Southland Golf-MLT Presidents Pennants

Invercargill Golf Club returned to near full strength for round two of the MLT Presidents Pennants, firing a warning shot to the competition that they are not about to relinquish their grasp on their 2022 title.
Playing at Queens Park GC in near-perfect conditions, Invercargill went behind early, with the Riversdale pairing of Joe McCrostie and Grant Weller making light work of their opponents. The returning Liam Balneaves and Brad Harper then evened the ledger at the top of the order, putting the result in the hands of the middle order of Scott Ramsay and Mark Horgan. Both matches went down the last hole, with the Invercargill duo holding on for 1up wins, securing the two competition points for the Otatara Club. 

Queens Park hoped to take advantage of playing on home turf and build on their first-round win when they took on Greenacres CC. Chris Sherlock stepped in at six and got the visitors off to a great start with a 4/3 victory over Park's Tim Mackay before Tegan Proudfoot and Kyle Dobbie emulated Sherlock's performance at the top of the order. Dan Kelliher and Ngarimu Paraki then replied for the hosts with tight 1up margins before Zach Fowle secured the half with a 2/1 win over Bryan Cantley.
 
The remaining fixture had Winton GC taking on Mataura GC. Dean Baxter had the Eastern side on the scoreboard early before Winton turned the screws with wins to Jason Unahi, Max Schuster and Ewan Clark. Rob Mainland (Mataura) then put the result in the hands of the number ones following a 5/3 win over Winton's Brodie Keen. Doug Carmichael (Winton) held the upper hand for much of his match against Tyler McLean, eventually holding on for a 2/1 victory and stealing the two points for Winton, who moved to equal top of the table ahead of hosting the next round.