In fine Spring conditions at Pegasus Golf Club yesterday the Woodward Cup semi-finalists were found for Finals Day on 10 November at Templeton. Two rounds were played on a course in superb condition after the recent Charles Tour Pegasus Open.
Top qualifier Christchurch will play fourth placed Waitikiri in one semi, while second placed Russley will play third placed Harewood in the other.
Round 8
Hosts Pegasus had a chance to make the semis but did not get off to the start they wanted when they lost to Waitikiri 4.5-3.5 in the morning. For Waitikiri Jordan Pruden, Aaron Forsyth, Chris Bond, and Woo...
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The final round robin matches were played yesterday in Blank and Simon Cups with the following Semi-Finalists confirmed:
Blank CupAvondale vs TempletonRussley vs Christchurch
Simon CupWaimairi Beach vs Bottle LakeTempleton vs Avondale
Simon Cup Semi-Finals will be player on 3 November at Coringa Golf Club at 11.30am.
Blank Cup Semi-Finals, Final and Simon Cup Final will be played on Finals Day at Templeton Golf Club on10 November.
The Blank Cup B O'Malley Salver for most individual wins was won by Nathan Andrews (Avondale) with 6 wins from 6 matches.
The Simon Cup Roy Mitchell Salver for most individual wins was won by Taylor Reid (Waimairi Beach)...
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The Eagles NZ U17 Boys & Girls Golf Championship were played at the Te Awamutu Golf Club from 7-9 October.
Canterbury golfers had a great tournament, in the Girls U17 Championship Amy Weng (Russley) won the 54 Hole Gross by 1 shot with scores of 75, 68 and 73 for a total of 216. Amy’s 68 was 5 under par and if it wasn’t for placing, it would have been a course record.
Hayato Miya (Russley) won the Boys U17 Championship by a massive 11 shots with a 74, 68 and 70 for a total of 212. Lachie Mackay (Waimairi Beach) also had...
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The following players have been selected to represent Canterbury to play the Women’s South Island Interprovincial being played at the Marlborough Golf Club 19-20 October.
Flexi Lease Canterbury Women’s Team Team named in alphabetical orderAmy Weng (Russley)Catherine Bell (Christchurch)Hillary O’Connor (Russley)Jasmine Clancy (Russley)Maddie May (Russley)Mel Newburn (Coringa)Olive Tapu (Christchurch)Yoyo Fu (Coringa)Managers: Kate Turner & Debbie Scott
The following players have been selected to represent Canterbury to play the Men’s South Island Interprovincial fixture being played at the Waitikiri Golf Club 19-20 October.
Canterbury Men’s TeamTeam named in alphabetical orderAndrew Green (Pegasus)Kazuma Kobori (Rangiora)Matt McLean (Harewood)Mike Toeke (Christchurch)Reid Hilton (Russley)Richard Reed (Christchurch)Sam Purdon (Templeton)Scott...
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The annual Millennium Trophy match between Canterbury and Aorangi was played at Ashburton Golf Club yesterday in warm spring weather and the course in pristine condition. Aorangi again proved too strong for Canterbury winning the team stableford match by 666-642 points.
Raylene Cowles and Pam Ellis are pictured at the trophy presentation.
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A field of 46 players participated in the Canterbury Junior Tournament held at the Russley Golf Club.
In the 9 hole section this included 11 young golfers playing from the newly installed purple course. "Over ten golf courses in Canterbury have now installed the purple course which is approriate to the players ability" said Canterbury Golf Development Manager Rachel Thow. "Clubs are also utilising the purple course for fun social events and adult players that are newer to the game to play from".
In the 18 hole section, the U13 Boys gross was won by Cooper Moore (Russley) on a countback from...
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The following players have been selected to represent Canterbury at the NZ Men’s Freyberg Masters to be played at the Timaru Golf Club 4-8 November.
Canterbury Men’s Masters TeamTeam named in alphabetical orderAaron Forsyth (Waitikiri)Andrew Dufton (Russley)Brett Turner (Waitikiri)Jason Sincock (Amuri)Jonathan Stieller (Weedons)Anton Fouchee – Travelling Reserve (Hororata)Manager: Kevin Moyle (Waitikiri)
Congratulations to these players selected and we wish them all the best for the upcoming tournament. Results will be posted on the Canterbury Golf website and Facebook page during the event.
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The Canterbury Men's Masters Team have won the South Island Interprovincial title in a closely fought battle between the five districts.
The Timaru Golf Club hosted the South Island fixture, providing a great opportunity for the South Island districts to play competitive rounds ahead of the NZ Men's Freyberg that will also be played at the same venue in November.
The weather proved very challenging on the Saturday with rain and cold southerly winds. The players battled the conditions and managed to complete all four rounds.
The are pictured from left: Kevin Moyle (Manager), Anton Fouche, Jason Sincock, Andrew Dufton, Brett Turner, Jonathan...
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Courtesy of NZ Golf:
Previewing your inaugural DVS Pegasus Open
The first edition of the DVS Pegasus Open presented by NewstalkZB gets underway today with plenty of names set to be the first to add their names to the new trophy.
The new Christchurch edition to the Jennian Homes Charles Tour begins after seven successful years at Harewood. Pegasus are taking over the reins with DVS coming onboard as the headline sponsor in association with NewstalkZB.
Hometown hero Kazuma Kobori is expected to be somewhere up near the top of the leader board come Sunday afternoon. He comes into the tournament as one of...
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Woodward CupRound 6
The first double-header round was completed at Christchurch Golf Club yesterday in hot and blustery nor-west conditions.
There was a minor upset when seventh placed Pegasus comprehensively beat frontrunners Christchurch 5.5-2.5. Wins to Peter Brinsdon, James Cadenhead, Andrew Green, Zach May, Rodney Van Steenis, and a half to Mike Taylor sealed the victory. Christchurch may have been missing a couple of players, but a rejig of the order did not seem to work for them and their only wins went to Nic Kay playing No. 4, and Richard Reed playing No. 6, with James Simpson getting the half at...
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