Otago agegroup teams second

THE Otago men’s under19 and under16 golf teams each finished second in the South Island agegroup teams championship which concluded with the final round on the Templeton course in Christchurch yesterday.

The Canterbury under19 quintet, with three senior representatives in the team, was never threatened after taking a 24stroke lead after the first round on Wednesday.

Otago was comfortably in second place, ahead of Southland in third, Tasman fourth and Aorangi fifth.

In the under16 event, Otago went into the final round with a 13stroke buffer but Canterbury ran hot while the Otago team could not repeat its secondround performance.

Once again, Otago was second, an impressive 88 strokes in front of Tasman.

The prospect of reintroducing schoolboy matches against Aorangi and Southland for the Piper Cup and Ben McCorkindale Memorial look bleak.

Neither province could come up with an under16 team and their under19 teams finished third and fifth respectively.

Canterbury’s Dominic Brettkelly took the honours in the under19 individual event posting rounds of 68, 71 and 72 for a subpar total of 211.

Jimmy Zheng (Howick) won the under17 title by two shots while Jayden Ford (Judgeford) took the honours in the under15 contest.