The competition was devised after Bay of Plenty Golf chief executive Chris McAlpine sought opinion from the country's golfing districts and the competition was born. The trophy was donated by Bay great Brenda Ormsby.
It is being contested at the Rotorua and Springfield golf clubs this week.
Yesterday in driving rain and strong winds, Bay beat Canterbury 5 to , with No1 Grace Senior's round against Zhantel Weekes halved. Today they will match up against Taranaki and Northland before a final match against Auckland tomorrow.
"We'll take each game as it comes, with three wins we've got to keep focussed," Bell said. "We have the most points we can get at the moment.
"It's hard when you have two rounds in one day but we've played a lot of golf before this tournament and when we leave a couple will go on to the Booth Shield tournament in Gisborne."
Bay of Plenty are represented by Grace Senior (0.6hcp), Tyla Kingi (2.3) and Alanna Campbell (9.4) as the lead three, with Zoe Tasma (11.8), Brooke Polley (12.1) and Erikah Waiariki (14.2) playing handicap matchplay. Kingi, Senior and Campbell are all unbeaten so far.
Round one: Bay of Plenty 4 Waikato 2: Erikah Waiariki lost to Zeta Syme 3 and 2, Brooke Polley b Maddie Miller 6 and 4, Zoe Tasman lost to Charlie Tapatahi 4 and 3, Alanna Campbell b Mereana Byford 3 and 2, Tyla Kingi b Dayna Morrow-Wilson 6 and 5, Grace Senior b Shayna Kumitau 7 and 5.
Taranaki 3 Canterbury 2 , North Harbour 5 Northland .
Round two: Bay of Plenty 4 North Harbour 1: Waiariki b Emily Neil 4 and 3, Polley lost to Ela Grimwood 3 and 2, Tasman b Annuska Jephson 6 and 4, Campbell b Lita Guo 2 and 1, Kingi b Sai Ma 2 and 1, Senior and Julitta Lam square.
Canterbury 4 Northland 2, Waikato 3 Auckland 3.
Round three: Bay of Plenty 5 Taranaki : Waiariki b Nicole Nathan 6 and 5, Polley b Maddi Hill-Lovett 1up, Tasman b Hilary O'Connor 4 and 3, Campbell b Giorgia van der Lely 3 and 1, Kingi b Fiona Gebble 6 and 5, Senior and Zhantel Weekes square.
Taranaki 5 Auckland 1, North Harbour 4 Waikato 2.