The key moment came on the 18th green with Tauranga's Karl Knedler, who was 1 down to Andrew Ward, nailed a 15m birdie putt to gain a valuable half point. Ward had a 5m birdie chance to secure victory but his ball just slipped by the hole.
John Waretini held on to halve his match with Mark Hughes and the unflappable Blair Murdock was too steady for Brad Kendall, securing the point to give Tauranga the title. Bailey Smith played very well to prevail over Hayden O'Donnell but the result was already in the bag when their match finished.
Senior A winners were Whakatane over Lake View, while the only easy victory was achieved in the Senior B division where Wairakei Tui defeated Tauranga 7-2, with former Wellington representative and Bay Master's player Tom Slaven firing a 3 under round in leading his team to victory.
The Intermediate final between Opotiki and Tauranga went to the wire, with Tauranga's Paul Smith holing a bunker shot on the penultimate hole to give Tauranga their second flag of the day.
The junior title went to Hamurana who defeated Hinehopu 5 games to 4.
At Springfield, Rotorua beat Omanu 4.5 to 1.5 to win the ladies Silver final, with all three players off handicap securing wins. The highlight for Omanu was 14-year-old Alanna Campbell defeating her experienced fellow Bay of Plenty representative Heather Keefe.
Results:
Championship
Mount Maunganui 5
Tauranga 6
Foursomes:
Kempson and Gray lost to Charlton and Shanly, Smith and Madden defeated Knedler and Rasmussen, Ward and Kendall lost to Waretini and Murdock, Beard and Hughes halved with O'Donnell and Burgess.
Singles:
Damian Kempson lost to Ben Shanly, Jason Madden lost to Justin Rasmussen, Andrew Ward halved with Karl Knedler, Mark Hughes halved with John Waretini, Brad Kendall lost to Blair Murdock, Bailey Smith def Hayden O'Donnell, Hayden Beard def Eddie Burgess.
Senior B
Wairakei Tui 7 Tauranga 2
Foursomes 3-0 Wairakei
Singles:
Phil Davis def Caleb Logan, Russell Fitzgerald lost to Harm Drost, Dean Lawson lost to Richie Semple, Topia Ropiha def Murray Warner, Matt Ellis def Liam St Clair, Tom Slaven def Bill Anstis.
Intermediate
Tauranga 5 Opotiki 4
Foursomes: 2-1 Opotiki
Singles:
Lindsay Klee def Barry Howe, Dave Cooper def Ben Culbertson, Paul Smith def Ray Shove, Brian Benjamin def David Moore, Klaus Niermann halved with Milton Kiri, Rick Harding lost to Keanau Howe.
Ladies Silver
Omanu 1 Rotorua 4
Bronny Gower lost to Debbie Maindonald, Shona McQueen Carroll lost to Hinerangi Richardson, Shelley Faulkner lost to Dianne Gilmour, Debbie Noble halved with Gloria Mayes, Aroha Tito lost to Rotana Howard, Alanna Campbell def Heather Keefe.