A southern under-14 ice hockey team travelled to a peewee tournament in Adelaide and won the final, beating a South Australian side in the final.
The side consisted of players from Dunedin, Queenstown and Alexandra and made an improvement on last year, when it finished third.
The side played nine games and won eight of them with six other teams in the tournament.
In the final, it played a team from South Australia and won 2-1, leading the whole way.
It had 26 shots in the final but the South Australian goal tender was in fine form and stopped all but two.
Coach Nick Flight said it had been a good performance from the New Zealand side, which scored 45 goals throughout the tournament and conceded just nine.
The plan was to move the puck round and draw the Australians on to the centre of the ice and then find some space.
Rhett Wilson had an impressive tournament in goal while Jackson Flight was the top points-scorer.
Billy Sheard and Jack Robbie impressed in the forward line and Jack Hurley was solid in defence for the Southern team.
He said the side played well under pressure and took chances when they came along.
Talking to the organisers and teams, he managed to convince them to play the tournament in Queenstown next year.
Flight said it would be a great bonus for the resort with 250 to 300 players and supporters coming to Queenstown for the week.
The tournament will be played in Western Australia in 2016.
