The 2018 Riccarton Park Golf Complex Canterbury 4BBB Championship is being played at Bottle Lake Golf Club this Sunday, and has again attracted a full and quality field to compete for the Canterbury titles.
In the men's field the top rated pair are Templeton's Sam Purdon and Dan Laughton. Nic Kay and Nick Franzmann from Coringa will be looking to go one better than last year when they finished runner-up to Matt McLean and Robert Gregory. Also in the mix are Josh Roche & Hiroki Miya, and Tom Wilson & Dominic Brettkelly. The return of Michael McAuley from university in the...
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160 people attended the 2018 Canterbury Golf Awards Dinner held at Russley Golf Club last Friday night and enjoyed an evening of awards, fun, and a thought provoking presentation from guest speaker Melodie Robinson.
Robinson spoke of her upbringing through a diverse group of parentage, and her struggle to progress through a male dominated media and sports broadcasting industry. Her initiative to promote women in media was inspiring.
As well as the awards, the evening proceed in slick fashion spiced up with humour from the consumate professional Phil McGoldrick as MC. There were giveways and spot prizes, and plenty of time to...
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The Canterbury Men's Champion of Champions Tournament was played at Templeton Golf Club on Sunday in cool overcast conditions and the course in great condition considering the week's damp weather.
Coringa's team of from left John Rademakers (Snr), Paul Snape (Jnr) and Thomas Tihore (Int) were dominant in the Team Gross Stableford Competition winning by 11 points with a combined total of 85 points from Christchurch's Russell Fildes, Warren Jones and David Morrison on 76 points and Avondale's Hayden Burns, Chris Parata and Brian Mackay third on 74 points. The Coringa team also won the Team Net Stableford competition with 108 points on a countback...
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The annual home and away fixture between Central Canterbury and Buller Westland was played at the Ellesmere Golf Club. Central Canterbury took not only the overall win but also won each of the divisions which included seniors, masters, intermediate and women.
Senior - Central Canterbury won 4.5-3.5Masters - Central Canterbury won 7-1Intermediate - Central Canterbury won 5.5-2.5Women - Central Canterbury won 5-3
Click here to view the full results.
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The Fenix Canterbury Men’s Team have been fortunate to have a match against the Wellington Men's Team to kick preparations off for the NZ Toro Interprovincials that are being played at Clearwater Golf Club in November.
Wellington took the overall honours in a closely fought match 8.5-7.5 with a good comeback by the Canterbury Boys to take the win at Clearwater today 4.5-3.5.
A big thank you to Pegasus Golf Club and Clearwater Golf Club for hosting the matches. The Fenix Canterbury Men's Team of Matt Mclean, Kazuma Kobori, Sam Purdon, Reid Hilton, Andrew Green, Richard Reed, Hayato Miya and Ben Baker...
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The final round of Brownie Cup was held at Greendale Golf Club on Sunday in mild, calm conditions and the course in great order with Lincoln's Richard Weaver, Graham Allan, Wayne Gugich, Darryl Joyce, Gary Shirley and Hannes Coetzee winning the 7 round competition by two points from Ellesmere and Tai Tapu.
The Barkle Cup for most individual wins in Brownie Cup was won jointly by Darryl Joyce (Lincoln) and James Cochrane (Ellesmere).
The Patterson Cup Final was also played on Sunday between Weedons Red and Kaituna at Weedons Country Club with the course also in great condition.
The Weedons team, from left...
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The following players have been selected to represent Canterbury to play against Wellington 16/17 June. The matches are being played at Pegasus Golf Club on Saturday and Clearwater Golf Club on Sunday.
Fenix Canterbury Men’s Team
Matt McLean (Harewood)Kazuma Kobori (Rangiora)Sam Purdon (Templeton)Reid Hilton (Russley)Richard Reed (Christchurch)Andrew Green (Pegasus)Hayato Miya (Russley)Ben Baker (Russley)
Managers: Ian MacGillivray & Mike Taylor
Congratulations to all those players selected and we wish them all the best for their upcoming representative event.
Click here to view a copy of the draw.
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The final round of Junior Interclub was held at Templeton Golf Club on Sunday 10 June. With good weather for this time of year, the two teams in the finals were Russley Blue and Lincoln. The games were hard fought ending in a draw, which was then taken to a sudden death play-off. Seb May played for Russley and Taylor Holland played for Lincoln. Seb May holed a 20 foot putt on the first play-off hole to secure the title for Russley Blue.
A good day was had by all and we would like to extend our thanks to all...
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Canterbury Golf Life Member Cushla McGillivray has been recognised at the recent Sport NZ Sport and Recreation Awards with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
The function was held in Wellington on 28 May, at which Cushla was one of three people who received a Lifetime Achievement Award.
Cushla was recognised for her contribution to golf and bowls over many decades both as a player and administrator in both sports. She is currently Chair of the New Zealand Bowls Board, as well as her golfing background.
Click here to go to the link for all the award recipients.
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