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discgolf.co.nz 2015 Auckland Champs Disc Golf Tournament

Monte Cecilia Park, Hillsborough. November 14 and 15

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The discgolf.co.nz 2015 Auckland Champs Disc Golf Tournament.

For the life of me I can't understand why we can't have a permanent Disc Golf course in this amazing park. Every time we have visitors in the know come to play they are blown away by this world class course. Professional Disc Golfer Douglas MacIlroy, a Senior Grand Master who has just settled here from Hawaii backed up my argument when he said after the event .. "This is the best course I've ever played."

With a lot of players already qualified for the Top 16 Match Play invites and keen to save their Disc Golf dollars for the trip to Queenstown next month it was extremely pleasing to see close to 50 players turn out for the 10th annual Auckland Championships, including 5 juniors and 8 women.

The forecast for the weekend was for fine weather Saturday but heavy rain easing to showers Sunday. Fingers crossed they're wrong about Sunday.

Saturday was as predicted, overcast but ideal for Disc Golf as players headed for their tees ready for the 10am shotgun start.

For a lot of players who regularly play on flat courses it's the elevations of Monte that either excite them or get to them. Throwing up and down hill, not to mention the fine art of landing on a steep angle avoiding the dreaded roll away takes a bit of getting used to.

As the hot pizza arrived at lunch time the cards were checked, Simon Feasey and Dean Marshall had shot the hot morning rounds of 53 with Logan Papuni, Brad Muir and Hemi Te Awhitu 1 shot back.  

Conditions stayed great for the afternoon round which saw Dean, Logan, Brad and Hemi all shoot 52's with Simon coming in with a 54, dropping him to the chase card for the Sunday morning round.

Sunday morning and the radio tells me the weather is poor, heavy rain easing to showers in the afternoon. But wait ... I can't hear rain on the roof. Fingers crossed they've got it wrong.

Arriving at the park it's very overcast and dark clouds menace the Waitakere ranges to the west of us but it's not raining, even a little bit, and it stayed that way all day. How lucky were we?

Come the end of the 3rd full round just 9 shots separated the top 6. Dean Marshall and Logan Papuni were tied on 158, Simon Feasey was on 161, Brad Muir 164, Hemi Te Awhitu 166 and Hazen Simson took the last spot in the 'Super 6' on 167.

The Safari 'Super 6' saw the top players take on some giant holes that impressed the big gallery who followed with interest as the order changed with every hole. Simon was on fire, the form that had deserted him earlier in the weekend was back and he was making the most of it as the gallery "oooed" and "arred" his every shot.

He closed the gap on Dean but chose to lay up his 14 metre uphill putt on the final hole (so as to take out his division) that would have seen him win the event outright. Congratulations to the 'Super 6' and thanks for the great display of top level Disc Golf.

Congratulations also to everyone who came to play this stunning course and help us celebrate 10 years of Auckland Champs.

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The Pictures

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Barefoot and lovin it - Local player Conrad Hoskins could only make the Saturday but was not going to miss two rounds on baskets in Monte.

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Amazen Hazen
- Wanaka Disc Golfer Hazen Simson giving it his all on the 228 metre signature hole 'The Full Monte'.

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Feasey Easy
- Wonder where she gets that style from? Talia Feasey putts out 9 in the Junior comp.

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Hawaiian with Cheese
- Now living north of Auckland Doug MacIlroy ex Hawaii putts out 9 in front of 'The clubrooms'.

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Best of the Rest
- The 2015 'Super 6' line up on the Full Monte. Simon Feasey, Logan Papuni, Brad Muir, Dean Marshall, Hazen Simson & Hemi Te Awhitu.

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Young Unknown?
- Tauranga Disc Golfer Dean Marshall shows the gallery how it's done on hole 5 of the 'Super 6'.

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Baskets Galore
- The reward for being the TD's son and a temporary course. Toby Gentil collecting baskets on the Sunday afternoon.

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"I think I'll have to forehand this..."
- Grand Master Pete Boyle finds a spot of trouble on 11.

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The Full Monte 
- From below looking back up at the Tee 228 metres away (just in front of Monte Cecilia House).

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Fish out of water
- Jo "Fish" Seebeck in a spot of trouble.

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Uphill Struggle
- Queenstown's Hemi Te Awhitu sends his putt confidently at the chains.

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Caddies Conundrum - The reward of playing the 'Super 6', someone carries your bag.

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Chain Chaos
- Worms eye view of the lunchtime 'Ring of Fire' putting competition.

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Auckland Champs for 2015
- Alessa Schwartz Woman's, Simon Feasey Open, Douglas MacIlroy GM's, Dean Marshall Masters & Toby Gentil J18.

