The Simon Cup Semi-Finals were played at Russley on Sunday with top qualifiers Avondale meeting Bottle Lake and Harewood and Waitikiri matching up to see who would progress to the Final next week.
Both matches were very tight affairs with Avondale sneaking through to beat Bottle Lake 4.5-3.5 by an infringement on the last stroke of the final match, while the other game was even closer with both teams locked up at 4-4 at the end of 18 holes. Waitikiri edged out Harewood with Paul McEwan defeating Ryan Barham on the second “sudden death” playoff hole.
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The Brandon course of the Ashburton Golf Club was the venue for the Annual Canterbury and Aorangi Representative match yesterday.
Players enjoyed excellent overhead and course conditions and the firm conditions were appreciated with firm true greens and some tricky pin positions testing player's course management and putting skills.
In the Senior Men, Canterbury jumped out to a fast start in the morning round to lead 6.5-1.5 after the first 18 holes. Aorangi proved a tougher proposition in the afternoon to narrow the margin with Canterbury coming through 4.5-3.5. So an overall win to Canterbury 11-5. For Canterbury, strong results came from...
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The Final round of Canterbury North Women's Interclub was played at Culverden on Monday with Hawarden defeating Scargill 4-2 to remain unbeaten for the season and win the competition, making it back-to-back victories after also winning in 2017. Country finished second and Scargill third.
The victorious Hawarden team is pictured, from left Margaret Wright, Rose Cassidy, Erin Mulholland, Colleen Ramsay, Judith Sowden and Jenny Hulena. (Absent: Michelle Fletcher, Jill Allan, Avril Harrison and Judy McMillan)
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Matt McLean has blitzed the field at the North Island Stroke Play to win by a whopping nine shots.
McLean’s clinical weekend included back-to-back rounds of 65 at Whakatane to finish with a total of 12-under par to leave in-form players Jang Hyun Lee (second) and New Zealand Age Group champion, Sung Jin Yeo (third) in his dust.
Entering the final round with a commanding lead, McLean showed class to produce five birdies and no bogeys to show why he deserves his name engraved on the trophy.
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The Final rounds of 2018 Woodward, Blank, Simon and Pollock Cups have now been completed with Semi-Finalists being identified for all competitions.
Simon Cup Semi-Finals will be played at Russley Golf Club on 23 September with the Final, together with Woodward, Blank and Pollock Cup Semi-Finals and Finals also at Russley on Sunday 30 September, starting at 8.00am.
The winners for best individual performance were also finalised at the end of the respective round robin competitions:
Pollock Cup - Jessica Crosbie (Pegasus)Woodward Cup - Peter Brinsdon (Pegasus) Pictured with the Stan Rich SalverBlank Cup - Denis Kelliher (Russley)Simon Cup - Patrick Werahiko (Templeton)
Hayden...
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The Annual Canterbury Golf 9 Hole Tournament was held at Lincoln Golf Club today, attracting a field of 47 golfers.
Liz Power (Kaiapoi), pictured with Margaret Turner from Canterbury Golf, was the overall winner with 24 stableford points.
Other results:Women's Grade 1:1st - Marg Lloyd (Rakaia), 21 pts2nd - Vicki Hight (Waitikiri), 18 pts3rd - Liz Newman (Avondale), 18 pts
Women's Grade 2: 1st - Liz Power, 24 pts2nd - Viv Cowley (Russley), 18 pts3rd - Barbara May (Greendale) 17 pts on c/b Dorothy Hughes (Russley)
Men's Grade: 1st - Howard Thomas (Rangiora), 20 pts 2nd - Mike Markillie (Methven), 19 pts
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The following players have been selected to represent Canterbury at the annual Canterbury versus AorangiRepresentative Match to be played at the Ashburton Golf Club on Sunday 23 September. The format isreverse singles in the morning and singles in the afternoon.
Flexi Lease Canterbury Women’s TeamJuliana Hung (Russley)Catherine Bell (Christchurch)Hillary O’Connor (Pegasus)Amy Weng (Russley)Maddie May (Russley)Jessica Crosbie (Pegasus)Deanna Matthews (Weedons)Estelle Lin (Russley)Jasmine Clancy (Russley)Jana Beneke (Kaiapoi)Manager: Kate Turner
Fenix Canterbury Men’s TeamMatt McLean (Harewood)Mike Toeke (Christchurch)Andrew Green (Pegasus)Richard Reed (Christchurch)Sam Purdon (Templeton)Reid Hilton (Russley)Hayden Burns (Avondale)Ben Baker (Russley)Reserve – Michael McAuley (Russley)Manager: Ian MacGillivray
Canterbury Men’s Masters Team Anton Fouchee (Hororata)Jonathan Stieller (Weedons) Jason Sincock (Christchurch) Andrew...
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The sixth round of Pollock Cup was played at Christchurch Golf Club yesterday in challenging weather conditions.
Christchurch had the bye and Pegaus took their chance to go top of the table defeating Harewood 3.5-2.5 with several close matches, in particular Hillary O'Connor, for Pegasus and Catherine Knight halving at the top of the order, while Rion Ishizawa, Jessica Crosbie and Bobbi Oliver had wins for Pegasus. Lynda Brown and Liz Warren had wins for Harewood in two other close matches.
Russley without their usual top order, Juliana Hung and Amy Weng, showed their depth of talent defeating Waitikiri 4-2. Wins from...
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Challenging weather conditions greeted players at Avondale Golf Club for the eighth round of Woodward Cup yesterday where three teams confirmed their tickets to the finals. Avondale relished the opportunity to play at home and put this advantage to good use beating Coringa 5-3 in what was an important win for the hosts. With four games going down the last hole, there was opportunity for the result to be different, however Hayden Burns, Tiaki Davis, Nick Brennan, Daniel Vesty and James Boswell all came in strong and had wins for Avondale. Rohan Ware and Seven Zhao had wins for Coringa...
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