Men's Open Tournament

Emerre & Hathaway Poverty Bay Men's Open 2024

Winner of the 2024 Poverty Bay Open Championship Mark Smith.

PICTURED: Two-times champion (2023-2024) Mark Smith.

Results 2024

Open Champion (Keiha Cup): Mark Smith

Runner up: William Brown

Consolation: Ben Jujnovich

Runner up: Anaru Reedy

Flight 1: Richard Apanui

Flight 2: Zach Rolls

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2nd Sixteen (Barrington Millar Cup): Marcus Gray

Runner up: Jace Brown

Consolation: Mitchell Kirkbride

Runner up: Peter Clayton

Flight 1: Alister Jennings

Flight 2: Dan Collier

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3rd Sixteen Winner:Hayden Keast

Runner up: Keith Chung

Consolation: Blair Yeates

Runner up: Stefan Andreassen

Flight 1: Bruce Yates

Flight 2: Tom Needham

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4th Sixteen Winner:Matt Henwood

Runner up: Andy Hayward

Consolation: Richard Foddy

Runner up: Neil Mackie

Flight 1: Cam Cormack

Flight 2: Mike Gordon

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5th Sixteen Winner: Toby Williams

Runner up: Hamish Evans

Consolation: Matthew Pike

Runner up: Ross Chalmers

Flight 1: Craig Christophers

Flight 2: Willie Coyle

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6th Sixteen Winner: Bill Simpson

Runner up: Mitch Griffiths

Consolation: Duncan Crisp

Runner up: Hamish Williams

Flight 1: Doug Kirkpatrick

Flight 2: Paul Rickard

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7th Sixteen Winner: Manav Garewal

Runner up: Tony Thorpe

Consolation: Dave Solomann

Runner up: Sean Shivnan

Flight 1: Jared Barron

Flight 2: Tom Leckie

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36 Hole Gross Winner: (Scott Plate) William Brown 142 cb

36 Hole Gross Runner up: Mark Smith144cb

36 Hole Net Winner: Zach Rolls 139

36 Hole Net Runner up:Andy Abrahams 140

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Bill Donnelly Memorial Trophy: Marcus Gray

Marcus Gray won the Second Sixteen Championship and was award the Bill Donnelly Memorial Trophy.

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Twos:

P. Butler x 2, W. Donnelly x 2, A. Reedy x 2, M. Henwood, M. Smith, T. Goldsmith, B. Yates, B. Yeates, B. Wilson, D. Wilson, G. Pollard, C. Van Der Nagel, R. Maruszewski, R. Foon, T. Needham, B. Reynolds, M. Champness, M. Lindon, B. Jujnovich, R. Foddy, T. Adamson, N. Whyte, R. Apanui, S. Andreassen, A. Meban, P. Stewart

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Qualifying Rounds Nearest To Pins:

2nd am Tene Goldsmith

2nd pm Tene Goldsmith

10th am Matt Henwood

10th pm Richard Foon

15th am Richard Apanui

15th pm Peter Stewart

Lucky Draw Jacob Jujnovich

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Emerre & Hathaway / BDO Nearest pin challenge

Winner: Richard Apanui

Emerre & Hathaway / BDO $1000 Nearest To Pin Challenge winner Richard Apanui with Stu Harbottle and Glenn Morley.

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CHRIS TAEWA REVIEWS THE 2024 POVERTY BAY EMERRE & HATHAWAY MEN'S OPEN

Tragedy overshadowed triumph as Mark Smith completed a successful defence of the Emerre & Hathaway Poverty Bay Men’s Open title on the Awapuni Links course on Saturday.

Years from now, Rotorua’s Smith possibly won’t remember a lot about his 4 and 2 defeat of William Brown in the Keiha Challenge Golf Cup Championship 16 final.

But he will never forget an emotional semifinal match against good mate and fellow Bay of Plenty masters representative Craig Van Der Nagel of Te Puke.

Overnight Friday, Van Der Nagel’s father Ian - known to most as Nagel - died in his sleep. A larger-than-life character, Nagel was known by many Gisborne people and was the brother-in-law of Awapuni Links greenkeeper Collin Jeffrey.

Van Der Nagel was drawn to face Smith - who beat him in the 2023 final - in Saturday morning’s semifinals after eliminating seven-times champion Waka Donnelly in the first round and local Marcel Campbell in the quarter-finals.