The Women's National Club Teams' Championship results for 2024 have been finalised and can be viewed here.Congratulations to the 2024 Winners Clinton, Otago at 23 under par.The Canterbury District Club Champions, Tai Tapu's team of Liz Reed, Sun Han, Pearl Park and Adrienne Shadbolt finished in 8th equal place at 14 under par.
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Canterbury Golf is now seeking expressions of interest for the Manager positions for the 2024 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 2 August 2024.
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Results for the National Women's Home Links competitions have now been finalised and can be viewed here.Canterbury players have featured very high in the National results, with congratulations to Mikana Suto from Rangiora who won the National Junior Gross competition.
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The annual Ashby Bergh Trophy and McGuire Hendon Cup matches were played at Burnham Golf Course on Sunday in calm, sunny conditions and the course in great order. Our thanks to Burnham for hosting this event. It's the first time for some years Burnham have hosted and event like this and the feedback from players that the course and greens are in the best condition they have seen for many years is a credit to the club and team of volunteers at Burnham for their hard work.
The Ashby Bergh Trophy match was between Tai Tapu (Canterbury Central Patterson Cup Winner)...
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The Final round of Canterbury North Women’s Interclub was played at Hanmer Springs yesterday in cool, overcast conditions and the course in great order.
Going into the Final Round Scargill led the team standings by just 1 point from their nearest rival Hanmer Springs who had the bye and were unable to add to their total. With both Hawarden and Cheviot next on 12 games, Scargill only needed to win two games in their final match against Culverden to safely secure their second successive title.They managed to do that comfortably winning 3.5-1.5 with Emma Macfarlane defeating Ju Lucas 5/4, Marianne McLean...
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Former Canterbury, NZ representative and now pro player Kazuma Kobori recently attended one of Canterbury Golf's Talent Development Programme sessions last month.
The Rangiora local was able to pass on some invaluable knowledge and tips to our aspiring players as he engaged with the group undertaking an initial Q&A session followed by a demonstration of what one his practice sessions looks like.
TVNZ was also on hand to film some of the session, the video for which you can view below:
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The Cresswell Cup and Toby Richards Trophy were contested on Sunday in bleak conditions at Templeton Golf Club.Despite the poor conditions both matches were hotly contested and provided for some good entertainment on a very cold and wet Sunday.
In the Cresswell Cup, Templeton Cup Champions Kaiapoi Black came out on top over Metro A Champions Avondale 5.5-2.5 in a match that went down to the last couple of holes.The Kaiapoi Black team of, back row Greg Stringer, Simon Hodge, Paul Hughes, Wayne Robertson, Nathan Lynskey, Ken Harvey and front row Ash Cowlishaw, Jamie Maat and Ben Young are pictured above.
The...
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The 2024 Canterbury 4BBB Championships were played at Coringa Golf Club yesterday in cool conditions with the course in great order.Due again to the popularity of the event, a ballot was required to identify the top 50 men’s pairs and 14 Women’s pairs to compete in the Championship and the scoring reflected in the high calibre of players.Highlights on the day were a hole in one from Clearwater’s Rachel Eder on hole no. 5 (Rachel's second in the past three Canterbury 4BBB events), an individual eight under round of 65 from Bottle Lake’s Mitchell Redmayne, a seven under 66 from...
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The 2024 edition of the Canterbury 4BBB Championships takes place this Sunday being played at the Coringa Golf Club, which by all reports have their Championship level course in great condition as they look forward to hosting some of Canterbury’s premier male and female amateurs.
The popular 4BBB format has again attracted a large amount of interest with pair entries exceeding the limited amounts for both male and females, despite the increase this year in field size moving from 96 to 108 for this year’s event.
In the men’s competition an increased total of 40 pairs will do battle with, as expected,...
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The annual Men’s Champions of Champions event was held yesterday at Rangiora Golf Club in mild, calm conditions and the course in great order, with representatives from 28 Canterbury Clubs competing.The event offers the opportunity for clubs' Senior, Intermediate, and Junior champions to compete against other club’s respective champions individually, and in a teams’ net and gross stableford format.
In the Teams Gross Stableford, Clearwater claimed victory with a combined score of 92 points with Harewood finishing second with 84 points. The Clearwater team pictured right are Cooper Moore and Steve McCormick, (Chris Reid absent).
In the Teams Net Stableford event, Burnham...
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