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Rugby club in the rough

Otago Daily Times Online News·Sunday, 10 May 2026·23 days ago
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Members of the Arrowtown Rugby Club turned into alpine ball boys (and girls) last Sunday, raising almost $1000 in the process. Club reps took a flight with Queenstown’s Over The Top (OTT) — The Helicopter Company to Cecil Peak, where the company runs the OTT Golf Experience, one of New Zealand’s most extraordinary sporting adventures. Accessible only by chopper, the alpine par-three course, nestled at 5000 feet, offers players the chance to take on a dramatic hole-in-one challenge from one of four tee boxes, surrounded by expansive views across Lake Whakatipu and the Southern Alps. But not every golfer succeeds, as the balls scattered around the mountainside can attest to. Enter the rugby club. OTT boss Louisa ‘Choppy’ Patterson’s been running the annual ‘Golf Ball Collection’ since opening the hole in 2014, transforming the luxury experience into a meaningful community fundraiser.…

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