After the Southerlies of Saturday all eyes were focused on the weather outlook for Sunday. We need not have worried as while the conditions may not have been perfect they were certainly a vast improvement on the day before. For some time the Orbell Cup has resided south of the Rakaia with the Timaru Golf Club and I was particularly anxious that it return to its true spiritual home Shirley.
The morning foursomes over 11 holes saw us off to a good start and by lunch we had established a handy 6/2 lead with some consistent team performances. The afternoon saw a continuation of the good form across the board with a convincing 10 1/2 - 5 1/2 victory in the singles to ensure we regained the Orbell Cup by an advantage of 16 1/2 to 7 1/2. Very well done to all the participants you are all in the selectors minds for the 2010 visit to Levels!
The match for the Centennial Salver always looked to be much closer. In the morning round we edged to a 5 / 3 lead and theoretically on our home course the singles matches should favour us. The afternoon matches turned into a tussle extraordinaire as the team from Timaru was reluctant to release its grip on the trophy. The final score saw the singles at an 8 all tie but due to our slightly stronger showing in the morning both trophies now sit in our cabinet. Again well done to the team although I accept my position as a participant is now under severe threat (an 8 loss record in 4 years is not good!!).
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