Waiariki Women in good form for Matamata Test

Saini Skudder, Chantelle Cassidy, Rotana Howard, Grace Senior and Tammy Kanokekarita will all be competing in this weekends Ruth Middleton Cup at the Matamata Golf Club. This is one of the biggest Womens events in New Zealand and all the Girls are excited about the challenge ahead of them this weekend.

Rotorua Boys High Ladder - After Springfield 24th June 2011

William Brown moves to the top of the ladder and Jason Kim drops straight back to the bottom group. T.K finds himself in the top group for the first time, can he stay there?

Its harder to stay at the top of the  ladder than it is to get to the top of the ladder.

William Brown
William Howard
TeKotuku TeAute

Luke Robinson
Piki Skerrett-White
Tawhirimatea Witoko

Jason Kim
Sky Lee
Michael Harris

Boys High Fly around the Blue Lake

After a good days golf on the links we took on the Blue lake times as follows
Name                             Time
William Brown              23.23 minutes
William Howard            25.12
TeKotuku TeAute         27.03
Michael Harris              28.18
Tawhirimatea Witoko   28.17
Jason Kim                    34.53
Sky Lee                       34.54
Luke Robinson             39.34
Piki Skerrett-White      DNF (seriously unfit) 55.23 picked up at this time he still had 800 meters to go

RBHS ladder after Putaruru

1.William Howard
2.William Brown
3.Luke Robinson
4.Piki Skerrett-White
5.TeKotuku TeAute
6.Jason Kim
7.Tawhirimatea Witoko
8.Sky Lee
9.Michael Harris

Player Profile Piki Skerrett-White

Golf Academy Player Profile

Piki Skerrett-White

Born – Hamilton, being playing golf since the age of 10, lowest score 70 at the Rotorua Golf Club March 2011.

Biggest Sporting Influence – Michael Campbell

Memorable Sporting Moments – Representing the Rotorua Golf Club in senior pennants and Rotorua Boys High School at the 2010 & 2011 Super 8 Championships. Watching Danny Lee 2008 U.S Amateur Championship

Winning the 2011 Super 8 golf Stableford title at the Poverty Bay Golf Course.

Why do you play golf – Because I enjoy it heaps, this games is challenging and that is what makes it so rewarding when you play well, it is game that is entirely up to you as the player, to get better you have to practice hard, you only get good results from hard work and discipline.

Goals for the future – A Stroke Average of 74 or lower for the Rotorua Boys High School Order of Merit.  To be more dedicated to my own development as a player, I will read one Golf Book a term and keep my training diary up to date.

 

RBHS - Hot scoring at Putaruru

RBHS Golf Academy played the 7th round of there order of merit at the Putaruru Golf Club on Friday the 17th of June.
This was the coldest morning of the year so far, with a good one hour warm up consisting of muscle warm up then muscle activation then onto half and full swings. Most of the boys had 3 layers of clothing on and a beanie. The golf course was playing long from tee to green due to some wet weather over the last month but the greens were the best we had played on this year, fast and true. Piki Skerrett loved the greens having a total of 22 putts for his 18 holes on his way to a solid 2 over par 74, this was good enough for 5th place as four academy players broke par.
Putaruru is a real hidden gem, great greens, beautiful senary, and a very diverse course that is a real test of golf with small dog legs and undulating fairways.

Player                                    Gross               Nett
William Howard                      69                      69
Dominc Sainsbury                    70                     72
Jason Kim                               71                     69
William Brown                         71                     70
Piki Skerrett                            74                     67
Luke Robinson                        80                     75
TeKotuku TeAute                   80                      74
Tawhhirimatea Witoko            81                      73
Sky Lee                                  83                      75

Waiariki Golf Academy - Short Game Handicap Test

Waiariki Academy of Sport - Golf Squad Short Game Handicaps							15th June 2011
		Wedge Shot		Chip Shot		Bunker Shot		Pitch Shot		Long Putt		Breaking Putt		Total
Name		score	HCP	Score	HCP	Score	HCP	Score	HCP	Score	HCP	Score	HCP
Ruel Pedersen		11	7	15	6	9	7	14	2	13	12	20	0	82
Doug Mathews		11	7	0	36	15	1	5	11	14	10	18	3	63
Saini Skudder		7	14	-1	36	13	3	7	9	14	10	18	3	58
Rotana Howard		8	12	9	18	17	0	13	3	19	1	12	12	78
Tammy K		-2	32	3	30	11	5	8	8	14	10	20	0	54
Grace Senior		8	12	3	30	10	6	8	8	14	10	20	0	73
Chantelle Cassidy

Landyn Edwards Qualifies 10th for Match Play

Landyn lead the stoke play of the british amateur for 33 holes only to be a little unlucky over the final 3 holes. He tees off tomorrow in the first round of the match play against James Fox form Ireland, the match starts at 11.50am.

