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2016 Auckland Woodhill Disc Golf Festival

Woodhill MTB & Disc Golf Park 21-24 October

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TD and Park Manager Haydn Shore tells the story.

The weekend got underway Friday with 40 or so players doing their best to qualify for the first ever Gull Sports NZ Putting Champs.  Then a semi final and a first for NZ Disc Golf, a very exciting final that went out to the world via a Live Video Feed.  Congratulations to Jackson Sullivan who took it out with the final putt and scored himself a solid bag of Gull fuel vouchers.  You can watch the replay of the final below;

Saturday and Sunday saw the Hallertau Brewery North Island Champs take centre stage.  The new “Pines 9” was well received by most despite its scorecard hammering effect.  NZDG Pressy, Nigel Hailstone took out the hot round over 18 holes with a 61 (1 over par).  With 50 players going at it this year it was always going to be a good one.

After 54 holes the super six was separated by only a few shots.  Damo Peters and Day 1’s leader Brady Kuech fought right to the end.   With a poor upshot on the last hole Damo allowed Brady to force a playoff hole.  Brady up first parked the very tricky regular Hole 1 to take the title for the first time.  A big congratulations to everyone who won their divisions.

Open Men: Brady Kuech (Wellington)

Open Women: Gemma Sullivan (4th year running) (Levin)

Masters Men: Siep Van Vliet (Waiheke Island)

Grand Masters Men: Chris Sinai (Wellington)

Woman's GM: Jenny Joynt (Tokoroa)

Senior Grand Masters: Bob Gentil (Auckland)

Junior: Kip Hailstone (Waiheke Island)

Monday was the most fun disc golf format I have been a part of.  I dreamed up The Latitude 64 Two Disc Handicap presented by Vortica Sport to try and give all levels of players chance to win a tournament.  Despite that not actually happening as Logan Papuni won it in the end, I have never heard so much laughing and heckling at a Disc Golf Tournament before.  Basically the better you are the more handicaps you received.  Handicaps included, opposite hand drives, putter only holes, no run ups, flick putters only, tougher OB and Penalties.  A great way to wind down from a big festival of Disc Golf.


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The Pictures

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Hill of Wood - Trees trees and more trees were the feature of the weekend.

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Reidie or Not - First time tour player Nick Blackwood-Reidie  with a clear look at the basket.

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Grand Showing - Upper Hutt golfer Chris Sinai on his way to a good win in the Grand Masters division.

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Finally - North Shore golfer Chris Kingsnorth pleased to be out of the woods.

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Acing It - The GM nabs the only ACE for the weekend on Black 15.

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Mr Consistent - Siep Van Vliet putts out in front of the Super 6 gallery.

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Kaching!!! - Too good! Jacko Sullivan impresses the gallery with a successful 20 metre through the trees jump putt.

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Podium Punters - The 2016 North Island Top 3. Damo second, Brady first & Hemi third. 

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Branching Out - The GM in a spot of tree trouble.

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Baptism by Pinus Radiata - Local Mikhil Vama playing his first NZDG event.

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Newbie - Local Lake McKenna was another first time tour player.

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Father and Son - Jake Hailstone putts out under the watchful eye of his dad Brett.

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Tall Timber - Every growing golfer Toby Gentil Tees Black 3.

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Sulphurman - Rotorua golfer Logan Papuni was a little rusty after life's priorities had seen him with not a lot of time for Disc Golf.

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Super Dooper - The weekend's 'Super 6'. Damian Peters, Chris Sinai, Brady Kuech, Jackson Sullivan, Siep Van Vliet & Hemi Te Awhitu.

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Highlighting the Talent - The large gallery watch Brady drive the penultimate hole of the 'Super 6'.

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Well Hello - TD Haydn Shore welcomes the players to the 2016 North Island Champs.

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Watching the Best - The gallery watching Jacko Sullivan play his second on 'Super 6' hole 2.

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Southern Style - Queenstown's Hemi Te Awhitu made the most of finding form on the Sunday.

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Age No Limit - Always great to see a GM make the 'Super 6'. Chris Sinai smashes chains.

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On Stage - Jacko Sullivan impresses the gallery.

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Welcome Back Mario - Damo and Mario share a moment.

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Bright Future - Wellington's Brady Kuech threads the trees.

 

back to topThe Results for 2016 Auckland Woodhill Disc Golf Festival

Woodhill MTB & Disc Golf Park 21-24 October

Place Player Div. R1 R2 R3 R4 Total Points
1 Brady Kuech O
66
53
62
18
199 59.37
1 Damian Peters O
64
59
57
19
199 59.37
3 Hemi Te Awhitu O
69
60
55
18
202 57.49
4 Jackson Sullivan O
63
62
61
18
204 55.61
4 Siep Van Vliet M
67
56
63
18
204 55.61
6 Chris Sinai GM
62
61
65
21
209 53.72
7 Bob Gentil GM
67
60
63
190 52.47
8 Logan Papuni O
67
59
65
191 50.59
8 Rowan Bezuidenhout O
67
58
66
191 50.59
10 Jack Moka O
68
62
65
195 48.07
10 Mario Cerniar M
68
61
66
195 48.07
12 Kyle Martin O
67
66
63
196 46.19
13 Keerti Ji M
69
63
65
197 44.94
14 Nigel Hailstone GM
61
69
68
198 43.68
15 Brett Hailstone GM
69
66
65
200 41.80
15 Gemma Sullivan WO
71
63
66
200 41.80
17 Douglas MacIlroy O
68
66
67
201 38.66
17 Shane Sullivan GM
72
61
68
201 38.66
17 Toby Gentil O
66
69
66
201 38.66
20 Haydn Shore M
72
64
66
202 36.15
21 Craig McNab GM
72
62
69
203 34.27
21 Des Cooper GM
65
71
67
203 34.27
23 Chris Kingsnorth M
70
63
71
204 32.38
24 Hayley May Flintoft WO
82
58
67
207 30.50
24 Mikhil Varma O
74
66
67
207 30.50
26 Keith Woody Inwood M
66
68
74
208 28.62
27 Lance Hartwell M
73
67
69
209 27.36
28 Stan Morris O
71
70
70
211 26.11
29 Allen Gorthy O
71
70
73
214 24.22
29 Michael Proctor GM
77
66
71
214 24.22
31 Seth de Fontenay O
78
69
70
217 22.34
32 Dwayne Van Der Westhuizen O
82
68
70
220 21.09
33 Michael Riley O
74
73
74
221 19.83
34 Stephen Fargher O
76
72
78
226 18.57
35 Bodene Tutara O
83
73
71
227 16.06
35 Jacob Hailstone J
85
66
76
227 16.06
35 Oliver Christeller O
78
74
75
227 16.06
38 Adam Rawson O
83
71
74
228 13.55
39 Woody Riley O
78
77
77
232 12.30
40 Jenny Joynt WO
89
69
77
235 11.04
41 Nick Blackwood-Reidie O
81
78
82
241 9.79
42 Paula Wilson WO
95
71
80
246 8.53
43 Derrick Bezuidenhout O
89
78
81
248 7.28
44 Dmitriy Sabitov O
89
74
98
261 6.02
45 Lake McKenna O
89
86
87
262 4.77
46 Murray Cramp M
92
88
88
268 3.51
47 Kipling Hailstone J
103
82
90
275 2.26
48 Conrad Hoskins M
78
66
144 1.00

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