Waikohu made a quiet start, placing fourth in round 1, but two third placings after that had them handily placed.They made a decisive move with victory in round 4 at Waikohu, then repeated that success in round 5 at Mahia and round 6 at Electrinet Gisborne Park.Mahia started even slower than Waikohu - sixth in round 1 - but were never out of the top three on the day until the final round.AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.Patutahi were in the title hunt throughout but needed a huge round 7 and for Waikohu and Mahia to stumble. That didn’t happen.Poverty Bay saved their
Devery, playing for Te Puia Hot Springs, is yet to taste defeat after six rounds of the series, which heads to Poverty Bay’s Awapuni Links on Sunday.He has a perfect record of five wins from five matches and ended another player’s 100% record in round six of the matchplay competition at Tolaga Bay last weekend.Devery was unavailable for round five in the morning, but filled in at No 4 for the Springs in the afternoon and defeated previously unbeaten Poverty Bay player Hayden Keast 5 and 4.AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.Keast wasn’t complaining.“I ran into a hot Jason Devery,” Poverty Bay co-captain
Park (1) and Te Puia ended that day locked at 10 points each, just a point behind Poverty Bay. Reigning champions Patutahi (1) lead on 14.Patutahi (1) are at full strength tomorrow for clashes with Tolaga Bay and Waikohu, and in a strong position to solidify a place in the semifinals.The two Tahi sides also have a big benefit in home advantage.AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.Waikohu, though, won’t be making up the numbers. They have a powerhouse top two in Glenn Solomann and father and Gisborne born-and-raised David, who live and play in Auckland.Both started the 2025 pennants strongly, Glenn winning his
The Solomanns returned home with a three-from-four win record as Waikohu lost 6-2 to Te Puia Hot Springs in the morning matchplay and drew 4-all with Electrinet Park (1) in the afternoon.Glenn, who won the Sportsman Trophy as player of the pennants in 2024, won both his matches at No 1, including the prized scalp of Park’s Dan Collier 2 and 1.David, at No 2, bounced back from a 1-up loss to Jason Devery to beat Reedy 3 and 2.AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.Eddie Brown Jr was the star of Patutahi (1) title win in 2024 - winning seven of his eight
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