Men's Interclub Finals Day at Waitikiri - Clean Sweep for Russley!

Woodward Cup Final

In the final played earlier this month between Russley and Christchurch it was Russley that were out of the blocks early building a nice lead through nine holes. Reid Hilton and Hiroki Miya were in superb form early with Hilton chipping in for eagle on the 4th hole, and was one inch from a hole-in-one on the 9th. Miya made birdie from the trees on the 5th hole. Both went to the turn 3up over Mike Toeke and Jordan Bakermans respectively. They were joined by Regan Kilpatrick, Michael McAuley and Hayato Miya who also had leads at half time. For Christchurch only young Mika MacDonald had a lead. To their credit Christchurch fought hard and fought back. John Rademakers snuffed out Owen Burgess on the last hole to win 1up, and Nick Franzmann took care of Taylor Hosking 2/1. However veteran Andrew Dufton hung in, winning the last two holes, and took a half with Mike MacDonald. The rest of the games continued to their conclusion from the nine hole scores. The match ended on the 17th when Miya beat Toeke, and by that time Bakermans had got back to square with Hilton and they agreed on a half - the final result 5-3.

Blank Cup Final

Russley were to good for Clearwater beating them 6-2. Russley were dominant at the bottom of the order with Simon Murphy, Denis Kelliher, and Andy Richardson all getting runs on the board early each winning 4/3, Hamish Kerr and Connell Kilpatrick both won 3/2, and with halves to Yuki Miya against Geoff Clarke, and Jake Roberts against Leon Yee, Russley had their six games. Only Martin Taylor had a win for Clearwater narrowly beating Paul Fitzsimmons 1up.Simon Cup Final

Again Russley were too strong beating Christchurch 6-2. In many respects the young guns outgunned the veterans. Pint sized young superstar Cooper Moore beat Karl Kitchingham 3/1, Sam Harris beat Gary Gillard 5/3, and Phong Nguyen beat Brad Clark. Other wins went to Nick Roberts, Hugo Daly and Peter Jones. For Christchurch Charles Whitwham and Tim Seeto won.