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Around the Clubs The Hong Kong Golf Club Monthly Medal – Gross Section 6 June K Inge won the Monthly Medal Gross Section played over the New Course with a 73. Monthly Medal – Nett Section 6 June BPM Ma won the Monthly Medal Nett Section played over the New Course with a 67. Birthwhistle Salver – Gross Section 7 June MCK Wong / Mrs F Hu won the Birthwhistle Salver Gross Section played over the New Course with a 75. Mr & Mrs J K Ball were the runners-up with 79 on countback from J Pethes / Ms J Lo. Birthwhistle Salver – Nett Section 7 June PLM Cheng / Ms C Chan won the Birthwhistle Salver Nett Section played over the New Course with a 69 on countback from Mr & Mrs J K Ball, Mr & Mrs M Grimsdick and BPM Ma / Mrs S Look. Shanghai Visitors Cup 14 June K Anderson / PJ Brown won the Shanghai Visitors Cup played over the Eden Course with a Nett 61. PLM Cheng / MCK Wong were the runners-up with a Nett 62. High Handicappers Competition 28 June CSM Ip won the High Handicappers Competition played over the Eden Course with 34 points on countback from CKK Tsang. Monthly Medal – Gross Section 4 July JOD Black won the Monthly Medal Gross Section played over the Eden Course with a 79 on countback from BPM Ma and A Jewkes. Monthly Medal – Nett Section 4 July N Shroff won the Monthly Medal Nett Section played over the Eden Course with a 66. American Cup – Gross Section 5 July MCK Wong won the American Cup Gross Section played over the Old Course with a 70. T Orgill was the runner-up with a 72. American Cup – Nett Section 5 July MCK Wong won the American Cup Nett Section played over the Old Course with a 68. EJ Evans was the runner-up with 69 on countback from JOD Black. Monthly Medal – Gross Section 2 August JOD Black won the Monthly Medal Gross Section played over the Old Course with a 76. Monthly Medal – Nett Section 2 August BPC Kan won the Monthly Medal Nett Section played over the Old Course with a 68 on countback from AMK Tang.
Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club Ladies Section
Summer Cup 10 June Winner: Runner-up:
Madoka Murayama (35 points) Chikako Yabe (33)
Spring Plate 10 June Winner: Runner-up:
Lily Lau (43 points) Liz Mangum (34)
June Medal 17 June Division 1 Gross Winner: Nett Winner: Net Runner-up: Division 2 Gross Winner: Nett Winner: Nett Runner-up: 40
June Stableford 24 June Division 1 Winner: Runner-up: Division 2 Winner: Runner-up: July Medal 8 July Division 1 Gross Winner: Nett Winner: Nett Runner-up: Division 2 Gross Winner: Nett Winner: Nett Runner-up: July Stableford 15 July Division 1 Winner: Runner-up: Division 2 Winner: Runner-up:
Sue Hadaway (35 points) Hak Wilcox (30) Lily Lau (36) Fizzy Pari (35 C/B)
Mari Maeda (90) Sue Hadaway (79 C/B) K R Shin (79) Lily Lau (92) Miko Kudo (74) Vivian Tsui (80 CB)
Sue Hadaway (40 points) Mari Maeda (32) Lily Lau (37) Michiko Motqui (36)
Men’s Section
Captain’s Cup 20 June Gross Winner: Gross Runner-up: Nett Winner: Nett Runner-up:
Tony Melloy (77) David Hui (78) Patrick Tam (71) SK Tse (72)
Chairman’s Cup 20 June Winner: Runner-up:
Ronald Maurer (41 points) Tony Cheng (39)
JK Lieu Cup 5 July Winners: Runners-up:
Jackson Chu & Tommy Lui (41 points) David Hui & Mark Chan (40)
Captain’s Cup 26 July Gross Winner: Gross Runner-up: Nett Winner: Nett Runner-up:
Eugene Pak (83) Peter Chan (84) Peter Chan (73) Wilson Chan (76 C/B)
Chairman’s Cup 26 July Winner: Runner-up:
Leslie Tang (42 points) John Lai (40)
Discovery Bay Golf Club Mizuno 2 Ball Better Ball 14 June Winner: SI Lee & HK Kim (47 points C/B) Runners-up: HB Ryu & YJ Park (47) Gross Winners: Oscar Ho & Winston Van (35) Monthly Medal 22 July Men’s A Winner: Men’s B Winner: Best Gross: Men’s C Winner:
DK Kim (65) S Takemoto (65) Michael Stott (74) Edmund Wan (42 points)
Ladies’ A Winner: Ladies’ B Winner: Best Gross:
Helen Cheung (67) Phoebe Liu (37 points C/B) JR Kim (87)
Sunny Kang (85) Lydia Mak (75) Oshima Kok (77)
MacGregor Bogey Competition 2 August Men’s Winner: Jamo Lo (+6 C/B) Men’s Runner-up: Micky Yu (+6) Best Gross: Michael Stott (+5)
Cecilia Szeto (93) Liz Mangum (77) Lily Lau (78)
Ladies’ Winner: Ladies’ Runner-up: Best Gross:
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Betty Chung (+6) Helen Hawkins (+5) Chisako Kubota (-5) HKGOLFERMAGAZINE.COM
New Zealand
At the Cutting Edge of New World Wine
