Southland Secondary Schools Southland Age Group 2023

Southland Age Group 2023

Wakatipu High School continued their recent dominance at the Southland Secondary Schools event with a convincing 18 stroke victory over the rest of the field. 

Played in perfect golfing conditions, the number one team of Sumin Kang, Yoonae Jeong and Nico Cheifetz all recorded scores under par to comfortably finish ahead of the Southland Boys High School 2 team of Jacob Boniface, Charlie Standish and Duncan Tait. The scoring was a lot closer for the minor placings with Wakatipu High School 2 and Southland Boys 1 just two and three strokes behind Southland Boys High 2. 

Nine teams competed at this years event which continues to grow on previous years with another 19 teams battling it out in the Ambrose Teams event. 

The team from Central Southland College 3, Archie Bryan, Blake Howes Kollat and Ryan Cooper sneeking ahead of the Wakatipu High School 1 team Toby Gallie, Willem Wikstrom and Diego Maddison. Verdon College 4 and Wakatipu 2 finished tied in third place. 

In the girls division Verdon College pipped Fiordland College 2 by one stroke, with the team of Olivia Goodall, Isobel Andrews and Emily Brown taking out this years event.  

Wakatipu led the individual honors with Nico Cheifetz 70 and Noah Novacek 71 both finishing under par in the boys and Sumin Kang 73 under par on the womens course. 

Wakatipu High School will now go on to represent the Southland Secondary Schools at Pleasent Point Golf Club on August 27th and 28th at the 2023 NZ Secondary Schools Championships. 

Southland Age Group 2023

Wakatipu golfers Nico Cheifetz and Jan Ebbinge battled it out for the 2023 Southland Age Group title at Winton Golf club recently

Cheifetz carded a one over par score of 73 in ideal conditions finishing one stroke ahead of club mate Jan Ebbinge 72 posting the two best scores of the day on the tight Winton lay out. These two were followed by Southland golfers Ollie Piggott and Taine Withy both  carding 82 rounding out the top three placings in the under 19 age group. 

Yoonae Jeong, Ricky Kang and Josh Harris all Wakatipu, filled the top three places in the under 16 competition with Will Carson the best of the Southland golfers finishing with a 78, the lowest posted score by a Southland golfer on the day. 

Gaeun Lee (Wakatipu) accumulated 41 stableford points in the under 13 division comfortably ahead of Cory Holland (Clinton) on 37 points. 

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