THE GC OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS CONTINUED ambitious and finished level with 11. From there, he played a tight block on both of Levi’s balls but was jumped from 3.5 yards. Reg played a great shot to 3 foot in front of hoop 12, and Levi cleared his partner ball so both were offside playing to hoop 13. Both were long and Reg played two off the the trophy in 6 years, and the first player from New Zealand to win the Championship. He is the second youngest winner after Aston Wade, who won in 2021 (Aston is a year older than Levi, but was younger when he won). The win propelled Levi to number 1 in New Zealand and 8th in the world (with Reg now 4th). Consolation Events
fought games against Alvaro Canas Bartivas, who had come through tough battles with Rob O’Donoghue and Juan Ojeda. Ten players in the Plate played 5 games each, and the top 4 overall progressed to the knockout. Dom Aarvold took out Ian Burridge and Lionel Tibble narrowly beat Otakar Stankus. After being runner-up last year, Dom was victorious against Lionel, and won the Plate in both the Doubles and Singles.
boundary. Both players hit the outside of the West wire, but Levi was first to play back, and that was the ball that he won the match with. Levi lost just 3 games on the way to the title. He consistently hit his long- range clearances and made the tight Quadways in hard ground look easy. Levi became the fifth new name on
Sherif overcame Stephen in 2 close games, and then beat Mateo quite comfortably to win the Shield. Three withdrawals from the Bowl meant Mohamed Karem got byes straight to the final where he won two close
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