ROUND 1 MATCHUPS – ST ANDREWS
LODGE REAL ESTATE OPEN
– $70 GREEN FEES
– 12PM SHOTGUN
– OUR COMP : Stableford Scramble / Gross / Twos / 4 pointers + Drawn pairs
– RYDER CUP FORMAT : Shots off the lowest handicap
HOLE 1 – Dan / Guru
VS
Snake / Matt
HOLE 2 – Wheaty / Luke
VS
Gopher / Proctor
HOLE 10 – Brenton / Allen
VS
Greg / Tere
HOLE 12 – Jimmy / Kelvyn
VS
Vincent / Lee
HOLE 16 – Jerry / Fuzz
VS
Steph / Griff
HOLE 17 – Sisso / Dicko
VS
Ted / Quilty
Get there early boys – don't forget you'll have to walk out to the tees.
The annual Howick Pennant Trip brings together past and present players
and caddies for a great weekend away over King’s Birthday. The competition
is centred around 3 rounds of golf played on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
For the past eight years, the trip has also featured a friendly but competitive
Coots vs Bucks Ryder Cup competition; adding an extra layer of venom to
the weekend.
Take note of our
Pennant Facebook Page
– where all videos/photos of the weekend will be posted.
1. Bucks and Coots (24/24)
The Ryder Cup Competition players are allocated into teams via ballot
and will remain in the same team for all future pennant trips (exceptions
will be made if numbers are uneven).
The 2026 teams are as follows:
Brenton – 11.1 (Capt)
Allen Hy – 7.5
Craig Wheat– 5.8
Dan Mantell – 2.0
Duncan Barr – 10.1
Fahad Alki – 17.4
Geoff Sisson – 1.8
James Ellis – 3.4
Jeremy Cole – 8.6
Kelvyn Drinkrow – 6.2
Luke Higgins – 1.3
Mark Dickison – 13.0
Greg Peterken – 15.1 (Co-capt)
Evan Lindsey – 15.7 (Co-capt)
Brett Proctor– 12.6
Chris Lessel – 9.8
Greg Darracott – 13.3
Kurt Erickson – 3.7
Lee Bevan – 7.7
Matt Connolly – 1.7
Steph Tabaillou – 20.9
Ted Waters – 11.8
Tere Brunton – 16.1
Tim Quilty – 11.4
Vincent Chan – 5.8
2. Agenda + Courses / Accommodation –
FRIDAY:
Hamilton Golf Club
(Lodge Real Estate Open – Entry fee $70)
● Scramble + Club Open = double whammy, 12:00pm (shotgun start)
● Head back to our accommodation after the round (Ibis Hamilton)
● Friday night – organise your own dinner
SATURDAY:
Te Awamutu Golf Club
(Green Fees $35)
● Scramble, 10:30am tee off
● Saturday night – Gather for the Calcutta draw – organise your
own dinner
SUNDAY:
Walton Golf Club
(Green Fees $45)
● Scramble + Calcutta, 10:45am tee off
● Everyone to wear
any past Pennant uniform
(mandatory)
● Prizegiving to be given out after the round at the course (to
accomodate for those not staying the Sunday)
● Sunday evening – Group dinner
MONDAY:
● Head back home
ACCOMMODATION:
IBIS Hamilton Tainui
, 18 Alma Street, 07 859 9200
3. Alan Larsen Trophy –
Players are also playing for the prestigious
Alan Larson Trophy
, which will go to the player with the best combined stableford from Saturday's
and Sunday's scores.
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Vincent Chan |
| 2024 | Nick Botica |
| 2023 | Brenton Wheat |
| 2022 | Paul Holmes |
| 2021 | Craig Van Der Nagel / Bruce Stubbs |
| 2020 | COVID |
| 2019 | Craig Van Der Nagel |
| 2018 | Mario Beer |
| 2017 | David Philippe |
| 2016 | Kelvyn Drinkrow |
| 2015 | Bruce Stubbs |
| 2014 | Caleb Te Moananui |
| 2013 | Doug Stuart / Gary Singer |
| 2012 | Matt Stuart |
| 2011 | Paul Holmes |
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2010 | Duncan Barr |
| 2009 | Vincent Chan |
| 2008 | Greg Limond |
| 2007 | David Philippe |
| 2006 | Hayden Nicholson |
| 2005 | Roy Staladi |
| 2004 | George Gray |
| 2003 | Bruce Stubbs |
| 2022 | Paul Holmes |
| 2002 | Richard Griffin |
| 2001 | D McKenzie |
| 2000 | Richard Griffin |
| 1999 | C Tolley / Richard Griffin |
| 1998 | Michael Hale |
| 1997 | Gary Singer |
| 1996 | Richard Griffin |
4. Competitions –
There's a lot of competitions for the weekend, a scramble for each round,
the book, roomies and the Ryder cup so if you're new to the trip, have
a read of the Competition page or a chat with any past attendees and they'll
fill you in!
