The 2022 Canterbury vs Aorangi annual fixture took place yesterday at Ashburton Golf Club in the first official representative fixture of the season. Canterbury came away with a pleasing day of results with wins in the men's, women's, and juniors and a draw in the Masters to cap an undefeated day. Another highlight of the day was the Canterbury Golf debuts of 8 players across the different teams.
In the men's event, Canterbury was dominant throughout taking out the morning's reverse single match play 7-1 with wins to debutant players Shaun Allan 3/1, Cooper Moore 3/2, and Sam McGill 1Up. With...
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(from left) Mako Thompson – 2020 Lamb & Hayward Amateur Cup Winner, Stephen Parkyn - Lamb & Hayward CEO, Daniel Hillier – 2020 DVS Pegasus Open Winner, Tony Sandes – Owner DVS Home Ventilation
The DVS Pegasus Open 72 Hole Strokeplay tournament will be staged at the North Canterbury golf club from Thursday October 13th to Sunday October 16th.
The DVS Pegasus Open is the only South Island event on the Charles Tour and is preceded the week beforehand by a PGA of New Zealand 'Pro-Am swing' through Nelson, Blenheim and Kaikoura
'The return of the event to the Canterbury golfing calendar following...
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Pollock Cup Round 5 was played at Clearwater yesterday in cool, windy conditions and light rain towards the end of play just adding to the challenge.
In the first match of the day Harewood played current champions Christchurch who prevailed 4-2, but not before some very tight matches decided the outcome, with three matches going down the 18th.For Christchurch, Catherine Bell, June Edwards and Nicola Webb, who achieved her first hole in one on the par 3, 4th hole had wins, while Oilve Tapu halved with Sally Rossiter and Jennifer Cho halved with Debbie Scott. Harewood's sole win came from Lynda...
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Woodward Cup Round 5 was played at Harewood yesterday in windy, testing conditions with drizzle setting in near the end of play. It was a round of very tight matches and a couple of upsets.
Last year's Champions Templeton had the most clear-cut win on paper over a gallant Weedons outfit searching for their first victory of the season. It was far from one-sided though with three matches going the distance before Templeton prevailed 6-2.Halves at the top-of-the-order for Josh Simpson against Bryden Grant and Dan Laughton against Jonathon Stieller, who rallied for a spirited comeback after being four down with...
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The following players have been selected to represent Canterbury at the annual Canterbury versus Aorangi representative match to be played at the Ashburton Golf Club on Sunday 18 September.
The teams are named in alphabetical order.
Canterbury Women’s Team
Catherine Bell (Christchurch)Jasmine Clancy (Russley)Lexi Thomson Hall (Clearwater)Mel Newburn (Coringa)Nicky Webb (Christchurch)Rachel Eder (Clearwater)Vanessa Lim (Russley)Zaria Bourne (Waimairi Beach)Managers: Debbie Scott & Julie Jones
Canterbury Junior Boys Team
Ethan Lam (Everglades)Etienne Collier (Avondale)Hayden Lam (Everglades)Max Edwards (Russley)Manager: Percy Reihana
Canterbury Men’s Team
Andrew Green (Bottle Lake)Cooper Moore (Clearwater)Dan Laughton (Templeton)Dean Harvey (Pegasus)Jordon Latter (Templeton)Sam McGill (Clearwater)Shaun Allan (Pegasus)Yuki Miya (Russley)Managers: Mike Taylor and Kerry Chuck
Canterbury Men’s Masters Team
Aaron...
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Canterbury Golf General Manager Grant Lewis took the opportunity to visit the offices of VFL Flexillease this week and present owner Garry Donnithorne with a copy of the recently published "History of Golf in New Zealand" with a special inscription on the inside cover recognising the long time contribution of the company to Canterbury Golf.
VFL Flexiliease has been with Canterbury Golf since the mid 2000's when lease agent Richard Deighton started a sponsored vehicle leasing relationship with then GM Doug McSweeney. The support was extended later on when the company began sponsorship of women's representative golf programme. The relationship continues...
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Round 4 of Pollock Cup was played at Rangiora yesterday in fine, sunny weather and the course in great order.In the first match of the day Clearwater defeated Waitikiri 3.5-2.5 in a real nail biter with three matches going down the18th. Kim Moggach just getting up over Rachel Eder 1 up, Chris Marple halved with Jo Kent and Lynda Vieceli also finishing on the 18th to beat Jenny Ahn 2 up. Waitikiri's other win coming from Ginny Bolderston. Wins for Virginia Faass and Lexi-Thomson-Hall was just enough to give Clearwater the win and take them to the top-of-the-table.
Harewood caused the...
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A cool blustery day greeted players for round four of the 2022 Woodward Cup at Russley Golf Club, and there were some interesting results.
When Pegasus and Templeton last met it was in the 2021 Final and it was a very close result. Their match on Sunday was no different with a tense 4-4 draw, that came down to the last group in the match, with Shaun Allan halving his game against Dan Laughton in unfortunate circumstances after holding a 1up lead playing the last. Dean Harvey, Phil Stephens, and Ian Blount all won for Pegasus, while Marcus Mariu halved with...
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The Canterbury Golf 9 Hole Tournament was played at Pegasus Golf Club today in initially wet conditions, with the rain disappearing but cool conditions remaining.With the course in great order 29 ladies and 11 men braved the wintery conditions and posted some excellent stableford results as follows:
Women's Grade 11st - Chris Whiteside, Templeton ... 22 pts2nd - Raylene Helm, Pegasus ... 17 pts on countback3rd - Gaye Harry, Templeton ... 17 pts
Women's Grade 21st - Helen Astell, Amberley ... 23 pts2nd - Kristine Kidd, Templeton ... 20 pts3rd - Kath Robertson, Everglades ... 19 pts
Men's Grade1st - Michael Carpenter, Amberley...
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Results of the 2022 Women's Home Links and National Teams Championship competitions have been finalised and the full results are below for both competitions.
Click here to view Women’s Home Links Results
Click here to view Women's National Teams Championship Results
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