Posted by: on 28 June 2023
The Toby Richards Trophy and Cresswell Cup matches were played at Kaiapoi Golf Club on Sunday in fine, cool conditions with the course in great order considering the recent rain.
The Cresswell Cup match was between Avondale (Winner of Metropolitan A) and Pegasus Gold (Winner of Templeton Cup) with the Avondale team above of, from left Andrew Falck, Craig Gault, Steve Collier, Gary Holt, Hamish Ross, Marthy Bantilan, Richard Blight and Emerson Jones defeating Pegasus’s Mike Clapham, Kevin Shiel, John Woods, Cam Waghorn, Royce Ellis, Andy Jones, Tom Hobson and Graeme Reed comfortably 7.5-.5.
The Toby Richards Trophy match between Harewood (Winner of Metropolitan B) and Tai Tapu (Winner of Patterson Cup) was closely fought before Tai Tapu's, team of, from left Sean Spencer, Frank Tabley, Jeff Cairns, Jason Blair, Scott Ward, Derek Watson, Dave Crosby and Tony Thorpe defeated Harewood’s Hamish Stewart, Baden Foster, Dave Carroll, Glenn Bunting, Chris Straker, Dan Sullivan, Charlie Su and Les Keys 4.5-3.5, making it the third successive year Tai Tapu have won the event.