The Woodward Cup Promotion / Relegation match between the highest placed Blank Cup club without a team in Woodward Cup and the team that finished last in Woodward Cup this year faced-off at Christchurch Golf Club yesterday.
In very warm conditions and the course in great order the stakes were high for the winner, with Waimairi Beach and Weedons again competing for the opportunity to play in the 2023 Woodward Cup Interclub competition in a repeat of last year's Promotion / Relegation match.
It was always going to be a tight match and so it played out with the a 4-4 result at the end of regulation 18 holes (Marcel Boet bt Sam Allen 6/5; Ash Watts lost to Anuresh Chandra 2 down; Ollie Partridge lost to Brad Nightingale 2/1; Chadol Han bt Devon Nightingale 6/5; Fraser Mearns lost to Jonathan Stieller 3/2; Ben Williamson bt Bryden Grant 2/1; Taylor Reid bt Hayden Clinton 4/3; Lachie Mackay lost to Max Edwards 5/4.
Weedon's Jonathan Stieller and Waimairi Beach's Marcel Boet then went head-to-head in a sudden death play-off, before Weedons stalwart Stieller got Weedons over the line at the second play-off hole to ensure Weedons take their place in the 2023 Woodward Cup.
