Sunday 3 April saw all 14 Presidents teams competing at Clearwater Golf Club. Overcast conditions at first turned into a great day for golf. With four clubs in contention for the Presidents Cup, the play turned out to be as bright as the conditions.The day started with both Templeton and Russley on the same match points in the lead. On tiebreak, half a game advantage, had Templeton in first. Close behind these two were Waitikiri and Clearwater.
The key matches were Templeton vs Coringa, Russley vs Clearwater and Waitikiri vs Bottle Lake. There were tense individual games with the results often...
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Canterbury Golf is delighted to confirm the selection panels for the 2022 Men’s and Women’s Canterbury Representative seasons. The panels are as follows:
Canterbury Men’s Selectors
Ian Donaldson (Convenor of Selectors)John RademakersMatt McLean
Canterbury Women’s Selectors
Mel BrewRobyn Gillespie
The Canterbury Men’s Selector panel will cover the team selections for the following events during 2022:
Event
Date
Town vs Country
28 Aug
Canterbury v Aorangi
18 Sept
Canterbury Boys U19/U16 team to compete at Boys Interprovincial
3 - 7 Oct
Canterbury Masters team to compete at South Island Interprovincial
1 - 2 Oct
Canterbury Men’s team and Boy’s U19/U16 team to compete at South Island Interprovincial
29 - 30 Oct
Canterbury Masters team to compete at NZ...
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The Annual Representative fixture between Canterbury North and Buller Westland was played on 26-27 March at the Reefton Golf Club in summery 26 degree conditions.
Results were as follows:
Senior Men4BBB - Canterbury North 2, Buller Westland 3Foursomes - Canterbury North 2, Buller Westland 3Singles - Canterbury North 5.5, Buller Westland 4.5Overall - Canterbury North 9.5, Buller Westland 10.5Intermediate Men4BBB - Canterbury North 1, Buller Westland 4Foursomes - Canterbury North 2, Buller Westland 3Singles - Canterbury North 5, Buller Westland 5Overall - Canterbury North 8, Buller Westland 12
Buller Westland winning overall 22.5-17.5Andrew Green, Jason Sincock and Zac Norton were unbeaten in the fixture.
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After years of talking about it, Sir Bob Charles, Glenn Bongartz and Stu Upton organised the first Golf Warehouse New Zealand Hickory Open at the Christchurch Golf Club, on the Shirley Links for the 13th of March 2022.
66 golfers from North and South competed in the tournament.
The morning Gross Foursomes team of John Rowland and John Elliott won a tight chip off playoff from Bongartz/Lawson, Devlin/Lund and Bath/Hilton. All finished on 4 over par 40.
Bongartz/Lawson had also tied in the Nett Foursomes with Neil and Sam Bromfield. Bongartz and Lawson going on to win that playoff to be Nett Champions....
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The newly launched Canterbury Golf Talent Development Plan is in full swing with monthly sessions having been delivered in January, February, and March.
The programme's intentions are to bring together our best emerging young players and to provide holistic talent development support to help them realise their potential as golfers and as people.
In keeping with this holistic support theme, so far the participants have been introduced to content focussed on Athlete Life and Skill Development. In session 1 the participants learned about the concept of long-term athlete development and where they sit within this followed by an introduction of player welfare...
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In the Men's Championship Final between Canterbury's Reid Hilton and Otago's Tom Lee at Bottle Lake it was birdie mania on the back nine. Lee got off to a hot start birdieing the first four holes and when they turned for the back nine Hilton was three down and wondering how he was going to come back. An eagle on the par 5 10th, then two more successive birdies got him back to square. The pair halved the 13th, Lee birdied the 14th, then Hilton birdied the very difficult par 4 15th, and followed up with another birdie at the...
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The 2022 Hazlett Insurance Canterbury Match Play Championship is being held at Bottle Lake Golf Club this weekend. The field has been slightly affected by COVID restrictions, but some out-of-town players have made the trip to play this prestigious tournament.
The men's field is led by Otago No.1 Tom Lee who will be seeded first on a count-back after placing 2nd equal in the Canterbury Stroke Play. Defending champion Zach May will be second seed, and Dominic Brettkelly who placed fourth in the stroke play, the third seed. Of interest, Joshua Bai has travelled down from Auckland and will be amongst...
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Canterbury Golf is seeking expressions of interest for the Canterbury Men’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 spend time at Woodward Cup 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 analysis,...
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Canterbury Golf is seeking expressions of interest for the Canterbury 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 spend time at Pollock Cup 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 analysis,...
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The Final round of Canterbury Men's Over 50's & 60's Interclub was played at Rangiora Golf Club last Sunday in fine conditions with the course in great order after overnight rain.
At the conclusion of the six round competition the results were as follows:
- Over 50's Team Gross (Pirie Cup) - Coringa- Over 50's Individual Gross (George Turner Trophy) - John Rademakers (Coringa)- Over 50's Individual Net (Golf Ball Trophy) - Lin Wang (Coringa)- Over 50's Team Net (Chamberlain Cup) - Amberley A
- Over 60's Team Gross (Gross Cup) - Clearwater- Over 60's Team Net (Net Cup) - Bottle Lake- Over...
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