"yeah played really steady for 15 holes yip on 17 I tryed to go for it in two blocked 5 iron and it went on from there 16th i hit it straight at the pin but went to long. nevermine looking forward to tomorrow"

Landyn Edwards Leads the Amateur Championship

This would be the biggest BOP effort in amateur golf since Danny Lee, Landyn’s former school (Both Old Boys of Rotorua Boys High School) teammate, won the US Amateur and rose to No 1 ranked amateur in the world.

It is 2010 Rotorua Open Champion Edwards, however, who tops the leaderboard after a four-under-par 68, which featured three birdies and a bogey on both the outward and inward half. Two under after 16, the Kiwi made successive birdies at the 547-yard, par-five 17^th and the437-yard, par-four 18^th to take the lead.
The second-best round of the day at Hillside was signed for by England’s Gregory Eason. The only player, apart from Edwards, to break par at a course described by Greg Norman as having the best back nine in the World. 

http://www.randa.org/en/Championship%20Golf/Amateur%20Championships/Amateur%20Championship/DrawScoringResults.aspx?view=stroke&round=1

RBHS - Ladder After Rotorua GC

On a day where the rain did not stop the boys were test to thier limits.

Name                                          Gross                                              
1.William Brown                              73
2.Piki Skerrett                                  78
3.William Howard                            73

4.Tawhirimatea Witoko                    80                         
5.TeKotuku TeAute                         76 
6.Luke Robinson                              78

7.Jason Kim                                     80                         
8.Michael Harris                              83                          
9.Sky Lee                                       89                         
                         
                          

Boys Blow Hard After Bleep Test

With Fitness now of the up most importance the Rotorua Boys High Golf Academy were due tpo run around the Blue lake this afternoon but poor weather restricted us to the infamous Bleep Test.

a series of shuttle runs over 20 meters with the bleeps getting closer at the end of each stage.
Results    
Name                                                      Level
William Brown                                         12.1
TeKotuku TeAute                                    11.3
William Howard                                       10.1
Jason Kim                                                10.1
Michael Harris                                          10.1
Sky Lee                                                    9.5
Tawhirimatea Witoko                                9.5
Piki Skerrett                                              6.5
Luke Robinson                                         RTD Hurt (soft)

Skills Circuit Session

Station  - Chipping
You are to chip 5 balls in a row to within a 6 foot circle, you get a maximum of 3 attempts from each area and you have three areas to complete

Station 2 - Full Swing mid Irons
You are to hit 10 balls that land through two poles ten meters apart 130 meters away, you must achieve 80% or better with each club, Clubs tested 8 7 6 irons

Station 3 - Pitching
30 meters and 50 meters, you must hit 5 balls in a row from each area within a ten foot circle.

Station 4 - Driver
You are to hit 10 balls that land through a 30 meter wide target 230 meters away you must achieve 80% or better

Chantelle Cassidy - Getting ready for Womens British Amateur

Chantelle Cassidy - Working on her swing at the Waiariki Academy of Sport Practice facility.

RBHS Ladder - After Springfield

1st  Piki Skerrett (6)
2nd Tawhirimatea Witoko (7)
3rd William Brown (2)
4th William Howard (1)
5th Jason Kim (3)
6th TeKotuku TeAute (5)
7th Luke Robinson (4)
8th Sky Lee (9)
9th Michael Harris (8)

Tyler Lock - Ready for St Andrews Challenge

Waiariki Academy of Sport golfer - Tyler Lock will be looking to tame the famous New and Old Course at St Anrews this weekend as he competes in one of the worlds biggest and toughest Amateur Golf Tournaments - The St Anrews Link Trophy, World numer 1 Luke Donald, Lee Westwood, Martin Kaymer, Graeme McDowell and a number of other very successful professional golfers have all played in this tournament and not won it. This event sees 144 of the best Amateur golfers all competing, follow his progress here as Tyler Lock takes on the best in the world