Waikato Interclub, Alex Randrup and Spa Town Teams

Matamata, Te Aroha and Morrinsville clubs all sent full teams of 12 to compete at the Waikato Interclub event in Hamilton at the weekend in a bid to battle all the top clubs in the region in the Junior, Intermediate and Open grades.

Matamata Intermediate Team: From left Joanne Swanwick, John Phillips, Beth Vosper and Judith Howard

The best performing team out of the Piako Clubs were the Matamata Intermediate Team who topped the Intermediate Field and will be one of two teams to compete against the top Bay of Plenty clubs later in the year.

It was a fun day and the day went smoothly until we got news at the end of play that club member from Te Aroha and Matamata, Alex Randrup, had passed away earlier that day after a short illness.

Alex Randrup

We will advise any funeral details as they become available.

We are finalising the fields for the SPA Town Teams tournament to be held in Te Aroha this weekend. If you would like to play or can be on standby please let me know as organising events such like this require lots of planning for every eventuality. We will also need people on the day to help us run the event so don't be shy about coming to the Silver Fern Events Centre during the day as I'm sure we will find a job for you.