A Woolston team comprising Skip John Mears, Brian Heemi, Robbie Osborne and Roger Glendinning (pictured left to right above with Keith Ballantyne, Clubs New Zealand at left and Terry Stewart, Tournament Convenor and Marty Lion, Papanui Club President at right) have won the prestigious Moase Cup played in Christchurch, with the final being played at the Papanui Club on Friday.
The final between the Mears team and a Papanui Club team of Eric Allison (s), Graeme Weeds, Ken Gray and Steve Hooper proved to be a tight affair with the score 19-16 after 21 hotly contested ends. The heads continually changed in fluctuating blustery conditions on a slick green.
The Mears team led throughout and looked to have the game well in hand after eleven ends with the score at 12-7 with all four members playing steadily. But the resolve of the Papanui Club team kept them in the game, with Papanui Club’s Skip Allison in particular playing some vital shots to keep the score at 17-16 after 19 ends.
The Mears Woolston Four kept their cool however, with a hard-earned single on the 20th end giving them a buffer of two. This was enough to hold out the fast-finishing Papanui Four who despite struggling somewhat, still had a chance on the final end.
The Woolston Four with Glendinning leading beautifully proved to be generally steadier. Allison’s team had to play many upshots to reduce the deficit on most ends.
Overall the Mears-skipped Woolston Four completed a fine tournament where they didn’t lose a game – a total of 11 games with one unplayed due to the team already having qualified.
This tournament, run annually by Clubs New Zealand will next be held in Hamilton in 2019.
Moase Cup
Post Section (skips names)
1st round:
Mears (Woolston Club) 13 Dempster-Rivett (Hamilton WMC) 8; Shaw (Papanui Club) 19 Harris (Richmond WMC) 9; Aitken (Tauranga Citizen Club) 17 Odonovan (Sth Wairarapa Club) 12; Oldfield (Tauranga Citizen Club) 22 Drabble (Manurewa Cosmopolitan) 15; Allison (Papanui Club) 19 Ballard (Pukekohe Cosmopolitan) 8; BYES: Gray (Fitroy), Coombe (St Johns Club), Larkin (Dunedin Metropolitan)
Quarter finals:
Mears 20 Larkin 10; Aitken 14 Shaw 10; Allison 19 Oldfield 10; Coombes 17 Gray 3;
Semi finals:
Mears 21 Aitken 10; Allison 17 Coombe 15;
Final:
Mears 19 Allison 16
Jim Dempsey Consolation Trophy
Post Section (skips names)
1st round:
Trevor Wilson (Oamaru Club) beat Peter Lange (Waitomo); Chris Carter (Petone WMC) beat Ray Forbes (Oamaru Club); Patrick McCleary (Porirua Club) beat Ross Fowler (Richmond WMC); Kerry Becks (Kaiapoi WMC) beat Greg Smith (Oamaru Club); Dave Vincent (Hornby WMC) beat Phil Todd (Porirua Club); BYES: Robin Dunn (Papanui Club), Geoff Clarke (Papanui Club); Joe Dooley (Papanui Club)
2nd round:
Dooley beat Wilson; McCleary beat Carter; Becks beat Vincent; Dunn beat Clarke
Semi final:
McCleary beat Dooley 16-9; Becks beat Dunn 25-18;
Final:
McCleary, Kurt Burgess, John Conley, Kevin Kelly (Porirua Club) 27 beat Becks, Paddy Stewart, Tom Taiaroa, Jack Becks (Kaiapoi WMC) 16;
Kelly Plate
1st round (skips names)
John Forde (Petone WMC) beat Gary Coppins (Manurewa Cosmopolitan); BYES: Gary Marshall (Woolston Club); Doug Bennett (South Wairarapa WMC); Cliff Mitchell-Burnard (Waitara Service & Citizens)
Semi-final:
Forde 18 Marshall 2; Mitchell-Burnard 17 Bennett 14;
Final:
Cliff Mitchell-Burnard (Waitara Service & Citizens) beat Forde (Petone WMC) 13-7;
