The final of the Canterbury Central Patterson Cup was played at Charteris Bay on Sunday in excellent condtions and a great atmosphere.
The Weedons Red team from left, Mike Prendergast, Darryl Campbell, Craig McIntosh, Mark Taylor, David Butts, Mike Methven, Chris Hay, and Terry Sullivan (Team Captain) seen here with the trophy defeated Burnham's Dave Kirton, Clayton Hogg, James Turipa, Wayne Carling, Kevin Rutherford, Craig Lawson, Dennis Gibbons and Ian Tennant 5.5-2.5.
The Annual Morgan Kennedy Peninsula Trophy match played between Selwyn and Peninsula teams was won this year by Selwyn 5-3.
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The annual fixture saw Central Canterbury travel to the West Coast to play the Buller Westland Team at the Reefton Golf Club. Representative matches were played against the two regions with reverse singles and singles for senior men, intermediate men, masters men and for the first time included a women's team.
Buller Westland won the senior men 5 games to 3.
Central Canterbury women won a close match 4.5 games to 3.5
Buller Westland took out the Masters men 6 games to 2.
Buller Westland also prevailed in the Intermediate men 6 games to 2.
Overall result Buller Westland 20.5 games Central Canterbury...
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The Canterbury Golf Annual Awards Dinner was held last Friday evening at Russley Golf Club, and the 150 people who attended were treated to a fine evening of awards, fun, and stories from guest speaker Mark Greatbatch.
MC Phil McGoldrick loosened the crowd up with a very funny golfing joke and then the evening began with Juliana Hung (Russley) winning the Riccarton Park Golf Complex Girl's Junior Golfer of the Year, and Hiroki Miya (Russley) winning the Riccarton Park Golf Complex Boy's Junior Golfer of the Year. Both were interviewed by Rachel Thow and spoke with maturity about their achievement, goals...
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The 2017/18 National Academy has now been re-selected for another 12 month term.
The incumbent members who have been re-selected include Ryan Chisnall (Greenacres), Daniel Hillier (Manor Park), Luke Brown (The Pines), Alanna Campbell (Omanu) and Amelia Garvey (Kaiapoi).
These players have been part of the national programme for varying lengths of time and are all aiming to continue the progress they have made during their time in the Academy. Chisnall, Hillier and Brown are gearing up to tackle a number of Northern Hemisphere summer events before heading home to contend for the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship title in October. With both a...
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The Junior Interclub Matchplay Semi-Finals and Finals were played at Christchurch Golf Club on Sunday in cool, sunny conditions and the course in immaculate order.
The Semi-Finals were both very closes contests with victories not decided until the final hole in several matches with Kaiapoi Blue defeating last year’s champions Lincoln 2.5-1.5 and Christchurch edging out Russley White 3-1 to reach the Final.
The Final between Christchurch’s, in back row Josh Roche, Finlay Jones, Michael Anderson, Bentley Seeto (Mgr), Mika McDonald and front row Korban Turnbull and Tim Seeto and Kaiapoi Blue’s, from left Mitchell McMillan, Oli Taylor, Wayne Willis, Layton Robertson...
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The North Canterbury interclub finals were played at Rangiora Golf Club last Sunday. The weather was fine if a little chilly and the course was presented in good condition with the greens in particular being superb.
The semi-finals in the Kaikoura Cup saw Pegasus Blue defeat Amuri 5-1 while the second semi-final between Kaiapoi and Pegasus White required a playoff after the teams were locked up at 3 a piece. Kaiapoi’s Ryan Adam prevailed on the second playoff hole to secure their place in the final.
The final was won by Pegasus Blue who prevailed 5-1 over Kaiapoi's Austin Hamilton, Joe Piggott,...
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The Metro B Interclub Final was finally completed at Coringa on Sunday with Harewood clinching the title against top qualifiers Bottle Lake after a marathon sudden death play-off, proceeding over two days.
The initial Finals Day Final on 30 April ended with both teams locked in a 4-4 draw and two sudden death play-off holes were completed before bad light stopped play. The two players involved, with their teams in support reassembled on Sunday at Coringa to continue the play-off battle which proceeded for a further five holes before Harewood's Ian Findlater held his nerve to clinch the victory for his...
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The Women’s 36 Hole Silver and Open Finals together with the 18 Hole Final were played at Christchurch Golf Club yesterday in sunny, calm conditions with the course in magnificent order.
In the 36 Hole Silver Final fourth qualifiers Waitikiri played second qualifiers Clearwater in a dour struggle with two singles matches being decided on the final hole and another on the penultimate hole before Waitikiri’s (from left) Rosalie Neaves, Pam Ellis, Cheryl Kemp and Lyn Robertson overcame Clearwater’s Rachel Eder, Nicky Wright, Virginia Faass and Lynda Vieceli 3.5-2.5.
In the 36 Open Final it was an all Tai Tapu affair with...
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The Tour Championship is the final event on the Canterbury Golf Order of Merit schedule which sees players accumulate points over the season based on their tournament placings. The final Tour Championship is also an opportunity for our Canterbury Golf Sponsors and Volunteers to be paired with our top players in a fun 4BBB Am-Am event. The Volunteer Management Am-Am was won by the pairing of Tim May and Tiaki Ogilvie with a net 61 with Maddie May and Lina Park on net 64 and Warren Houghton partnered with Cameron Harker on net 66 on a countback. Prizes for this...
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Canterbury Central stalwart George Stringer passed away late last week. he was found at home by a neighbour.
George provided over 20 years service to his club Burnham, and as Secretary/Treasurer for Canterbury Central Golf where he was also a Life Member. He was also a member of the Canterbury Eagles Golfing Society.
A memorial service to celebrate George's life is being held at Christchurch Crematorium Funeral Services (65 Vickerys Rd, Wigram) on Sunday 14 May at 11am.
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