Greenwood Cup 2023

The final weekend of the Greenwood Cup took place at Hawkes Bay Golf Club on November 18th and 19th.

After the first weekend Onga Onga & Napier were the only undefeated teams looking to continue on their winning ways.

Saturday saw the undefeated teams take on each other 1st up. Onga Onga came away with a crucial 5.5-4.5 win against Napier to put them clear favourites with 3 rounds remaining. Hastings bt Karamu 9.5-0.5, Maraenui bt Central HB 9-1 and Dannevirke bt hosts Hawkes Bay 6-4 to round out Saturday morning. Saturday afternoon saw Maraenui hand Napier a 2nd loss for the day 6.5-3.5 while Onga Onga continued to stay in the lead with another 7.5-2.5 win against Central HB. Dannevirke continued on their good form beating KAramu 8-2. Haastings meanwhile lost the battle of Bridge Pa to neighbours and hosts Hawkes Bay 5.5-4.5.

The final day on Sunday saw teams needed Onga Onga to slip up to give them a slim chance of of catching them in the afternoon. This didn’t happen with Onga Onga beating Karamu 9.5-0.5 to build an unassailable lead atop the leaderboard with 1 round to go. Dannevirke continued their great form beating Central HB 7-3. Hastings unfortunately lost another narrow tie to Napier 5.5-4.5. Maraenui also beat Hawkes Bay 8-2. This meant the the final round in the afternoon was only for the minor places with Onga Onga sealing the Greenwood Cup for 2023 with their win in the morning. They were looking to go 7-7 but Dannevirke being determined to continue their form had a great battle to half the tie 5-5 to finish. Central HB also had a 5-5 against Karamu to finish. Napier finished strongly with a 7-3 win over Hawkes Bay and Hastings narrowly beat Maraenui 5.5-4.5 to finish off the weekend.

Congraulations to Onga Onga for going undefeated with 6 wins and 1 half to take the Greenwood Cup as well as the Radonich Salver for 2023.

Mike Trass was the best performing player winning the Bretherton Buist trophy with 6.5 points earned out of 7.

A full results breakdown can be found at:  https://hbgolfassociation.co.nz/men/results/