The 2022 Southland Matchplay Championships

The 2022 Southland Matchplay Championships were held in superb conditions at Queens Park Golf Club on the 24th and 25th September. 

Liam Balneaves (Invercargill GC)

Liam Balneaves (Invercargill GC) continued his hot form winning the Senior Mens title against Scotte Hellier (Gore GC) who went close to defending his title from 2021. 

The Mens Senior B title went to Tegan Proudfoot (Greenacres CC) who narrowly pipped Ben Patston (Otago GC) in a very close match. 

Ngarimu Paraki (Queens Park GC) dominated on his home course to comfortably win the Masters over 40 grade, he faced off against Alan Baird (Dipton) in the final after Alan removed in form Ewan Clark in the semi final.

The Womens Matchplay was rejuvenated this year with the introduction of a 4BBB matchplay competition. Twelve pairings from across the district battled it out across three divisions with plenty of closley fought matches across the field. 

Hannah Struthers and Kelly Mills (Queens Park GC) squeaked past Barbara Wilson ( Winton GC)  and Hoana Ayto (Greenacres CC) in the Division 1 Final, Olivia Frost ( Invercargill GC) and Helen Baird ( Dipton GC) were too strong for Robyn Pullar (Invercargill GC) and Anita Fraser ( Riverton GC) in Division 2 while the pairing of Pam MacLeod and Faye Dudfield (Drummond GC) scrambled to beat Nikki Hume and Mandi Smalley (WintonGC) on the last hole to be crowned Division 3 champions .