Ngaruawahia Waikato Golf 2020 Men’s Championship Pennants Division One Winners.

The Waikato Golf Men's Championship Pennants Competitions have concluded with three of the four division finals being hosted across the Waikato on Sunday 21st June. Unfortunately due to severe over-night rain (57 Mils) at Whangamata on Saturday evening, the 3rd Division never got to tee off and has been postponed with a new date to be rescheduled in September. The 3 other Divisions were hosted by Ngaruawahia (Div One), Hamilton (Div Two) and Raglan (Div Four).

In Division One the semi-finals saw Ngaruawahia 1 vs Walton 1 and Hamilton 1 vs Matamata 1. Ngaruawahia were too good for Walton winning 5 – 1 and Hamilton breezed past Walton 5.5 – 0.5 setting up a blockbuster final between the two best performing teams this season.

Ngaruawahia got off to the perfect start in the final with Rob McLeod and Scott Oliver both picking up wins. Hamilton showed some fight back drawing the next two matches but a win from Jordan Rangihika over Thomas Alderson sealed it for Ngaruawahia and crowned them the 2020 Men’s Championship Pennants Division One Winners.

In Division Two the semi-finals saw Hamilton 2 vs Riverside 2 and Ngaruawahia 2 vs Pirongia/Pouri. Riverside beat Hamilton 4 – 2 to book their spot in the final against Ngaruawahia who had a tough battle with Pirongia/Pouri where they won 3.5 – 2.5.

The final was a closely fought contest that after 6 matches was all squared at three wins each. A countback was needed to declare Riverside the winners and secure them promotion to Division One for next season.

In Division Four the semi-finals saw Raglan vs Matamata 2 and Taumarunui vs Walton 2. Both Raglan and Walton made easy work of their matches to make it through to the final.

The final came down to the wire, after 5 matches it was all square at 2.5 each. Scott Klaver used his home course advantage and stayed calm under pressure to win the final match and secure a monumental win for Raglan who will spend next season in Division 3.

From Left to Right: Tane Robson, Scott Oliver, Jordan Rangihika, Greg Bell, Rob McLeod and Brendon Seidel