Brake said she was not thinking about her competition, which is most likely to come in the form of 2010 champion Jesse Hamilton (Maungakiekie), Chantelle Cassidy (Tokoroa) and Mun Chin Keh (Pakuranga).
"I don't worry about other people, I just play my own game," she said.
Brake, who is in the Navy, was scheduled to sail on Monday but her recent invitation to the Open has changed all that. She will now join her crew a week later for a two-month stint at sea.
The men's strokeplay field is strong, with three-quarters of the 80-strong field on scratch or better.
Edwards, winner of the Danny Lee Springfield Open in Rotorua last month, is one of Bay of Plenty's best hopes, alongside fellow Rotorua players Peter Lee, William Howard and Victor Janin, Tauranga's Craig Hamilton and Sam Davis and Mount Maunganui's Brad Kendall.
The format for the foursomes has changed this year. New Zealand Golf has this year split the three competitions, with Mount Maunganui hosting the foursomes and matchplay (April 18-22) and the strokeplay at Hastings from March 22-25.
Hamilton, who debuted at No5 for Bay of Plenty at last year's New Zealand interprovincial, is a fan of the revised format. "It's quite cool and breaks the tournaments into three pieces."
He said for someone like Bay of Plenty No1 Brad Kendall, when he won the strokeplay in Hastings two years ago, playing foursomes, strokeplay and then four rounds of matchplay before a 36-hole final was a huge amount of golf in a week.
Alternate-shot foursomes is a format rarely played outside of pennants and Hamilton (Omanu) and Davis (Tauranga) decided to pair up despite playing for different clubs.
Hamilton (+1.6) and Davis (+1.3) are good mates who practise together at Omanu, where Davis is on the greens staff. "The key to foursomes is knowing each other's game and having fun," Hamilton said.
"Sam's an easy guy to get on with and because you're not playing your own game the whole time there's pressure having someone relying on you. You end up in parts of the course you wouldn't usually play from so you need the ability to move on from the odd bad shot pretty quickly.
"Sam hits it long so we should be on the par-fives in two shots no matter who tees off.
"He also hits it straight, although I've probably just put the kibosh on him so you'd better say he hits it wide and short!"
Hamilton knows a good performance tomorrow and during the Grant Clements would boost his and Davis' chances of getting noticed nationally.
"Foursomes probably isn't the big prize but any result at national level that puts your name out there has got to be a good one."
Bay of Plenty's New Zealand foursomes championship entries:
Men: Bailey Smith-Jason Madden (Mount Maunganui), Craig Hamilton (Omanu)-Sam Davis (Tauranga), Hayden Beard (Mount Maunganui)-Ray Hollick (Pakuranga), Victor Janin-William Howard (Rotorua), Hayden White-Sam Howe (Opotiki), David Feeney (Tauranga)-Brad Kendall (Mount Maunganui), Brian Stokes-Marcus Gray (Mount), John Foley-Mark Hughes (Mount).
Women: Heather Lavery (Rotorua)-Shelley McElroy (Springfield).
