson was the first to have a hole-in-one. He achieved that 29 June 1952 on Ahuriri, then listed as Hole #12. F Creighton, a member of a winning Patterson Cup team in 1961, asserted that he too had had a Hole-in-One in or about that year.

The extraordinary story of Stan Ogg and his marvellous Hole-in-One mentioned in the 50th Jubilee booklet and by Brian Briggs in “Golf’s you had better believe it” is worth repeating—indeed it will never be forgotten! On Jimmy’s Track, Stan struck a wood off the tee and the ball’s flight took a wicked curve heading for out-of-bounds imperiling the traffic down the adjacent highway. However the ball struck a roadside telegraph pole and was deflected onto the green whence it rolled into the cup for the Ace!

The Club’s Rules are quite specific as to which Holes-in-One actually count as “official”. That is the event must be in a carded game which means in an official organised game. Thus those good players who whilst having a casual game with friends and able markers of their scorecards cannot claim an official Hole-in-One. Well-known Tai Tapu member Joel Setterington is one such unfortunate.

The Tai Tapu Summertime Classic event inaugurated in 2005 has each year carried a substantial prize for a Hole-in-One, usually on Jimmy’s Track. Unfortunately for Victor Simpson formerly Canterbury and All Black rugby player, who was one of the winning men’s pair in 2006, who scored a Hole-in-One on Jimmy’s Track, the prize that year—an attractive car offered by Popular Cars, Christchurch—applied only for a Hole-in-One on Ahuriri!

The vicissitudes of cruel fate descended upon poor Mildred Silvester on 20 April 1993. Mildred put her tee shot on Willow (par 3) out of bounds by the tennis courts. She then had another tee shot and holed it—but she only got a par for that, not a Hole-in-One!

The most memorable moment in any golfer’s experience is the thrill of seeing a well-hit tee shot pitch on the green and roll up and into the hole. (Maybe there should be a record kept of all golfers whose ball stopped within one roll of the cup. They could then have annual reunions and all sob bitterly together in harmony at what very nearly happened!).

Most golfers never achieve the feat of a Hole-in-One but, as seen below, past Ladies Captain, Alison Whitelaw, Life Member, Kevin Rennell, past Club Captain George Engebretsen, Jack Lang, late Life Member, Murray Griffiths, and past member Bryan Kerr, each accumulated three holes-in-one. But surpassing even those remarkable records is that of Graham Stowell who enjoyed teeing-off for four holes-in-one. (Unfortunately we do not have a picture of Graham). But we do have a picture of Te Maunga “Macca” Renata receiving from Club Captain Rod Frewen his mounted ball from his Hole-in-One in 2015. That followed another hole-in-one in 2014.

Special Holes-in-One or Not!

W G Macartney- First Official Hole-in-One

Joel Setterington- it should have counted!

Stanley Ogg- in off the telegraph pole

Ager, P or D
Briggs, Brian
Brixton, Clark
Clark, Wayne
Clarke, Jim (2)
Collender, Neville
Crimp, Ronald
Davidson, Brian
Edmonds, Donna
Engebretsen, George(3)
Fitzgibbon, Patrick
Gebbie, Sylvia
Gibson, Philip
Goslin, P J
Green, Barrie (2)
Green, Noel
Griffiths, Murray (3)
Hartnell, John
Holland, W
Jordan, Bruce
Kerr, Bryan (3)
Kitto, Selwyn
Knowles, John
Lanauze, Laurice
Lanauze, Doreen
Lang, Jack (3)
Luscombe, Ross
Macartney, William
Manson, Max (2)
Manson, Elizabeth
McAlister, Bruce
McDonald, A
McKay, Murdoch
McKendry, Bruce
McLean, Donald (2)
McVinnie, K
Messervy, David
Miller, Bruce
Morgan, Ross
Morten, Richard
Narbey, Ivan K
Ness, Mavis
O'Connell, Mrs C
Ogg, Stanley
Pahau, Wiremu
Perry, J
Peters, Shane
Poorter, Johann
Potts, Wavenny
Prendergast, Clare
Prisk, Robert
Provost, Harold
Randall, H
Rawstron, Patricia
Renata, Te Maunga ("Macca")
Rennell, Kevin (3)
Rennell, Patricia
Ridley, E
Roach, Ronald
Robinson, W D
Rose, Roy
Samson, Theresa
Stanbury, P
Scott, Craig
Stephens, David
Stephens, Jennifer
Stewart, Alan
Stowell, Graham (4)
Tahurangi, Wiremu
Taylor, G
Townshend, Dianne
Turner, Neville
Turrell, George
Wainohu, R
Ware, Gerald
Watt, Mervyn
Welsh, Angus (2)
Whitelaw, Alison (3)
Yaxley, Peter

Triple Achievers of Holes-in-One

Alison Whitelaw

Kevin Rennell

Murray Griffiths

George Engebretsen

Bryan Kerr

Holes-in-One Winners: Pictures with their Trophies presented by the Club

Barrie Green

Bruce McAllister

James Anderson

David Robertson. (Twice in one season!)

Max Manson

Colin Henderson

Other Holes-in-One Winners

Robert Prisk

Donna Edmonds

Ivan Narbey

Patricia Rennell

Brian Davidson

Patrick Fitzgibbon

Ronald Roach

Johann Poorter

Bruce Miller

Alan Stewart

Lauri Lanauze

Neville Turner

Peter Yaxley

Johnny Knowles

Gerald Ware

David Stephens

Therese ("Billie") Samson

Shane Peters

Mervyn Watt

Jennifer Stephens

Elizabeth ("Liz") Manson

John Hartnell

Ross Luscombe

Brian Briggs

Wayne Clark

Roy Rose

Selwyn Kitto

Ross Morgan

Tai Tapu 27-Hole Men’s Open

he first Men’s Open tournament run by the Club was in 1939. As reported in the Ellesmere Guardian of 5 March 1940, Tai Tapu Golf was “indebted to Mr B G Dalgety for kindly donating a handsome challenge cup to be held by the winner of this event. Last season’s winner was Mr F Williamson of the Templeton Club”. The cup is a double-handed trophy cup, itself 25 cm high (or 32 cm with base), made in Sterling, England in 1938. It was revalued in 2012 at $1400. Although it is stated as a Challenge Cup, no mode of challenge has ever applied and the Cup has been played for as part of the Tai Tapu Men’s Open tournament on each occasion that tournament has been held.

A second trophy dating back also to 1939 is also played for in the Tai Tapu Men’s Open. It is the J H McKenzie Tray which is a Silver-plated tray (EPNS, Walker & Hall, England) and is of dimensions 45 x 25cm. It is engraved “Junior Open Championship”.

From 1954, a third trophy, the Carter Salver, was added to the Tai Tapu Men’s Open trophies. It is silver-plated-on-copper having an engraved pattern and with ornate edging. It is engraved “Carter Trophy Open Intermediate Championship”. It has a diameter of 29 cm.

In summary, the Trophies and Prizes currently awarded c2016 for the Tai Tapu Men’s Open are:

Overall Best Gross (B G Dalgety Cup)

Overall Best Net

Senior Best Gross

Senior Best Net

Intermediate Best Gross (Carter Salver)

Intermediate Best Net

Junior Best Gross (J H McKenzie Tray)

Junior Best Net

In awarding prizes, the current policy is that if a player has won one prize he cannot receive another of those listed. E.g. If a Junior player produces the Overall Best Net on his card, he will be awarded the prize for overall best net, but not the J H McKenzie Tray for the Junior Best Net; et seq. This does not apply to any supplemenraty competitions such as closest to the Flag or Longest Putt or anything else added to make the day enjoyable. We are unaware of what prizes and categories that applied in the further past of the Club.

The first winner of the Dalgety Cup was Frederick Williamson (and a mighty fine name for a golfer is “Williamson”). Frederick won it again the following year and yet again 12 years later in 1952. R T Lambie won it in 1941, 1948 and 1951 to be another triple winner as was A R Sisson in 1979, 1982,1987. However those records were surpassed by K D Foxton in a great four season burst of form 1959-1962 inclusive. There were several double winners of the Carter Trophy for Intermediates, but Kevin Rennell was the only one to achieve a triple. The Junior division for the McKenzie Tray produced a triple winner in C L Dunstan. Mark Tentori has won the Carter Trophy twice and the Dalgety Cup once.

There are few records available of the format of the Tai Tapu Mens Open tournament. It appears to have been a 36 hole event from its inception, but we cannot be sure of that. In the period 1971 to 1993 it seems to have been 36 holes although that is uncertain for several years in that period. In 1994 it was programmed for either 18 or 36 holes but it was back to 36 holes in 1995. 1996 marked the year that the event became 27 holes and it has remained that ever since. The solitary year 1999 had 36 holes programmed. The year 2005 was odd in that the programme was for 36 holes with an option for 18 holes. However the record shows the event was actually played over 27 holes.

For most of its history the Tai Tapu Mens’ Open was played on a Sunday. It was changed over to Saturdays from 1994.

The available data show that for the seasons 1963 to 1977, it was played as a Senior event on one day and a week or two later as a Junior event

Year	Overall Best Gross (Dalgety Cup)	Overall Best Net	Senior Best Gross	Senior Best Net	Intermediate Best Gross (Carter Salver)	Intermediate Best Net	Junior Best Gross (J H Mckenzie Tray)	Junior Best Net
2020
2019
2018	M OCarroll	Tim McIvor	Dan Hobbs	Gary Welsh	Marcus Annan	Dean Hamilton	B Ruff	Neville Turner
2017	Wilson, Rhys	Blair, Jason	Franzmann, N	Shields, Steven	Scott, Craig	Vickers, Neil	Biddle, Andrew	McRobert, Roy
2016	Purdon, S (Templeton)	Fitzgibbon, Patrick	Wilson, Rhys	Livesey, David	McCauley, C	Hamilton, Dean	Carter, C	Bennett, S
2014	Beaudoin, Michael (Weedons Club)				Blair, Jason		McKendry, Bruce
2013	Hobbs, Daniel				Spencer, Shaughan		Colhoun, Ian
2012	Clark, Wayne				Castle, C		Pester, Jason
2011	Kitchenham, Karl				Fitzgibbon, Patrick		Hamilton, Dean
2010	Turner, B				Stalker, David		McRobert, Roy
2009	Tentori, Mark				Formosa, Murray		Little, Ken
2008	Stalker, Hamish				Turner, Roydon		McKay, Bruce
2007	Hollick, Roy				Tentori, Mark		McRobert, Roy
2006	Wolsford, M				Peters, Shane		Knowler, Ian
2005	Yee, Rodney				Tentori, Mark		Hamilton, Murray
2004	Irvine, T				Robinson, D		Hamilton, Murray
2003	Noh, Ken				Cate, David		McAlister, Bruce
2002	Bae, J				McKendry, Bruce		Planicka, Simon
2001	Negus, C				Turner, Roydon		Collender, Neville
2000	Stieller, J				Meechin, Warren		Boyce, R
1999	McLeod, H				McKendry, Bruce		Beattie, L
1998	Cusiel, Daniel				Rennell, Ramon		Gray, Ken
1997	Cooper, A J				Fitzgibbon, Patrick		Milne, K
1996	Chase, D N				Herron, Neville		Ingold, Alan R
1995	Cooper, A J				Meechin, Warren		Dore, John
1994	Cull, P				Cullen, Robert		Coughlan, S McK
1993	Samuel, P				Bailey, P		Kinzett, Reginald
1992	nd				nd		nd
1991	Herdman, J L				McGinley, Robert		Pitcaithly, P
1990	Williams, M S				nd		Manson, Max
1989	Williams, M S				Rennell, Kevin		Dunstan, C L
1988	Welsh, Angus D				nd		nd
1987	Sisson, Adrian R				Steele, G		Samson, A
1986	nd				Walker, S		Miller, Bruce
1985	Veale, M J				McGregor, H D		nd
1984	Rennell, Ramon				Holland, R A		Dunstan, C L
1983	Heasley, P				McGregor, H D		nd
1982	Sisson, Adrian R				Daly, B		Nicholson, S J
1981	Street, B K				Rennell, Kevin		Stowell, Graham
1980	Angus, J M				Rennell, Kevin		Dunstan, C L
1979	Sisson, A R				Not played		Fowler, Noel G
1978	Not played				Not played		Not played
1977	Not played				Not played		Not played
1976	Not played				Not played		Not played
1975	Not played				Not played		Not played
1974	Townshend, R B				Beardsley, A A		Narbey, Ivan K
1973	Townshend, R B				Hancock, E F		Hancock, R F
1972	Prebble, J W				nd		nd
1971	Robert, F W				Parrott, Michael		Woods, L
1970	Titmus, Gavin				Thompson, J C		Stowell, Graham
1969	Farrant, R M				nd		Lethaby, Grant
1968	nd				nd		Austin, G K
1967	Cleland, P K				Reid, R		Pierson, F
1966	Cleland, P K				Groom, J		Sayer, A B
1965	Dobson, I D				Mills, J R		McMurray, B C
1964	Cromb, Ian B				Forees, D		Kenneally, T P
1963	McNally, M J				Ryan, M L		Ferguson, J D
1962	Foxton, K D				Salt, G		nd
1961	Foxton, K D				Peate, R S		nd
1960	Foxton, K D				Amos, P J		Crombie, D G
1959	Foxton, K D				Kennedy, T		Woods, L
1958	Clements, R E				Cross, J S		Blackmore, R C
1957	Lawrence, H W				Leighton, A S		Pickles. J H
1956	Kearns, R D				Stoddart, George		Parrott, M W
1955	Armstrong, W D				Ryburn, R M		Cox, S
1954	Stanley, M W				Davis, A		McNeill, T D
1953	James, L J						Smith, I
1952	Williamson, Frederick						McLurg, M B
1951	Lambie, R T						McLurg, M B
1950	Mangan, J G						Charles, T A
1949	Blair, J L						Turrell, G M
1948	Lambie, R T						Lewis, P
1947	WW II						WW II	WW II
1946	WW II						WW II	WW II
1945	WW II						WWI	WW II
1944	WW II						WW II	WW II
1943	WW II						WW II	WW II
1942	WW II						WW II	WW II
1941	Lambie, R T						Nash, A S
1940	Williamson, Frederick						Turrell, George
1939	Williamson, Frederick						Macartney, D

Tai Tapu Men's 27-Hole Open Trophy Winners

Mark Tentori
2009 Dalgety Cup; 2005 & 2007 Carter Salver

Hamish Stalker
2008 Dalgety Cup

Wayne Clark
2012 Dalgety Cup

Daniel Cusiel
1998 Dalgety Cup

Grant Lethaby
1969 McKenzie Tray

George Stoddart
1956 Carter Salver

Ivan Narbey
1974 McKenzie Tray

Bruce Miller
1986 McKenzie Tray

Kevin Rennell
1980, 1981, 1989 Carter Salver

Neville Herron
1996 Carter Salver

Max Manson
1990 McKenzie Tray

Patrick Fitzgibbon
1997 Carter Salver

Reginald Kinzett
1993 McKenzie Tray

Murray Hamilton
2004 & 2005 McKenzie Tray

Bruce McAlister
2003 McKenzie Tray

Shane Peters
2006 Carter Salver

Daniel Hobbs
2013 Dalgety Cup

Bruce McKendry
2002 Carter Salver

Mid Week

Alan Argus Cup

Alan Argus served with distinction from 2007-2017 for the Mid-Week Group, over ten years as a committee member, including the six being Convenor. Over those 6 years he never missed a single Wednesday! The group ran like a well oiled machine during his tenure.

He also had some success in competitions – ???

When he stepped down it was only natural to rededicate one of the unused Cups in the trophy cabinet in his name. The Cup chosen was formerly the Ladies Intermediate Championship Cup and was used for that purpose from 1965-1976. (See the page on the Ladies Intermediate Champions for more information).

This prestigious old cup was refurbished, re-engraved and re-presented to the club. It bears now Alan’s name, in recognition of his outstanding work.

The Cup is the culmination of the Mid-Week voucher season as all previous Voucher Day winners compete against each other on the penultimate Stroke/Voucher day with the best net score being the winner for that year.

The first winner to have his name engraved on the Cup was Wayne Stack

Bob Bowman Trophies

Tai Tapu golfers will recall Bob Bowman as the donor of the three trophies competed for by the Mid-Week Group (aka the Wednesday Group). Bob appears to have played mainly on Wednesdays and also in some mixed Sunday matches. Bob’s name appears on only two Club trophies (including one of his own). Bob and Alice Brixton were the first winners of the Captain’s Trophy in 1987 for Mixed Four Ball Best Ball Stableford

Although he was an accomplished golfer with a single figure handicap there is very limited information about his golfing activities but Bob’s son Phillip remembers caddying on the Hagley Park golf course in the early 1950s and in later years, Bob winning quite a few matches.

Born in Sydney in 1911, Bob came over to New Zealand in 1933 and in 1940 enlisted in the NZ Army. Bob served in the Royal New Zealand Engineers where he saw action in North Africa, Palestine and Italy. Post war, until 1948, Bob worked at the Addington Railway Workshops. After leaving the Railway Workshops Bob made wooden toys in the front room of his house in Lincoln Road and did a bit of house construction. Bob re-joined the Army in 1951 and in 1953 he was sent to Korea. On his return from Korea Bob was promoted to the rank of Captain and became the Commanding Officer for the RNZE in the South island at the Riccarton Road Army Barracks. He was awarded the 1939-45 Star, African Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, 1939-45 War Medal, NZ War Service Medal, Korea UN Medal and posthumously the NZ Defence Service Medal.

Retiring from the army in late 1967, Bob was then employed by the Department of Maori and Island Affairs to be the Overseer of the construction of an airfield on Niue Island. That project lead to the opening of Niue Island’s Hanan International Airport. During his time on Niue he built a 9 hole golf course. Bob also built the school swimming pool and other buildings around Alofi. Now in 2014 it appears that Niue still has only that one golf course of which a travel brochure states: “A well maintained 9 hole course is located near the Hanan International Airport. Visitors are welcome to play at any time and costs are $20 per round. Bob retired from full time work in 1971 at the end of the Niue Island Project.

