Canterbury Golf is delighted to confirm the managers for the 2024 Men’s and Women’s Canterbury Representative seasons. The appointments are as follows:
Men’s Manager: Mike TaylorMen’s Assistant Manager: Kerry ChuckWomen’s Manager: Debbie ScottWomen’s Assistant Manager: Julie JonesMen’s Masters Manager: Simon Marshall
Canterbury Golf is very fortunate to have the above-mentioned managers' knowledge and commitment in these roles and we congratulate them on their selection.
Players who have notified Canterbury Golf of their availability for Representative selection for the 2024 season will be able to meet the managers and selectors at the upcoming scheduled player's meetings as follows:
Women’s/U21 Girls Players Meeting – 15 May, 6pm.
Men’s/U19...
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The National Women's Club Teams District Final was played at Waimairi Beach Golf Club on Friday where 19 Canterbury clubs were represented in the annual Four Ball Stroke Play event. The weather played it's part being fine and sunny and the Waimairi Beach course was in great condition.
As has become the norm for this event, the scoring was again very close with just 12 shots covering the entire field (5 shots covered the top 11 teams) before the Tai Tapu team of ,from left Adrienne Shadbolt, Liz Reed, Sun Han and Pearl Park took out the National Women's Club Teams District...
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The Final of the the Women's Silver Interclub Competition was held at Waimairi Beach Golf Club yesterday in fine sunny conditions with the course in great order.
Fittingly it was the top two teams from round robin play competing in the Final with top seed Russley playing Tai Tapu.In a very close match Tai Tapu managed to edge Russley winning 3.5-2.5. For Tai Tapu, Carol Bates and Helen Byrne had wins and Lesley Martin for Russley, while Liz Reed (Tai Tapu) and Louise Hegan halved their match. Both teams registered a win and a loss in the team ball format.
The victorious...
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The 2024 Order of Merit season concluded on Sunday with the Tour Championship Event played at Clearwater. The players were met with a stunning day with little to no wind and plenty of sunshine following the fresh start.
With several categories still up for grabs the results of the days were to play an important part off the final standings, mainly in the Men's, Masters Men's, and u16 boys divisions which had several potential winners.
In the Men's it was a tight contest as expected between Cooper Moore and Dominic Brettkelly who both were hovering at the par or one under throughout...
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The 2024 edition of the CGI Order of Merit (OOM) Tour Championship takes place this Sunday at Clearwater Golf Club in what is the culmination of the 23/24 season. Players have been accumulating points at the relevant OOM events over recent months resulting in player rankings for each division.
In the senior competition, the top 8 ranked Women and Men along with the top 4 ranked Men's and Women's Masters as of 31 March have been extended invites and one last opportunity to gain points towards their season total as they look to seize the OOM trophy alongside the awarded Development Funds...
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The finals of the Metro A and B interclub 2023/24 seasons were played at McLeans Island Golf Club on Sunday 21st April in fine and clear conditions.
The course was in great condition, thanks must go to the McLeans Island club and their enthusiastic staff on the day.
The Metro A Cup was won by Avondale, the playing-through champs from the 2022/23 season, who beat Clearwater by a close 4 and a half to three and a half margin. The full Metro A season results can be viewed - HERE.
The Metro B cup went to Bottle Lake who beat Harewood, the 2022/23...
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Canterbury Golf is now seeking expressions of interest for the Manager positions for the 2024 Canterbury 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:
Men’s Representative Team Manager
Men’s Representative Team Assistant Manager
Women’s Representative Team Manager
Women’s Representative Team Assistant Manager
Men’s Masters Representative Team Manager
Each position's term is 15 May – 31 December 2024.
Applications in writing, outlining relevant skills and experience can...
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The Final Round of Presidents Grade Interclub was held at Christchurch Golf Club yesterday in fine, autumn conditions.As per usual the day's matches were close, competitive and friendly and nearing the end of the round all eyes were on the Templeton vs Waitikiri match as both Waimairi Beach and Rawhiti who were contenders for the title had won their matches. Last off the course were Templeton and Waitikiri's numbers 1 and 2's with Waitikiri managing to turn around a halfway deficit to win the match 4.5-3.5 and win the competition by 1 point from both Waimairi Baech and Rawhiti.The contest...
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The 2024 edition of the NZ Women's Masters was played over the weekend at the Waiuku Golf Club.
The Canterbury team consisted of Sally Rossiter (Pegasus), Rachel Eder (Clearwater, Jo Kent (Rangiora), and Chris Marple (Waitikiri) and were managed by Debbie Scott. Friday's Day 1 saw the team get off to a solid start with 88 points scored utilising the team's best 3 scores. Eder managing 31, Rossiter contributing 30 alongside Kent's 27.
On Saturday's double round day, the morning the team managed an improved 91 with the same three players contributing with 31, 30, and 30 the counting scores. In the afternoon...
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Canterbury Golf would like to acknowledge the unexpected passing of Canterbury Golf Life Member William (Bill) Southgate on April 5.Bill, aged 83 was also a past President of the Canterbury Golf Association from 1999-2000 and a long standing member of the Russley Golf Club.The funeral service for Bill will held iin the Lamb & Hayward Westpark Chapel, 467 Wairakei Road, Burnside, on Friday April 12, at 10.00am, followed by a private cremation.
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