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Golf: Shuffling seeds pays off for HBPB at interprovincials

By Anendra Singh
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11 Dec, 2016 10:30 PM3 mins to read

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Janie Field clocked up more than 100 interprovincial golf matches at the end of HBP's campaign in New Plymouth last week.

Janie Field clocked up more than 100 interprovincial golf matches at the end of HBP's campaign in New Plymouth last week.

After 17 women's interprovincials, veteran Janie Field returned to Westown Golf Club in New Plymouth only to find the inclement weather hadn't changed.

"The same thing virtually happened when I played here 14 years ago with wet weather and delays in play so here we are again with the same scenario," a laughing Field said on Saturday as the Hawke's Bay-Poverty Bay team concluded the Toro-sponsored teams' matchplay tourney.

"All the other playoff games [9th, 11th, 13th] have been abandoned and they're just playing the final so that's how bad the weather is," said the Napier Golf Club member who played her maiden tourney in 1993, after Auckland beat BOP 3-2 to become champions for the fifth time in six years.

What also hadn't changed this tourney was HBPB's team spirit as Field selflessly lugged the bag for teenage reserve Nicole Aluni for her tourney debut on the final day of the 5th-6th playoff against North Harbour on Saturday.

"Nicole got a game today and she got a halve and I caddied for her," said the codling moth trapper for export orchards from Napier of the 16-year-old Sacred Heart College pupil who halved with Subin Wui at No 5.

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The HBPB side capped off their campaign on a high, placing sixth overall despite succumbing 3.5-1.5 to North Harbour with only No 2 Tessa McDonald scoring a 4 and 3 victory over Bridget Connolly.

No 3 Sara Deam went down to the wire before going 1 down to Vaha Fapiano.

Top seed Angela Jones succumbed 4 and 2 to Ela Grimwood while Jaimie McIvor, moving up to No 4, crashed 7 and 6 to Olivia Choo.

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"If Sara had come in it would have been quite interesting," said Field of the 21-year-old Gisborne two-handicapper who finished with four wins alongside her and McIvor.

Having finished ninth after losing to Wellington last year HBPB were delighted to have jumped up three rungs in the seedings for the next Interprovincials to be staged in Northland next year.

Field lauded Jones who altruistically assumed the mantle of top seed to enable her and fellow co-selector Kathy Olsen, of Maraenui GC, to drop her and experienced McIvor to eke out wins at No 4 and No 5 and one more from Nos 1-3 "and it actually worked for 3-2 wins".

"She has ended up by having two wins but by playing No 1 it's made everyone else's game a little bit easier," she said, a ploy some teams, especially the smaller rural ones did in the absence of pedigree top seeds.

Another one or two tourneys at that level and the Royston Hospital nurse would find her niche, she said of the Hastings GC member.

"It's a big ask at No 1 or 2 but Tessa's handled herself very well at No 2 with four wins," she said of a young team to ensure HBPB's path in the code is bright.

While former No 1 Kate Chadwick left a vacuum with eight years of experience to work in Australia as a nurse, she emphasised her club mate played but they finished ninth.

On Friday Field achieved a milestone, clocking up a shade over 100 interprovincial games.

During her tenure, HBPB's best finish was as losing finalists at Napier club in 2007.

For someone who had represented HBPB since 2002, she said she was extremely proud of this year's achievements.

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"They're a real close team and I think that is the part of their success also because they all get on well on and off the course."

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