Tolich Trophy

The final of the Tolich Trophy was to be played at Tahuna on a typical Waikato Sunday. The team consisted of Jono Armstrong, Barry Wallace, Mark Begovich, John Adamson, Mark King, Matt Clarke, Phil Mead and Barry Matchett. Walton was playing against a good team from Thames. The morning matches were hard fought and both pairings of P Mead & B Matchett and J Armstrong & B Wallace were all square after 18 holes and both gained a half point. M King & M Clarke narrowly lost on the 18^th hole and M Begovich & J Adamson won their match 2/1. The teams were all square at 2 vs 2.

J Armstrong and B Matchett both had hard fought battles in the afternoon singles and managed halves after 18 holes. P Mead had a great first nine holes shooting a par 36, he won his match 8/7 this gave Walton an early lead. M Clarke also had a great round and won 5/4. B Wallace won his match early also 5/4. M King and M Begovich had there first singles loss in the Tolich Trophy this season both losing 3/2. J Adamson won his match 2/1 giving Walton a convincing win 7 vs 4 and are the 2009 Tolich Trophy holders. Congratulations must also be given to all the other players Ben Gordon, Alec Cornes, Murray Silvester, Richard Coleman and Steve Scrace that have represented and been a part of team and the winning season. Well done guys.

Pictured above from Left to Right

Jono Armstrong, Matt Clarke, Mark King, B Wallace, Barry Matchett, Phil Mead, John Adamson, Richard Coleman and Ben Gordon.

Hole in Ones

This year there has been a record number of Hole in Ones by our members at home and away. A total of seven hole in ones have occurred in the first four months of the year. The first was by Bede Higgens one of our promising junior golfers. It was on the 12^th hole at Walton, he used his Driver on the 145m par 3 during the first night of the Challenge Twilight Ambrose series on the 29^th January. The second was by Shirley Cornes on the 17^th hole at the Mount Maunganui Golf Club on the 26^th February. The third was by Bill Fort on the 15^th hole at Walton, on 4^th February. The fourth was by Heather Sharp our Ladies Vice Captain on the 3^rd hole at Walton, she used her five wood on the 11^th March. The fifth hole in one was by Allan Dodd on the 12^th hole at Walton, he used his six iron on the 21^st March. The sixth was by Ruth Berquist on the 15^th hole at Walton on the 7^th April. The last and most recent was Andrew McGiven on the 8^th hole at Walton on the 27^th May during the club Midweek tournament. An interesting start to the season and hopefully there are still a few left for the rest of us at the club.

Picture above from Left to right

Allan Dodd, Bede Higgens, Shirley Cornes and Ruth Berquist.

Absent Bill Fort, Heather Sharp and Andrew McGiven.