The Presidents Grade Interclub Final was played at Christchurch Golf Club last Sunday between Russley and Harewood in cool overcast conditions with the course in excellent order.
The Russley team of, from left Keith Hiscoke, Gary Scannell, Lindsay Penman, Johnathan Curtis, Gavin KIng, Tony Daly, Colin Goodman, Chris Le Cren, Stephen French, Gary Shepherd and John Sutton defeated Harewood’s Tony Marriner, Tony Ralfe, Wayne Coleman, Paul Dale, Kim Dale, Mike Regan, Mike Stanley and Gary Charmley. Russley started strongly and maintained the pressure throughout defeating Harewood 7-1.
The Presidents Grade Most Valuable Player was awarded to Jun Yoshinari from Bottle Lake winning...
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The annual North Canterbury vs Central Canterbury representative fixture was played last Sunday at the Waimakariri Golf Club. The weather conditions were favourable and the course was presented in top condition. In the Senior matches North took an early lead after the morning foursomes by 4-2. The afternoon singles saw North convincingly claim the honours with a 8.5-3.5 result which made the overall result 12.5 to 5.5 to the North. The Masters division was also convincingly won by North Canterbury who led 3-0 after the foursomes and continued in a similar vein in the singles winning those 5-1 for a...
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The 9 Hole Interclub Final was played at Templeton this morning in initially foggy, calm weather, with the course in great condition.
The Bottle Lake team pictured with 9 Hole Convenor Claire Ballantyne are from left, Johanna Moore, Jenny Bartley, Norma Powell and Anne Traquair who all contributed consistently as a team to defeat Avondale's Liz Newman, Rayleen Williams, Kathryn Ferris and Linda Neilson by 78 stableford points to 72.
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Kaiapoi Golf Club hosted the National Women’s District Final Championship on Friday in calm, sunny weather conditions and the course in immaculate order.
Twenty teams competed for District Championship honours and it was a very close contest with only nine shots separating the first 12 teams.
Kaiapoi’s home team of, from left Diane Brown, Michelle Anngow, Lois Farrier and Suzanne Griffith made it back-to-back victories for the North Canterbury Club with a combined pairs 4BBB total of 132 with the Ellesmere’s Jane Pangborn, Leonie Chambers, Heather McKimmie and Heather Templeton a shot back on 133 on countback from Bottle Lake’s Clare Pitt,...
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The Metro A & B Men's Interclub Finals were played at Coringa Golf Club last Sunday in far from ideal weather conditions. Players had to endure rain and strong southerly winds with the course in good condition considering the amount of rain that fell. The Metro A Final between Russley and Waimairi Beach was very close right to the end with three critical matches going to the 18th before the Waimairi Beach team from left, Steve Priest, Darren Smith, Peter Perham, Dave Smith, Carl van Rees, Craig Prior ,Gary Eyre and Jeff Wigney prevailed 5.5-2.5.
The Metro B Final was an even...
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The Canterbury U16 & U19 Boys Teams have successfully defended their respective interprovincial titles at the South Island U19 Championship played at the Cromwell Golf Club. The South Island interprovincial is played in conjunction with South Island U19 Championship with the best four scores from each team counting over the three rounds.
The Canterbury U16 Team which included, Kazuma Kobori, Tiaki Ogilvie, Zach May, Hayato Miya and Kansuke Shin showed what a talented side they are to win the title from Otago by 39 shots. The team started with a dominate first round with a combined team score of 295...
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In a first for New Zealand, golf in Canterbury has become a recognised provider for the Sport NZ Green Prescriptions Programme. The programme is provided through local Sports Trusts
A Green Prescription is a health professional's written advice to a patient to be physically active, as part of the patient's health management. Patients are referred by their GP to Sport Canterbury who have a Green Prescription team that will talk through the patient's current activity level, and help them to set an activity plan and realistic goals suited to their individual needs, health and lifestyle. Sport Canterbury's Green Prescription service caters for participants in Canterbury, Mid Canterbury, South...
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It was an exciting week of golf following the progress of our top Canterbury juniors playing in the Australian Junior Amateur. Tom Parker, Dominic Brettkelly, Juliana Hung and Amelia Garvey were selected by NZ Golf to play the event, with Hiroki and Hayato Miya also making the trip to gain experience playing the top junior tournament in Australia.
Both Parker and Brettkelly elevated themselves up the leaderboard after morning rounds of 63 and 65 respectively on the final day of play. Parker led the tournament heading into the final round with Brettkelly just two shots back, unfortunately the final round...
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North Canterbury played their annual match against Nelson at the Hanmer Springs Golf Club over the weekend with four teams represented from each region which includes junior, senior, intermediate and masters players. The North Canterbury Seniors came back strongly on the second day of play winning three of four matches to square up their contest at six games all with both Andrew Green and Oscar Cadenhead earning two wins from their two matches played. The Nelson Masters were too strong for the North Canterbury team only dropping half a game in their dominant victory. The North Canterbury Juniors staged a...
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The coveted Russell Grace Cup played for at the New Zealand Women's Masters event played this year at the Ngaruawahia Golf Club was won by the Northland team for the first time. The Northland team were dominant throughout the week finishing with a winning margin of ten shots over Bay of Plenty, with defending champions Auckland finishing in third position.
The charge was led by new-master Kylie Jacoby who shot a 38 in her first round. Jacoby’s skill and consistency over the following three rounds, also saw her claim the Canterbury Shield for the best individual performance, by one...
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