Our 2024 tournament saw us back in the Waikato at Ngaruawahia Golf Club on Friday 11th October.
There was a lot of rain in the week leading up to the event and was also raining on Friday morning but we were again very lucky with the rain staying away from 9.30 am and during the afternoon play the sun came out and turned on a cracker day.
The course was in fantastic condition and the greens running nice and quick so a good testament to the Ngaruawahia Golf Club crew.
Again, this year the format was 4-person Team Ambrose with those wanting to qualify for the National Tournament playing 18-hole individual stroke play.
The team from ATT - With 1st Hole Umbrella Contest
With 128 players originally entered, we had to cut off the entries 3 weeks early, as per last year with 27 Ambrose Teams and 20 individuals trying to qualify for the National Team.
Although, on the day the numbers were down slightly with 5 teams pulling out unfortunately, but still 114 on the day which was still a great turnout.
Plenty of new players again this year with the Ambrose format becoming very popular.
A great effort all around by the committee, the players, and the generous sponsors on the day.
Sponsorship was again brilliant.
Without the Champion Companies listed below tournaments like this just couldn't happen.
A few new companies joined all our wonderful regular supporters this year with some great feedback from those sponsors who played and those who attended the holes and ran some games for extra prizes.
So I know it goes without saying, but please support these fantastic companies below whenever you can.
Special thanks to:
First Flex, HPM LeGrand, JA Russells, Schneider Electric, ETCO, Simx, Electrical Supply Corp, Pierlite, Philips, Pure Lighting, ABB, Maser, CDB Group, DHM Technologies, ATT Apprentice Training Trust, Clevertronics, Ideal Electrical, simPRO, Volle Golf, RWK Holesaws, Vynco, 4Cabling, Tyree NZ, Corys, NHP, Fisher & Paykel, Stellar Recruitment, Active Electrical, Matchmaster, Switch Lighting, Marley, Lightwire, Omron Computer Dynamics and Starrett for donating some fantastic prizes.
The JA Russell Te Rapa crew
A Big thanks to
The crew from Ideal Electrical Frankton for great BBQ on the 7th tee with some added liquid treats. Certainly plenty of fun being had there all day.
The JA Russell Te Rapa crew had the sounds cranking on the 14th hole at the 2nd BBQ station and were joined by the Pierlite/Philips crew supplying the hydration needed for the hot afternoon.
Great work team.
Extra Special thanks to:
Schneider Electric, DHM Technologies, Stella Recruitment, and Simpro for sponsoring the closest to the pins on the par 3 holes. With DHM and Stellar also adding extra fun games on 2 of the holes.
Blake from Fisher & Paykel had the longest drive contest on the 2nd hole and Liz from Clevertronics had the longest drive on the 18th.
The team at ATT Apprenticeship Training Trust again throwing in a fun chipping game into an upturned umbrella on the 1st hole.
Leigh from ETCO had the wire hoop game in full swing but not many with the required steady hand to win an umbrella though.
Not too many Stellar performances here! 🙂
The crew from Ideal Electrical Frankton
Super Extra Special thanks to:
Bianca and Steve from Legrand for roaming around the course taking photos throughout the day.
A big shout out to our special guest players Trent and Jono Boult.
It was certainly impressive watching Trent work the ball off the tee with the driver. The lads were certainly good at the banter also.
Trent also donated one of his IPL Cricket shirts for the raffle which he also signed for us.
Cheers muchly Lads.
Again a special thank you to all the sponsors from the whole WBOP Committee.
You are all legends.
Cheers
Prize Winners.
There were 15 team prizes in the Ambrose and below are the top 5 teams.
The winning team in the Ambrose was
Meat and 3 Veg from JA Russells Ltd Taupo with a Nett Score of 54.875.
The WBOP Electrical Trades Ambrose Cup - Dan McGregor, Marty Tocker, Bevan Martin, Bill Durrant.
Ambrose Winners Meat and 3 Veg from Taupo - Presented by Waikato Delegate Gavin Clarke
2nd: NZ Trade Group Nett 59.625 - Craig Nutt, Jessie Warwick, Thomas Baker, Mike Garrick.
3rd: Big Holes Thin Pins. Nett 60.625 - Rob Booth, Cam Smith, Zane Upton, Carl Charlton.
4th: Ideal Tauranga Nett 61.25 - Richard Knight, Richard Eagles, Grant Horton, Riley Eagles.
5th: Propowa Nett 61.25 - Allan Clark, Dion Tapper, Sam Clark, Scott Thorburn.
Individual Stoke Play Winners.
Roy-Hyland (Right) Presented by National Secretary Brian Cronin
Lance Staiger (Right) Presented by National Secretary Brian Cronin
Jackson-Achilles (Right) Presented by National Secretary Brian Cronin
Gross:
1st: Roy Hyland 80. The WBOP Electrical Trades Gross Cup.
2nd: Josh Evemy 82. 3rd: Bevan Bettridge 82.
Nett:
1st: Lance Staiger 71. The Stewart Browne Memorial Cup.
2nd: Rob Ormsby 75. 3rd: Jamie Dempster 77.
Stableford:
1st: Jackson Achilles 35. The Rex McIntosh Memorial Cup.
2nd: Brian Cronin 33. 3rd: Ken Tyree 33.
Paul Knight - (Left) Presented by Waikato Committee Member Roy Hyland
Grant Horton (left) Presented by Kelvin Hart Schneider
Josh-Evemy (Right) Presented by National Secretary Brian Cronin
Ian-Court (Right) Presented by Waikato Committee Member Roy Hyland
Nearest the Pin
3rd Hole. Paul Knight. - 7th Hole. Grant Horton. - 12th Hole. Ian Court. - 14th Hole. Jono Boult.
Longest Drive 2nd hole. Marty Tocker.
Longest Drive 18th hole. Craig Nutt
The Team to represent the WBOP Region at the National Tournament in Timaru is
Gavin Clarke, Roy Hyland, Marty Forsman, Bevan Bettridge, Greg Colville, Josh Evemy, Lance Staiger and Jackson Achilles.
And that's a rap.
See you at the 2025 WBOP tournament at the Omokoroa Golf Club on Friday 10/10/25.
Cheers
The WBOP Committee
Gavin Clarke, Marty Forsman, Roy Hyland, Matt Hunt, Tim O'Donnell.
