It was a clean sweep for the Canterbury team in the 2024 edition of the annual Canterbury vs Aorangi fixture played at Ashburton on Sunday with the Men's, Women's, and Masters teams getting the win.
It was largely one-way traffic in the men's event with Aorangi naming a relatively young side promoting 4 u19 players into their senior team for the event. Canterbury meanwhile named a strong side which included 4 players on debut playing in the 5-8 spots with Cam Grant, Drew Butcher, Adam Winter and Aaron Neil all making their maiden Canterbury appearance. The morning round saw the team...
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A big congratulations to Canterbury's Yuki Miya for winning the New Zealand Under 19 Championship title yesterday at the New Plymouth Golf Club, finishing 9 under par!
It was a top 2 for Canterbury players in the u19 Boys with Alfie Bell also finishing as runner-up at 2 under par. Other notable Canterbury performances included a runners-up finish for Lannie Inoue in the u16 girls, Junie Chang's 4th in the u16 girls, and Etienne Collier and Uny Shao's 4th equal performance in the u16 Boys. Read more here from Golf NZ - https://www.golf.co.nz/news-detail?newsarticleid=33532
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The Annual Canterbury Golf 9 Hole Tournament was played at Rangiora Golf Club on Monday in mild and sunny, spring conditions.With the course in great order 40 competitors enjoyed the day and posted some excellent stableford results as follows:
Grade 11st - Christine Lake, Russley ... 24 pts on countback2nd - Gaye Harry, Templeton ... 24 pts3rd - Sandy McCrone, Russley ... 21 pts on countback from Glenys Panfilow, Waimairi Beach and Barb Sheriff, Kaiapoi.
Grade 21st - Kath Winter, Ellesmere ... 24 pts2nd - Laurie Gould, Tai Tapu ... 23 pts, 3rd - Diane Gebbie, Tai Tapu ... 21 pts
Overall Trophy Winner - Christine...
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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 15 September.
The teams are named in playing order.
Canterbury Women’s Team
Lannie Inoue (Rangiora)*Alisia Ren (Russley)Aroha Minhinnick (Waimairi Beach)Shontalia William (Waitikiri)*Rachel Eder (Clearwater)Mel Newburn (Coringa)Zaria Bourne (Waimairi Beach)Junie Chang (Russley)Eva Yin (Russley)*Vanessa Lim (Russley)
Managers: Debbie Scott & Julie Jones
Canterbury Men’s Team
Cooper Moore (Clearwater)Reid Hilton (Christchurch)Yuki Miya (Pegasus)Sam McGill (Clearwater)Cam Grant (Templeton)*Drew Butcher (Coringa)*Adam Winter (Russley)*Aaron Neil (Bottle Lake)*
Managers: Mike Taylor and Kerry Chuck
Canterbury Men’s Masters Team
Andrew Green (Bottle Lake)James Howard (Coringa)Leon Yee (Clearwater)Aaron Forsyth (Christchurch)Andrew...
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The 2024 Canterbury Golf Awards Dinner was held on Friday evening at the Christchurch Golf Club which is a special event on the calendar where we celebrate our people from all areas of the game here in Canterbury.
With 116 people in attendance, it was a big occasion with players, club volunteers, administrators, and greenkeepers alike all being celebrated. The audience was entertained by several special segments including guest speaker, Golf NZ National Coach Jay Carter, and the awarding of several service awards including a new Life Membership.
To watch the highlights video of the evening, click below:
The list of award recipients...
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ALL INTERCLUB CANCELLED
Due to the unfortunate heavy rain overnight and this morning, all interclub play has been cancelled today. This round will be postponed to a later date TBA. This applies to Woodward Cup, Blank Cup, Simon Cup, Thompson MacDonald Trophy and Pollock Cup.
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Pollock Cup 2024 commences this weekend at Clearwater in what could be a very open affair with a number of teams having personnel changes, together with the addition of new players to the competition.
Last year’s champions Waimairi Beach have retained the nucleus of their successful side from 2023 with Canterbury Reps Aroha Minhinnick and Zaria Bourne, Aorangi Reps Deanna Matthews and Angela Gerken. Lyn Robertson, unbeaten last year and joint Merle Barley Salver winner with Deanna, and ex Canterbury Rep Georgia Wayman round off a strong, settled squad very capable of going back-to-back.
Beaten 2023 Finalists Christchurch will be looking to...
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Hawarden successfully retained the Boyle Cup for 2024 yesterday, defeating a gallant Waimakariri Gorge team of Janne Pottinger, Liz Steele, Mary Te Awa, Liz Scott and Wendy Mehrtens 3-2. (Liz and Wendy had wins for Waimak Gorge, while Erin Mulholland, Nicky Matthews and Jill Allan registered wins for Hawarden).
It was Hawarden's final challenge for the season and they can now take a well earned break and proudly return the Boyle Cup to the clubs trophy cabinet until next year's challengers are confirmed.
The Hawarden team of, from left Rose Cassidy, Jill Allan, Michelle Fletcher, Erin Mulholland and Nicky Matthews (Absent: Nicola Lang,...
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The 2024 edition of the historic Woodward Cup competition, which was first contested in 1938, is back for another season in what we expect to be another competitive year with player movement and a new team in the division.
Defending champions Christchurch Golf who wrestled back the title against two-time defending champions Templeton in 2023 will be looking to back that year up and defend the trophy. On paper, their squad looks relatively similar to last season with the likes of Canterbury Reps Reid Hilton, Tom Lee, and Tim Leonard all listed and have proven match-play pedigree. One squad addition is...
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The Women's National Club Teams' Championship results for 2024 have been finalised and can be viewed here.Congratulations to the 2024 Winners Clinton, Otago at 23 under par.The Canterbury District Club Champions, Tai Tapu's team of Liz Reed, Sun Han, Pearl Park and Adrienne Shadbolt finished in 8th equal place at 14 under par.
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