The near perfect course and weather conditions at Rangiora yesterday set the stage for the Women's Champions of Champions and Gross Stableford Rosebowl tournament.
Catherine Bell of Christchurch did not disappoint in playing par golf to take out the Champions trophy with rounds of 71 and 76 for a gross total of 147. She also won the Toyota Longest Drive trophy and was in the Christchurch team of club champions that were third placed in the Rosebowl competition. Runner-up in the Champion of Champions was Alisia Ren from Russley, seven shots back on a total 154, then Jo Kent of Rangiora...
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Sir Bob Charles became the first New Zealander to win a major championship when he won the British Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes in 1963. A little known fact is that this is also the year when Templeton Golf Club last won the Woodward Cup. 58 years later Templeton have finally done it again!
The semi-finals in the morning were held in idyllic almost surreal conditions at Christchurch Golf Club. Not a breath of wind and a balmy 18 degrees greeted players on a superb Shirley layout with a new "open" vista welcoming everyone.
Woodward Cup
Both semis were close and...
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The Final of Canterbury Central Masters Interclub was played at Ellesmere yesterday between Tai Tapu and Hororata Black, in changeable weather with the course in great order.
In a tight match Tai Tapu's (from left) Don Le Page, Murray Chapman, Tony Pye, Jason Blair, Bevin Ryan and Sean Spencer defeated Hororata Black's Shane Prendergast, Martin Wills, Kolo Vailuu, David Mansbridge, Tony Edwards and Gerald Robertson 5-4.The Harkerss Tankard for best individual performance was jointly won by, from left Jason Blair (Tai Tapu), Shane Prendergast (Hororata) and Matt Harrison (Lincoln).
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The Final round of Junior Foursomes Interclub was played at Russley yesterday in fine calm conditions and the course in great order.
In the 18 Hole Junior Foursomes, Hororata's team of Marshall Johnston, Lexi Thomson-Hall, Alex Kimber and Harvey Youdale were convincing winners with a four round total of 291 points.Second on 277 points were Russley White's Uny Shao, Jonathan Fry, James Walker and Michael Visser with Russley Gold's Alice Fry, Vanessa Lim, Junie Chang and Eva Yin third, a further two points back on 275, after a top score of 90 points in the final round.
In the 9 Hole Junior...
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The following players have been selected to represent Canterbury at the 2021 New Zealand Men’s Interprovincial to be played 30 November – 4 December at the Ashburton Golf Club.Team named in playing order.
Canterbury Men's Team
Kazuma Kobori (Rangiora)Matt McLean (Harewood)Reid Hilton (Russley)Zachary May (Russley)Michael Toeke (c) (Templeton)Dominic Brettkelly (Hororata) – ReserveMichael Taylor - Manager
Congratulations to all those players selected and we wish them all the best for the upcoming tournament. Follow Canterbury Golf on Facebook and Instagram to keep updated with the results. A full report will also be on our website www.canterburygolf.co.nz following the event.
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Interclub Finals Day for Woodward, Blank and Simon Cups are on this Sunday 21 November at Christchurch Golf Club.
Semi-Final matches will be played in the morning commencing at 8.00am. Finals will commence in the afternoon at 1.00pm.
The matches for ther respective competitions are as follows:
Woodward Cup Semi-Finals 8am (Final 1pm, No.1 Tee)- Templeton vs Clearwater (Tees 1 & 2) - Pegasus vs Russley (Tees 4 & 5)
Blank Cup Semi-Finals 8am (Final 1pm, No. 10 tee)- Templeton vs Waimairi Beach (Tees 10 & 11) - Russley vs Christchurch (Tees 7 & 8)
Simon Cup Semi-Finals 8am (Final 1pm, No. 16 Tee)- Waitikiri vs Christchurch...
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The 2021 NZ Freyberg Masters concluded last Friday after an as always grueling week of golf with each association playing 8 rounds of golf in 5 days. Played at the challenging Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club the Canterbury team ended up with an 8th place final ranking finishing with 2 wins, 2 A/S, and 4 losses from their 8 matches.
Day 1 saw a narrow first-up 3-2 defeat to a strong Hawkes Bay side, which went on to secure 2nd equal number of individual victories in the tournament. Brett Turner and Jason Sincock getting the two wins for the team in round...
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As part of our preparations for the upcoming 2021 NZ Women’s Interprovincial tournament the regular Canterbury vs Wellington fixture was played at Timaru Golf course over the weekend.
Unfortunately, with the terrible rainfall experienced in Timaru on the Saturday, as both teams arrived on course the obvious decision was unfortunately made to abandon the first round of play. Luck was on our side on the Sunday however with the day dawning without rain and the course recovering enough for play to progress. A competitive match was played out with both teams getting valuable playing time on the course ahead of December....
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The Pollock Final was held at Harewood on Sunday 7 November on a breezy cool day where it didn’t reach the expected 18 degrees. This was a final where the golf was of a very high calibre and the two clubs Christchurch and Clearwater had many supporters out to witness many quality golf shots. With Christchurch keen to lose the ‘bridesmaid’ title for the last five years, and Clearwater very keen to win it allowed for some very close matches and almost ‘down to the wire’ finish.
Jo Kent was the first match in with a solid win over Nicki Webb...
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The following players have been selected to represent Canterbury at the NZ Freyberg Masters to be played at Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club 8-12 November.
Congratulations to all those players selected and we wish them all the best for the upcoming tournament. Follow Canterbury Golf on Facebook to keep updated with the results. A full report will also be on our website www.canterburygolf.co.nz following the event.
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