Dominant St Clair pair lead club to victory

Parker Aluesi. File photo: Gerard O'Brien
Parker Aluesi. File photo: Gerard O'Brien
Parker Aluesi and Cody McMullan were the star performers as St Clair claimed senior A men’s victory in the Otago pennant finals at the Alexandra club at the weekend.

St Clair beat Queenstown 4-2 and North Otago 5-1 to win the title.

Aluesi flexed his muscles at No 1 with a 4 and 3 win over rising Queenstown star Ricky Kang, before beating North Otago’s Lachlan Coutts 7 and 5.

McMullan, at No 5, beat Lewis Ferguson (Queenstown) 6 and 5 and beat Wayne Todd (North Otago) 6 and 4.

Jakob Bleach also had a pair of wins for St Clair at No 3.

Queenstown beat North Otago 4-2 in the other clash.

Bruce Grant won both his matches for Queenstown, while Richard Knight earned two points for North Otago.

Taieri Lakes claimed the women’s championship.

They beat Clinton 4-1 in one semifinal, while the other was awarded to Waikouaiti on countback after they battled to a 2-5-2.5 draw with Omakau.

Taieri Lakes beat Waikouaiti 3.5-1.5 in the final.

No 1 Sharon Fitzgerald and No 4 Lauren Heggie each won both their matches for Taieri Lakes, while Sue Abernethy had a win and a-half.

Taieri Lakes also claimed the senior B men’s title as Jarrod Mitchell, Jarred Haig, Joshua Boath and Ian Boath all had wins in a 4-0 victory over Tokarahi in the final.

St Clair won the intermediate men’s title after a countback against Cromwell in the final, Clinton beat Tokarahi 4-0 in the junior A men’s final, Tokarahi beat Heriot 3-1 in the junior B men’s final, and Waikouaiti beat Clinton 3.5-2.5 in the president’s grade men’s final.