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Raising money for fun...

Tournament organisers from left: Mary Hore and Toad Innes. Old school sporting rivalries were replayed on the Wānaka Golf course last weekend when 72 golfers from 11 South Island and two North Island secondary schools competed for cash prizes, along with the grand trophy, an ancient onelegged garden gnome.

The brainchild of Columba old girl, Mary Hore, and St Hilda’s old girl, Toad Innes, the tournament started out being a women’s affair, but it wasn’t long before the old boys decided they wanted in on the act too.

“We used to have a summer and winter sports tournament against different Christchurch and Timaru schools, and this was where we started,” says Mary. Teams of four played Ambrose and Four Ball Better Ball competitions, over two days, Sunday and Monday, although bad weather forced Monday’s golf to be shortened to nine holes. Competition was fierce with the Craighead team from Timaru winning the grand trophy, and the S’Hilda’s girls from Dunedin coming home in second place. The winning men’s team came from Dunedin’s John McGlashan College, and they showed their sportsmanship by immediately offering their cash prizes up for auction to help raise further funds for the Otago Westpac Rescue Helicopter. The Craighead girls soon followed suit. Coming a very close second in the men’s competition were the St Andrew’s team from Christchurch.

“Overall, we raised close to $4000,” says Mary. “This was a great result, and as one of the old boys said at our dinner on Sunday night, ‘it was nice to see everyone smiling and having fun’.”

– By Viv Milsom

Bowlers battle for Hebbard

Wānaka Bowling Club Stadium tournaments are always extremely well supported, so it was not surprising that the Hebbard Trophy Mixed Fours held last week had a full entry of 10 teams.

In the Wānaka winter, a significant number of members of the Hawea Bowling Club join the Wānaka Bowling Club and play a full part in the Stadium programme. This works extremely well and cements the already very positive relationship between the two clubs. As normal, a good number of Hawea players were playing in this tournament and making their mark.

What a great day the bowlers had. Some games went down to the wire being decided by the last few bowls, or even the last bowl.

After the four games were played, Marilyn Steel’s team of Bob Steel, Val Ransom and Bob McLeary was one of two teams left unbeaten. They were in some trouble in their second game, but managed to snatch a win from Bill Turnbull’s team by scoring a 2 on the last end to win 6-5.

Kyle McGowan’s Hawea team - Ethan Flynn, Jeanette McGowan, Karen Woolley - was also unbeaten with three wins and a draw. Murray Finn(s), Ken Mitchell, Madeleine Wilson, Kathryn Mitchell just clinched third place by one point from Donald Urquhart’s Hawea team.

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