It is with pleasure that Canterbury Golf announces the addition of Jocelyn Blackmore to the team.
Jocelyn will be taking on the new full-time role of Participation Coordinator that has been created due to the phenomenal growth and increased focus on work fostering participation in golf, including overseeing our very successful Futures Canterbury programme.
She brings to the position a wealth of golf experience having played since a young age, playing many years of Pollock Cup, and representing the Canterbury Senior Women’s Team. She is ably supported by her husband Matt Holten who many in the golf community will know and respect...
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The 2021 NZ Women's Masters was heavily affected with over 75mm of rain falling during the tournament. This forced the organisers to abandon play on Saturday as the course became unplayable and water-logged. This was only the second time in its 28-year history that play jeopardized the 72-hole format forcing the event to be reduced to only 36 holes.
The reduced format made it difficult to make up ground on the first-round leaders Bay of Plenty. The Bay held on, to notch up their sixth victory at the event. “Not the way we envisaged winning’ said Captain Keefe “but we’ll take it’. NZ Tasman team...
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The Canterbury North vs Buller Westland Representative fixture was played at Hanmer Springs Golf Club on the weekend in warm, sunny conditions with the course in great order. The matches were played in great spirit and Hanmer Springs Golf Club were excellent hosts.
Canterbury North Seniors defeated Buller Westland 14.5 - 5.5- Fourball 4 - 1- Foursomes 2.5 - 2.5- Singles 8 - 2
Canterbury North Intermediates defeated Buller Westland 12 - 8- Fourball 4.5 - .5- Foursomes 1 - 4- Singles 6.5 - 3.5
Overall Canterbury North defeated Buller Westland 26.5 - 13.5
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The following players have been selected to represent Canterbury at the New Zealand Women’s Masters to be played at the Northland Golf Club 9-11 April 2021.
Canterbury Women’s Masters TeamNaomi Wallace (Waitikiri)Rachel Eder (Clearwater)Joanne Kent (Rangiora)Sally Rossiter (Pegasus)Manager: Debbie Scott (Harewood)
The following players have been selected to represent Canterbury at the South Island Age Group Interprovincial being played at the Otago Golf Club 28-30 April 2021. The team incorporates four U19 players and two U16 players.
Canterbury Age Group Team Zach May (Russley) Seb May (Clearwater) Sam Harris (Russley) Yuki Miya (Russley) Hayden Lam (Everglades) Cooper Moore (Russley) Manager: Percy Reihana (Lincoln)
Congratulations...
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Canterbury Golf are seeking expressions of interest for the Canterbury Men’s & Women's Selector positions. This is a rewarding role that contributes to the ongoing success of Canterbury Golf.
To successfully fulfil the role, the following skills and attributes are required:
The ability to provide quality and fair player appraisals
Well organised
The ability to work as part of a team
A passion for golf
Excellent communication and analytical skills
Ability to spent time at interclub and major tournaments based in Canterbury to observe players
Previous playing experience at a high level would be advantageous
The key responsibilities for this role are:
Providing quality appraisals of players based on observational...
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Zach May and Amy Weng came through some tough opposition to win their maiden titles at the 2021 Hazlett Insurance Canterbury Matchplay Championships held at Templeton Golf Club over the weekend.
For May it continued his steady rise through the amateur ranks to the top echelon of amateur golfers in New Zealand. Through the round of 16 and the quarter finals on Saturday May played steady golf beating Dan Laughton and Jake Roberts. The giant killer through these rounds was Kris O'Neill who beat No. 1 seed Matt McLean 2/1, then defending champion Mike Toeke 2up. His run was halted in...
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Below are links to the matchplay trees which will be updated after each round of matches
Mens Championship
Womens Championship
Mens Div 2
Boys U19
Mens Seniors
Womens Masters
Mens Masters Championship
Mens Masters Div 2
Mens Masters Div 3
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The Woodward Cup Promotion / Relegation match was played at Russley Golf Club last Sunday in fine weather and the ciourse in great condition.
Four teams were involved in the gross stableford format competition, Amberley, Clearwater, Hororata and Lincoln.
It was the Clearwater team of Bill O'Brien (Manager), Harris Kim, Leon Yee, Michael Bailey, Martin Taylor, Ben Burgess, William Bastings, Lou Vieceli and Ryan Adams that proved too strong finishing on 228 stableford points, 34 points clear of Hororata on 194, Amberley 187 and Lincoln on 171 points.
Clearwater will now take their place in the 2021 Woodward Cup competition.
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The 2021 Hazlett Insurance Canterbury Matchplay Championships is being held at Templeton Golf Club this weekend. The field has slightly been affected by COVID restrictions with some out-of-town players not being able to travel, in particular Auckland-based Joshua Bai who placed third in the recent Canterbury Strokeplay.
The Men's Championship bracket of 16 players will tee-off Saturday morning with Harewood's Matt McLean the top seed. He will face Waitikiri's Kris O'Neill. Second seed Josh Smith (Ashburton) will face Templeton's Mac McCall. and third seed Royal Auckland's Cameron Harlock who was out of Auckland when Level 3 hit, will face Jake Roberts....
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The Annual Canterbury Golf Life Members Tournament was held at Waimairi Beach Golf Club on Monday in fine conditions and the course in great order.
Scoring was very competitive with just six stableford points splitting the first nine players.
It was John Duff (McLeans's Island) who sealed victory with 34 points from Bill Whelan (Ellesmere) with 32 points on a countback from Rick Wilson (Waimairi Beach). Pictured from left is Bill Whelan, John Duff and Rick Wilson.
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