The 2023 Wills Cup/Jug Cup Competition was held on Friday, 4th August at the lovely Ngaruawahia Golf Club.  Our ladies arrived to a frosty start causing a 10 minute delay but the weather gods were shining down and the day morphed into something spectacular!  Our Wills Cup teams were lined up going off the 1st tee and the Jug teams off the 10th tee.  It was a solid day of golf for the combined team of Waiterimu/Morrinsville.  These ladies were on fire with a winning team score of 116!  Sharryn Hazelwood with 18 points, Eileen Bateup with 23 points, Jennie Brown with 18 points, Leanne McGergor 16 points, Jill Wilson 22 points and Gaye Johns finishing off the tally with 19 points!  This is the first time on the winners podium for this team!  Fantastic team effort.  Unfortunately for Ngahinepouri who missed out by 5 team points finishing with 111 points, Putaruru taking the 3rd spot with 106 points and finally Te Awamutu with 99 points on the day.  Congratulations and well done.

The Jug competition was won with a team score of 122 by the Tahuna ladies team.  Debbie Carney, a late replacement entry, took 21 points, Joanne Pritchard with 20 and Pam Haakma with the best scoring individual of the day with 25 points helped her team to secure the win by a substantial 8 points margin over Horsham Downs at 114 points. Jill Hows impressed with 22 points, Janice van Lierop and Janice Kowalski both with 17 points for Tahuna.   Matamata finished in 3rd place with 108 points and PioPio Aria round with 86 team points.

Many thanks to the Peter Arndell, General Manager, and Ngaruawahia Golf Club for hosting this years event.  A big thank you to Gaylene Bunn, WGA Women's Vice President and Nicky Parker, the Women's Club Captain for all getting the course secured, setting up the competition and getting the scorecards ready!  Also, to the greens staff for preparing and presenting the course to the highest standards, to the caterers and the volunteers that helped put this event together.  We appreciate all of your hard work and efforts!

Again, congratulations to you all and we look forward to another exciting Will Cup/Jug Competittion in 2024.

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Article added: Monday 07 August 2023