The fourth and final round of the 2024 Junior Foursomes competition was played at Weedons Country Club on Sunday.
This competition is played over 4 weeks and is considered the first step on the pathway to interclub competition golf that progresses through the ranks to Woodward and Pollock Cups. The players range in handicaps from single figures to participants playing on the maximum handicaps as their journey in golf is just starting. Each week the players have a different stableford competition including 2Ball Best Ball, Foursomes, Canadian Foursomes and an Ambrose. This competition has seen some big names of Canterbury Golf including Cooper Moore, Seb May, Amelia Garvey and Alisia Ren playing in it.
The 9 Hole competition welcomed the return of Christchurch after a hiatus. Their manager and junior convenor, Murray Turnbull, is to be commended for his work in re-establishing the Christchurch club junior programme and it was fitting that Christchurch excelled to win this competition. Second placed team Waimairi Beach made a courageous challenge at Weedons but the points differential from earlier rounds proved to be too big a hurdle. For Waimairi Beach, Kanchana Kah had her best-ever 9 holes with 25 stableford points on her own. Over the competition the Christchurch team have used seven players all making their debuts for their club.
Pictured right are the top two teams, Waimairi Beach and Christchurch (including manager Murray) with their medals.
The 18 Hole competition was very close, only 9 points separating the top three teams before the final round. The Bottle Lake team of Jonathan Zhou, Hayne Kingi, Alex Kimber and Min Min Young were too strong and further extended their lead with 88 points on the final day. Futures Canterbury and Waimairi both scored 84 points to finish second and third respectively.
Pictured below are all the players in the 18 Hole competition with the Bottle Lake team proudly showing off the trophy.
Canterbury Golf are most grateful to sponsor MTF Carlton Corner who contribute alot to our junior golf development plan, the host clubs for the competition Russley, Bottle Lake, Waimairi Beach and Weedons, and the junior convenors and managers who have been very supportive of the 2024 competition. Now we await who from this year’s competition will go on to represent Canterbury and beyond.
