Victory to Russell as PBEC lose Masters opener

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

Poverty Bay-East Coast player/manager Dwayne Russell got his Freyberg Masters national interprovincial golf campaign off to a winning start at Motueka this morning.

Russell, at No.2 in the five-man team, defeated Bryan Cantley 1-up as PBEC were beaten 3½-1½ by Southland on the Motueka course.

PBEC No.3 Tony Akroyd battled back from 4-down to grab a half with Simon Boland.

No.1 and captain Anaru Reedy lost 5 and 4 to Doug Carmichael, No.4 Pete Bremner was beaten 5 and 4 by Ngarimu Paraki and No.5 David Solomann fell 3 and 2 to Ewan Clark.

PBEC faced Auckland in their afternoon clash.

The Freyberg Masters is a week-long, over-40s team matchplay tournament featuring the country's 15 golfing provinces.

PBEC face Waikato and Tasman tomorrow.