Rain causes problems at interprovincials

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Hawke's Bay and Otago are the only teams with two wins after a rain soaked first day at the interprovincials in Palmerston North

Hawke's Bay and Otago are the only teams with two wins after a wet opening day of the men's golf interprovincials in Palmerston North.

Hawke's Bay's afternoon 3-2 win over one of the pre-tournament favourites Auckland did not finish till after 8pm after several suspensions in play as rain flooded the Manawatu club.

Otago leads the way in division one from Aorangi, defending champions Bay of Plenty and Poverty Bay-East Coast, who picked up their first win in four years.

Hawke's Bay leads from host Manawatu-Wanganui and Auckland.

Rounds three and four continue today.

Results

Round One

Poverty Bay 3 Northland 2 (Poverty Bay names first): Matthew Mackey lost to Brad Bonnington 3 and 2, Micah Bremner bt Brett Dormer 2 and 1, Tony Akroyd lost to Tony Mayo 6 and 5, Simon Jenkins bt Martin Duff 2 and 1, William Brown bt Robin Morgan 2up.

Auckland 4 Tasman 1 (Ryan Fox bt Sean Riordan 3 and 2, Gary John Hill lost to Hamish Campbell 3 and 2, Ben Wallace bt Blair Riordan 3 and 2, Fraser Wilkin bt Jason Giblin 5 and 3, Jason Mann bt Ryan Chisnall 1up).

Canterbury 3½ North Harbour 1½ (Andrew Namkoong bt Scott Johnson 3 and 2, Tom Turner and Kevin Budden all square, Shaun Jones bt Simon Brownlee 4 and 3, Scott Fox lost to Tom Cardno 2 down, Scott Ritchie bt James Davis 1up).

Otago 3½ Aorangi 1½ (Brent McEwan lost to Tim Leonard 1down, Andrew Hobbs bt Daniel Perham 2 & 1, Mitch Bosley and Simon Wright all square, Michael Minty bt Peter Heyes 4 and 3, Thomas Facer bt Regan Stills 6 and 5).

Manawatu Wanganui 3 ½ Taranaki 1 ½ (Tyler Lock and Brad Hayward all square, Ewan Westergaard bt Steven Heyes 2up, Regan Cording lost to Doug Moores 2 and 1, Stuart Smith bt Thomas Hill 2 and 1, Josh Munn bt Tim White 5 and 4).

Hawkes Bay 4 Waikato 1 (Daniel Pearce bt Les Miller 2 and 1, Pieter Zwart and Matthew Perry all square, Leighton James bt Tane Robson 2 and 1, Supravee Phatam bt Gavin Cortesi 3 and 2, Stuart Duff and Aaron Leech all square).

Round 2:

Aorangi 3 Southland 2 (Leonard bt Liam Balneaves 2 and 1, Perham bt Matt Tautari 2 and 1, Wright bt Cody Harper 5 and 4, Heyes lost to Vaughan McCall 2 and 1, Stills lost to Matt Whittington 3 and 2).

Bay of Plenty 4 Poverty Bay 1 (Andrew Stewart bt Mackey 6 and 5, Bradley Kendall lost to Bremner 3 and 2, Ben Taylor bt Akroyd 3 and 2, Kieran Muir bt Jenkins 1 up, Landyn Edwards bt Brown 3 and 2)

Manawatu Wanganui 2 ½ Tasman 2 ½ (Lock lost to S Riordan 2 and 1, Westergaard and Campbell all square, Cording lost to B Riordan 3 and 2, Smith bt Chisnall 2up, Munn bt Giblin 6 and 4).

Wellington 2 ½ Taranaki 2 ½ (Peter Spearman Burn bt Hayward 5 and 4, Sean Kells and Heyes all square, Thomas Spearman Burn lost to Moores 2 and 1, Haupai Puha lost to Hill 2 and 1, Adam Church bt White 4 and 3)

Otago 3 Northland 2 (McEwan bt Bonnington 5 and 3, Hobbs lost to Dormer 3 and 2, Bosley lost to Mayo 1down, Minty bt Duff 5 and 3, Facer bt Morgan 2up).

Hawkes Bay 3 Auckland 2 (Pearce lost to Fox 8 and 6, Zwart lost to Hill 4 and 2, James bt Wallace 1up, Phatam bt Wilkin 3 and 1, Duff bt Mann 5 and 4).

Points after two rounds (+ indicates bye taken):

Division 1: Otago 2 points, 6½ individual games; Aorangi 1, 4½ ; Bay of Plenty+ and Poverty Bay 1, 4; Canterbury+ 1, 3½ ; Northland 0, 4; Southland+ 0, 2; North Harbour+ 0, 1½.

Division 2: Hawkes Bay 2, 7; Manawatu Wanga