Shand Cup/Sybil Green Results

The Shand Cup, Sybil Green and Stu Smith Memorial Masters Quadrangulars were played over the weekend in very challenging conditions with very strong winds making the exposed Wanganui course very difficult.

The team that made the mast of the conditions was Wellington, taking out all three divisions, with Manawatu Wanganui coming second in all three.

Below is a summary of how our teams got on over the weekend.

Shand Cup - Senior Men
Wellington won the Cup with the top placing of 6 points and 19 games. They beat Manawatu Wanganui on Saturday afternoon 5.5 to 2.5 Winners for Manawatu Wanganui were Bradley McSherry and Liam Finlayson while Trent Munn had a half. Manawatu Wanganui were the Runners up with Taranaki and Hawkes Bay filling the other places.

Sybil Green Salver - Women
Wellington won the Salver with the top placing of 6 points and 17.5 games. They beat Manawatu Wanganui on Sunday 4.5 to 3.5. Winners for Manawatu Wanganui were Lisa Herbert, Brydie Hodge and Zhuoyi Hu with Lily Griffin halving her match.
The Women played Hawkes Bay & Poverty Bay Women on Saturday morning and this match was halved. Winners were Katherine Paskins, Lisa Herbert and Brydie Hodge with Mudra Lakhani and Zhuoyi Hu helving their matches. On Saturday afternoon Manawatu Wanganui played Taranaki and won 7.5 to 0.5. Winners were Tara Raj 8/6, Sere Raj 8/6, Mudra Lakhani 6/5, Lisa Herbert 8/6, Lily Griffin 6/5, Brydie Hodge 4/2 and Zhuoyi Hu 7/5. Katherine Paskins halved her match and achieved a hole in one on the 12th Hole. Manawatu Wanganui were the runners up with Hawkes Bay & Poverty Bay women and Taranaki filling the other placings.

Stu Smith Memorial - Masters Men.
Wellington won the Stu Smith Memorial beating out Manawatu Wanganui by one game point - 10.5 to 9.5. Both teams had 2 wins out of three matches. In the match against Wellington the only winner was Tony Chettleburgh with Junior Tatana halving his match. In the Afternoon round wins were recorded by Ross Geary, Tony Chettleburgh and Junior Tatana while James Humphrey halved. Sunday morning saw Stu Gillespie, Rick Harding, Tony Chettleburgh and Junior Tatana recording wins with James Humphrey halving his match.

We wish to thank Wanganui Golf Club for hosting the event, preparing such a wonderful course and the huge effort they put in to make the event so successful. This was held at Wanganui this year as part of the clubs 125th Jubilee celebrations which continue through Labour Weekend.

Click here to view Individual results

Click here to view Team Result summary