Spring Is In The Air
Spring is most definitely in the air. Yesterday the air was thick, moist and heavy making for sticky conditions. The threatened rain held off and the winds were a mere zephyr. A recipe for good scoring and the scoring was indeed good.
Here we have TK doing what TK does best. Not sure if just left of this picture there's a lawnmower in the pool. Oh no sorry, that was last year !
Back to this week in D Town and before we get to the results a couple of stories from yesterday.
Murray Cooper was seen sneaking in a jug of whisky. It's that hole 14 which is where the trap was set.
Derek Todd shot 70 off the stick and was 2 under for most of the round. You'd think that would have won something. Pro Shop Mike edged him in the Balclutha race, he was miles away from a Blue Jacket, didn't win the haggle, and didn't feature in any of the sixes. Tough day at the office Derek but as they say, it's not easy soaring like an eagle when you're surrounded by turkeys.
Then in our group we were playing the second hole. Vaughn was last off the tee and thinned his drive with it barely getting one foot off the ground. It scuttled past the green tees then miraculously made it's way to the bridge spanning the penalty area where it ran straight through the middle and onto the upward sloping fairway. From there a great shot made the green and 2 shots later Vaughn walked off with a regulation 4. To which I said we should rename that hole "Hastings". "Why ?" people asked. "Because Vaughn just got a Bridge Pa". Knowledge of Hawkes Bay geography helps with that poor attempt at humour.
Daily Results Part One
Trevor Trump was MC for the day with the first task being a sing song for John Marsh's happy number birthday.
With Nick leading us off and Kallum looking like he's about to pop a gasket, we had a great rendition of the birthday song. Many happy returns from us all John and thanks for the chippies and the shout.
In the sixes, Richard Ellis, Geoff, Nick and his ex royal highness councillor Whiley jumped out to a money grab claiming the first set in 35 then the second set in 46. We all held our breath. Then Vaughn, Warren Alcock, John Marsh and David B brought home the last set with an impressive 53 points.
Bolty was left to do the raffle and produced his screen saver as evidence that number 6, his number, had come out of the random number generator.
Notching up an impressive 38 points, we can't say that future LIV golfer pro shop Mike won the Balclutha trip as it looks like LIV is on the way out. But he did have four birdies seeing off all others though as Derek did have three.
Daily Results Part Two
Let's Talk About Geoff Laney
At certain times of the year special things happen. Wednesday this week was one of those days. It looks like this one came out of the blue.
You can see from Geoff Laney's record every so often he throws in a good score. But the one on the right hand side of this chart achieved yesterday was extra special. Out in 37 and home in 40, Geoff produced 77 off the stick to win the Blue Jacket by miles. Let's unpack what was achieved yesterday.
ONE - Scoring 44 points Geoff won his fourth Blue Jacket of 2026. Only Geoff and Mahmoud are in the 2026 4 Blue Jackets club.
TWO - Dropping a 32 pointer and inserting a 44 pointer, Geoff catapulted himself to second place in the 2026 Race to Waitahuna and is now 4 points behind Bolty.
THREE - With a few people fighting on 42 points for the Eric Olsen Trophy, Geoff now has clear daylight in the race to be the first name on that trophy.
FOUR - He won 2 of the sixes.
Great effort Geoff and well done.
