Greenkeeper Brown 2022's King of the Coast

A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.

Poverty Bay Golf club greenkeeper William Brown is the 2022 King of the Coast men’s open champion.

Brown defeated 2021 champion and Electrinet Park member Anaru Reedy 3 and 2 in the matchplay final of the annual open held on the Tolaga Bay course.

Brown beat Dwayne Russell (Patutahi) in the semifinals while Reedy defeated Neil Hansen (Tolaga Bay).