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Devilish Discer - Martin de Haas enjoying being back in Monte after some major surgery. With an all-new knee but sadly still the old attitude.

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Fig of Speech - Wanaka's Hazen Simson drives 18 under the protection of one of the parks giant Morton Bay Fig trees.

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Throw for 'Johnny' Cash - 3, 2, 1 Putt! The 'Ring of Fire' putting comp.

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Canuck Chuck - Canadian Disc Golfer Forest Junker-Allan was chuffed to arrive in the country on holiday just days before the Auckland Champs.

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Paddy's Putting Pad - Forest Junker-Allan negotiating the fruit trees protecting the basket on 6.

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Young Guns - The 5 Juniors who battled for the J14 Championship.

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A Shore Thing - Haydz Shore from Woodhill flies his drive off Tee 4 as his playing partners look on.

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Hayley-thal Accuracy - One of the 8 women contesting the competition Hayley Flintoff from Queenstown plays up to basket 9 as Ming, Alessa and Emma check out her style.

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Strudal Putt - German touring Disc Golfer Alessa Schwartz sends her putt solidly at the chains.

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Round the Outside - Like any good Buffalo Girls, the Lost Tribe's Pete Boyle making sure he makes the mando on hole 15.

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Crouching Tiger - Auckland golfer Nigel Hailstone making short work of the overhanging foliage on 13.

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Reaching for the Chains - Twizel Champ Hazen Simson looking for two in a row on hole 1 of the 'Super 6'.

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Stoney Focus - Stonemason Hemi Te Awhitu from Queenstown pulls out the power drive on hole 3 of the 'Super 6'.

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Butt Clencher - Miss this and you could roll 100metres. Simon Feasey impressing the large gallery on hole 4 of the 'Super 6'.

 

back to topThe Results for discgolf.co.nz 2015 Auckland Champs Disc Golf Tournament

Monte Cecilia Park, Hillsborough. November 14 and 15

Place Player Div. R1 R2 R3 R4 Total Points
1 Simon Feasey O
53
54
54
19
180 49.42
1 Dean Marshall M
53
52
53
22
180 49.42
3 Logan Papuni O
54
52
52
23
181 47.67
4 Hemi Te Awhitu O
54
52
60
19
185 46.50
5 Brad Muir O
54
52
58
23
187 45.33
6 Hazen Simson O
57
56
54
22
189 44.17
7 Douglas MacIlroy GM
57
55
56
168 43.00
8 Damian Peters O
55
58
58
171 41.83
9 Nigel Hailstone M
57
61
55
173 40.67
10 Siep Van Vliet O
59
57
59
175 38.33
10 Lance Hartwell O
63
56
56
175 38.33
10 Andrew Le Breton O
59
57
59
175 38.33
13 Pete Boyle GM
59
58
59
176 34.83
13 Forest Junker-Allen O
57
58
61
176 34.83
13 Joe Fish Seebeck O
58
60
58
176 34.83
16 Michael Proctor GM
61
63
57
181 31.92
16 Bob Gentil GM
58
60
63
181 31.92
18 Kyle Martin O
64
62
58
184 30.17
19 Nathan Moore O
59
66
60
185 27.83
19 Aaron Miers O
57
64
64
185 27.83
19 Keith Woody Inwood M
64
57
64
185 27.83
22 Martin Galley M
61
60
65
186 25.50
23 Stuart Gilchrist O
64
61
62
187 24.33
24 Marty DeHaas GM
65
62
61
188 23.17
25 Paul Cohen GM
63
62
65
190 22.00
26 Des Cooper GM
63
67
61
191 20.25
26 Alessa Schwarz W
60
68
63
191 20.25
28 Hayley Flintoff W
65
65
62
192 18.50
29 Fiona Ming Menzies WGM
61
67
67
195 17.33
30 James Barnaville O
67
68
66
201 16.17
31 Emma McIntosh W
69
72
72
213 15.00
32 Jenny Joynt WGM
73
74
71
218 13.83
33 Quentin Golder GM
74
72
73
219 12.67
34 Robyn Agnew W
74
74
72
220 11.50
35 Chris Greer M
74
76
75
225 10.33
36 Murray Cramp M
79
81
80
240 9.17
37 Ginny Foley W
76
80
85
241 8.00
38 Hana Robertson W
81
86
77
244 6.83
39 Haydn Shore O
64
60
124 5.67
40 Nick McKay O
64
61
125 4.50
41 Conrad Hoskins M
65
63
128 3.33
42 Toby Gentil J
60
60 2.17
43 Logan Gemmell O
71
71 1.00

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