Mens Pennants Finals 2016

On Sunday 12th June the finals of the 2016 Pennants were staged at Maraenui Golf Club. A fine day saw nine finals played and while some matches saw some very close results, there were some other notable performances as well.
Hastings Golf Club showed dominance in winning the Championship 1, 2 and 3 finals, all interestingly over Napier. Napier did amazingly well to get finalists in 5 of the 9 sections but frustratingly for them, didn’t win a final. Congratulations to both Hastings and Napier for doing so well in the finals.
In three different sections, the final results were halves which mean the winner is determined by whoever won the qualifying round. Dannevirke won Championship 4 over Karamu, Maraenui won Handicap 2 over Napier and Wairoa won Handicap 3 over Maraenui – all of those matches halved.
Karamu got a win in Handicap 1 though, beating Wairoa who were unbeaten in pool play leading into the final. Maraenui also turned the tables on Wairoa in Handicap 4, winning after qualifying 2nd.
Maraenui were also resounding winners in Handicap 5; unbeaten all season and winning the final over Napier.
Thanks to Maraenui Golf Club for staging the finals – Maraenui has been very busy of late, with many HB events being staged there and the Golf Association of HB appreciates that. Thanks also to Bryan Barbour for looking after the Pennants this year, compiling the draw and managing it throughout the season.
Final congratulations go to all the winning teams of course, but also to the runners up in each section in making the finals.

Final Results:
Championship One: Hastings 6-3 over Napier
Championship Two: Hastings 7-2 over Napier
Championship Three: Hastings 7-2 over Napier
Championship Four: Dannevirke 4.5 – 4.5 over Karamu (on count-back)
Handicap One: Karamu 6-3 over Wairoa
Handicap Two: Maraenui 4.5-4.5 over Napier (on count-back)
Handicap Three: Wairoa 4.5 – 4.5 over Maraenui (on count-back)
Handicap Four: Maraenui 5-4 over Wairoa
Handicap Five: Maraenui 5.5 – 3.5 over Napier

We look forward to doing it all again in 2017.

Wayne Mudgway – Acting Administrator Golf Hawkes Bay.