1. Daily Scramble
Each round (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) will have it's own stableford scramble
with best gross, 2's and 4 pointers, closest to the pin and drawn pairs.
2. The Book
$5 a pick; This is betting on who will have the best combined stableford
from the Saturday & Sunday rounds (effectively the Alan Larsen Trophy winner,
followed by the 2nd placer).
You must pick the winner and then who you think is going to be second,
it's not always second it can be the next highest placed finisher if no
one has the correct order.
PICKS CLOSE BEFORE
the first group tees off on Saturday (all attending players are allocated
TWO FREE PICKS as part of the scramble money).
3. Roomies
Two man teams based on your room mate. Best combined stableford over the
3 days. Single, not staying at the accomodation and 3 man rooms will mean
some players won't actually be rooming with their roommate. We will sort
this and tell you who your roomie is for the weekend.
4. Ryder Cup
FRIDAY – pairings selected by captains. 1 point per match, Half point
for halved match. Match played as 4BBB with shots taken off the low marker.
SATURDAY – captains to decide pairings in private and playing order. 1
point per match, Half point for halved match. Match played as combined
stableford (per hole)
SUNDAY – singles, each team puts players name in the hats (one for each
team) leading team has name drawn first then alternate. The players drawn
gets to pick which player from the opposing team they want to matchplay
for the round.
5. Calcutta
Has a tab of it's own. Click the horse icon up top (3rd one).
The format of the “Calcutta” takes quite a bit of explanation – which
is usually only fully understood once you’ve been involved in a couple
of them – but below is an attempt to explain it as simply as possible.
1. Tickets given out
As an attending player you will receive 1 ticket for the Calcutta – if
you wish you can form a syndicate amongst your peers (max 3 people), to
increase the chances of winning and spreading the cost.
2. Horses drawn out
The first raffle ticket drawn out the hat is the 'Drawer' of the first
pair of golfers – he will elect to matchplay an opposing member of the
other team. e.g. Nick(Bucks) gets drawn out, and calls out Greg(Coots),
Vincent(Coots) gets drawn out next and calls out Brenton(Bucks) etc. This
will continue down until the first column is complete. Repeat for the 2nd
column.
3. Horse pairings complete
All horses have now been paired. The rankings for the best 'horse pairings'
are showing in the ranking column. The raffle tickets sales sets up the
base 'pool'.
4. Owner of horses drawn out
Now's the time to get lucky. Tickets are now drawn for each horse pairing
to find the owners. The winner will pick the next 'Drawer' out of the hat
– this will continue until all the horses have been drawn. Then there will
be about 10-15 minutes allocated for syndicates/bidders to decide on options
for the upcoming auction.
5. Auction time
Next comes the auction when each pair of golfers (horses) are auctioned
to the highest bidder (hence the benefit of a syndicate – remember max
syndicates of 3).
Whoever wins the auction for the pair of golfers (P1 + P2) is known as
the 'Buyer' and pays whatever their final bid was. Half that money gets
added to the 'Pool' and the other half goes to the owner(s).
You can bid for horses that you 'Drew' from the initial raffle draw –
if you win that auction you retain 'ownership' of the horses but it effectively
only costs you half the price of your bid (which goes into the pool), the
other half going back to you as the owner(s).
Once all horses have been auctioned then the overall
pool total
is known and the value of prizes to the horses that win Calcutta.
6. Sunday Calcutta
Now we play – everyone plays on Sunday and the best combined stableford
scores from the ‘horse pairings’ from Sunday's round will determine the
winner of the ‘Calcutta'! There are no countbacks – equal score means prizes
will be shared.
Note: It is traditional that the winner of the Calcutta (the 'Buyer')
pays a portion of their winnings to each of the horses (usually 5%/person),
failure to do so may result in the owner(s) being called a manus.
2025 TAURANGA
TAURANGA | WAIHI | TE
PUKE
Brenton Wheat (Captain)
Allen Hy
Craig Wheat
Daniel Mantell
Duncan Barr
Fahad Alki
Geoff Sisson
James Ellis
Jeremy Cole
Kelvyn Drinkrow
Mario Beer
Michael McBeath
Gary Singer (Captain)
Brett Proctor
Colin Vanderwiel
Chris Lessel
David Phillippe
Evan Lindsey
Greg Peterken
Greg Darracott
Lee Bevan
Paul Crone
Paul Holmes
Vincent Chan
2024 TAURANGA
OMANU | WHAKATANE | TAURANGA
Brenton Wheat (Captain)
Allen Hy
Craig Wheat
Daniel Mantell
Duncan Barr
Geoff Wheal
James Ellis
Kelvyn Drinkrow
Mario Beer
Gary Singer (Captain)
Brett Proctor
Colin Vanderwiel
Chris Lessel
David Phillippe
Evan Lindsey
Greg Peterken
Lee Bevan
Nathan Curran
Vincent Chan
2023 HAMILTON
WAIKARE | NGARUAWAHIA |
ST ANDREWS