Golf New Zealand’s 2024 Talent Development Programme roster is being refreshed after several of New Zealand’s leading young golfers have moved into different stages of their development over the past year.
As part of this, Canterbury youngster Cooper Moore has been selected to move into Phase Three of the Golf NZ programme and will be part of the National Academy. Meanwhile, Kazuma Kobori has moved into Phase Four of the programme after transitioning into the professional game.
Read more on this from Golf NZ - HERE.
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The Canterbury Women's 4's and 6's Interclub Finals were held at Templeton Golf Club on Monday in gloomy, cold conditions with the course in great order.
The 4's Interclub Final saw Lincoln and Waimairi Beach who finished third and fourth respectively in round robin play matched against each other. After the teams couldn't be separated at the end of 18 holes with wins for Lincoln's Heather Templeton and Lois Anderson and Waimairi Beach's Julia Greig and Lesley Hart, it was Lincoln's Heather Templeton who won the sudden death play-off and got her Lincoln team pictured above of, from left Nancy Moroney, Jan Latham,...
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The Patterson Cup Interclub Final was played at Ellesmere Golf Club on Sunday in cold, wintery conditions and the course in great order.
Tai Tapu who were endeavouring to make it quadruple titles for the club played Greendale, who did their level best to spoil their party, with every match going to the final hole before Tai Tapu prevailed in their quest for four consecutive Patterson Cup titles winning 7-2.In the tightest of contests Jason Blair halved with Chris Faithful; Patrick Fitzgibbon halved with Simon Jeffs; James Ting bt Jevin Nicholls; Derek Watson halved with Peter Bee; Were Tahurangi bt Steve...
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n fine but cool conditions the finals of the North Canterbury Kaikoura, Gardner and Templeton Cups Interclub series were completed on Sunday at the Amberley Golf Club.The course was presented in excellent condition with the fairways allowing plenty of run and greens that were running fast and true.
The Kaikoura Cup pitted Amuri against Pegasus Blue. For most of this match games were evenly based and were highlighted by some very strong play off the tee by all. Amuri"s Alasdair Reid and Charlie Gothard managed to pull away in the latter stages of their matches to secure two wins for Amuri....
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The Junior Match Play Interclub Final was held at Waitikiri Golf Club yesterday in cold, wintery conditions with the course in great order.
The Final was the culmination of 7 rounds of match play round-robin which saw second placed Waimairi Beach matched against fourth placed Canterbury Futures.It was the Canterbury Futures team of Isabella Lin, Jordan Breitmeyer, Austin Wills and Thomas Oosthuizen who came out on top, defeating Waimairi Beach's Zaria Bourne, Sophie Kak, Rafferty O'Malley and Aiden Cheng 3-1.
Isabella won the individual Moari Wahaika trophy for the most wins, going unbeaten through round-robin play and continued her fine form winning...
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The Final of Women's Weekend Interclub was played at Kaiapoi Golf Club yesterday in bleak, cold conditions with the course in great order and the matches played in great spirit.
The top teams from each zone after round-robin were the finalists, with Waitikiri playing Clearwater in a very tight match, with two games going to the final hole before Clearwater took the title 3.5-.5Di Kay bt Sharon Taylor 3/2; Anita Bateman bt Jenny Rooney 2 up and Sally Jenkins bt Jen de Boer 5/3 to register Clearwater's wins, while Cynthia Hampton halved her match with Henrietta Hall.
From left is Sally, Anita,...
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The Final Round of Canterbury Central's Brownie Cup Interclub competition was held at Lincoln Golf Club yesterday in grey, wintery conditions with the course in great order.
For the teams at the top of the table, there were a number of different scenarios that could have played out, however it was Hororata and Weedons Black who won their matches comfortably and ended up locked together at the top with Hororata's superior games total making the difference and allowing them to take out the title. From left is Hororata's Steve Stewart, Roy Stieller, Simon Edwards, Chris Negus, Gavin Thomas, Daniel Reardon and...
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The Final round of the Canterbury Central Shield Interclub competition was held at Weedons on 21 April in fine conditions and the course in great order.
As has been the case throughout the competition it was always going to be a tight finish, with just six points covering the six teams in the competition at the end of round-robin play.
Last year's Champions Ellesmere did everything they could to try and go back-to-back, defeating Greendale / Burnham 6-0 in their final match to finish second, however the Lincoln team of Mike Boshoff, Sam Ballantyne, Richard Weaver and Dave Shannon held their nerve...
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At this month's Talent Development Programme session, we were joined by Jenny Tilson and Hyeza Kim of the Canterbury Golf Referees Association (CGRA) for a session with a slightly different focus. As part of the TDP programmes purpose which is to holistically develop these young players to realise their potential as golfers and as people, this year we have delivered some rules-based sessions to not only assist the players with their own game understanding but to better equip them for the various club and competition environments they play within.
Back in September Rosemary Parker and Kevin Gwatkin of the CGRA presented to the group regarding...
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The 9 Hole Mixed Interclub Final was played at Harewood Golf Club this morning in cold, bleak conditions with the course in great order, especially with the course renovations that are currently happening at Harewood.The match was a very close affair with all players contributing well to the team score, and played in a very friendly and encouraging manner throughout the final. The Tai Tapu team of, from left Rosie Holmes, Fran Price, Pam Schruers and Laurie Gould continued their great round robin form, going through the competition unbeaten and defeated Coringa's Janice McPhail, Graeme McPhail, Leigh McEwen and Nicola Preece...
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