It’s been a hectic couple of months at the club with the culmination of club championships, men’s 54/36 hole championship as well as the Junior Open and 36-hole mixed foursomes not to mention the final of the men’s and ladies’ shootouts.
The junior open had 36 competitors vying for the Under 16 Gross prize, best nett, stableford and the 9 hole junior trophy. The day thankfully turned out great weatherwise and a big thank you to the parents and Martinborough members who helped out. The Under 16 Gross was won by Hugo Tomlin of Carterton and Ted Schofer won the inaugural Bill Jones Memorial Cup for the best nett. Spencer Golding was the stableford winner and the 9 hole winner was Archie White.
The junior programme is going extremely well and we are looking forward to a huge fundraising tournament on the 12th December, teams of four and incredible prizes, the winners will receive accommodation and golf in Taupo. All proceeds will go to Martinborough Golf Junior Programme and Kiwi Golf who have been giving our region school kids introductory golf lessons during their PE classes. Please contact the Martinborough Golf Club office for more details and to support the development of juniors around the region through Kiwi Golf.
The men’s 54 and 36 hole tournament had over 80 competitors from clubs all around the region and even some from Auckland. The winners, in sometimes challenging conditions, were 54 hole gross – Perry Hayman (Judgeford), 54 hole nett – Houston TePuni (Judgeford), 36 hole gross – Caleb Kahui (Wainuiomata), 36 hole nett – Sio Pemerika (Judgeford). No Martinborough winners unfortunately better luck next year.
The winners of the 36 hole mixed foursomes were very much a family affair with Father and Daughter Doug and Olivia Clark winning the nett and Mother and Son Sandra and Alastair Petersen winning the stableford. There were joint winners of the gross competition Lyall Callaghan and Carol Parkinson along with Josh Hawkins and Anna Possenniskie.
The shootouts were, as always, tightly contested with chip outs required on a number of holes for both groups.
At the end of the day it was our amazing junior Freddie Gloag (9 years old) who won the men’s and Emily Loughnan the ladies.
And finally our congratulations to the club champions for this year Josh Hawkins men’s seniors, Murray Hill men’s intermediate, Eli Telford men’s Junior A, James Elworthy men’s Junior B, Lisa Marie Ireland ladies’ silver, Olivia Clark ladies’ bronze A and Tania Williamson ladies’ 9 hole.
We wish all our members and fantastic Martinborough community a safe and happy Christmas and here’s to great golfing in 2026.
