The trip to Coringa proved fruitful for the boys in that for the first time this season two wins were recorded albeit both by the narrowest of margins 3.5 to 2.5 with both matches going down to the wire on the last hole and the final putt.
In the morning we were drawn against newcomers Rangiora and wins were posted by Tom Turner at 1, Nathan Gilbert at 6 and Brad Clark mixed with a vital half by Jordan Bakermans who got out of the trees and then up and down from nowhere to half the hole and stay all square on the last.
In the afternoon we were pitted against an improving Clearwater side. We were again strong at the top of the order with Tom Turner and Jordan Bakermans getting us off to a healthy two up start and Nathan Gilbert was again victorious at 6 but then we seemed to falter in the middle order. The key match involved Andrew Caldwell who was in a battle that ebbed and flowed; having got back to square after 16 Andrew lost 17 to go one down. Playing the par 3 5th as the last in reply to the Clearwater player's short right tee shot Andrew went long left and when his opponent couldn't get up and down Andrew faced a 12 foot uphill right to left putt to par the hole and square the match giving us an overall win. Needless to say much, and to the relief of the assembled Christchurch team and supporters, he smacked it straight into the centre cup!
Overall this result had a huge effect on the competition. With one round to go we are now through to the finals in the "two/three semi" against Waitikiri notwithstanding we play them in the last round at Russley this Sunday in a match which although psychologically important is now of only academic interest. Well done so far but their is still the title to play for!
Simon Cup
Our Simon Cup team wound up their 2010 competition with a match against Waimairi Beach which despite their best efforts culminated in a close loss. The experience gained by the team over the season will prove to be invaluable in the years ahead and we look forward to success beginning in 2011.
Blank Cup
Check on the website for Paul Dunn's report on the latest Blank Cup victory 8 zip away at Windsor. While a finals day position is on the cards a good result against Waitikiri at Shirley on Saturday is required to put the icing on the cake.
President'sOur President's team made the short journey to Windsor for the third round of the competition but unfortunately the form of last season is yet to be reproduced! Good wins were recorded by Jim Paulsen, David Young and Shaun Xiong but the team fell 5/3 to a team that is highly competitive on their home track. Some of the home scores were a nett 64 and 2 nett 66's pretty good scoring even around Windsor.
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