The minutes of the Club Committee of 21 November 1978 report that Bob measured ground levels around the course. These showed that Waitaha fairway had a 10 inch fall to the river. (Of course, due to the earthquakes since, this figure would appear to no longer apply as it is believed he river level has risen). The minutes state that “From Mid-Field through to Cottage the variation was four feet six inches to two feet six inches.” The minutes state that the levels found are to be rechecked and used to guide installation of drainage pipes on Waitaha.

Bob’s second wife of 37 years, Elizabeth, [known as Betty] died in 1980. Bob passed away in 2004 at the age of 93 years after a life very well lived. He was survived by his third wife, Vera (nee de la Cour) whom he married in 1981.

Vera was an active lady member of the Club. She served on the Ladies Committee in 1983, was Ladies Treasurer in 1984, Ladies Vice Captain in 1985 (which then carried the position of Ladies Handicapper) and she was also Ladies Handicapper in 1987. She donated a small trophy for Ladies Hidden Holes Trophy event.

Vera passed away in early 2008. With the ready consent and best wishes of the Club Committee, her ashes were scattered by family and friends on the Tai Tapu Golf Course sometime after March 2008.

We are grateful for the most helpful contributions of Bob Bowman’s sons, Phillip and Derek, in creating this document.

Bob Bowman Trophy: Best One of Three Gross Rounds

Year	Winner
2017	Peters, Shane
2016	Peters, Shane
2015	Dohman, Jo
2014	Morgan, Ross
2013	Morgan, Ross
2012	Morgan, Ross
2011	McCullough, Rob
2010	Roach, Ronald
2009	Hoffman, Michael
2008	Morgan, Ross
2007	Morgan, Ross
2006	Morgan, Ross
2005	Messervy, David
2004	Pahau, Bill
2003	Hollick, Roy
2002	Hollick, Roy
2001	Davidson, Brian
2000	McKendry, Bruce
1999	McKendry, Bruce
1998	Goodson, Laurie

Bob Bowman Trophy Best One of Three Gross Rounds

Ross Morgan
Six time winner

John Porter
2011 Equal

Rob McCullough
2011 Equal

Brian Davidson
2001

Bob Bowman Trophy: Best One of Three Net Rounds

Season	Winner
2017	Marks, Dave
2016	Moriarty, Brian
2015	Johann Poorter
2014	Ross Morgan
2013	Ken, Bain
2012	Brewer, Wayne
2011	Hill, Warwick
2010	Maslen, David
2009	Revitt, Terence
2008	Kerr, Bryan
2007	Messervy, David
2006	Sylvester, Louis
2005	Stewart, Alan
2004	Rennell, Kevin
2004	Manson, Max
2003	Middlekoop, Arie
2002	Kerr, Bryan
2001	Lee, Fred
2000	Turner, Neville
1999	Burfitt
1998	Poorter, Hans
1997	Williamson, Brian
1996	Lee, Geoffrey
1995	Green, Noel
1994	Middlekoop, Arie
1993	Bowman, Bob
1992	Armstrong, Val

Bob Bowman Trophy: Best One of Three Net Rounds

Max Manson
2004

Warwick Hill
2011

Wayne Brewer
2012

Brain Williamson
1997

Ross Morgan
2014

"The Bob Bowman Trophy" : Best Two of Three Net Rounds.

Season	Winner
2017	Moriarty, Brian
2016	Moriarty, Brian
2015	Poorter, Johan
2014	Marks, David
2013	Robson, Richard
2012	Adam, David
2011	Argus, Alan
2010	Kinzett, Reginald
2009	Porter, John
2008	Kerr, Bryan
2007	Manson, Max
2006	Davidson, Brian
2005	Sylvester, Louis
2004 Equal	Roach, Ronald
2004 Equal	Donovan, Brian
2003 Equal	Manson, Max
2003 Equal	Kissell, Herbert
2002	Kerr, Bryan
2001	Dockery, John
2000	Tipene, D
1999 Equal	Roach, Ronald
1999 Equal	McKinnon, Jack
1998	Poorter, Hans
1997	Armstrong, Val

Bob Bowman Trophies: Best Two of Three Net Rounds

Alan Argus
2011

Richard Robinson
2013

Val Armstrong
1997

Johann Poorter
1998

David Marks
2014

Jim Clark Trophy

The late Jim Clark, a long time member of the Mid-week Group donated this trophy for the Stroke Best Net competition for players ages 70-79 years inclusive on the annual “Trophy Day”. Unfortunately Jim Clark was unable to win his own trophy before he retired from the Club. Evergreen Douglas Reece has already won this event twice in its short existence. Other winners include former Club President Brian Davidson, former Club Secretary Brian Williamson, the Mid-week Group Convenor, Alan Argus, and in 2014, Club President Neville Turner.

Jim Clark Trophy Winners	Winner
2018
2017	Adam, David
2016	Marks, David
2015	Hope, Ronald
2014	Turner, Neville
2013	Kitto, Dick
2012	Argus, Alan
2011	Davidson, Brian
2010	Reece, Doug
2009	Donaldson, Roger
2008	Williamson, Brian
2007	Hope, Ronald
2006	Holland, John
2005	Reece, Doug
2004	Blue, Malcom

Jim Clark Trophy for Septuagenarians

Brian Williamson
2008

Alan Argus
2012

Ronald Hope
2007 & 2015

Brian Davidson
2011

Douglas Reece
2005, 2010

Neville Turner
2014

Terence Revitt
R-Up 2015

Roy Hollick Trophies: Mid-Week Ringers, Net & Gross

The Hollick Trophies for Mid-Week Net Ringers were donated by former member Roy Hollick in 1995.The designs of the trophies depart from the usual cup, tray or plaque to form a sort of mechanistic art. Roy Hollick who was a low handicapper claimed his own trophy twice, 2002,2003 and he may have done so again had he remained at Tai Tapu Golf. Since then, Ross Morgan has laid claim to the Gross Ringers Trophy and has relinquished it on very few occasions–one suspects only in a spirit of generosity–but he reclaimed it smartly thereafter. Although the winners of the Net Ringers Trophy are spread amongst members, several have managed to take it twice.

Originally, members submitted their scorecards to a Ringers Recorder for every relevant round of golf. However in 2011 this was changed to recording Ringers only on the monthly stroke match. In effect that was for only 10 rounds per annum–since there are no scheduled Stroke matches. January and December somewhat unsatisfactory for regular players and leading perhaps to erratic results.

Roy Hollick Trophy: Mid-Week Net Ringers

2017	Argus, Alan
2016	Sylvester, Louis
2015	Ny, Ted
2014	Buckner, Desmond
2013	Buckner, Desmond
2012	Stuart, Gavin
2011	Stuart, Gavin
2010	Petch, David
2009	Kerr, Bryan
2008	Turner, Neville; Buckner, Desmond
2007	Blyth, Jack
2006	Buckner, Desmond
2005	Prisk, Robert
2004	Stewart, Alan; Manson, Max
2003	Harraway, Noel; Dockery, John
2002	Lee, Fred
2001	Turner, Neville
2000	Turner, Neville
1999	Dore, John
1998	Dore, John
1997	Clancy, Doug
1996	Chaston, Colin
1995	Armstrong, Val

Retired Past Member, Bryan Kerr who won the Net Ringers in 2009, was known as something of a bio-mechanical man at Tai Tapu Golf. He had been subjected to operations to install an abnormal number of joints prostheses–hips, knees, etc.In his younger days Bryan succeeded from being a successful athlete at Christchurch Boys’ High School to provincial standard. Then in later years he contributed back to the sport as a very well regarded administrator in provincial athletics.

One may have thought that Gavin Stuart who had won the Net Ringers in successive seasons 2011, 2012 was a reasonably steady and consistent player. However that view was abruptly dispelled in 2012 when Gavin’s ball from #10 tee described a humongous hyperbolic curve off-line, and managing to evade various obstacles, including the tree planted for the purpose of preventing such an occurrence, smashed though the large pane of the nearer window of the clubhouse. Surprisingly, not being at all crestfallen by this event Gavin unapologetically proudly displayed the ball afterwards for all to see. Maybe Gavin was quickly forgiven on account of the willing work he does as an electrician for the Club.

Roy Hollick Net Ringers

Buckner, Desmond
2013 & 2014

Lee, Frederick ("Morrie")
2002

Armstrong, Val
1995

Prisk, Robert
2005

Roy Hollick Trophy: Mid-Week Gross Ringers

2017	Blackwell, David
2016	Peters, Shane
2015	Porter, John
2014	Berryman, Stuart Berryman
2013	Morgan, Ross
2012	Morgan, Ross; Jones, Kevin. (Equal)
2011	Porter, John
2010	Argus, Alan
2009	Morgan, Ross
2008	Morgan, Ross
2007	Morgan, Ross
2006	Morgan, Ross
2005	Morgan, Ross
2004	Morgan, Ross
2003	Hollick, Roy
2002	Hollick, Roy
2001	McKendry

Roy Hollick Gross Ringers

Alan Argus
2010

John Porter
2011

Ross Morgan
de facto owners of this trophy

Bruce McKendry
2001

Kevin Jones
2012 (Equal)

Stuart Berryman
2014

McLenagan Trophy

The McLenagan Trophy was donated to the Mid-Week Group (formerly the Wednesday Group) for competition amongst players 80 years of age and over. The Best Net over 18 holes to win the trophy.

Season	Winner
2017	Roach, Ron
2016	Poorter, Hans
2015	Williams, Ian
2014	Poorter, Johannes
2013	Sylvester, Louis
2012	Narbey, Ivan
2011	Hartnell, John
2010	Sylvester, Louis
2009	Donovan, Brian
2008	Goile, Norman

Louis Sylvester
2010, 2013

John Hartnell
2011

Ivan "Chainsaw" Narbey
2012

Brian Donovan
2009

Johannes Poorter
2014

Mid-Week Nine-Holers Douglas Reece Trophy

In years from around 2000 there has been a slowly growing proportion of golfers who have taken to playing rounds of only nine holes. There is indeed a Nine-Holers Interclub Competition for Canterbury Golf Clubs. So far in 2014, most Nine-Holers are players whose age and/ or disability mitigates against their playing a full round of 18 holes.

At Tai Tapu there has been just a small number of Ladies playing nine-holes, although there was none in 2014.

Douglas Reece has created a trophy for the Nine-Holer men

Jenny Stephens has donated a trophy for the Nine-Holer ladies

On Wednesdays in co-operation with the Mid-Week Group, a handful of Nine-Holer men have played a nine-holes competition. It is too soon to determine whether this group will grow and form a viable competition. For this competition they play on ad hoc handicaps half their 18-hole handicaps. Usually a Stroke Net Competition. The Reece Trophy goes to the player with most wins in the season–something which so far John Cox has appropriated to himself!

from left: Alan Ingold, Len Dunstan, John Cox and Erwin Kaser.

The Mid-Week Group at Tai Tapu Golf hosts a small but elite quartet of senior players (see picture) who play only nine-holes instead of the usual eighteen. Some use is made of the electric golf carts acquired by the club in recent years. Alan Ingold has been with Tai Tapu for many years. He won at least the following: the McKenzie Tray (Best Junior Net) at the Tai Tapu Men’s Open in 1996, the Rex Rudkin Salver (pairs) in 1994 and the J R Gleeson trophy (pairs) in 1989, Joan Woods Salver 1996 and Jane Brown Cup 1992 and the Nine-Holers Trophy in successive years 2007, 2008 and 2009. as well as winning the trophy* for the Quartet’s 2015 season, John Cox won the Canterbury Nine Holers Trophy earlier this year. Although his home club is Charteris Bay, he seems very much at home at Tai Tapu where he has been made most welcome. We regret that we do not yet have the full playing records of Len Dunstan and Erwin Kaser. However Erwin is with us for only part of each year as he spends some months of our winter in his home city of Graz, Austria. We are delighted that he keeps returning to us.

*The trophy was created by Tai Tapu Identity, Douglas Reece.

Mid-Week Group: Nine-Holers Winners Reece Trophy

2016	Cox, John
2015	Cox, John
2014	Kaser, Erwin
2013	Cox, John
2012	Cox, John
2011	Cox, John
2010	Cox, John
2009	Ingold, Alan
2008	Ingold, Alan
2007	Ingold, Alan

Women

Notes to Records

Every effort has been made to ensure results are correct, but if errors are found, we shall be pleased to be notified of corrections.

In the past, ladies were identified by their husbands names, e.g.–thus Mrs Joe Smith or Mrs J Smith. However there have since been societal changes. In conformity with current practice, therefore, in these trophy winners records we have ladies names in the format “Smith, Elizabeth” in tabulated data and “Elizabeth Smith” for pictures. We would greatly appreciate receiving corrections to ladies first names, or information about first names which are represented here only by initials,which could be the husbands.

While we have a goodly gallery of members’ pictures but far fewer than we would like. What especially would be helpful is pictures of past members. Any picture sent as computer files as images in jpeg or png format would be excellent. We would be most grateful for the loan of pictures which we can scan to copy and we guarantee there will be no damage to any borrowed pictures (even still in their frames).

Ladies Birdie Cup

This cup donated by Nancy Cullen is awarded for the most birdies scored during the season. Unfortunately, this cup, more or less of egg-cup size, was too small to have winners’ names engraved on it and therefore nothing was done with it until 2012. A small base was added by Doug Reece and it had space for some names but already by 2014 only about five seasons of space remain on it, and only if there are no ties. If it is to be continued, the base will have to be replaced with a larger one.

This event is biased towards the top players–as is evident in the list of winners’ names. A higher handicapper with a low frequency of scoring birdies has therefore to play virtually every official match to have any chance of winning it. There have been suggestions for another event for the scoring of most Net Birdies by players in the Bronze categories.

Nancy Cullen Birdie Cup

2023 -
2022 -
2021 -
2020 -
2019 -
2018 -
2017 - Siave, Anne
2016 - Bates, Carol
2015 - Brewer, Pamela
2014 - "Not Played This Year" stated in 2015 Programme Booklet
2013 - Wills, Tracy
2012 - Wills, Tracy
2011 - Bates, Carol
2010 - Wills, Tracy
2009 - Bates, Carol
2008 - Bates, Carol
2007 - McKinnon, Lynette; Livesey, Julie.
2006 - Edmonds, Donna
2005 - Blik, Jeanne; Hoffman, Bridget; Edmonds, Donna
2004 - Drinnan, Jeanette; Stephens, Jenny
2003 - Miller, Sandra
2002 - Blik, Jeanne; McCabe, Joan
2001 - Rennell, Patricia
2000 - Bates, Carol
1999 - Townshend, Dianne
1998 - Bates, Carol
1997 - Bates, Carol
1996 - Goldsworthy, Sally; Bates, Carol
1995 - Bates, Carol
1994 - Bates, Carol

Ladies Birdie Cup Winners

Jennifer Stephens
2004

Carol Bates
Nine times winner

Tracy Wills
2005

Lynette Madgwick
2007

Ladies Senior Championship & Flights

On perusing the list of Ladies who have won the Ladies Senior Championship one factor stands out. That is the obvious periods of dominance. A single player dominates for a time before another player dominates for a following period. Possibly the pattern was set in the very early years of the Club’s history when Mrs D A McDonald won the title three years in succession (1934, 1935,1936). However the longest dominant period still has not ended as of 2016. Carol Bates who first won the Ladies Senior Championship in 1994 has won it another 12 times since, a sequence broken only by years in which she has chosen not to compete. The one exception being the dramatic victory of Adrienne Shadbolt in 2015 after they had played stroke for stroke for 36 holes. It was only on the third extra hole that Adrienne clinched her victory. Adrienne’s tee shot on that Par 3 hole was comfortably on the green ready for easy putting whereas Carol’s was off in the rough, and not close, to the side. It was all over when Carol’s pitch failed to provide a reasonable putting opportunity. (Carol further distinguished herself by serving as Club President 2009, 2o10, 2011).

Mavis Wheeler’s period of dominance was not as complete but nevertheless she won the title some 9 times between 1966 and 1986. Towards the end of Mavis’ run Patricia Rennell entered the scene and won 8 times between 1984 and 2002. (Indeed, apart from the Senior Championship, Patricia Rennell has probably accumulated more trophy wins than any other lady in the Club. This is examined elsewhere. Patricia was Club President 1993-1996 incl.).

Jean Gillespie Scott first won the Senior Championship in 1956, but then the event was not held in the next three years, 1957,1958,1959. In 1960 it was held again and yet again it was won by Jean, who went on to wins in 1961, 1962, 1963. We can only speculate what Jean may have done in the missing years 1957-1959!

Shorter concentrated runs were recorded by Edith Agnes Turrell (1951, 1953,1954,1955); Georgina Cameron (1981, 1982, 1983, 1985); Rosie Lee (2004, 2005, 2006).

