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38 Thursday March 9 2017<br />
Latest Christchurch news at www. .kiwi<br />
The Star<br />
Sport<br />
Harewood amateur in<br />
New Zealand Open<br />
• By Gordon Findlater<br />
MATT MCLEAN has claimed<br />
one of only six spots out of<br />
172 players who attempted to<br />
qualify for the New Zealand<br />
Open.<br />
McLean, 21, will be one of<br />
only four amateurs to tee off<br />
in today’s New Zealand Open<br />
being played at The Hills<br />
and Millbrook golf clubs in<br />
Queenstown. The open finishes<br />
on Sunday.<br />
To qualify, the Harewood<br />
club amateur finished<br />
second in the regional<br />
qualifying tournament at the<br />
Christchurch Golf Club. Then<br />
McLean sealed his spot in the<br />
open by finishing tied for first<br />
in the last stage of qualifying<br />
in Cromwell on Monday.<br />
“I’ve tried to qualify a few<br />
times in the past and haven’t<br />
made it past the first stage in<br />
Christchurch. I was quietly<br />
confident going into Cromwell<br />
because I’ve played there quite<br />
a few times, so I was pretty<br />
proud of myself to get it done,”<br />
said McLean.<br />
He will not only get to play<br />
alongside some of Australasia’s<br />
top golfers but also some of<br />
READY: Christchurch<br />
amateur Matt McLean<br />
played Millbrook and The<br />
Hills for the first time this<br />
week ahead of today’s New<br />
Zealand Open. <br />
cricket’s greats who are playing<br />
in the pro-am at the tournament.<br />
“I got to see some of them<br />
teeing of yesterday. Shane<br />
Warne congratulated me on<br />
qualifying and he was really<br />
nice to talk to,” said McLean.<br />
The amateur is in his fourth<br />
year at Lincoln University on<br />
a golfing scholarship. He also<br />
works part time in the pro<br />
shop and as a greenkeeper at<br />
the Harewood Golf Club.<br />
McLean’s aim at the open is<br />
to make the cut for the final<br />
two rounds at the weekend and<br />
to finish as the top amateur.<br />
Strike bowler’s 10-wicket bag<br />
• By Gordon Findlater<br />
SUMNER’S groundsman rolled<br />
the pitch at St Leonards Square<br />
on Saturday morning before<br />
rolling New Brighton’s batting<br />
line-up in the afternoon.<br />
It was the perfect day at the<br />
office for Brendon Wellington<br />
who picked up a 10-wicket haul<br />
in the first day of a two-day<br />
match in the Metro senior A<br />
competition.<br />
Sumner were asked to bat and<br />
scored a first innings total of<br />
294/8 before it became the Wellington<br />
show. The groundsman<br />
come left-arm strike bowler had<br />
career best figures of 7-30 as<br />
New Brighton were dismissed<br />
for 151 in just the 22nd over.<br />
“It helps knowing where the<br />
juicy parts in the pitch are,” said<br />
Wellington.<br />
The home side then enforced<br />
the follow on, allowing Wellington<br />
to complete his 10-wicket<br />
haul before the day was done as<br />
he picked up 3-28 prior to the<br />
close of play.<br />
“I did some pretty good celebratory<br />
moves . . . I even pulled<br />
out a special celebration, the<br />
chainsaw.”<br />
New Brighton will resume on<br />
88/4 in the second day of the<br />
match on Saturday, still 55 runs<br />
behind Sumner.<br />
MATCH BALL: After 20 years in the game, Brendon<br />
Wellington grabbed his first 10-wicket bag in the space of<br />
one afternoon.<br />
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN<br />
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