Sport in our Club
The backbone of our success
We are proud to have ten adjuncts and four activity groups as apart of our Club family, who welcome all who wish to come and give it ago!
Mah-Jong
President: Jill Thomson
Contact details:
Monday afternoon - 1:30pm - 4:30pm (Learners)
Friday afternoon - 1:15pm - 4:30pm (Club Day)
Results from Friday 18 August
For our special day today, we had 51 players and had fun swapping the flowers from the middle discards, plus we had special hands won by Joyce Demming and Bev Kerr. The third winner at each table also got a block of chocolate; mmmmmmm!!
Today our winners were:
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1st with 41 points Gael Butler
2nd with 40 points Angela Mayberry
3rd with 37 points Alison Todd
The lucky Number today was 11 won by Lois Madsen
Have a nice weekend.
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Philipa Dennison
On Behalf of the Mah Jong Committee
Tournament - Sunday 23rd July
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What a lovely day we had for our tournament on Sunday. The company was great, the food was wonderful and the challenge of different hands was stimulating if not frustrating at times.
We had winners, winners & more winners!
Special hand winners, session winners, overall tournament winners and raffle winners.
The top four winners today were:
1st with 46 points - Sally Hitchcock
2nd with 44 points - Daphne Inglis
3rd with 44 points - Joyce Deeming
4th with 44 points - Donna Bailey
Please note the last 3 places had the same points but the judges then take away fishing points to determine the winner.
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Philipa Dennison
On Behalf of the Mah Jong Committee
Sally Hitchcock pictured on the right being presented by Jill Thomson, for highest score in session one, as well as overall winner of the tournament.
Indoor Bowls
President: Lindsay Tomlin
Contact details
Last weekend, 5th and 6th August the Whangamata Club Indoor Bowls Adjunct held their Whangamata Real Estate pairs and fours tournament.
Entries came from Taupo to as far north as Glen Eden in Auckland. The pairs were played on Saturday. From a field of sixty-four, thirty-one teams qualified for post-section play.
Coming out on top the winners were:
1st: Bob Lord and Roddy Anderson from the Hamilton Working Mens Club
2nd: Brian MacDonald and Karen Watson from Pukekohe Cosmopolitan Club
3rd Equal: Janet Bhana and Ben Tomiczek from Glen Eden RSA and Ray Marshall and Norm Crawford from Te Kauwhata Indoor Bowling Club
The fours tournament on Sunday was run on a slightly different format with all teams playing five games earning two points for a win and one for a draw. If needed, the number of ends won and the score of the game is used to determine the winner.
Thirty-four teams entered the tournament with only one team, from Whangamata, winning all five of their games with 10 points.
The winning team was Peg Jones, Alex Steel, Joy O’Sullivan and John Aislabie. Alex and John filled in at the last minute for ill players. We believe this is the first time a Whangamata team has won our own fours tournament.
Runners up were from New Lynn RSA who had 4.5 wins with 9 points and 29 ends Colin Robertson, Allan Horner, Ren Sadgrove and Gerard Hall; and 3rd was Gordon Laing, Warren Anderson, Carol Lovell, and Trish Laing from Otorohanga Club with 4.5 wins and 9 points as well but had only 26 ends.
We congratulate all of our winners but especially our own players who came out on top on Sunday.
Keep Fit
Contact: Erin Wyatt
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Well done to the hardy souls who ventured out into atrocious weather and attended Keep Fit this morning (Friday 21 July).
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Keep Fit is held from 8:30am - 9:00am every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at the Club.
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Table Tennis
Contact: Denise Wallace
Table tennis results for 3rd August
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Thursday 17th August Results
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Wayne Broome was our winner today winning 9 of 10 games.
In second place was Alby Driver winning 8 of 10 games, and in third place was Angie Dewhurst winning 7 of 10 games.
Well done everyone.
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Cheers Denise
Fishing
President: Kevin Sweeney
Contact details: 027 479 8477
Current Competitions:
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August 2023 Month Long Measure - Mat Month Competition
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Johnny Goodson Shield
1st August 2023 - 31 July 2024
8-Ball
President: Tony Sae
Contact details:
8 Ball Club Championships
Thank you to all those involved in the 8 Ball 'Pub Rules' Club Championships held on Sunday 30th July.
Special thanks to the Club Restaurant for a great lunch, to the Committee and to John Stevens for completing the draw and scheduling games on the day. A great day was had by all.
The winners were:
Women’s Singles: Sue Stevens
Men’s Singles: Paul Stevens
Mixed Pairs: Cory & Betty Diamond
Open Pairs: Paul Parker & Colin Bennett.
Join us for Club nights!
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Sunday - National rules, 5pm start time
Friday - Club rules, 6.00 pm start time.​
Coastal Rockers
President: Gaby Alter
Contact details:
Club Night: Tuesdays 7:00pm - 9:00pm
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All welcome
Texas Hold'Em Poker
Contact: Phil Harriss or see Jilly
Contact details:
Phil Harriss phone 021 955 861
The Whangamata Club Poker Adjunct (WCPA) had 12 members plus partners attend the Clubs NZ North Island Poker Championships at Club Hastings over the King's Birthday Weekend.
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Supported by her husband Chris, Karyn Jones secured 2nd place in the Main Event, falling just short of her maiden title to Nathan Huata of Club Hastings. This follows up her fine form after just winning the WCPA Domestic League for the first time ever. Another fine performance was had by Steve Latta who had a workmanlike performance winning the Consolidation event.
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The team turned up the charm offensive with our unique group of people who have the right attitude and are always ready to sing a few songs for our mates to help breathe life into any gathering.
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The Poker Adjunct would like to thank the Whangamata Club Executive and members for all of your support and kind words. We are proud to be part of this Club and community.
- Phil Harriss, Eddie and Jilly Witehira