Year	Winner	Runner-Up
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017	Bates, Carol	Shadbolt, Adrienne
2016	Bates, Carol	Screen, Sharon
2015	Shadbolt, Adrienne	Bates, Carol
2014	Bates, Carol	Shadbolt, Adrienne
2013	Bates, Carol	Brodie, Chris
2012	Shadbolt, Adrienne	Hoffman, Bridgett
2011	Bates, Carol	Shadbolt, Adrienne
2010	Bates, Carol	Stephens, Jennifer
2009	Bates, Carol	Tentori, Penelope
2008	Bates, Carol	Hoffman, Bridgett
2007	Bates, Carol	Stephens, Jennifer
2006	Lee, Rosie	Hoffman, Bridgett
2005	Lee, Rosie	Goldsworthy, Susan
2004	Lee, Rosie	Goldsworthy, Susan
2003	McCabe, Patricia	Goldsworthy, Susan
2002	Rennell, Patricia	Goldsworthy, Susan
2001	Not held	Not held
2000	Bates, Carol	McCabe, Patricia
1999	Bates, Carol	Rennell, Patricia
1998	Goldsworthy, Sally	Edmonds, G (Donna?)
1997	Bates, Carol	Goldsworthy, Susan
1996	Bates, Carol	Goldsworthy, Susan
1995	Bates, Carol	Rennell, Patricia
1994	Bates, Carol	Rennell, Patricia
1993	Rennell, Patricia
1992	Rennell, Patricia
1991	Rennell, Patricia
1990	Rennell, Patricia
1989	Rennell, Patricia
1988	Rennell, Patricia
1987	Not held
1986	Wheeler, Mavis
1985	Cameron, Georgina
1984	Rennell, Patricia
1983	Cameron, Georgina
1982	Cameron, Georgina
1981	Cameron, Georgina
1980	Wheeler, Mavis
1979	Wheeler, Mavis
1978	Wheeler, Mavis
1977	Wheeler, Mavis
1976	Coakley, Lena
1975	Wheeler, Mavis
1974	Rendall, J
1973	Rendall, J
1972	Clephane, Susan
1971	Clephane, Susan
1970	Rhodes, Rose
1969	Wheeler, Mavis
1968	Wheeler, Mavis
1967	Bowis, Ethel
1966	Wheeler, Mavis
1965	Bowis, Ethel
1964	Pierson, Gwendoline
1963	Scott, Jean
1962	Scott, Jean
1961	Scott, Jean
1960	Scott, Jean
1959	Not held
1958	Not held
1957	Not held
1956	Scott, Jean
1955	Turrell, Edith Agnes
1954	Turrell, Edith Agnes
1953	Turrell, Edith Agnes
1952	McNeill, T D
1951	Turrell, G M
1950	Blackmore,Betty
1949	Smith, S
1948	Coop, W J H
1947	McKenzie, S
1946	WW II
1945	WW II
1944	WW II
1943	WW II
1942	WW II
1941	Streeter, Amy
1940	Dalgety, B G
1939	Smith, S
1938	Templeton, R J
1937	Tait, R H
1936	MacDonald, D A
1935	MacDonald, D A
1934	MacDonald, D A

Ladies Senior Championship Winners

Patricia Rennell
7 Times Winner

Carol Bates
12 Times Winner

Mavis Wheeler
9 Times Winner

Georgina Cameron
1981, 1982,1983, & 1985

Adrienne Shadbolt
2012

Rosie Lee
2004, 2005, 2006

Ladies Championship Flights

The results of Ladies Flights were not published until those for 1994 appeared in the Club’s annual programme booklet for 1995. In regard to the Senior Championship there have never been more than a handful of contestants. Frequently, therefore, a Flight (or Plate) event was deemed not worthwhile to hold.

YEAR	WINNER	RUNNER-UP
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017	Not Played
2016	Not Played
2015	Not Played
2014	Not Played
2013	Shadbolt, Adrienne	Piper, Kerry
2012	Not played
2011	Not Played
2010	Hoffman, Bridget	Madgwick, Lynette
2009	McKinnon, Lynette	Hoffman, Bridget
2008	Tentori Penelope	Stephens, Jennifer
2007	Not Played
2006	Not Played
2005	Rennell, Patricia	Hoffman, Bridget
2004	Not Played
2003	McGinley, Helen	Lauder, Aileen
2002	Baran, Florence?	Whitelaw, Alison
2001	Not Played
2000	Broekmeyer, Rita	Edmonds, Donna
1999	Townshend, D	Edmonds, Donna
1998	Rennell Patricia	Bates, Carol
1997	Rennell Patricia	McCabe, Patricia
1996	Rennell Patricia	Townshend, D
1995	O'Connell, C	No data
1994	Not Listed

Ladies Intermediate Championship

The original Tai Tapu Ladies Golf Club cup for this event is still extant but ceased to be used in 1977 when the Ruth Lang Intermediate Championship Cup replaced it. That was presumably because no space remained for winners names to be engraved.

The stand-out player in the table of winners is Edna Gleeson–she put the cup (the old one then the new one) on her mantlepiece in 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979 and 1980. The only consolation to those players she left in her wake was that she had to keep the cup polished all those years. Although Helen McGinley appropriated the Ruth Lang Cup four times in subsequent years, the winners since Edna Gleeson have been distributed fairly well amongst a number of worthy winners.

Unfortunately, we don’t have a picture of Edna Gleeson to place on this page; neither do we have many pictures of winners at their prize-givings. We do offer happy Tracy Wills following, though and mugshots of other winners below–they all look very attractive, don’t they?

Original Ladies Intermediate Championship Cup 1965-1976

Current Ladies Intermediate Championship Cup (Ruth Lang Cup) 1976- Present

Ladies Intermediate Championships Cups

YEAR	WINNER	RUNNER-UP
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017	Screen, Sharon	Stephens, Jennifer
2016	Wills, Tracy	Stephens, Jennifer
2015	Screen, Sharon	Miller, Grace
2014	Wills, Tracy	Screen, Sharon
2013	Miller, Grace	Livesey, Julie
2012	Wills, Tracy	Carroll, Sally
2011	Stephens, Jenny	Edmonds, Donna
2010	Piper, Kerry	Livesey, Julie
2009	Piper, Kerry	Adam, Lorraine
2008	Edmonds, Donna	Donaldson, Raeleen
2007	Piper, Kerry	Livesey, Julie
2006	Rennell, Patricia	McCabe, Joan
2005	Blik, Jeanne	Carroll, Sally
2004	Stephens, Jennifer	Rennell, Patricia
2003	Stephens, Jennifer	Livesey, Julie
2002	Not played	Not Played
2001	Rennell, Patricia	McGinley, Helen
2000	McGinley, Helen	Baran(?), F
1999	McGinley, Helen	Griffiths, Nancy
1998	McGinley, Helen	Broekmeyer, Rita
1997	Townshend, Dianne	Broekmeyer, Rita
1996	McGinley, Helen	Lauder, Aileen
1995	McCabe, Patricia	Woods, Joan
1994	Townshend, Dianne	Miller, Sandra
1993	Woods, Joan
1992	Townshend, Dianne
1991	Woods, Joan
1990	Prendergast, Betty?
1989	Prendergast, Betty?
1988	Brixton, Alice
1987	Prendergast, Betty?
1986	Smith, N
1985	Burgoyne, Rowena
1984	Burgoyne, Rowena
1983	Watkins, Betty?
1982	Anderson, Audrey
1981	Whitelaw, Alison
1980	Gleeson, Edna
1979	Gleeson, Edna
1978	Whitelaw, Alison
1977	Gleeson, Edna
1976	Gleeson, Edna
1975	Gleeson, Edna
1974	Gleeson, Edna
1973	Nutt, Moya?
1972	Holland, Margaret
1971	Gleeson, Edna
1970	Rose, Catherine
1969	Woods, Joan
1968	Hall, Barbara
1967	Gray, A
1966	Moreton, Joy
1965	Buxton, C

Helen McGinley
1996, 1998, 1999, 2000

Jennifer Stephens
2003, 2004, 2011

Grace Miller
2013

Kerry Piper
2007, 2009, 2010

Donna Edmonds
2008

Alison Whitelaw
1978, 1981

Jeannie Blik
2005

Tracy Wills
2012, 2014, 2016

Ladies Junior Championships

The photo-opportunity at the Ladies 2013 Annual Prize-giving Ceremony was carried out at a very pleasant setting as seen here with Janet Nicholls’ trophies. Janet won the Rossendale Cup for the Ladies Junior Championship (in her hand) and the Sue Clephane Cup for the best qualifying round in the Junior Championship.

Ladies Junior Championship: Rossendale Cup

YEAR	WINNER	RUNNER_UP
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017	Machpherson, Diane	Sprott, Jannette
2016	Mackay, Gillian	Nicholls, Janet
2015	Sprott, Janet
2014	Adam, Lorraine
2013	Nicholls, Janet
2012	Edmonds, Donna
2011	Kinzett, Patricia
2010	Whitelaw, Alison
2009	Wills, Tracy
2008	McGinley, Helen
2007	Lauder, Aileen
2006	Crabb, Wanda
2005	Manson, Elizabeth
2004	Keenan, Molly
2003	Carroll, Sally
2002	Manson, Elizabeth
2001	Lauder, Aileen
2000	Ness, Mavis
1999	Chudleigh, Fay
1998	Chudleigh, Fay
1997	Edwards, Alyss
1996	Ness, Mavis
1995	Edwards, Alyss
1994	Gleeson, Edna
1993	Norton, L
1992	Lindom, Kay
1991	Stevens, N
1990	McCabe, Patricia
1989	Townshend, Dianne
1988	Watt, June
1987	Manson, Elizabeth
1986	Hatchard, Debbie
1985	Manson, Elizabeth
1984	Welsh, Susan
1983	Martyn, Evelyn
1982	Cullen, Nancy
1981	Fiecken, Jessie
1980	Ryan, Patricia
1979	Duncan, M
1978	Potts, Waveney
1977	Lewthwaite, O
1976	Crossen, A
1975	Macale, Betty
1974	Nelson, B or R
1973	McIntyre, Jean
1972	Prendergast, Betty
1971	Rendall, J
1970	Begg, N
1969	Climie, K
1968	Rawstron, Patricia
1967	Hall, Barbara
1966	Neil, R
1965	Rawstron, Patricia

Ladies Junior Championships (Rossendale Cup) Winners

Elizabeth Manson
1985, 1987, 2002, 2005

Patricia Kinzett
2011

Aileen Lauder
2001, 2007

Sally Carroll
2003

Lorraine Adam
2014

Deyell Cup: (aka Ladies Junior B Championship)

This cup is marked as “A1” and “EPNS”. Thus it is the best quality for the manufacturer and is silver plated Nickel Silver.

The Deyell Cup was presented for Championship Matchplay for 40.4 to 54 handicap players. In effect it is the Ladies Junior B Cup. (Note:The many “nd” entries are likely to be simply a lack of entrants for the event).

With the start of a 9 Hole Ladies Division, the higher handicapped players have begun to drift across to that format and the Deyell Cup has not been contested since 2020.

In 2023 - the Deyell Cup has been repurposed and is now a 9 Hole Trophy for

Deyell Cup Winners

Year	Winner	Runner-Up
2023	Gould, Laurie
2022	Not Played
2021	Not Played
2020	Coffey, Penny
2019	Fairless, Georgie
2018	Fairless, Georgie
2017	Fairless, Georgie	Watson, Patricia
2016	Gebbie, Diane	Watson, Patricia
2015	Gebbie, Diane	Cook, Jane
2014	Fairless, Georgina	Adams, Rosena
2013	Hutton, Valerie	Cook, Jane
2012	Taylor, Florence
2011	not played
2010	Harris-Daw, Toni
2010
2009	nd
2008	Taylor, Florence
2007	nd
2006	Rogers, Jill
2005	Wright, Nancy
2004	Donaldson, Raeleen
2003	nd
2002	McDonald, Vonnie
2001	nd
2000	nd
1999	Shaw, J
1998	nd
1997	nd
1996	Dale, G
1995	McLaren, S
1994	nd
1993	Browne, B
1992	Wills, K
1991	Ross, J
1990	Murray, P
1989	Leary, F
1988	Ingold, J
1987	Townshend, Diane
1986	nd
1985	Stevens, N
1984	Norton, Lois
1983	Walsh, J
1982	Edwards, D
1981	McKinnon, Noelene
1980	Gargett, Lois
1979	Milne, M
1978	Ramsay, J
1977	Radford, Edna
1976	Campbell, J
1975	Campbell, J
1974	Wilson, H
1973	Fowler, G
1972	Nelson, R
1971	Miller, Sandra?
1970	Gallen, E?
1969	Price, C
1968	Harvey, B
1967	Archibald, I A
1966	Herron, Audrey
1965	Hamilton, H
1964	Corrick, W
1963	Ryan, J
1962	Bowis, I D
1961	Pierson, F?
1960	Colombus, F
1959	De Pas, P A
1958	Barnes, I B
1957	Schmitt, J
1956	Amos, J E
1955	Rawstron, G A
1954	Heinzmann, Pamela
1953	Duncan, H

Some Deyell Cup Winners

Toni Harris-Daw
2010

Jill Rogers
2006

Nancy Wright
2005

Georgina Fairless
2014

Macartney Bowl

There is an interesting history of how the format for this trophy event developed.

March 11th 1954

Ladies Committee: Proposed by Mrs Streeter, Seconded by Mrs Blackmore that the first 8 players qualifying for the Championships play for the Championship Cup and the next 8 qualifying play for Mrs Macartney’s Trophy to be known as the Macartney Challenge Bowl.

May 6th 1954

Clubhouse. Ladies Committee

Proposed by Mrs Stoddart seconded by Mrs Withell that the decision on the Macartney Trophy be left until the meeting in June.

July 15th 1954

Clubhouse Ladies Committee

Proposed by Mrs Turrell seconded by Mrs Calder that the existing Championship Cup be for the Seniors (Silver Division) and the Macartney Bowl for the Bronze Division and the Deyell Cup be for non-handicap players.-Carried. (Mrs Deyell was a member at this time). Proposed by Mrs Blackmore seconded by Miss Simpson that Mrs Macartney’s trophy be called the Macartney Bowl.

1954

Later in year: First played. Match play on handicap

2013

No more names on Bowl itself. A band around the base is going to be placed.

The existing engravings seem to follow no rational pattern.

2012

Two Qualifying rounds Stroke Net. Top eight to qualify. For Qualifiers, subsequent individual Match-Play on Handicap.

2014

Individual Match-Play on Handicap for 4 Qualifiers Seeded by 2 Qualifying Rounds.

2023 -
2022 -
2021 -
2020 -
2019 -
2018 -
2017 - Stalker, Diane
2016 - Stalker, Diane
2015 - Piper, Kerry
2014 - Piper, Kerry
2013 - Sprott, Janet
2012 - Livesey, Julie
2011 - Whitelaw, Alison
2010 - Adam, Lorraine
2009 - Shadbolt, Adrienne
2008 - Hylands, Joyce
2007 - Whitelaw, Alison
2006 - Howard, Linda
2005 - Miller, Grace
2004 - Samson, Theresa
2003 - Stephens, Jenny
2002 - McLaren, S
2001 - Horner, G
2000 - Blik, Jeanne
1999 - Ness, Mavis
1998 - De Vries, A
1997 - Rennell, Patricia
1996 - Rennell, Patricia
1995 - Manson, Elizabeth
1994 - Ness, Mavis
1993 - Miller, Sandra
1992 - Miller, Sandra
1991 - Bowman, Vera
1990 - Whitelaw, Alison
1989 - Bowman, Vera
1988 - Rennell, Patricia
1987 - Rennell, Patricia
1986 - Norton, l
1985 - Rennell, Patricia
1984 - Gleeson, Edna
1983 - Gleeson, Edna
1982 - Wheeler, Mavis
1981 - Prendergarst, Betty?
1980 - Manson, P
1979 - Prendergast, Betty?
1978 - Whitelaw, Alison
1977 - Miller, Sandra
1976 - Wheeler, Mavis
1975 - Gleeson, Edna
1974 - Woods, Joan
1973 - Brixton, Alice
1972 - Coakley, J
1971 - Holland, Mavis
1970 - Brixton, Alice
1969 - Burtt, J
1968 - Wheeler, Mavis
1967 - Treeby, C
1966 - Sumpter, W
1965 - Gleeson, Edna
1964 - Nutt, A
1963 - Lanauze, L?
1962 - Madden, V
1961 - Lang, Ruth
1960 - Thompson, G
1959 - Cusak, C L
1958 - Thompson, G
1957 - Wood, R N
1956 - Thompson, E
1955 - Thompson, E
1954 - Wood, B

Macartney Bowl Winners

Alison Whitelaw
1978, 1990, 2007

Grace Miller
2005

Alice Brixton
1970,1973

Ruth Lang
1961

Janette Sprott
2013

Lorraine Adam
2010

Adrienne Shadbolt
2009

Julie Livesey
2012

Joyce Hylands
2008

Diane Stalker
2016

Ladies Annual LGU Medals & Monthly Buttons

For many years of ladies golf at most golf clubs, there have been “LGU Medal” competitions. Medal competitions were inaugurated by the New Zealand Ladies Golf Union after it was formed in or about 1910 as a branch of the British Ladies Golf Union (LGU). The LGU itself was founded in London in 1893 and is the encompassing body for ladies’ amateur golf in Great Britain and Ireland. Originally the New Zealand Branch organisation was called the New Zealand Ladies Golf Union until 1996 when the name was changed to Women’s Golf New Zealand. (Presumably that was because it was realised that there could be “Ladies golf and Gentlemen’s golf” or “Men’s golf and Women’s golf” but neither “Women’s golf and Gentlemen’s golf” nor “Ladies golf and Men’s golf”.) Subsequently, in 2005, NZ Golf (meaning Men’s golf) amalgamated with Women’s Golf New Zealand and the amalgamated body is “New Zealand Golf”. (But while Tai Tapu Golf complies with this nomenclature officially, the use of the term “Ladies” still seems favoured by the ladies themselves, and consequently is used in this document to respect that.)

At the Club level it has been hard to discern any practical effect of amalgamation. And, after all the foregoing, it appears that the LGU continues in at least one form, viz., its Medal Competition. The Club Handbook (2011 edition) published by New Zealand Golf gives the full details of the LGU Competition, but the following is a summary.

The actual LGU games are Stroke Net with the tee markers placed alongside the official markers embedded in the tees. LGU competitions are scheduled usually monthly through the season. There are two major playing levels or divisions, viz., Silver and Bronze. The Silver division is for players with Handicap indices in the range 0—18.4. The Bronze division is for players having handicap indices in the range18.5 — 40.4. Each club is expected to divide the Bronze division into two or three sub-divisions depending on the number of members and the distribution of their handicap indices. [As an aside, one wonders why the top division is labelled “Silver” when “Gold” would have been a more obvious used classification.]

