A strong contingent of Otago juniors is about to face a stern test when it competes in the junior interprovincial matchplay tournament in Cambridge from September 30 to October 3.
After graduating with a business degree majoring in finance from Iowa State University earlier this month, Duncan Croudis has returned to Dunedin to unveil his future plans.
After winning all round robin matches this year, Otago Blue qualified for the provincial final after beating St Clair 4 to 2 in the final of the men's senior A pennant final at Balmacewen on Saturday.
Otago Blue captain Brandon Hodgson is adamant there will be no hint of deja vu when his team takes on St Clair in the Metropolitan senior A pennant final at Balmacewen today.
St Clair beat Otago Gold by 4.5 to 1.5 in the semifinal of the men's metropolitan Senior A pennant series on the Corstorphine course on Saturday.
Defending champion St Clair will have to beat both Balmacewen teams if it is to qualify for the provincial senior pennant final this year.
Playing at home, Chisholm Park posted its first win of the men's senior A metropolitan competition on Saturday.
Despite two of the men's senior A pennant series being canned, there was plenty of drama in the contest between the top two teams in the eighth round of the match.
Otago Blue beat Otago Gold by a convincing 5.5 to 0.5 games at Balmacewen on Saturday to take a resounding lead in the Metropolitan senior A men's pennant series.
A tense contest between Chisholm Park and Otago Gold finished in a 3-3 tie on Saturday.
The St Clair men's senior A pennant team had a good weekend as two wins lifted the team into second place at the halfway stage of the 2014 series.
Inia Logan HA Bin Suh (Waitemata) and Brooke Hamilton (Hamilton) were the standout players in the South Island age-group championships which concluded in fine conditions on the Cromwell course yesterday.
Moving from Auckland to Waikato has been a good omen for Brooke Hamilton, who fired a 5-under-par 67 to blitz the girls field in the South Island age-group tournament in Cromwell yesterday.
Former Otago men's representative Samson Kim (Nelson) led the way after the first round of the South Island age-group championships in fine conditions in Cromwell yesterday.
Metropolitan had a clean sweep in the inter sub-association tournament yesterday, winning both the senior and masters (over-40) on the Lower Waitaki course north of Oamaru.
James Anstiss (Otago) finished with rounds of 74 at The Hills and 71 at Millbrook during the weekend to finish first by a substantial margin in the Otago junior order of merit competition, which has been running over the past year.
Otago Blue thumped the Gold team 5-1 at Balmacewen on Saturday to take a clear lead in this year's metropolitan senior A pennant series after two rounds.
James Anstiss was the star of the day at the Otago age group championships yesterday, scoring a six-under-par 66 to set a course record from the back tees on the Kelvin Heights course.
After losing out in the final round last year, the Balmacewen clubs made a good start to the metropolitan men's series in Dunedin yesterday.
Inia Logan, of Cromwell High School, achieved a rare golfing feat scoring a nine-under-par 59 in the Otago intercollegiate final which was played over 18 holes on the Roxburgh course yesterday.