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ew World Wine countries are well known for the cutting edge development of viticulture and vinification which has transformed the industry since the 1960’s. One pioneering country which is still creating shockwaves is New Zealand. With numerous outstanding wine regions, many innovative oenologists and viticulturalists have worked handin-hand with some of the most pristine vineyard sites on the planet to create wines which are a true reflection of these highly specialised terroirs. As with many new world countries, New Zealand has been producing wine for at least 150 years. But it all really started in New Zealand with the first plantings of Sauvignon Blanc Vines in Marlborough in 1973. Marlborough was previously an unknown area producing high yields of poor quality Müller-Thurgau. It is sometimes hard to believe today, but when the first Marlborough vines were planted in the 1970’s, few people predicted that the region would become New Zealand's largest and best known winegrowing area, and one of the most significant in the world in little more than 20 years. The distinctive pungency and zesty fruit flavours of the first Marlborough Sauvignon’s captured the imagination of the country's winemakers, and wine drinkers alike and sparked an unparalleled boom in vineyard development. This first leap lead to the worldwide interest in Marlborough wines, which has continued to fuel the regional wine boom throughout the country. The free-draining, alluvial loams over gravelly subsoils in the Wairau and Awatere River valleys provide ideal growing conditions for Sauvignon Blanc, but also yield great results for other cool climate varietals such as Riesling, Gewurztraminer and most significantly Pinot Noir. The abundant sunshine and cool nights coupled with a long growing season provide the perfect conditions to build and maintain the vibrant fruit flavours for which Marlborough is now famous for. As one of the first real wine regions to be developed, today, Hawkes Bay is the country's second largest. The varied topography and wide range of soil types, fertile silty loams to freedraining shingle produce a considerable range of wine styles in this large region. There are 22 categories of soil types on the Heretaunga Plains alone, from stones to hard pans to heavy silts. Ripening dates for a single grape variety can HKGOLFERMAGAZINE.COM
vary by as much as three weeks between the hot, shingle soils of the Gimblett Road area to the cool, higher altitude vineyards of central Hawke’s Bay. Long sunshine hours attract a high percentage of later-ripening red grape varieties such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Syrah. The pioneering pursuit to marry the right grape to the perfect terrain has helped cultivate what is now becoming one of New Zealand’s latest and most exciting developments; Syrah. Hawke’s Bay Syrah has to be one of wines ‘best kept secrets’ at the moment. With only a handful of wineries growing and producing small amounts of Syrah, this is a highly specialised wine with limited availability. As a varietal which requires a significant amount of sunlight and longer ripening periods, Syrah is not normally associated with a country which is recognised as cool climate. But the unique conditions and hot, stony soils of the Gimblett Gravels are actually producing a distinctively unique style. Typically full of briary black fruit, often with an abundance of freshly ground white and/or black pepper on the nose and the palate, the wines have a style of their own and are definitely worth searching out. A winery which has been at the forefront in this journey of development of New Zealand’s major wine producing regions is Mud House Wines. From early days in Marlborough, through to exploration of the emerging regions of Waipara and Central Otago, Mud House is now recognised as a leader for producing top quality regional wines of exceptional value. With the first plantings of the original estate vineyard in 1993, the first Mud House Wines were released in 1996. The winery was named after a rammed earth home that was built within the estate vineyard. Today, Mud House owns two wineries in Marlborough and Waipara and five vineyards located throughout the South Island; in Marlborough, Waipara Valley and a sub region of Central Otago – Bendigo. Mud House also selects fruit from several growers and long term partners in the Hawkes Bay, Gisborne, Nelson and Marlborough regions. With countless accolades and high ratings for many of the wines, Mud House has gained substantial international recognition. Regardless of status, the owners, wine makers and team of Mud House have their feet firmly placed on the ground and strive to fulfill a combined passion to keep pushing the boundaries and make great wines. A goal which is a benefit to wine lovers the world over.—Steve House
For additional information and orders contact: Montrose Fine Wines Email: james@montrose.com.hk Tel: (852) 2555-8877 www.montrose.com.hk
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