New Zealand Golf issues up to a maximum of one Silver medal and three Bronze medals per season to each club for its LGU Medal competition. At each club, the annual LGU Medal for a division is awarded to the player with the lowest aggregate of best four net differentials in the season. It appears to be the practice that the best Stroke Net score in the monthly LGU Medal competition is awarded a “Button”. [The examples of the Button and Medal shown above were photographs of two examples taken from amongst those buttons and medals awarded to Jenny Stephens, who was Tai Tapu Ladies Captain in 2014. The actual objects were 1.8 cm and 2cm diameter respectively.)

Ladies Monthly Buttons Winners 2014

Anne Siave
(February)

Carol Bates
(March)

Kerry Piper
(September)

Grace Miller
(May)

Sharon Screen
(June)

Dianne Stalker
(October)

Ladies Monthly Buttons 2016

Janette Sprott
April, May & August

Julie Livesey
June & October

Diane Stalker
July

Adrienne Shadbolt
(September)

Ladies Monthly Buttons 1994 - 2017

	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017	Macpherson, Diane	Clark, J	Livesey, Julie	Piper, Kerri	Brewer, Pam	Shadbolt, Adrienne	Bates, Carol	Sprott, Janette	Machperson, Diane
2016	Brodie, C	Macpherson, Dianne	Sprott, Janette	Sprott, Janette	Livesey, Julia	Stalker, Dianne	Sprott, Janette	Shadbolt, Adrienne	Livesey, Julie
2015	Stalker, Dianne	Macpherson, Dianne	Morrall, Cheryl	Miller, Grace	Sprott, Janette	Stalker, Dianne	Bates, Carol	Bates, Carol	Miller, Grace	Miller, Grace
2014	Siave, Anne	Bates, Carol	Macpherson, Dianne	Miller, Grace	Screen, Sharon	Screen, Sharon	Piper, Kerry	Siave, Anne	Stalker, Diane
2013	Fenwick, Diane	Stephens, Jenny	Sprott, Janette	Wills, Tracy	Shadbolt, Adrienne	Shadbolt, Adrienne	Whitelaw, Alison	Shadbolt, Adrienne	Shadbolt, Adrienne
2012	Siave, Anne	Wills, Tracy	Livesey, Julie	Piper, Kerry	Shadbolt, Adrienne	Miller, Grace	Stalker, Dianne	Fairless, Georgie	Tentori, Penelope
2011	Piper, Kerry	Edmonds, Donna	Manson, Elizabeth	Bates, Carol	Madgwick, Lynette	Stephens, Jenny	Walls, Tammy	Henderson, Elizabeth	Edmonds, Donna
2010	Young, Kaye	Miller, Sandra	Bates, Carol	Robertson, Rima	Reece, Patricia	Whitelaw, Alison	Tentori, Penelope	Piper, Kerry	Piper, Kerry
2009	Howard, Linda	Deaker, Anne	Crabb, Wanda	Power, Ngaire	Bates, Carol	Donaldson, Raeleen	Miller, Grace	Donaldson, Raeleen	Drinnan, Jeanette
2008	Bates, Carol	Edmonds, Donna	Wills, Tracy	Robertson, Rima	Miller, Grace	Hoffman, Bridgett	Donaldson, Raeleen	Stephens, Jenny	Reece, Patricia
2007	Miller, Grace	Edmonds, Donna	Rosevear, Clare	Tentori, Penelope	Manson, Elizabeth	McKinnon, Lynette	Tentori, Penelope	Bates, Carol	Cole, Mary
2006	Manson, Elizabeth	Lee, Rosie	Hoffman, Bridgett	Tweedy, Mary	Piper, Kerry	Manson, Elizabeth	Burgoyne, Rowena	Tentori, Penelope	Livesey, Julie

LGU Annual Medals

Year	Silver	Bronze I or A	Bronze II or B	Bronze III or C
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017	Not played	Stalker, Diane	Williams, Angela
2016	Bates, Carol	Macpherson, Denise	Ellis, J
2015	Bates, Carol	Macpherson, Denise	Morrall, Cheryl
2014	Bates, Carol	Macpherson, Denise	Siave, Anne
2013	Shadbolt, Adrienne	Stephens, Jenny	Stalker, Dianne
2012	Tentori, Penelope	Livesey, Julie	Hylands, Joyce
2011	Tentori, Penelope	Madgwick, Lynette	McCabe, Joan
2010	Hoffman, Bridget	Piper, Kerry	Wright, Nancy
2009	Tentori, Penelope	Crabb, Wanda	Siave, Anne	Tapp, Lynette
2008	Stephens, Jennifer	Donaldson, Raeleen	Wills, Tracy
2007	Tentori, Penelope	Edmonds, Donna	Herron, Audrey
2006	Hoffman, Bridget	Tentori, Penelope	Cope, Maree
2005	Goldsworthy, Susan	Blik, Jeanne	Holmes, Monica
2004	McCabe, Patricia	Blik, Jeanne	Keenan, Mollie	Kirk, Ellen
2003	Tentori, Penelope	Crabb, Wanda	Siave, Anne	Tapp, Lynette
2002	Rennell, Patricia	McGinley, Helen	Ness, Mavis	Horner, Glenda
2001	Rennell, Patricia	Blik, Jeanne	Edwards, Alyce	Kinzett, Patricia
2000	Rennell, Patricia	Blik, Jeanne	DeVries, Allie
1999	Rennell, Patricia	Whitelaw, Alison	Keenan, Mollie
1998	Rennell, Patricia	Holmes, Monica	McLaren, Shirley
1997	Goldsworthy, Susan	Blik, Jeanne	Edwards, Alyce
1996	Rennell, Patricia	Silvester, Mildred
1995	Rennell, Patricia	Gibson, Dianne
1994	Bates, Carol	Woods, Joan

Champion of Champions

2023 - Event not held
2022 - Event not held
2021 - Event not held
2020 - Event not held
2019 - Event not held
2018 - Event not held
2017 - Event not held
2016 - Event not held
2015 - Event not held
2014 - Event not held
2013 - Event not held
2012 - Event not held
2011 - Event not held
2010 - Event not held
2009 - Event not held
2008 - Event not held
2007 - Event not held
2006 - Event not held
2005 - Lee, Rosie
2004 - Stephens, Jenny
2003 - Hurcomb, Chris
2002 - Herron, Neville
2001 - Chapman, W
2000
1999
1998 - Yaxley, Peter
1997 - McIntyre, James
1996 - Samson, James
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991 - Rennell, Mrs Patricia

Nell & Sue Smith Ladies Foursomes

The Nell & Sue Smith Memorial Cup is one of the most striking in the Tai Tapu Golf Club’s trophy cabinet and being in a winning pair competing for it is much esteemed amongst lady members. It was first played for in 1955, but for reasons now unknown was not played the following year. Neither is there any information about 2003. All other years it was duly played for and that is worthy of commendation in itself.

The match format is Foursomes. By 2012 all reasonably available space on the cup had been filled with the engraved names of winners. A chromed metal band was then fitted to the existing base, enhancing the club’s appearance.

While the winners are distributed fairly widely amongst members, Joan Woods was the most prolific winner, featuring six times in winning partnerships. The redoubtable Patricia Rennell featured four times and so did Sandra Miller, and Dianne Townshend.

Year	Winner and	Partner
1955	Andrew, J	Simpson, P
1956
1957	Schmidt, J	Madden, V
1958	Scott, A	Beckett, Betty
1959	Scott, D G	Ogg, Joyce
1960	Fiecken, Jessie	Robinson, I
1961	Madden, V	Nutt, Janet
1962	Scott, Jean	Calder, Betty
1963	Scott, Jean	Lang, Ruth
1964	Nutt, Janet	MacGibbon, W
1965	Fiecken, Jessie	Morten, Joy
1966	Brixton, Alice	Gleeson, Edna
1967	Ryan, Pat	Woods, Edna
1968	Bowis, Ethel	Nutt, Moya
1969	Woods, Edna	Ryan, Pat
1970	Holland, Margaret	Titmus, M
1971	Brixton, Alice	Lang, Ruth
1972	Morten, Joy	Wheeler, Mavis
1973	Coakley, Lena	Woods, Joan
1974	Wheeler, Mavis	Manson, N
1975	Hall, Barbara	Miller, Sandra
1976	Coakley, Lena	Woods, Joan
1977	Anderson, Audrey	Crossen, A
1978	Wheeler, Mavis	Holland, Margaret
1979	Bowis, Ethis	Ryan, Pat
1980	Rennell, Patricia	Wheeler, Mavis
1981	Whitelaw, Alison	Potts, Waveney
1982	Rennell, Patricia	Wheeler, Mavis
1983	Prendergast, Betty	Gleeson, Edna
1984	Martyn, Esme	McIntyre, Jean
1985	Whitelaw, Alison	Burgoyne, Rowena
1986	Milne, Moya	Smith, Nova
1987	Woods, Joan	Coakley, Lena
1988	Cullen, Nancy	Bowman, Vera
1989	Gleeson, Edna	Prendegast, Betty
1990	Townshend, Dianne	Lindbom, Kay
1991	Townshend, Dianne	Lindbom, Kay
1992	Brixton, Alice	Gleeson, Edna
1993	Edwards, Alice	Reece, Patricia
1994	Gibson, Dorothy	Woods, Joan
1995	Townshend, Dianne	Thew, Isobel
1996	Townshend, Dianne	Thew, Isobel
1997	Rennell, Patricia	Woods, Joan
1998	Rennell, Patricia	Woods, Joan
1999	Cullen, Nancy	Brixton, Alice
2000	Miller, Sandra	Manson, Elizabeth
2001	Dore, Margaret	Holmes, Monica
2002	Miller, Sandra	Manson, Elizabeth
2003
2004	Miller, Sandra	Lauder, Aileen
2005	Lee, Rosie	McCabe, Joan
2006	Donaldson, Raewyn	McGinley, Helen
2007	Stephens, Jenny	Piper, Kerry
2008	Bates, Carol	Tentori, Penny
2009	Livesey, Julie	Nicholls, Janet
2010	Edmonds, Donna	McGinley, Helen
2011	Hoffman, Bridget	Shadbolt, Adrienne
2012	Wills, Tracy	Carroll, Sally
2013	Stephens, Jennifer	Piper, Kerry
2014	Not played in 2014
2015	Madgwick, Lynette	Morrall, Cheryl
2016	Brewer, Patricia	Sprott, Janette
2017	Edmonds, Donna	Miller, Grace

Nell & Sue Smith Foursomes Winners

Joan Woods
(six times in winning pair)

Alice Brixton & Ruth Lang
1971

Sowden Cup

The Mrs H Sowden Memorial Cup is a handsome robust trophy. It dates back a long way to 1935, just two seasons after the establishment of the Tai Tapu Golf Club itself. Except for the 1942-46 World War II hiatus, the Sowden Cup has been played for every year since and all winners are known from the inscriptions on the Cup. The very first winner was Miss M Ryan. Three members, Mrs J H MacKenzie, Mrs E Thompson and Mrs T J Streeter won the Cup three times each over periods straddling WW II. More recently the steady Mrs Jeanne Blik has also been a triple winner. The late Monica Holmes has had four wins but former Ladies Club Captain Jennifer Stephens has totted up an imposing five wins in this event.

The event was originally for a “One Club” match as stated in a 1937 record. It is difficult to believe that such a handsome cup was originally awarded for a novelty event, albeit quite demanding on skill. Also, it could be questioned as to whether that format would apply literally as it would involve a club other than a putter being used on the greens. Damage to the greens would be likely. Perhaps everyone at the time understood that a putter would be used on the greens and the “one club” used everywhere else. The Ellesmere Guardian newspaper issue of 25 June 1940 in reporting some Tai Tapu Golf Club competition results states “A one-club match was played for the Sowden Memorial Cup. Mrs Carr Anderson was successful with Mrs B G Dalgety the runner-up”. Unfortunately that doesn’t clarify this issue, does it?

It is known that around 1959 the match format was changed to an “all irons” one. That was short-lived because it was changed back to a “one club” match from 1961. Eventually, from a Ladies Committee meeting in May 1975 a remit about the Sowden Cup format was sent to the Ladies Annual General Meeting 6 November 1975. That remit which stated “That for Sowden Cup, members may have the choice of two clubs and a putter” was passed and there the Sowden Cup format remains to this day.

While at least this type of event adds some variety to a season’s programming, the question remains as to whether the old “One Club” format meant literally just one club!

Year	Winner	Runner-Up
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017	Fairless, Georgie
2016	Stephens, Jennifer	nd
2015	Stephens, Jennifer	nd
2014	Sprott, Janette	nd
2013	Stephens, Jennifer	Nicholls, Janet
2012	Whitelaw, Alison	Williams, Angela
2011	Piper, Kerry	Kinzett, Particia
2010	Blik, Jeanne	Madgwick, Lynette
2009	Tentori, Penelope	Edmonds, Donna
2008	Mackay, Gillian(?)	Manson, Elizabeth
2007	Cole, Mary	Horner, G
2006	Blik, Jeanne	Piper, Kerry
2005	Drinnan, Jeanette	Goldsworthy, Susan
2004	Stephens, Jennifer	Martyn, Esme
2003	Lauder, Aileen,	Kinzett, Particia
2002	Stephens, Jennifer	Rosevear, Clare
2001	Holmes, Monica	McKinnon, Noelene?
2000	Blik, Jeanne	McCabe, Joan
1999	Holmes, Monica	Griffiths, Nancy
1998	DeVries, Allie	Holmes, Monica
1997	Holmes, Monica	Broekmeyer, Rita
1996	Lauder, Aileen,	Sylvester, M C
1995	Martyn, Esme	nd
1994	Leary, Frances	nd
1993	Griffiths, Dorothy
1992	Silvester, Mildred
1991	Middleton, Betty
1990	Williams, M
1989	Smith, Nova
1988	Gleeson, Edna
1987	Welsh, Sylvia
1986	Lindbom, Kay
1985	McDonald, Yvvone
1984	Anderson, Audrey
1983	McPhail, Alma
1982	Hancox, Joan
1981	Westoby, Nancy (?)
1980	Lochhead, Elspeth
1979	Gebbie, Sylvia
1978	No data
1977	Rose, Catherine / Hauschild, Ruth
1976	Macale, Betty
1975	Thompson, Margaret
1974	Cameron, Georgina
1973	Wheeler, Mavis
1972	Gebbie, Sylvia
1971	Miller, Sandra
1970	Parrott, June
1969	Rhodes, Rose
1968	Archibald, Laurie(?)
1967	Wheeler, Mavis
1966	Corrick, A
1965	Rawstron, Patricia
1964	Strachan, Fdna
1963	Woods, Joan (?)
1962	MacGibbon, W
1961	Robinson, I
1960	Rawstron, Patricia
1959	Amos, J E
1958	Beckett, Betty
1957	Wood, R N
1956	Fiecken, Jessie
1955	Thompson, Eileen
1954	McKenzie, Olga
1953	Thompson, Eileen
1952	Wood, Miss B
1951	Hamilton, Jan
1950	McKenzie, Olga
1949	Blackmore, R C
1948	Streeter, Amy
1947	Streeter, Amy
1946	Not played yet
1945	WW II Recess
1944	WW II Recess
1943	WW II Recess
1942	WW II Recess
1941	Smith, Sue(?)
1940	Anderson, H C
1939	McKenzie, J H
1938	Hewton, Thelma
1937	Thompson, Eileen
1936	Streeter, Amy
1935	Ryan, Mary(?)

Sowden Cup Winners

Jessie Fiecken
1956

Mavis Wheeler
1967, 1973

Jennifer Stephens
2002, 2004, 2013

Aileen Lauder
1996, 2003

Jeanne Blik
2000, 2006, 2010

Rose Rhodes
1969

Monica Holmes
1997, 1999, 2000, 2001

Harris Mugs – Longest Drive – Men’s and Women’s

Year	Women's	Men's
2018		Dan Hobbs
2017	Gutzeit, P	Harding, Ben
2016	Bates, Carol	Peters, Shane
2015	Johnson, Ceri	Clark, Wayne
2014	Bates, Carol	Cusiel, Daniel
2013	Shadbolt, Adrienne	Livesey, David
2012	Hoffman, Bridgett	Berryman, Stuart
2011	Edmonds, Donna
2010	Whitelaw, Alison
2009	McKinnon, Lynette
2008	Stephens, Jenny
2007	Stephens, Jenny
2006	Hoffman, Bridget
2005	Wright, Ms Nancy
2004	Lee, Rosita
2003	Miller, Sandra
2002
2001	Rennell, Patricia
2000	Luscombe, Ta
1999	Rennell, Patricia
1998	Middlekoop, G
1997	Bates, Carol
1996	Goldsworthy, Ms Susan
1995	Bates, Carol
1994	Bates, Carol
1993	Hylands, Joyce
1992	Rennell, V
1991	Martyn, Esme
1990	Manson, Elizabeth
1989	Wheeler, Mavis
1988	Rennell, Patricia
1987	Rennell, Patricia
1986	Burgoyne, Rowena
1985	Burgoyne, Rowena
1984	Rennell, Patricia
1983	Burgoyne, Rowena
1982	Burgoyne, Rowena
1981	Holmes, Monica
1980	Manson, P
1979
1978	Hamilton, H
1977
1976
1975
1974
1973		Stowell, Graham
1972	Coakley, Lena	Fiecken, A R
1971	Wood, J	Ogg, J S
1970
1969
1968
1967
1966
1965
1964
1963
1962		Allon, S H
1961		Lanauze, L H
1960	Ockenden, J	Hartnell, J N
1959	Scott, Jean	McKay, M StJ
1958	Calder, R A	Kilroy, L
1957	Fiecken, Jessie	Stoddart, R
1956	Calder, R A
1955	Thompson, E
1954	Smart, R
1953	Scott, Jean
1952	Calder, R A?	Ware, G H
1951	McNeill, T D	Sheldon, G N
1950	Blackmore, R C	Anderson, B
1949	Coop, J	Sheldon, G N
1948	McKenzie, S	Suckling, G
1947	Withell, N R	MacKenzie, N J
1946	WW II Recess	WW II Recess
1945	WW II Recess	WW II Recess
1944	WW II Recess	WW II Recess
1943	WW II Recess	WW II Recess
1942	WW II Recess	WW II Recess
1941	Caldwell, R J	Williamson, Frederick
1940	Smith, S?	Anderson, H C
1939	Streeter, T
1938	Smith, S
1937	Smith, S

Harris Mug (Ladies)

Rowena Burgoyne
1982, 1983, 1985, 1986

Esme Martyn
1953

Adrienne Shadbolt
2013

Sandra Miller
2003

Mavis Wheeler
1989

Carol Bates
1994,1995,1997

Lynette Madgwick
2009

Nancy Wright
2005

Harris Mug (Men)

McKenzie N J
1947

Gerald Ware
1952

M StJ McKay
1959

John Hartnell
1960

Stuart Berryman
2012

David Livesey
2013

Danny Cusiel
2014

Wayne Clark
2015

The Patricia and Kevin Rennell Shootout Cups

The Men’s Shoot-out Cups, donated by Kevin Rennell, are competed for in the four basic grades–Senior, Intermediate, Junior A and Junior B. The Rennell Shootout is one of the most interesting in the Men’s competitions and is looked forward to most pleasurably each season. Ladies Shootout event was initiated in 2008 when it was sponsored by the Tai Tapu Vineyard, Bentwood Wines. That event is remembered with much appreciation because of a most generous donation of its product by proprietor Ray Watson. In the following season the Ladies competed for a permanent trophy in the form of nicely proportioned cup donated by Honorary Life Member Patricia Rennell.

