Canterbury Golf General Manager Grant Lewis took the opportunity to visit the offices of VFL Flexillease this week and present owner Garry Donnithorne with a copy of the recently published "History of Golf in New Zealand" with a special inscription on the inside cover recognising the long time contribution of the company to Canterbury Golf.
VFL Flexiliease has been with Canterbury Golf since the mid 2000's when lease agent Richard Deighton started a sponsored vehicle leasing relationship with then GM Doug McSweeney. The support was extended later on when the company began sponsorship of women's representative golf programme. The relationship continues...
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Round 4 of Pollock Cup was played at Rangiora yesterday in fine, sunny weather and the course in great order.In the first match of the day Clearwater defeated Waitikiri 3.5-2.5 in a real nail biter with three matches going down the18th. Kim Moggach just getting up over Rachel Eder 1 up, Chris Marple halved with Jo Kent and Lynda Vieceli also finishing on the 18th to beat Jenny Ahn 2 up. Waitikiri's other win coming from Ginny Bolderston. Wins for Virginia Faass and Lexi-Thomson-Hall was just enough to give Clearwater the win and take them to the top-of-the-table.
Harewood caused the...
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A cool blustery day greeted players for round four of the 2022 Woodward Cup at Russley Golf Club, and there were some interesting results.
When Pegasus and Templeton last met it was in the 2021 Final and it was a very close result. Their match on Sunday was no different with a tense 4-4 draw, that came down to the last group in the match, with Shaun Allan halving his game against Dan Laughton in unfortunate circumstances after holding a 1up lead playing the last. Dean Harvey, Phil Stephens, and Ian Blount all won for Pegasus, while Marcus Mariu halved with...
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The Canterbury Golf 9 Hole Tournament was played at Pegasus Golf Club today in initially wet conditions, with the rain disappearing but cool conditions remaining.With the course in great order 29 ladies and 11 men braved the wintery conditions and posted some excellent stableford results as follows:
Women's Grade 11st - Chris Whiteside, Templeton ... 22 pts2nd - Raylene Helm, Pegasus ... 17 pts on countback3rd - Gaye Harry, Templeton ... 17 pts
Women's Grade 21st - Helen Astell, Amberley ... 23 pts2nd - Kristine Kidd, Templeton ... 20 pts3rd - Kath Robertson, Everglades ... 19 pts
Men's Grade1st - Michael Carpenter, Amberley...
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Results of the 2022 Women's Home Links and National Teams Championship competitions have been finalised and the full results are below for both competitions.
Click here to view Women’s Home Links Results
Click here to view Women's National Teams Championship Results
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The Final round of Canterbury North Women's Interclub was played at Scargill Golf course on Monday in sunny conditions, and after recent rain the course still quite wet underfoot in some areas.
Cheviot and Scargill both went into the last round at the top of the table tied on 13 games, but with hosts Scargill having the bye the title was Cheviot's to lose and they played fifth placed Culverden. Hawarden sitting third, still had a realistic opportunity to catch Cheviot being just behind them on 12.5 games, and they were up against fourth placed Hanmer Springs.
The Cheviot team of, from left...
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The annual Town vs Country Representative fixture was held at McLeans Island Golf course yesterday in overcast but fine conditions with the course in good condition with the greens worked on just hours before tee off.
In true Town vs Country tradition players of various clubs from each region were on display with Town having representatives from 10 different clubs (Avondale, Bottle Lake, Clearwater, Coringa, Templeton, Waimairi Beach, Russley, Christchurch, Harewood, and Waitikiri) with Country having 7 clubs represented (Amberley, Amuri, Pegasus, Hororata, Weedons, and Kaiapoi.) With plenty of playing quality across both teams the fixture, which acts as one of...
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With three wins from three matches Clearwater and Templeton lead the 2022 Woodward Cup. Avondale are also unbeaten but drew with Russley in round two.
The early rounds have shown some very lopsided results and given a good indication of potential semi-finalists. As well as Clearwater, Templeton, and Avondale; Pegasus, Russley, and Waitkiri have a clear headstart in the race for semi-final spots.
At the other end of the ladder Christchurch and Weedons are yet to register a win, and Harewood has got one point from a draw with Waitikiri. The 0-3 record for Christchurch is a particular shock, given the club's...
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The third round of Pollock Cup was played in fine, sunny weather at Waitikiri on Sunday with underfoot conditions still quite wet in low-lying areas, which tested many players.
Matches through the first three rounds continue to be unpredictable with some close contests, but one big win on Sunday saw Waimairi Beach defeat Harewood 6-0 with Deanna Matthews, Angela Gerken, Georgia Wayman, Zaria Bourne, Lyn Robertson and Pam Chapman all winning for Waimairi Beach. Clearwater notched some early wins courtesy of Jo Kent, Lexi Thomson-Hall and Lynda Vieceli while No. 1 Rachel Eder edged past Nicole Hamilton-Cross in a close match at...
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The 2022 Canterbury Golf Annual Awards Dinner was held at Christchurch Golf Club last Friday night after a three year hiatus due to COVID. 125 people turned out to celebrate, socialise, and connect with the golf community.
Newstalk ZB Sports Breakfast Co-host Craig Kerr admirably stepped in for regular MC Phil McGoldrick after he broke his pelvis in a skiing accident, and welcomed the audience with a video of junior development, talent development, interclub, and rep highlights of the year.
The awards made on the night were:
Eagles Golfing Society Promising Junior Girl of the Year - Vanessa Lim (Russley)
Eagles Golfing Society Promising ...
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