Youth prevailed over age when Otago A won the senior A metropolitan pennant series by beating Taieri 4.5-1.5 at Balmacewen on Saturday.
The Otago A team comprises three university students and two schoolboys from Otago Boys' High School and is captained by "veteran" Michael Smith.
Brett Kennelly recovered from his shock loss two weeks ago to beat Otago No 2 Luke Murdoch 2 and 1, while Smith halved with former Chisholm Park golfer Matt Heaton.
But that was all Taieri could manage as Hamish Ireland won the clash of the No 1 players, beating Mark Andrews 4 and 2.
Duncan Croudis returned to the fold after being sidelined by a broken ankle and picked up where he left off.
Croudis beat masters (over-40) golfer Ken Shaw in 14 holes and is showing good form coming up to his defence of the New Zealand under-19 title at Balmacewen in September.
The two schoolboys both won, with Thomas Facer beating Taieri No 4 Ian Boath, and boarder Kayne Wardell, from Allen Grange, getting ahead of Taieri's Matt Lee on the final green.
The Balmacewen team goes forward to the provincial final in October.