For the Ladies Shootout, a series of three qualifying stroke rounds are held during the season. The top ten players from these play in the Shootout later in the season.

Year	Women	Senior Men	Intermediate Men	Junior A Men	Junior B Men
1993		Formosa, Murray		Clark, S J
1994		Davey, P	Gerven, G	McClurg, A
1995		Rennell, Raymond	Collender, Neville	Walker, M
1996		Hey, J	Collender, Neville	Clancy, Doug	Samson, James, James
1997		Scriggins, Neil	Hartnell, John	Kinzett, Reginald	Kavanagh, Kevin
1998		Green, P	Roach, Ronald	Collender, Neville	Poorter, Johan
1999		Cusiel, J	Fitzgibbon, Patrick	Clarke, S	Hurcombe, G
2000		Scriggins, Neil	Messervy, David	Briggs, Brian	Harraway, Noel
2001		McKendry, Bruce	Rennell, Kevin	Ball, G	Leadbeater, Terence
2002		Noh, Ken	O'Connor, Jason	Hartnell, John	Planicka, S
2003		Frees, Bill	Pahau, Bill	McAlister, Bruce	Kinzett, Reginald
2004		Fitzgibbon, Patrick	Davidson, Brian	Fiecken, Alister	Kinzett, Reginald
2005		Morgan, Ross	Goodson, Laurie	Pester, Jason	Donovan, Brian
2006		Cusiel, Michael	Brown, Trevor	Hurcomb, G	Hall, Mervyn
2007		Berryman, Stuart	Tentori, Mark	Richardson, Raymond	Stewart, Alan
2008	Raewyn Donaldson Sponsor of this event was Bentwood Wines (Ray Watson)	Cusiel, Danny	Formosa, Murray	Pester, Jason	Green, Barrie
2009	Tentori, Penelope Cup donated for this event by Patricia Rennell	Cochrane, David	Tentori, Mark	Hamilton, Murray	Reece, Douglas
2010	Tentori, Penelope	O'Connor, Jason	Stalker, David	Frewen, Rodney	Chapman, Murray
2011	Blik, Jeanne	Hobbs, Daniel	Stalker, David	Le Page, Donald	Turner, Neville
2012	Edmonds, Donna	Berryman, Stuart	Hamilton, Dean	Biddle, Andrew	Knowles, Kurt
2013	Henderson Elizabeth	Berryman, Stuart	Scott, Craig	Kenyon, Lance	Adam, David
2014	Stalker, Diane	Berryman, Stuart	Tutton, Will	Auton, Chris	Magrs, Robert
2015	Piper, Kerry	Nicholls, Rick	McCullough, Rob	Knowles, Kurt	Himiona, Abe
2016	Madgwick, Lynette	Cochrane, David	Scott, Craig	Graham, Alistair	Chapman, Murray
2017		Cusiel, Danny	Livesey, David	McCullogh, Rob	Hamilton, Murray
2018		Dan Cusiel	David Livesey	Chris Auton	Murray Chapman
2019		Mark Tentori	David Livesey	Greg Heath	Bob Magrs
2020		Ben Harding	Jordan Coffin	Don LePage	Ali Graham

Rennell Shoot-Out Ladies

Penelope Tentori
2009, 2010

Kerry Piper
2008

Donna Edmonds
2012

Jeanne Blik
2011

Raewyn Donaldson
2008

Lynette Madgwick
2016

Bentwood Wines Shootout 2008:

Back row from left: Jenny Stephens, Lorraine Adam, Sandra Miller, Patricia Reece, Alison Whitelaw, Nancy Wright, Raeleen Donaldson. Front row from left: Donna Edmonds, Sally Carroll, Lyn McKinnon

Bentwood Wines Shootout 2008: After the tee shot

Bentwood Wines Shootout 2008: The Last Two Survivors

From left: Raeleen Donaldson (winner) & Patricia Reece

Junior B Shoot-Out 20012:

Junior-B Shoot-out 2011:

From left Neville Turner (First); Ian Craig (Second); Dennis Dillon (Third)

Three Shoot-Out Winners 2011:

from left: Donald LePage ( Junior A); Daniel Hobbs (Senior); David Stalker (Intermediate)

Junior B Shoot-Out 2013

from left back Carl Malloch, Raymond Richardson, Bruce McAlister, David Adam (winner), Ian Craig (Runner-up), Kevin Newcombe. from left kneeling Frank Tabley, James Lee, Henry Siave, Alister Ferguson

Junior B Shoot-Out 2015

Four Shoot-Out Winners 2015

Four Shoot-out Winners 2015. (From left) Rob McCullough (Intermediate); Abe Himiona (Junior B); Rick Nicholls (Senior); Kurt Knowles (Junior A).

Four Shoot-Out Winners 2016

2016 Kevin Rennell Shootout Cup Winners: from left: David Cochrane (Senior); Craig Scott (Intermediate); Alistair Graham (Junior A): Murray Chapman (Junior B).

Junior A Shootout Finalists 2016

The Sue Clephane Cups

The three identical Sue Clephane Cups were presented for competition during the three qualifying rounds for the Ladies Championships. There is one for each of Senior, Intermediate and Junior grades. The winners are those players with the Best Gross scores over the whole three qualifying rounds. The first year of competition was 1974 and records are available for all seasons except 1987 and 2001.

At first, one might think that those players with the best qualifying round scores would be the most likely to win the actual championships. Winning a Sue Clephane Cup would then lose its value compared with the championship trophy itself. An examination of the results of both the Championships and Sue Clephane Cups for the period 1974-2013 shows the following: Winners of both Sue Clephane Cup and Championships:

Seniors - 70%

Intermediate - 54%

Junior - 32%

Thus most of the time, the winner of the Senior Sue Clephane Cup has gone on to win the Senior Championship, while it’s a reasonable bet that the winner of the Junior Sue Clephane Cup has roughly only a one in three chance of carrying on to win the championship. Then its fifty-fifty on the chances of the winner of the Intermediate Sue Clephane Cup to succeed to the championship.

Speculatively the Seniors situation may demonstrate the periods of dominance that Mavis Wheeler, Georgie Cameron, Patricia Rennell and Carol Bates in their years have enjoyed over their cohorts and are consistently so. Even more speculatively, Junior players in virtue of their level of golf, could be quite inconsistent in their play.

Maybe the notion could be entertained that the Sue Clephane Cup is not really appropriate for Seniors, but is a reasonable trophy for competing Intermediates and Juniors.

Sue Clephane Cup Winners

Year	Senior	Intermediate	Junior
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017	Bates, Carol	Screen, Sharon	Sprott, Janette
2016	Bates, Carol	Stephens, Jenny	Nicholls, Janet
2015	Bates, Carol	Screen, Susan	Sprott, Janette
2014	Bates, Carol	Screen, Susan	Sprott, Janette
2013	Bates, Carol	Livesey, Julie	Nicholls, Janet
2012	Hoffman, Bridgett	Carroll, Sally	Edmonds, Donna
2011	Bates, Carol	Edmonds, Donna	Kinzett, Patricia
2010	Bates, Carol	Drinnan, Jeanette	Whitelaw, Alison
2009	Bates, Carol	Stephens, Jenny	Wills, Tracy
2008	Bates, Carol	Drinnan, Jeanette	Manson, Elizabeth
2007	Bates, Carol	Piper, Kerry	Lauder, Aileen
2006	Hoffman, Bridgett	Rennell, Patricia	Crabb, Ms Wanda
2005	Lee, Rosie	Piper, Kerry	Manson, Elizabeth
2004	Lee, Rosie	Rennell, Patricia	Edmonds, Donna
2003	Goldsworthy, Sally	Miller, Sandra	McCorkindale, B
2002	Rennell, Patricia		Manson. Elizabeth
2001		Miller, Sandra	Lauder, Aileen
2000	Bates, Carol	Blik, Jeanne	Edwards, Alice
1999	Bates, Carol	McGinley, Helen	Watt, June
1998	Bates, Carol	Broekmeyer, Rita	McLaren, S
1997	Goldsworthy, Sally	Blik, Jeanne	Edwards, Alice
1996	Bates, Carol	McGinley, Helen	Ness, Mavis
1995	Bates, Carol	Griffiths, Nancy	Ness, Mavis
1994	Bates, Carol	Miller, Sandra	Gleeson, Edna
1993	Rennell, Patricia	Woods, Joan	Norton, L
1992	Rennell, Patricia	Townshend, Dianne	Lindbom, Kay
1991	Rennell, Patricia	Townshend, Dianne	Stevens, N
1990	Cameron, Georgie	Woods, Joan	Samson, Theresa
1989	Rennell, Patricia	Prendergast, Betty	Townshend, Dianne
1988	Rennell, Patricia	Brixton, Alice	Samson, Theresa
1987		Bowman, Vera	Manson, Elizabeth
1986	Cameron, Georgie	Smith, N	Griffiths, Nancy
1985	Cameron, Georgie	Gleeson, Edna	Poore, Diane
1984	Cameron, Georgie	Hamilton, J	McIntyre, Jean
1983	Cameron, Georgie	Holmes, Monica	Martyn, Esme
1982	Cameron, Georgie	Holmes, Monica	Gargett, Lois
1981	Cameron, Georgie	Whitelaw, Alison	Rose, Catherine
1980	Cameron, Georgie	Manson, P	Lochhead, E
1979	Cameron, Georgie	Prendergast, Betty	Wilson, H
1978	Wheeler, Mavis	Anderson, Audrey	Potts, W
1977	Wheeler, Mavis	Rennell, Patricia	Blakely, C
1976	Rhodes, Rose	Gleeson, Edna	Hauschild, Ruth
1975	Wheeler, Mavis	Gleeson, Edna	Watkins, B
1974	Wheeler, Mavis	Woods, Joan	Nelson, R

Sue Clephane Senior Winners

Carol Bates
12 time winner

Georgie Cameron
1979--1986 incl + 1990

Bridget Hoffman
2006, 2012

Sue Clephane Cup Intermediate Winners

Jennifer Stephens
2009

Julie Livesey
2013

Sue Clephane Cups: Junior Winners

Janette Nicholls
2013

Patricia Kinzett
2011

Reece Trophy Ladies All Irons

Trophies for sporting events traditionally take the form of a cup, a shield, or a tray or salver. They may be more or less elaborate. Also fairly common are mounted figures shown in a typical act of the sport concerned, and in golf it is always with a golfer at extreme back-swing or the end of the follow-through of a stroke. One of the Bob Bowman trophies is unmistakably for golf competition as it is actually the mounted cut-off head of a golf club—a wood. In the latter years of the 1900s, creative structures began to appear. For example a trophy for Mid-week ringers at Tai Tapu Golf is like a Meccano creation, and quite interesting in that form. The Needham Trophy has a basic columnar structure and a golfer figure is mounted on top.

However, at Tai Tapu Golf the most unusual trophy is the Reece Trophy (shown here) for Ladies All-Irons competition. This trophy was skilfully made by well-known Club member Douglas (Doug) Reece and is as good an example of the cabinet maker’s craft as anything one will ever see. Doug also made box of equal quality to go with it. The trophy is deeply finished in a rich brown varnish. Brass strips around the base provide the surface for engraving of winners names. A brass plate which is inlaid in the upright back of the trophy carries the name of the trophy. A golfing figure has been added to indicate the purpose of the trophy. This is a fine trophy indeed.

The Reece Trophy- All Irons Event

2023 -
2022 -
2021 -
2020 -
2019 -
2018 -
2017 - MacKay, Gillian
2016 - Henderson, Anne
2015 - Williams, Angela
2014 - Williams, Angela
2013 - Stephens, Jennifer
2012 - Wills, Tracy
2011 - Miller, Grace
2010 - Wills, Tracy
2009 - Rosevear, Clare
2008 - MacKay, G
2007 - Livesey, Julie
2006 - Hylands, Joyce
2005 - Wilson, P
2004 - Stephens, Jennifer
2003 - Busfield, D
2002 - McLaren, Shirley
2001 - Kinzett, Patricia
2000 - Miller, Sandra
1999 - Broekmeyer, Rita
1998 - Manson, Elizabeth
1997 - Townshend, Dianne
1996 - Bates, Carol
1995 - Bates, Carol
1994 - Not played
1993 - Woods, Joan
1992 - Skilling, M
1991 - Watkins, Betty
1990 - Marks, H
1989 - Shipley, V
1988 - Sutherland, N

Reece Trophy Winners

Sandra Miller
2000

Grace Miller
2011

Joyce Hylands
2006

Tracy Wills
2010,2012

Jennifer Stephens
2004,2013

Elizabeth Manson
1998

Julie Livesey
2007

Joan Woods
1993

Patricia Kinzett
2001

Anne Henderson
2016

Jenny Stephens Trophy–Nine-holer Ladies

In general, ladies who find in later years that the traditional 18 holes have become too demanding for them, have the option of playing in a Nine-hole competition instead of dropping out altogether. After all, what could be more appropriate for a Nine-hole course such as Tai Tapu?

Jenny Stephens, a two-term Ladies Captain, donated the trophy pictured here to encourage more members to stay with the Club and play in a Nine-hole competition alongside the regular ladies 18-hole competition. It was awarded for many different things.

Unfortunately up to 2014, the numbers of Ladies Nine-holers were sufficient for the trophy to be awarded only twice. Veteran ladies mostly preferred to retire rather than play in the nine-hole competition. (this was written in 2017)

Since 2018 the 9 Hole division is getting very popular. And now (in 2023) their numbers virtually match the number of 18 hole players.

This trophy has been awarded for many different things. Since 2020 it is used as the most improved player in the 9 Hole group.

2017 - Maisey, D
2016 - Dunstan, Jessie
2015 - Dunstan, Jessie
2014 - Dunstan, Jessie
2013 - Jeanne Blik
2012 - Not awarded
2011 - Not awarded
2010 - Not awarded
2009 - Not awarded
2008 - McIntyre, Jean

Jenny Stephens Ladies Nine Holers winners

Jeanne Blik
2013

Jean Mcintyre
2008

Holes-in-One at Tai Tapu Golf

The 50th Jubilee booklet records the very first Hole-in-One at Tai Tapu as being in August or September 1934, and “who more appropriate to achieve it but the President, Mr W G McCartney”

Special Holes-in-One or Not!

W G Macartney- First Official Hole-in-One

Joel Setterington- it should have counted!

Stanley Ogg- in off the telegraph pole

Ager, P or D
Briggs, Brian
Brixton, Clark
Clark, Wayne
Clarke, Jim (2)
Collender, Neville
Crimp, Ronald
Davidson, Brian
Edmonds, Donna
Engebretsen, George(3)
Fitzgibbon, Patrick
Gebbie, Sylvia
Gibson, Philip
Goslin, P J
Green, Barrie (2)
Green, Noel
Griffiths, Murray (3)
Hartnell, John
Holland, W
Jordan, Bruce
Kerr, Bryan (3)
Kitto, Selwyn
Knowles, John
Lanauze, Laurice
Lanauze, Doreen
Lang, Jack (3)
Luscombe, Ross
Macartney, William
Manson, Max (2)
Manson, Elizabeth
McAlister, Bruce
McDonald, A
McKay, Murdoch
McKendry, Bruce
McLean, Donald (2)
McVinnie, K
Messervy, David
Miller, Bruce
Morgan, Ross
Morten, Richard
Narbey, Ivan K
Ness, Mavis
O'Connell, Mrs C
Ogg, Stanley
Pahau, Wiremu
Perry, J
Peters, Shane
Poorter, Johann
Potts, Wavenny
Prendergast, Clare
Prisk, Robert
Provost, Harold
Randall, H
Rawstron, Patricia
Renata, Te Maunga ("Macca")
Rennell, Kevin (3)
Rennell, Patricia
Ridley, E
Roach, Ronald
Robinson, W D
Rose, Roy
Samson, Theresa
Stanbury, P
Scott, Craig
Stephens, David
Stephens, Jennifer
Stewart, Alan
Stowell, Graham (4)
Tahurangi, Wiremu
Taylor, G
Townshend, Dianne
Turner, Neville
Turrell, George
Wainohu, R
Ware, Gerald
Watt, Mervyn
Welsh, Angus (2)
Whitelaw, Alison (3)
Yaxley, Peter

Triple Achievers of Holes-in-One

Alison Whitelaw

Kevin Rennell

Murray Griffiths

George Engebretsen

Bryan Kerr

Holes-in-One Winners: Pictures with their Trophies presented by the Club

Barrie Green

Bruce McAllister

James Anderson

David Robertson. (Twice in one season!)

