Inter Club Round Up..............

Woodward Cup

The final day of round robin play was held at Russley on Sunday with only one round scheduled. There was interest focused on both ends of the table as one semi spot remained available to three possible teams and the "wooden spoon" could be visited on one of four clubs.

Our position, for finals day, was secure in that despite the outcome of playing Waitkiri we would meet them in the semis regardless. Both teams had a couple of players out but we were keen to establish a mental edge and were well rewarded with a 4 to 2 victory. Wins were posted by Jordan Bakermans at 1, Nathan Gilbert at 4, & Karl Kitchingham at 8 while Brad Clark (3) and JB Sanders (7) squared their matches.

In the race for the top spot Kaiapoi emerged as the last contender standing and will play Russley in the other semi. At the bottom Windsor will now play in the promotion relegation match in mid December. Given the competition is increased by a further team next year it is to be hoped their status will be preserved.

Blank Cup

Playing Waitikiri at home the Blank Team made no race of the match and stormed to a 7.5 to .5 win. I understand questions are being asked of Simon Yorke whose half saved manager Garry Forward from another shout.

The Blank Team is now also through to "finals day" finishing third behind Russley and Waimairi Beach. In the 2/3 semi we will play Waimariri on their home course which will be no easy task but given the performance of the team over the past two matches it is highly likely they will be in a position to reverse the outcome of the round robin competition.

Presidents

Unfortunately Presidents slow start to the season has continued on the road to Waimairi Beach where they fell to a 6/2 loss. Congratulations to Captain Dennis Doherty and Mark Sanders who posted wins to at least get us on the scoreboard.

I am sure that elusive first win, which will ignite the mid season run, is just around the corner notwithstanding matters become slightly delayed with the course renovations adversely effecting home matches.

Over 50's

It is a bit of a country circuit for the over 50's as following on from Burnham last round this week they travelled to Amberly Beach for the second round. The three counting scores belonged to Tony Park, Andrew Gillespie, and Rod Hayes. After completion of two rounds we lead the Gross competition by 5 shots from Waitikiri and are third in the Nett section.