GOLF
New Zealand Golf couldn't organise it, so the chief executives of four of the country's leading regions have got off their bums and done it themselves.
The leading eight clubs from the Bay of Plenty, Waikato, North Harbour and Auckland provinces will fight it out on Sunday at Hamilton's St Andrews
course for the inaugural interdistrict club supremacy CEO's Trophy.
Rotorua, which won Bay's championship pennant last weekend, and beaten finalists Tauranga, will represent Bay of Plenty.
Chris McAlpine, Bay Golf's chief executive, said the inter-district format helped fill the void left by the demise of the national inter-district club challenge.
"NZ Golf canned the national final last year so the managers of the four districts got together and devised this. The national competition was something a lot of clubs looked forward to - club versus club - because a lot of the top players only really get the chance to represent their provinces."
Sunday's competition is on gross stableford, with foursomes (alternate shots) in the morning and singles in the afternoon. "If NZ Golf don't manage to get their club competition up and running again we'll look to make this an annual event, maybe not at the start of winter but definitely involving the best two clubs from each region," Mr McAlpine said.
BAY OF PLENTY:
Tauranga: Eddie Burgess, Blair Murdock, George Kinghorn, Hayden O'Donnell, Ben Shanly, John Waretini, Michael Barbeau, David Feeney.
Rotorua: Victor Janin, William Howard, William Brown, Raina Gerrard, William Newman, Dave Humphrey, Ruel Pedersen, Sid Ko.
NORTH HARBOUR:
Waitemata: Kevin Budden, Tom Cardno, Brent La Franchie, Andrew Priestley, Mauri Stokes, Jeremy Tolitule, Stuart Nicholls, Alistair Davidson.
North Shore: Sam Stewart, Jonathan Park, Bensen Chen, Jayson Zulch, Murray Ward, Sam Hale, Kevin Brewer, Dane Hawker.
AUCKLAND:
Akarana: Hayden McCullum, Timmy Tu, Stuart Baird, Brent Fabish, Dave Izzard, Darren Gallot, Mark Anderson, Martin Payne.
Royal Auckland: Ryan Fox, Ben Wallace, Fraser Wilkin, Andrew Webber, Jason Mann, Mark Speedy, Richard Hislop, Michael Baltrop.
WAIKATO:
Lochiel: Daniel Graham, Steven Kuggeleijn, Hayden Ivil, Ryan Crocker, Scott Kuggeleijn, David Cooper, Brad Running, Shane Bromley.
Hamilton: Josef Edge, Andrew McKechnie, Mike Worsfold, Wybo Veldman, Jason Daniel, Quinton Scheurich, Mark Patchett, Tyrone Otto.
GOLF
New Zealand Golf couldn't organise it, so the chief executives of four of the country's leading regions have got off their bums and done it themselves.
The leading eight clubs from the Bay of Plenty, Waikato, North Harbour and Auckland provinces will fight it out on Sunday at Hamilton's St Andrews
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