Familiar look to team

Tasman will field a predictable lineup at next month's SBS Invitational at the Invercargill Golf Club.

This year's team includes brothers Sean and Blair Riordan, Hamish Campbell, Ryan Chisnall and Brett Allan, with Sean Riordan the only change from last year's lineup, which finished 13th out of the 15 competing teams.

Riordan, who won top individual honours at the 72-hole teams event two years ago, missed last year's tournament because he was representing New Zealand at the Trans-Tasman Cup amateur teams event in Canberra. He's back this year, and replaces Greenacres' Nick Ludbrook from last year's lineup.

North Harbour won the 2009 title with an accumulated 1158 shots, four clear of Bay of Plenty. Tasman finished on 1198.

Each district sends a five-man team to compete over four rounds of strokeplay, with 36 holes played each day at the tough Otatara course. The four best scores are counted for each round.

The tournament is played on March 6-7, although one of the highlights is the Am-Am on the Friday before it starts.

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