Max Manson

Colin Henderson

Other Holes-in-One Winners

Robert Prisk

Donna Edmonds

Ivan Narbey

Patricia Rennell

Brian Davidson

Patrick Fitzgibbon

Ronald Roach

Johann Poorter

Bruce Miller

Alan Stewart

Lauri Lanauze

Neville Turner

Peter Yaxley

Johnny Knowles

Gerald Ware

David Stephens

Therese ("Billie") Samson

Shane Peters

Mervyn Watt

Jenny Stephens

Elizabeth ("Liz") Manson

John Hartnell

Ross Luscombe

Brian Briggs

Wayne Clark

Roy Rose

Selwyn Kitto

Ross Morgan

Sylvia Hugh Memorial Cup

Best four LGU net rounds 30-36 Handicap

Sylvia Hugh Cup Winners

2023 -
2022 -
2021 -
2020 -
2019 -
2018 -
2017 - Williams, Angela
2016 - Miller, Sandra
2015 - Miller, Sandra
2014 - Sprott, Janette
2013 - Nicholls, Janet
2012 - Hylands, Joyce
2011 - Whitelaw, Alison
2010 - Wright, Ms Nancy
2009 - Blik, Jeanne
2008 - Wills, Tracy
2007 - Herron, Audrey
2006 - Cope, Mary
2005 - Holmes, Monica
2004 - Keenan, Mollie
2003 - Carroll, Sally
2002 - Edwards, Alice
2001 - Edwards, Alice
2000 - de Vries, Allie
1999 - de Vries, Allie
1998 - McLaren, S
1997 - Edwards, Alice
1996 - Ness, Mavis

Sylvia Hugh Cup Winners

Tracy Wills
2008

Nancy Wright
2010

Audrey Herron
2007

Alison Whitelaw
2011

Betty Macale Memorial Cup

Best 3 Stableford rounds through the year on nominated club days.

Year	Winner	Runner-Up
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017	Williams, Angela
2016	Madgwick, Lynette
2015	Williams, Angela	Stalker, Diane
2014	Cook, Jane	Macpherson, Diane & Wright, Nancy (Equal)
2013	Stalker, Diane	Sprott, Janette
2012	Stephens, Jenny
2011	McCabe, Joan
2010	Hoffman, Bridget
2009	Miller, Sandra
2008	Reece, Patricia
2007	Edmond, Donna
2006	Rennell, Patricia
2005	Kinzett, Patricia
2004	Manson, Elizabeth
2003	Miller, Susan
2002	Whitelaw, Alison
2001	Cullen, Nancy
2000	Blik, Jeanne
1999	Blik, Jeanne
1998	Chudleigh, F
1997	Ness, Mavis
1996	Goldsworthy, Susan
1995	Thompson, M
1994	Martyn, Esme
1993	Townshend, D
1992	Rennell, Patricia
1991	Rennell, Patricia
1990	Prendergast, B
1989	Townshend, D
1988	Prendergast, B
1987	Lindbom, K
1986	Rennell, Patricia
1985	Cullen, Nancy
1984	Whitelaw, Alison
1983	Wheeler, Mavis
1982	Cheetham, P
1981	Lang, Ruth
1980	Gleeson, Edna
1979	Rennell, Patricia
1978	Whitelaw, Alison

Dewar Cup

This is awarded to the player who has the best combined net (of the two championships qualifying rounds) over all three grades - Silver, Bronze 1 and Bronze 2

2023 -
2022 -
2021 -
2020 -
2019 -
2018 -
2017 - Sprott, Jannette
2016 - Sprott, Jannette
2015 - Wills, Tracy & Screen, Sharon: Equal first
2014 - Fairless, Georgina
2013 - Bates, Carol
2012 - Carroll, Sally
2011 - Edmonds, Donna
2010 - Drinnan, Mrs J
2009 - Edmonds, Donna
2008 - Drinnan, Mrs J
2007 - Lauder, Aileen
2006 - Edmonds, Donna
2005 - Piper, Kerry
2004 - Edmonds, Donna
2003 - Rennell, Patricia
2002 - Rennell, Patricia
2001 - Miller, Sandra
2000 - Blik, Jeanne
1999 - Rennell, Patricia
1998 - Broekmeyer, Rita
1997 - Rennell, Patricia
1996 - Lauder, Aileen
1995 - Griffiths, Nancy
1994 - Bates, Carol
1993 - Woods, Joan
1992 - Rennell, Patricia
1991 - Townshend, Mrs D
1990 - Cameron, Mrs G
1989 - Townshend, Mrs D
1988 - Rennell, Patricia
1987 - Manson, Elizabeth
1986 - Norton, Mrs L
1985 - Rennell, Patricia
1984 - McIntyre, Jean
1983 - Holmes, Monica
1982 - Garget, Lois
1981 - Lochhead, Mrs E
1980 - Manson, Mrs P
1979 - Wilson, Mrs H
1978 - Potts, Mrs W
1977 - Anderson,Mrs A
1976 - Hauschild, Mrs R
1975 - Watkins, Mrs B
1974 - Nelson, Mrs R
1973 - Clephane, Miss Susan
1972 - Wheeler, Mavis
1971 - Archibald, Mrs I
1970 - Holland, Mrs M
1969 - Rose, Mrs R
1968 - Gleeson, Edna
1967 - Gray, Mrs A
1966 - Scott, Jean Gillespie
1965 - Edgerton, Mrs E
1964 - Nutt, Moya
1963 - Scott, Jean Gillespie
1962 - Pierson, Mrs F
1961 - Manson, Mrs N
1960 - Marclay, Mrs R
1959 - de Pass, Mrs P A
1958 - Scott, Jean Gillespie
1957 - Hyland, Miss N
1956 - Thompson, Mrs E
1955 - Scott, Jean Gillespie
1954 - Tuer, Mrs D
1953 - Groom, Mrs J P
1952 - McNeill, Mrs T D
1951 - McNeill, Mrs T D
1950 - Scott, Jean Gillespie
1949 - Garrard, Mrs N L
1948 - Coop, Mrs J
1947 - Coop, Mrs J
1946 - WW II
1945 - WW II
1944 - WW II
1943 - WW II
1942 - WW II
1941 - McKenzie, Mrs S
1940 - Dalgety, Mrs B G
1939 - Templeton, Mrs R
1938 - Templeton, Mrs R
1937 - Robson, Mrs F H
1936 - Robson, Mrs F H

Ladies Ringers & Diane Gebbie Cup

The Tai Tapu Ladies Golf Club has over the years accumulated a goodly number of permanent trophies but not for Ringers competitions. It almost seems as though permanent trophies (as cups etc.,) for Ladies Ringers events did not exist until 2013 when present member Diane Gebbie donated a fine cup for them. It would be most helpful if any members are able to inform whether permanent trophies for Ringers competitions ever existed, and if so, provide any details about that matter? Thank you.

In the minutes of meetings of the Ladies Committee it is recorded that in 1947 Ada Macartney offered to donate a Ringers trophy for players over 9 holes only but it seems that offer proceeded no further. In 1959 Jessie Fiecken and Mrs MacGibbon donated trophies for gross and net ringers subdivided into two grades. It was not clear whether the trophies were permanent, such as Cups, or simply prizes for that season. Oddly, in all the Ladies minutes examined so far (up to 1967) all prizes and trophies were stated as “trophies” when clearly in many instances it was evident that the trophy was actually a simple prize (such as golf balls) for an event.

Ringers were first mentioned in Ladies Committee Minutes as early as 1938 and periodically thereafter it was the rules and arrangements for recording ringers scores which received attention and both were frequently modified. Could the Ringers be recorded on any official match day, or only on the equivalent of Ladies LGU match days was an issue from time to time. In 1963, Ringers could be recorded only if the players started their matches from either one of two starting places—a somewhat odd decision. In 1955 it was decreed that Ringers could not be taken in Bogey competitions. It appears from the Ladies minutes that it was best if an official, such as the Handicapper, or Secretary or Vice Captain organised and recorded the Ringers.

Year	Handicap Ranges (Low & High)	Overall Winner	Best Gross (Low Handicap)	Best Gross (High Handicap)	Best Net (Low Handicap)	Best Net (High Handicap)
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017	0-27 & 28-42	(tie) Williams, Angela & Stalker, Diane	Bates, Carol	Edmonds, Donna		(tie) Williams, Angela & Stalker, Diane
2016	0-27 & 28-42	Ellis, J
2015	0-27 & 28-42	Brewer, Pamela	Bates, Carol	Macpherson, Diane	Brewer, Pamela	Sprott, Janet
2014	0-27 & 28-42	Henderson, Ann	Bates, Carol	Stalker, Diane	Stephens. Jenny	Wright, Nancy
2013	0-31 & 32-42	Sprott, Janet	Wills, Tracy	Stalker, Diane	Stephens. Jenny	Sprott, Janet
2012	0-26 & 27-42		Wills, Tracy	Whitelaw, Alison	Stephens. Jenny	Nicholls, Janet
2011	0-26 & 27-42		Tentori, Penelope	Whitelaw, Alison	Edmonds, Donna	Miller, Sandra
2010	0-27 & 28-42		Wills, Tracy	Whitelaw, Alison	Drinnan, Jeanette	Edmonds, Donna
2009	0-26 & 28-42		Stephens, Jenny	Wills, Tracy	Donaldson, Raewyn	Siave, Anne
2008	0-27 & 28-42		Bates, Carol	Wills, Tracy	Edmonds, Donna	Reece, Patricia
2007	0-25 & 26-42		Tentori, Penelope	McGinley, Helen	Livesey, Julie	Hylands, Joyce
2006	0-25 & 26-42		Rennell, Patricia	Adam, Lorraine	Stephens, Jenny	Reece, Patricia
2005	nd	nd	nd	nd	nd	nd

Coakley Cup

The Coakley Cup was donated by Mr David E Coakley in 1963. It is awarded for the best three of six rounds Stroke Net. It was actually won by David E Coakley’s sister in law Lena Coakley, twice, 1965 and 1971. However, this nice looking cup was won eight times by Patricia Rennell, as will be observed in the table below. That was way ahead of Mavis Wheeler who registered four wins.

Year	Winner
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017	Macpherson, Denise
2016	Miller, Sandra
2015	Morrall, Cheryl
2014	Hutton, Valerie
2013	Piper, Kerry Ann
2012	Livesey, Julie
2011	Whitelaw, Alison
2010	Piper, Kerry
2009	Donaldson, Raeleen
2008	Reece, Patricia Lyn
2007	Edmonds, Donna
2006	Manson, Elizabeth
2005	Miller, Grace
2004	McCabe, Patricia
2003	Herron, Audrey
2002	Miller, Sandra
2001	Rennell, Patricia
2000	Blik, Jeanne
1999	McCabe, Joan
1998	Rennell, Patricia Mary
1997	Rennell, Patricia Mary
1996	Sylvester, M??
1995	Gibson, Dorothy
1994	Whitelaw, Alison
1993	Rennell, Patricia Mary
1992	Townshend, Diane
1991	Thewi Isobel Ann
1990	Whitelaw, Alison
1989	Prendergast, Betty
1988	Potts, Waveney
1987	Manson, Elizabeth
1986	Griffiths, Nancy
1985	Rennell, Patricia Mary
1984	Rennell, Patricia Mary
1983	Burgoyne, Rowena
1982	Hancox, Joan
1981	Rennell, Patricia Mary
1980	Cochrane, Jacqueline??
1979	Fowler, Lillian Mary
1978	Peach, Olive Ruth
1977	Rennell, Patricia Mary
1976	Rhodes, Rose
1975	Watkins, Betty
1974	Wheeler, Mavis
1973	Claydon, Noella Winifred
1972	Wheeler, Mavis
1971	Coakley, Lena
1970	Wheeler, Mavis
1969	Herron, Audrey
1968	Woods, Joan?
1967	Scott, Jean Gillespie
1966	Wheeler, Mavis
1965	Coakley, Lena
1964	Gleeson, Edna
1963	Milne, Moyra

Monica Holmes Trophy

The Monica Holmes Trophy is awarded for Two Eclectic Rounds Net.

It has been in existence only for some 24 years but already Donna Edmonds has put her stamp on it, having won it four times in this period. Several others have won it twice.

Year	Winner	Runner-Up
2017	Miller, Sandra
2016	Edmonds, Donna	nd
2015	Stalker, Diane	nd
2014	Gebbie, Diane	nd
2013	Stalker, Diane	Stephens, Jennifer
2012	Walls, Tammy	Stephens, Jennifer
2011	Edmonds, Donna	Livesey, Julie
2010	Carroll Sally	Hoffman, Bridget
2009	McKinnon, Lynette	Elder, Joan
2008	Miller, Grace	Harris-Daw, Toni
2007	Edmonds, Donna	Elder, Joan
2006	Burgoyne, Rowena	Rennell, Patricia Mary
2005	Donaldson, Raeleen	Lauder, Aeleen
2004	Edmonds,Donna	Livesey, Julie
2003	Stephens, Jenny	Adam, Dorothy Lorraine
2002	Rennell, Patricia	Stephens, Jennifer
2001	Kinzett, Patricia	Horner, G?
2000	Blik, Jeanne	Dore, Margaret
1999	Watt, June	Brixton, Alice
1998	Blik, Jeanne	Edmonds, Donna
1997	Goldsworthy, Susan	Townshend, Diane
1996	Goldsworthy, Susan	Rennell, Patricia Mary
1995	Bates, Carol	nd
1994	Gibson, Dorothy	nd
1993	O'Connell, C	nd
1992	Hamilton, J	nd

Elsie Biggs Cup (Saturday Ladies)

The Elsie Biggs Cup for Saturday Ladies was put into recess for a considerable period when attendances fell drastically. During the period in recess the cup became tarnished but it has been well restored since to a fine shining appearance. When play was resumed a small number of ladies attended, but they have been determined to continue nonetheless. They play early on Saturday mornings, (along with some men who find an early start convenient and whose scores do count for the regular Saturday Men’s competition later in the morning).

The Elsie Biggs Cup is awarded for the Best Stableford round in the season.

2017 - Not Played
2016 - Not Played
2015 - Not played
2014 - Siave, Anne
2013 - Tapp, Lynette
2012 - Watson, Patricia
2011 - Tapp, Lynette
2010 - Crabb, Wanda
2009 - Tapp, Lynette
2008 - Siave, Anne
2007 - Crabb, Wanda
2006 - In recess
2005 - In recess
2004 - In recess
2003 - In recess
2002 - In recess
2001 - In recess
2000 - In recess
1999 - In recess
1998 - In recess
1997 - In recess
1996 - In recess
1995 - In recess
1994 - In recess
1993 - Woods, June
1992 - Woods, June
1991 - Woods, June
1990 - Poad, Heather
1989 - Marks, H

Elsie Biggs Cup Winners (Saturday Ladies)

Wanda Crabb
2007 & 2010

Lynette Tapp
2009

Anne Siave
2008

Heather Poad
1990

Cameron Cup (A Tai Tapu Golf Ladies trophy in recess)

The Cameron Trophy is actually a large and handsome cup. The donor is not known but conceivably could have been Mrs Georgina Cameron or her family. The cup was put away in storage after 1991 the year of the last inscription on it. Round about 2009 or so it was retrieved and together with most of the Club’s trophies, cleaned-up and nicely polished but then, oddly, it was put away again.

For such an impressive cup it was originally put to the minor use of an annual social match between Thursday and Saturday Ladies. The match was in the form of combined match play, whatever that meant, for the two groups of Ladies.

Between 1972 and 1985, and with nothing for the years 1974, 1984 and 1986, it is inscribed either Saturday or Thursday. Those details have not actually been transcribed as they are meaningless except immediately after the event. Possibly the inexorable fall in the numbers of Saturday Ladies rendered the event impractical by 1987. It is maybe irrelevant but the Thursday Ladies became the Tuesday ladies in this period. Evidently in 1987, the Tai Tapu Ladies took the same view as it seems the cup was put to quite another use as evidenced by the names engraved between 1987 and 1991 as follows. What that use was is not known.

Year	Winner
1987	Mrs H McGinley
1988	Miss J Woods
1989	Mrs B Watkins
1990	Mrs P McCabe
1991	Mrs M Skilling

Enquiries are still being made about the history of this cup and in particular the years 1987-1991

Sunday Mixed

Sadly, as was common amongst golf clubs around Christchurch after the turn of the 20th century, attendances at Sunday Mixed golf events declined markedly year by year.

Some golf clubs, resorted to scheduling Sunday Mixed matches at less frequent intervals and others did not schedule mixed matches for the winter period. But the decline in attendance was inexorable and the end of the first decade of the 21st century saw the virtual end of Sunday Mixed matches.

At Tai Tapu Golf, very small fields in the last two seasons of Sunday Mixed Golf sadly detracted from the pleasure in winning any of the excellent array of trophies. The proverbial plug was pulled in October 2012.

Sunday Mixed matches were reinstated in 2022 - playing on the second and fourth Sunday's of the month.

Still, the trophies remain and their histories are interesting. Use the links below to learn more about them.

Ballin Cup Mixed Pairs (Sundays)

This is quite an old trophy and it is not particularly attractive. It was first played for in 1946. Its provenance is unknown. A metal band had to be added around the base of the cup to provide sufficient space for the engraved winning pairs names. At one point in its history it appears that the cup was lost, for how long it is not known, but minutes of a Club Committee meeting in 1978 show that it had been found again. That did not affect the recording of the names of winners as there is no break in the list of inscriptions.

