Naenae's defence of the Jacques Cochonnet Trophy was at home to Otaki.
Naenae had a solid start winning the three first round games. In the second round Otaki fought back and won all three games to even the score 3-3. In close games Naenae managed to win two games in the last round and win the challenge 5-4.
Twenty four teams took part in the Murrayfield Open Triples at Otaki on Sunday (2 May).
The format of the tournament was a bit different from previous years. This time it was 4 round random draw (timed games - 50 minutes),
then teams were split into pools of four to play semi-final and final.
The trophy final featured the two undefeated teams: Kevin McFadgen/Christian Fouquet/Annick LeGuen and Brian Smith/Moises Burgos/Michael Rocks. Brian, Moises and Michael took an early lead that they kept until the end to win 13-4.
The final of the division two was won by Barbara Nicholls/Graeme Morris/Dave Gatchell over Kerry Gillam/Shirley Madgwick/Wayne Goodman 9-8.
The final of the division three was won by Yvonne Futcher/Christine Daykin/Tony Simpson over Grant Bray/Shelton Bray/Mark Cash 10-1.
The final of the division four was won by Alan Taylor/Brett Maguire/Steve Frampton over Donna Hunt/Chris Dunn/Willy Tipene 11-10.
The final of the division five was won by Carolyn Graham/Shirley Macdonald/Val Clark over Lee Mathewman/Bronnie Winter/Bruce Stephenson 11-8.
The final of the division six was won by Joy Jordan/Doc Murray/Dave Wilmhurst over Erica Drake/John Prior/Christophe Vesse 13-9.
Eighteen teams took part in the Hawke’s Bay Autumn Triples played three weeks ago (May 8-9).
The tournament in association with The Station Bar & Bistro, Napier, was held during a very typical Hawke’s Bay weekend of very fine weather.
The final featured Sarah-Jane Wright/Dez Grant/Sharon Canon against last year runners up Bethne Gardner/Murray Porter/Barry Hunt. After being down 11-8, Bethne, Murray and Barry came back to win 13-11.
This was the sixth time that Sarah, Sharon and Dez have been runner-up in this event.
This was a great event which was enjoyed by all the teams which came from mainly lower North Island clubs.
The WPA Annual General Meeting is going to take place 19th of June (Saturday) at Silverstream.
Jacques Cochonnet Trophy Challenge
30 May 2021
Naenae defence of the Jacques Cochonnet Trophy was at home to Upper Hutt.
Naenae had a good start winning two of the three first round games. In the second round Naenae won another two games forcing Upper Hutt to win all three games in the last round. In close games Naenae managed to win the one game they needed to retain the trophy 5-4.