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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Canterbury Golf is now seeking expressions of interest for the Manager positions for the 2024 Canterbury Boys & Girls Representative Teams. These are rewarding roles that contribute to the ongoing success of Canterbury Golf.
The purpose of these positions is to assist players to ensure they are supported and managed to perform at their best while representing Canterbury. The available roles and their job descriptions can be found below:
Boys Representative Team Manager
Girls Representative Team Manager
Applications in writing, outlining relevant skills and experience can be emailed to blair@canterburygolf.co.nz.
Applications close Friday 2 August 2024.
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Results for the National Women's Home Links competitions have now been finalised and can be viewed here.Canterbury players have featured very high in the National results, with congratulations to Mikana Suto from Rangiora who won the National Junior Gross competition.
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The annual Ashby Bergh Trophy and McGuire Hendon Cup matches were played at Burnham Golf Course on Sunday in calm, sunny conditions and the course in great order. Our thanks to Burnham for hosting this event. It's the first time for some years Burnham have hosted and event like this and the feedback from players that the course and greens are in the best condition they have seen for many years is a credit to the club and team of volunteers at Burnham for their hard work.
The Ashby Bergh Trophy match was between Tai Tapu (Canterbury Central Patterson Cup Winner)...
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The Final round of Canterbury North Women’s Interclub was played at Hanmer Springs yesterday in cool, overcast conditions and the course in great order.
Going into the Final Round Scargill led the team standings by just 1 point from their nearest rival Hanmer Springs who had the bye and were unable to add to their total. With both Hawarden and Cheviot next on 12 games, Scargill only needed to win two games in their final match against Culverden to safely secure their second successive title.They managed to do that comfortably winning 3.5-1.5 with Emma Macfarlane defeating Ju Lucas 5/4, Marianne McLean...
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