The Canterbury Golf 9 Hole Tournament was played at Templeton Golf Club yesterday in cool conditions, with the sun making an appearance later in the morning.With the course in great order 31 ladies and 1 man braved the wintery conditions and posted some excellent stableford results as follows:
Grade 11st - Claire Ballantyne, Russley ... 23 pts2nd - Sandy McCrone, Russley ... 21 pts3rd - Philippa Lemon, Avondale ... 20 pts
Grade 21st - Diane Gebbie, Tai Tapu ... 22 pts, on countback2nd - Barbara May, Greendale ... 22 pts, 3rd - Jane Trotter, Russley ... 20 pts
Overall Winner - Claire Ballantyne, Russley (pictured right)
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The annual Town vs Country fixture was played at Amberly Golf Club yesterday. With some initial showers soon passing, the day was played in brisk but fine conditions with the course in good shape.
With the event being played in a new trial format in 2023 the opening qualifying round commenced with a shotgun start at 8am with 4-man groupings scattered across the course. Under the day’s format, the opening round stroke scores were used to determine the seeding and in turn match ups for the afternoon match play games with the top-ranked players in each category (Town Seniors, Country Seniors,...
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The Final Results have been confirmed for the Women's National Teams Championship, and it was all so close for the Canterbury District Champion Harewood team of Marie Bell, Amy Liu, Kathryn Maloney and Liz Warren finishing runner-up, 1 shot behind National Champions Rangatira who finished 18 under par.
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On Friday the 11th of August the annual Canterbury Golf Awards Dinner was held at Christchurch Golf Club. With over a hundred people from the Canterbury Golf community in attendance a great evening was held celebrating not only the previous seasons player on-field performances but also importantly the opportunity was taken to recognise those that have given so much to the game locally over many years.
The evening commenced with the awarding of the Eagles Society Promising Girl and Boy of the Year awards which went to Lexi Thomson-Hall (Clearwater) and Etienne Collier (Avondale) respectively. The evening then moved on to...
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The CGI Executive has made a decision to appoint Blair Minton into the new role of General Manager – Pathways and Performance. This new role will be the senior employment position within Canterbury Golf and will report directly to the Executive. Blair will be responsible for the oversight of the day-to-day operations and delivery of the participation, club support, and competition golf aspects of the organisation. The Executive has made a decision to outsource the Financial Administration and Commercial relationship roles and would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank Mike Godinet for the work that he has done...
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Canterbury Golf is now seeking expressions of interest for the Manager positions for the 2023 Canterbury Boys & Girls Representative Teams. These are rewarding roles that contribute to the ongoing success of Canterbury Golf.
The purpose of these positions is to assist players to ensure they are supported and managed to perform at their best while representing Canterbury. The available roles and their job descriptions can be found below:
Boys Representative Team Manager
Girls Representative Team Manager
Applications in writing, outlining relevant skills and experience can be emailed to blair@canterburygolf.co.nz.
Applications close Friday 4 August 2023.
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Report from Ian Harvey, with photographs by Ian H. and Peter Miller
In 2022, with the inauguration of the Matariki Holiday, Kaituna Golf Club organised an Ambrose tournament which was such a success that it was decided to try and make this an annual event. This year’s event was advertised about 5 weeks out and in around a week, the field was fully subscribed.
Kaituna GC has recently re-configured the course, and this has now been ratified by Golf NZ. Moreover, after years of debate, the traditional fences were completely...
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The annual Ashby Bergh Trophy and McGuire Hendon Cup matches were played at Rangiora Golf Course on Sunday in damp, wintery conditions.
The Ashby Bergh Trophy match was between Tai Tapu (Canterbury Central Patterson Cup Winner) and Pegasus Gold (Canterbury North Templeton Cup Winner) with the Pegasus Gold team of, from left Andy Jones, John Woods, Mike Clapham, Cam Waghorn, Tom Hobson and Royce Ellis defeating Tai Tapu’s Jason Blair, Sean Spencer, Derek Watson, Tony Thorpe, Frank Tabley and Jeff Cairns in a tight match 3.5-2.5, with three matches being decided on the final two holes.
The McGuire Hendon Cup match between...
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The Toby Richards Trophy and Cresswell Cup matches were played at Kaiapoi Golf Club on Sunday in fine, cool conditions with the course in great order considering the recent rain. The Cresswell Cup match was between Avondale (Winner of Metropolitan A) and Pegasus Gold (Winner of Templeton Cup) with the Avondale team above of, from left Andrew Falck, Craig Gault, Steve Collier, Gary Holt, Hamish Ross, Marthy Bantilan, Richard Blight and Emerson Jones defeating Pegasus’s Mike Clapham, Kevin Shiel, John Woods, Cam Waghorn, Royce Ellis, Andy Jones, Tom Hobson and Graeme Reed comfortably 7.5-.5.
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With the 2023/2024 season approaching Canterbury Golf has been working towards some new additions to the CGI Tour - Order of Merit series as well some additions and changes for the 2024 Canterbury Stroke Play and Match Play.
These updates have been introduced based on feedback received in addition to our continued efforts to try and improve the experience and incentive for people to play and enjoy our top-level events throughout the season.
New Development Fund Prizes for the CGI Tour - Order of Merit
In the interest of wanting to increase the incentive for local players to play in the various OOM...
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