The game format is for mixed pairs playing combined stroke net. However, cards are drawn for partners after the match and while both players must have good rounds, that to a considerable degree still makes it a game of chance. It is surprising therefore that the format has remained all these years.

Ballin Cup Mixed Pairs, Combined Stroke Net.

1979	Weatherhead, Bill	Miller, Sandra
1978	Lead, D W	Cameron, G
1977	Small, G	Fowler, G
1976	Anderson, D	Anderson,
1975	Lohrey, M	Irvine, A
1974	Blackley, P	Cameron, G
1973	Rhodes, S	Gleeson, John
1972	Townshend, K	Woods, Joan
1971	Sowserby, J	Briggs, E
1970	Pierson, Frederick	Gebbie, S
1969	Fowler, A G	Woods, Miss Joan
1968	Rendall, J	Rendall,
1967	Gleeson, John	Wheeler, Mavis
1966	Poad, Kevern	Fox, J
1965	Lang, Jack	Neill, R
1964	nd	nd
1963	Fiecken, Alister	Rawstrom, Pat
1962	Watson, Darcy	Nutt, J
1961	Pierson, Frederick	Moreton, J
1960	Middleton, J	Mills, J
1959	Woods, L	Ockenden, Miss J
1958	Nutt, G	Ockenden, Miss J
1957	Cusack, C	Stanley, T
1956	Lang, Jack	Blackmore, R C
1955	Johnstone, W A	Fiecken, R N
1954	Cox, H	Coop, W J H
1953	Johnstone, W A	Thompson, E
1952	McKenzie, N J	Welsh, Miss A
1951	Stoddardt, R	Fitzgibbon, E
1950	Carter, T F	Armstrong, N
1949	McNeill, T D	McNeil,
1948	Anderson, H B	Stoddard, G
1947	Thompson, E J	Coop, W J H
1946	Anderson, H C	Coop, W J H
2013	in recess	in recess
2012	Manson, Max	Siave, Anne
2011	Tutton, Will	Kinzett, Patricia
2010	Brewer, Liam	Wright, Ms Nancy
2009	Adam, David	Miller, Sandra
2008	Donaldson, Roger	McCutcheon, Jeannette
2007	Adam, David	Lauder, Aileen
2006	Donaldson, Roger	Donaldson, Raewyn
2005	O'Connor, Jason	Donaldson, Raewyn
2004	Adam, David	Woods, Joan
2003	Adam, David	Rennell, Patricia
2002	Armstrong, Val	Edwards, Alyce
2001	McCabe, John	De Vries, Allie
2000	Reece, Doug	Rennell, Patricia
1999	Whitley, Ken	Martyn, Esme
1998	Thomson, G	Prendergast, Clare
1997	Dockery, John	Woods, Joan
1996	Lees, Alex	Hills, M
1995	Yaxley, Peter	Gibson, P
1994	Whitley, Ken	Ness, Mavis
1993	Yaxley, Peter	Gibson, D
1992	Whitley, Ken	Ness, Mavis
1991	Welsh, Angus	Prendergast, Clare
1990	McKinnon, Jack	Rennell, Patricia
1989	Dockery, John	Sutherland, N
1988	Weatherhead, Bill	Stevens, N
1987	Prendergast, A	Rennell, Patricia
1986	Hartnell, John	Stevens, N
1985	McGinley, Robert	Milne, M
1984	Green, Noel	Martyn, Esme
1983	Brixton, Clark	McGinley, Helen
1982	Rennell, Kevin	Rennell, Patricia
1981	Pierson, Frederick	Wheeler, Mavis
1980	Townshend, K	O'Connell, C

Ballin Cup (Sunday Mixed)

Raeleen & Roger Donaldson 2006

Aileen Lauder & David Adam 2007

Roger Donaldson & Jeannette McCutcheon 2008

M C Burke Trophy & The Woods Salver (Sunday Mixed)

The M C Burke Trophy for mixed pairs was donated by M C Burke himself. He later was elected an Honorary Life member.

While the trophy is of striking appearance, it is heavy and could be regarded as overly ornate.

The Runners-Up receive the M C Burke Salver which was donated in 1983 by Joan Woods (and hence it has become referred to as the Woods Salver). The salver carries a hallmark ” P S L ” and an indecipherable character following and adding “Sheffield, England”, suggesting that it is silver plated.

The pair, Morris Burke and Joan Woods won the salver on the first occasion it was played; and had another win in the salver six years later in 1989. They did not feature amongst the winners of the Burke Trophy itself.

The game format engraved on the trophy itself in 1980 is stated as 4BBB Match Play. However in the 2012 programme booklet the format is stated as “Mixed pairs combined stroke net”. Evidently the format has changed over the years.

Inspection of programme booklets shows that match play continued from its inception until 1997, the last season in that format. In 1998 the event was described as “Combined Stableford/R-Up get Woods”– a significant change. Speculatively, it may have been that conducting a match play event necessitating play over a period in traditional knock-out format was becoming impractical as it committed pairs being available each weekend until completed.

The 1998 change allowed the event to be competed in a single day. But there was no explanation for the move towards Stableford instead of Stroke.

The Stableford format continued until 2005 when it was changed to Stroke, only to have one more season of Stableford in 2007–probably an error. Thereafter it has been the Stroke format, and in 2013, sadly, the event went into recess.

M C Burke Trophy

2014	in recess	in recess
2013	in recess	in recess
2012	Robson, Richard	Robson, Sue
2011	event not played	event not played
2010	Donaldson, Roger	Donaldson, Raeleen
2009	Elder, John	Elder, Joan
2008	Tentori, Mark	Tentori, Penelope
2007	Poad, Kevern	Lauder, Aileen
2006	Donaldson, Roger	Donaldson, Raeleen
2005	Rennell, Kevin	Rennell, Patricia
2004	Lee, Geoffrey	Lee, Claire
2003	McCabe, John	McCabe, Joan
2002	Rennell, Kevin	Rennell, Patricia
2001	Cullen, Robert	Cullen, Nancy
2000	Rennell, Kevin	Rennell, Patricia
1999	Rennell, Kevin	Rennell, Patricia
1998	Poad, Kevern	Lauder, Aileen
1997	Hyett, Michael	Heinzmann, Pamela
1996	Pahau, Wiremu	Ness, Mavis
1995	McGinley, Robert	Samson, Theresa
1994	Edwards, Desmond	Edwards, Alys
1993	O'Malley, R	Gargett, Lois
1992	Edwards, Desmond	Edwards, Alys
1991	Stowell, Graham	Gargett, Lois
1990	Poore, Alan	Poore, Dianne
1989	Samson, James?	Blakeley,C
1988	Watt, Mervyn	Watt, June
1987	McIntyre, James	McIntyre,Jean
1986	Stowell, Graham	Blakeley,C
1985	Brixton, Clark	Brixton, Alice
1984	Stowell, Graham	Miller, Sandra
1983	Burgoyne, Gary	Burgoyne, Rowena
1982	Stowell, Graham	Blakeley, C
1981	Burgoyne, Gary	Burgoyne, Rowena
1980	Fowler, Noel George?	Fowler,

Roger & Raeleen Donaldson 2008

Mark & Penelope Tentori 2010

Richard & Susan Robson 2012

Woods Salver (aka Burke Salver)

2014	in recess	in recess
2013	in recess	in recess
2012	Robson, Richard	Robson, Sue
2011	event not played	event not played
2010	Donaldson, Roger	Donaldson, Raeleen
2009	Elder, John	Elder, Joan
2008	Tentori, Mark	Tentori, Penelope
2007	Poad, Kevern	Lauder, Aileen
2006	Donaldson, Roger	Donaldson, Raeleen
2005	Rennell, Kevin	Rennell, Patricia
2004	Lee, Geoffrey	Lee, Claire
2003	McCabe, John	McCabe, Joan
2002	Rennell, Kevin	Rennell, Patricia
2001	Cullen, Robert	Cullen, Nancy
2000	Rennell, Kevin	Rennell, Patricia
1999	Rennell, Kevin	Rennell, Patricia
1998	Poad, Kevern	Lauder, Aileen
1997	Hyett, Michael	Heinzmann, Pamela
1996	Pahau, Wiremu	Ness, Mavis
1995	McGinley, Robert	Samson, Theresa
1994	Edwards, Desmond	Edwards, Alys
1993	O'Malley, R	Gargett, Lois
1992	Edwards, Desmond	Edwards, Alys
1991	Stowell, Graham	Gargett, Lois
1990	Poore, Alan	Poore, Dianne
1989	Samson, James?	Blakeley,C
1988	Watt, Mervyn	Watt, June
1987	McIntyre, James	McIntyre,Jean
1986	Stowell, Graham	Blakeley,C
1985	Brixton, Clark	Brixton, Alice
1984	Stowell, Graham	Miller, Sandra
1983	Burgoyne, Gary	Burgoyne, Rowena
1982	Stowell, Graham	Blakeley, C
1981	Burgoyne, Gary	Burgoyne, Rowena
1980	Fowler, Noel George?	Fowler,

Lorraine & David Adam 2010 & 2012

John & Marie Hartnell 2007

Needham Memorial Trophy

The H N K Needham Memorial Trophy is a handsome but large and heavy rectangular board with rounded corners. A battery-operated clock is installed in its centre. Winners’ names are engraved on little shields distributed around the board. Winners do not proudly take the trophy home, but after its presentation return it to its pride of place on the Clubhouse lounge wall.

H N K (Heathcote Norman Kent) Needham was born in Christchurch 7 November 1918 and was christened with that unusual combination of first name initials. That would have led to some minor awkwardness for him, but they delight genealogists seeking for unique identification. His occupation pre-WW II was as “traveller” and post-War he resumed, in the role of “medical representative”. He appears not to have married.

He served in WW II and held the rank of Sergeant in the Headquarters Company of the 20th NZ Battalion and Armoured Regiment. He is known to have fought at Ruweisat Ridge, in the Western Egyptian desert, mid way between the Mediterranean Sea and the Qattara Depression. Known as “Buck”, he was wounded 29 Mar 1944. For his services and bravery he was decorated with the Military Medal. Buck sadly passed away to a relatively early death in 1960 at the age of only 41 years.

Amongst Tai Tapu Golf’s records, Buck Needham is recorded has having won only one trophy event, but it was a prestige victory for the 1951 Otahuna Cup.

The format for the H N K Needham Memorial Trophy is Mixed Combined Stableford, individual cards. The event was first played in 1961 when the winners were Ernie Jones and Mrs V Madden. Neither appeared subsequently in the list of winners. The winners list below was taken from the individual shields on the board. For more recent years winners have also been listed in programme booklets of each previous season. Unfortunately two little shields with different winners’ names have been affixed to the board for each of the seasons 1995, 1996, 1997.

For 1995, G Skilton and Mrs D Thompson appear on one shield and G Engebretsen and Mrs J Wood on another for that year. The Club programme booklet for 1996 lists 1995 winners. For the Needham Trophy for 1995, the winners are given as G Skilton and Mrs D Thompson. However the shield for 1994 also gives G Engebretsen and Mrs J Woods as the winners, and that is confirmed in the programme booklet for 1995 which gives 1994 winners. For 1996 shields, one has G Skilton and Mrs D Thompson while the other has J McIntyre and Mrs A Brixton. The programme booklet for 1997 which gives results for 1996 has the latter pair as winners. For 1997 shields, one has J McIntyre and Mrs A Brixton as winners while the other has K Rennell and Mrs P Rennell. The programme booklet for 1998 which has winners for 1997, lists K Rennell and Mrs P Rennell as winners.

A tentative solution to the foregoing would therefore be that the 1995 winners were G Skilton and Mrs D Thompson; the 1996 winners were J McIntyre and Mrs A Brixton; and the 1997 winners were K Rennell and Mrs P Rennell.

The question could arise as to whether there have been earlier errors but since programme booklets prior to 1995 don’t carry lists of the previous season winners then further cross checking is not possible. For the period 1970-1974 inclusive, there are no winners’ shields on the trophy. Programme booklets for those years were minimal in regard to information and it has to be assumed that the event was indeed played but placing of shields on the board was neglected—maybe forgotten entirely.

The well-known Rennell couple, Kevin and Patricia, had a remarkable run of successes in this event, winning on ten, and from the foregoing, possibly eleven, occasions. Unfortunately by 2012, they had retired from active competition. No other pairs or individuals stand out amongst the listed winners of the trophy. The pairings Roger and Raeleen Donaldson, Douglas and Patricia Reece, John Dockery and Mrs C O’Connell, Roy Rose and Mrs D Lethaby, have all won twice.

As is noted elsewhere on this website, Sunday Mixed Matches went into recess from October 2012.

H N K Needham Memorial Trophy Winning Pairs

2017
2016	Event in recess
2015	Event in recess
2014	Event in recess
2013	Event in recess
2012	Reece, Douglas	Reece, Patricia
2011	Not played	Not played
2010	Reece, Douglas	Reece, Patricia
2009	Tentori, Mark	Tentori, Penelope
2008	Tahurangi, Wiremu	Edwards, Alice
2007	Donaldson, Roger	Donaldson, Raewyn
2006	Donaldson, Roger	Donaldson, Raewyn
2005	Rennell, Kevin	Rennell, Patricia
2004	Tentori, Mark	Stephens, Jenny
2003	Miller Bruce	Miller, Sandra
2002	Rennell, Kevin	Rennell, Patricia
2001	Cate, David	Ness, Mavis
2000	Rennell, Kevin	Rennell, Patricia
1999	Cate, David	Edwards, D
1998	Samson, Jimmy	Samson, Thersa
1997	McIntyre, James	Brixton, Alice
1996	McIntyre, James	Brixton, Alice
1996	Skilton, G	Thompson, D
1996	Rennell, Kevin	Rennell, Patricia
1995	Engebretsen, George	Woods, Joan
1995	Skilton, G	Thompson, D
1994	Engebretsen, George	Woods, Joan
1993	Rennell, Kevin	Rennell, Patricia
1992	Dockery, John	O'Connell, C
1991	Dockery, John	O'Connell, C
1990	Rennell, Kevin	Rennell, Patricia
1989	Samson, Jimmy	Sutherland, E
1988	Rennell, Kevin	Rennell, Patricia
1987	Rullen, Robert	Cullen, Nancy
1986	Hatchard, Murray (tie)	Hatchard, Phyllis (tie)
1986	McLean, Donald (tie)	Wheeler, Mavis (tie)
1985	Edwards, D	Edwards, D
1984	Rennell, Kevin	Rennell, Patricia
1983	McIntyre, James	McIntyre, Jean
1982	Daly, Tony?	Rennell, Marie
1981	Rose, Roy	Lethaby, Allison Dora
1980	Daly, Tony?	Rennell, Marie
1979	Rose, Roy	Lethaby, Allison Dora
1978	Rennell, Kevin	Rennell, Patricia
1977	Bankcroft, M	Blackett, E
1976	McCale, G	McCale, Betty?
1975	Rennell, Kevin	Rennell, Patricia
1974	nd	nd
1973	nd	nd
1972	nd	nd
1971	nd	nd
1970	nd	nd
1969	Sutherland, R	Strachan, Edna
1968	Corrick, W	Nutt, Moya
1967	Gleeson, Jack	Corrick, J
1966	Fiecken, Alister	Parrott, June
1965	Woods, L	Edgerton, E
1964	Rhodes, C H	Rhodes
1963	Watson, Darcy	Heeney, I
1962	Woods, L	Woods, Joan
1961	Jones, Ernest	Madden, V

Douglas & Patricia Reece
2010 & 2012

Roger & Raeleen Donaldson
2007

Kevin & Patricia Rennell
Many times winners

Presidents Trophy–Sunday Mixed

The President’s Trophy for Sunday Mixed golf was donated by Bruce and Sandra Miller and first played for in 1988. The picture shows the trophy which has the usual golf icons of a golf ball and a figure playing a stroke. There are three upright panels very conveniently providing a place for engraving names of the winning pairs. The panels are set in an area evocative of a putting green. There is a pleasant glossy clean finish to the trophy.

The naming of the trophy is likely to have been deliberate as Bruce Miller, having been Vice President 1986 & 1987 became President in that year. He served a three season term to 1990. Subsequently Bruce acted for some seasons as Greens Convenor after which he was elected Honorary Life member of the Club. In 2012 he was further honoured by being elected Patron.

Sandra Miller was elected to the Ladies Committee in 1983 and served through 1986. She was elected Ladies Captain in 2005 and 2006 after “doing her time as Ladies Vice Captain 2002-2004.

Unfortunately as with all Sunday Trophies, and has been explained elsewhere, the President’s Trophy was put into recess from 2012. The format of the event had been Mixed American Foursome Stroke. It provided some variety because it was to be played with partners who had not been paired previously in the season. That still did not ease the difficulties of the unattached players who turned up Sundays looking for a partner.

Presidents Trophy Sunday Mixed Pairs

2014	In recess	In recess
2013	In recess	In recess
2012	Not played	Not played
2011	Reece, Douglas	Miller, Sandra
2010	Miller, Bruce	Adam, Lorraine
2009	Dillon, Dennis	McCutcheon, Jeannette
2008	Porter, John	Tentori, Penelope
2007	Stalker, Hamish	Hylands, Joyce
2006	Ydgren, Nicholas	Cope, Mary?
2005	Clark, Wayne	Watson, Patricia?
2004	Clark, Wayne	Hartnell, Marie
2003	Armstrong, Val	Edwards, Alys
2002	Clark, Wayne	McCabe, Joan
2001	Hampton, B	Rennell, Patricia
2000	Cochrane, David	Gardyne, B
1999	Cate, David	Ness, Mavis
1998	Rennell, Ray(?)	Rennell, Patricia
1997	Scriggins, Neil	Rennell, Patricia
1996	Rennell, Kevin	Watt, June
1995	McIntyre, James	Edwards, Alys
1994	Rennell, Raymond	Rennell, Patricia
1993	Rennell, Kevin	Cullen, Nancy
1992	Rennell, Kevin	Cullen, Nancy
1991	Walker, T	Sutherland, N
1990	Rennell, Kevin	Griffiths, Nancy
1989	Wainohu, R	Prendergast, Betty (Mary Elizabeth)
1988	Wainohu, R	Prendergast, Betty (Mary Elizabeth)

By chance, it appears that only one picture of a winning pair was available. Thus the gallery following of winning pairs has players simply arranged together.

Presidents Trophy--Sunday Mixed

Penelope Tentori & John Porter
2008

Douglas Reece & Sandra Miller
2011

Suckling Cup (Sunday Mixed)

The Suckling Cup which is large and imposing is the oldest Club trophy for Mixed matches, having been first played in 1936. The 1964 Club programme booklet gave the format for the Suckling Cup as a Mixed Foursome Knockout Competition. That appeared to continue until 1972 when the handicap conditions became more explicit as ” 3/8 Difference Combined Handicap”. That had changed in 1986 when the format was 18 holes Foursome Stroke, Best Net, ½ Combined Handicaps. Sadly, this event went into recess after 2012 when Lorraine and David Adam combined to win in a relatively small field.

2013	in recess	in recess
2012	Adam, David	Adam, Lorraine
2011	Argus, Alan	Morrall, Cheryl
2010	Tentori, Mark	Tentori, Penelope
2009	Reece, Douglas	Reece, Patricia
2008	Kerr, Campbell	Samson, Theresa
2007	Tentori, Mark	Tentori, Penelope
2006	Lee, Geoffey	Lee,
2005	Cullen, Robert	Speers, E
2004	Clark, Wayne	Clancy, Amanda?
2003	Armstrong, Val	McKinnon, Nancy
2002	McGinley, Robert	McGinley, Helen
2001	Scriggins, Neil	Mather, Helen
2000	Reece, Douglas	Reece, Patricia
1999	Cullen, Robert	Cullen, Nancy
1998	Saon, T	Saon, Theresa
1997	Yaxley, Peter	Yaxley, Shirley
1996	McGinley, Robert	McGinley, Helen
1995	Hartnell, John	Lang, Ruth
1994	Skilton, G	Heinzman, Pamela
1993	no data	no data
1992	Walker, T	Walker,
1991	Miller, Bruce	Miller, Sandra
1990	Miller, Bruce	Miller, Sandra
1989	Shelford, P	Blakely, C
1988	Saon, T	Blakely, C
1987	Poore, A	Poore,
1986	Gargett, Roger	Gargett, Lois
1985	Rose, Roy	Rose,
1984	McLean, Donald	Luff, P
1983	Brixton, C	Brixton, Al
1982	Rose, Roy	Rose,
1981	Rennell, Kevin	Rennell, Patricia
1980	Shipley, G	Ashbridge, J
1979	Ware, gerald	Cochrane, J
1978	Briggs, Brian	Briggs, E
1977	Briggs, Brian	Briggs, E
1976	McLean, Donald	Cameron, Georgina
1975	Weatherhead, William	Bowis, E
1974	Burke, Maurice	Woods, Joan
1973	no data	no data
1972	Suckling, S	Morten,
1971	Clephane, M	Clephane, Sue
1970	Parrott, Michael	Price, N R
1969	Sumpter, K	Sumpter,
1968	Herron, Neville	Herron, Audrey
1967	McNally, William	Corrick, J
1966	Brixton, C	Brixton,
1965	Gallen, E	Morten, J
1964	Watson, D C	Kane, M
1963	Suckling, D	Lanauze, D
1962	Walpole, B	Nutt, A
1961	Woods, L	Woods, Joan
1960	Stoddart, George	Stoddart,
1959	Stoddart, George	Stoddart,
1958	MacKenzie N	Scott, B G
1957	Stoddart, George	Stoddart,
1956	Stoddart, George	Stoddart,
1955	Hamilton, H D	Wood, B
1954	MacKenzie, N	MacKenzie, J
1953	Thompson, E	Thompson,
1952	Stoddart, George	Stoddart,
1951	McNeill, T D	McNeill,
1950	Withell N R	Withell,
1949	Withell N R	Withell,
1948	Sheldon	McKenzie, S
1947	Johnston, W	Coop, B
1946	No competition WW II	No competition WW II
1945	No competition WW II	No competition WW II
1944	No competition WW II	No competition WW II
1943	No competition WW II	No competition WW II
1942	No competition WW II	No competition WW II
1941	Macartney, William	Williamson,
1940	Macartney, William	Macartney, Ada
1939	Barriball, M	Percival, E
1938	Weston, I W	Weston,
1937	Anderson, C	Welsh, A
1936	Stoddart, George	Johnston, K

Suckling Cup (Sunday Mixed)

Therese ("Billie") Samson & Campbell Kerr
2008

Shirley & Peter Yaxley
1997

Lorraine & David Adam
2012

Douglas & Patricia Reece
2000 & 2009

Sunday Men’s & Ladies’ Veterans Trophies

It appears that these trophies were established especially for veteran players who preferred the more relaxed Sunday play with their spouses and partners. Players fifty-five years and over qualified, and the game format was Stroke Net. The event was played first in 1974 for the men only but the ladies matches began soon after in 1977 as seen from the table of winners below.

Two trophies as pictured were donated. The Ladies Trophy is a very handsome salver or plate and it is engraved with the name of the donor Ethel Bowis. Its quality is really not matched by the men’s trophy which is of simple construction. It is not known whether a donor existed for it or whether it was provided by the Club itself.

Sadly, as with all Sunday Mixed matches the numbers of players declined sharply after the first decade in the 21st century and the event went into recess after 2012.

Kevin Rennell who returned a winning score cards five times has clearly the best record amongst the men. Patricia Rennell, not to be entirely out-done by husband Kevin, had two wins in the ladies section. However it was Sandra Miller who topped the Ladies list with four wins. That was two more than the wins scored in the Men’s event by her husband, Bruce Miller. Sandra is shown in the picture below with the 2012 Men’s winner David Adam. David Adam is well-known at the Club as a regular volunteer worker on the course.

Mens & Ladies Sunday Veterans Trophies Winners

2014	In recess	In recess
2013	In recess	In recess
2012	Miller, Sandra	Adam, David
2011	Miller, Sandra	Kinzett, Reginald
2010	Reece, Patricia	Adam, David
2009	Lauder, Aileen	Dillon, Dennis
2008	McKinnon, Lynette	Miller, Bruce
2007	McGinley, Helen	Miller, Bruce
2006	Elder, Joan	Hartnell, John
2005	Miller, Sandra	McCabe, John
2004	McGinley, Helen	Davidson, Brian
2003	Hartnell, Marie	Rennell, Kevin
2002	Miller, Sandra	Rennell, Kevin
2001	Blik, Jeanne	Cate, David
2000	Ness, Mavis	Rennell, Kevin
1999	Lauder, Aileen	McKinnon, Jack
1998	Rennell, Patricia	Lees, Alex
1997	Rennell, Patricia	McIntyre, James
1996	Ness, Mavis	McIntyre, James
1995	Prendergast, Betty	Rennell, Kevin
1994	Lang, Ruth	McIntyre, James
1993	Bowman, Vera	Reece, Douglas
1992	O'Connell, C	Rennell, Kevin
1991	Anderson, A	Welsh, Angus
1990	Woods, Joan ?	Clark, F J
1989	Prendergast, Betty	Stowell, G
1988	Stevens, N	Weatherhead, William
1987	Garget, Lois	McKinnon, Jack
1986	Garget, Lois	Gargett, Roger
1985	Welsh, ? S	Anderson, D
1984	Welsh, ? S	nd
1983	Wheeler, Mavis	nd
1982	O'Connell, C	nd
1981	Prendergast, Betty	nd
1980	Rose, D	Prendergast, A
1979	Cameron, Georgina	Gargett, Roger
1978	Buxton, A	Brixton, C
1977	Briggs, E	Pierson, Frederick
1976	*	Perry, J
1975	*	Rose, R
1974	*	Lanauze, L

Veteran Men Winners (Sunday)

Laurence Lanauze
1974

Kevin Rennell
1992, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2003

Reginal Kinzett
2011

James McIntyre
1994, 1996, 1997

Brian Davidson
2004

Bruce Miller
2008

Bruce Miller
2007

Douglas Reece
1993

Roy Rose
1975

Sunday Ladies Veterans Trophy

Georgina Cameron
1979

Lynette Madgwick nee McKinnon
2008

Mavis Wheeler
1983

Aileen Lauder
2009

Marie Hartnell
2003

Patricia Reece
2010

Joan Elder
2006

Patricia Rennell
1997 & 1998

Ruth Lang
1994

Helen McGinley
2007

Sunday Mixed Tri-Series Trophy

Mixed Tir-series Winners

2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008

Not scheduled	Not scheduled
Not completed	Not completed
Wright, Nancy	Dillon, Dennis
Not played	Not played
Siave, Anne	Williamson, Brian
Piper, Kerry	Piper, Stephen

Sunday Mixed Tri-Series Trophy

Anne Siave & Brian Williamson
2009

Sunhaven Trophy–Sunday Mixed

It was at a Club committee meeting 6 December 1973 that the Club President, Mr Robert Morten, announced that Mrs Gebbie had advised that Mr A Gebbie would donate a cup for a Mixed Stableford Drawn Partners event. Robert Morten asked Mrs Gebbie to convey the Club’s thanks to her husband for his generous gift. As is obvious from the picture adjacent the cup is quite magnificent. The text engraved on the cup reads:

"Tai Tapu Golf Club Sunhaven Trophy for Champagne Stableford Mixed Drawn Partners Combined Score Donated by A & S Gebbie 1974"

The interesting word in that is “champagne”. It seems to indicate the intention as being to hold a champagne breakfast, or luncheon in conjunction with the playing for the Sunhaven Trophy. Such events have been and still are held in many golf courses in New Zealand but they have been infrequent at Tai Tapu. One can be recalled around 2009 or so but it wasn’t played in conjunction with the Sunhaven Trophy.

The Sunhaven event as above was originally for Mixed partners, drawn before the match, the format was Combined Stableford and has remained so.

An unusual feature is that the Gebbies donated bountiful produce as prizes for this event because of their having a fine garden called Sunhaven on their farm in self-named Gebbie’s Pass, or maybe the farm was called Sunhaven? (It is believed that Gebbies Valley and Gebbies Pass were known during the 1830s by the Rhodes Brothers as “Maori Valley”). The practice of having garden produce as prizes has been difficult to maintain but on one notable occasion well-known Club identity and former Club Committee member, Dennis Dillon, produce an astonishing quantity of bananas as part of the produce prize.

It is well-known that the Gebbies were a pioneering family from Ayrshire Scotland, arriving in New Zealand about 1840 in Nelson and then moving to Wellington for a period. Finally in about 1845 they settled at Teddington (or the Head of the Bay as it was known ). The Gebbies were closely associated with the Manson and Deans families throughout this period—but that’s another story. As well as the Gebbie surname being listed in Tai Tapu Golf’s membership, the Manson surname has figured prominently for quite some years.

Sunhaven Trophy Winners

1994	Samson, James	McGinley, Helen
1993	Green, Noel	Brixton, Alice
1992	Miller, Bruce	Martyn, Esme
1991	Griffiths, Murray	Woods, Joan
1990	Rennell, Kevin	McGinley, Helen
1989	Nilon, Leo	Woods, Joan
1988	Weatherhead, William	Gibson, Dorothy
1987	Miller, Bruce	Blakely, C
1986	Weatherhead, William	Wayy, J
1985	Welsh, Angus	McGinley, Helen
1984	Armstrong, Val	Briggs, Colleen
1983	Lang, Jack	Burgoyne, Rowena
1982	Brixton, Clark	Downes, P
1981	Brixton, Clark	Smith, Nova?
1980	Miller, Bruce	Blakely, C
1979	Lethaby, Grant	Brixton, Alice
1978	Stowell, Graham	Brixton, Alice
1977	Brixton, Clark	Cameron, Georgina
1976	Prendergast, Anthony	Gleeson, Edna
1975	Mallock, M	Ashbridge,
1974	Lang, Jack	Da La Cour, Vera
2015
2014	in recess	in recess
2013	Not scheduled	Not scheduled
2012	Poad, Kevern	Miller, Sandra
2011	Tentori, Mark	Tentori, Penelope
2010	Miller, Bruce	Wright, Nancy
2009	Siave, Henry	Miller, Grace
2008	McCutcheon, Ryan	Crabb, Wanda
2007	Donaldson, Roger	Rosevear, Clare
2006	Elder, John	Elder, Joan
2005	Reece, Douglas	Donaldson, Raewyn
2004	Miller, Bruce	Keenan, Mollie
2003	Hartnell, John	Robertson, Rina
2002	McGinley, Robert	Cullen, Nancy
2001	Cate, David	Samson, Theresa
2000	Dore, John	McGinley, Helen
1999	Samson, James	Prendergast, Clare
1998	Engebretsen, George	McGinley, Helen
1997	Scriggins, Neil	Edwards, Alyce
1996	Milne, F	O'Connell, C
1995	Yaxley, Peter	Stevens, N

Sunhaven Trophy--Sunday Mixed

Ryan McCutcheon & Wanda Crabb
2008

Kevern Poad & Sandra Miller
2012

Penelope Tentori & Mark Tentori
2011

Roger Donaldson & Clare Rosevear
2007

John & Joan Elder
2006

Tai Tapu Golf: Mixed Open Tournament

Year	Winning Pair		Runners-Up		Scheduled
2013	Event cancelled in 2013				Originally scheduled for Sun 2 Nov 2013, but cancelled.
2012	Hamilton, Dean	Earwaker, M	Edmonds, Craig	Edmonds, Donna
2011	Piper, Stephen	Lee, Rosita	Kitto, Paul	Madgwick, Lynette
2010	Miller, Bruce	Miller, Sandra	Luscombe, Ross	Luscombe, Tala
2009	Engebretsen, George	Tentori, Penelope	Miller, David	Miller, Grace
2008	McKay, Bruce	Crabb, Wanda	Adam, David	Adam, Lorraine
2007	Luscombe, Ross	Luscombe, Tala	Cochrane, David	Upston, S
2006	Clark, Wayne	Howard, Linda	Williamson, Brian	Blik, Jeanne
2005	Cate, David	Samson, Theresa	Laughton, Daniel	Clancy, Amanda
2004	Engebretsen, George	Carroll, Sally	Stephens, David	Stephens, Jennifer
2003	Hartnell, John	Hartnell, Marie	Dockery, John	Blik, Jeanne
2002	Scriggins, Neil	Broekmeyer, Rita	Amrmstrong, Val	McKinnon, Nancy
2001	Clark, Wayne	Mather, Helen	Davidson, Brian	Blik, Jeannie
2000	Luscombe, Ross	Hylands, Joyce	Cochrane, David	Luscombe, Tala
1999	Gardyne, B	Gardyne, Mrs	Dore, John	Dore, Mrs
1998	Kinzett, Reginald	Martyn, Esme	DeVries, Peter	DeVries, Allie
1997	Results missing				Sun 2 November TT Mixed Open 18 holes. American Greensome. 50% Combined handicaps
1996	Results missing				Sun 3 Nov TT Mixed Open 18 Holes
1995	Results missing				Sun 5 Nov TT Mixed Open 18 Holes American Greensome. 40% combined handicaps
1994	Results missing				Sun 20 Nov TT Mixed Open 18 holes. American Greensome
1993	Results missing				Sun 21 Nov TT Mixed Open 18 holes. American Greensome
1992	Results missing				Sun 15 Nov TT Mixed Open 18 holes. American Greensome
1991	Results missing				Sun 3 November TT Mixed Open 27 Holes. American Greensome, am 9 holes, pm 18 holes.
1990	Results missing				Sun 4 Nov TT 27 hole open mixed tournament American Greensome stroke. 9holes am. 18 holes pm
1989	Results missing				5 Nov AmericanGreensome Stroke. 9holes am 18 holes pm
1988	Results missing				6 Nov AmericanGreensome Stroke. 9holes am 18 holes pm
1987	Results missing				Sun 8 Nov 9/18 holes
1986	Results missing				Sun 8 Nov 9/18 holes
1985	Results missing				Sun 17 Nov 9/18 holes American Greensome Stroke
1984	Results missing				Sun 18 Nov 9/18 holes American Greensome Stroke
1983	Results missing				Sun 20 Nov 9/18 holes American Greensome Stroke
1982	Results missing				Sun 21 Nov 9/18 holes American Greensome Stroke
1981	Results missing				Sun 15 Nov 9/18 holes American Greensome Stroke
1980	Results missing				Sun 16 Nov Mixed Open Tournament 27 holes
1979	Results missing				27 Holes Mixed Tournament am 9 holes 4BBB Bogey. PM 18 Holes Combined Stableford
1978	Results missing				Sun 16 July TT Mixed Open
1977	Results missing				Sun 17 July TT Mixed Open
1976	Results missing				Sun 18 July TT Mixed Open
1975	Results missing				Sun 25July TT Mixed Open Tournament
1974	Results missing				Sun 21July TT Mixed Open Tournament
1973	Results missing				Sun 22 July TT Mixed Open Tournament
1972	Results missing				Sun 23 July TT Mixed Open Tournament
1971	Results missing				Sun 25 July TT Mixed Open Tournament
1970	Results missing				Sun 26 July Tai Tapu Mixed Open Tournament
1969	Results missing				Sun 27 July TT Mixed Open Tournament
1968	Results missing				Sun Jul 28 no conditions noted
1967	Results missing				Sun 30 July TT Mixed Open Tournament
1966	Results missing				Mixed Open scheduled Sun 31 July No conditions noted. Season Mar 6 to Dec 17
1965	First known occasion for this event