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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Woodward Cup starts this Sunday at Waitikiri and a collective prayer for no more rain between now and Sunday would be good.
As we’ve come to expect in Canterbury, some of our rising talent have either joined the professional ranks or moved overseas to play golf during the off season. On the flip side, this provides opportunities for our young talent to test their match play skills against the best Canterbury has to offer and should make great viewing over the next few months as teams set their sights on Finals Day in November.
Round 1 hosts Waitikiri are matched against last...
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This year’s Pollock Cup starts on Sunday at Avondale with three new clubs, hosts Avondale, Harewood and Waimairi Beach involved this season.
Russley meet Waimairi Beach in the opening match of the round and while Russley’s young squad of Alisia Ren, Jasmine Clancy, Estelle Lin, Vanessa Lim, Jessie Mercer, Eva Yin, Junie Chang, Yana Ye and Alice Fry at first glance looks light on experience with a number of the squad making their first appearances in Pollock Cup, their top order combined have accumulated 33 wins from 56 appearances so should get their side off to a good start. Waimairi Beach’s...
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It is with pleasure that we announce the addition of Catherine Bell to the team at Canterbury Golf as maternity cover for Jocelyn Blackmore.
Catherine will be continuing in the full-time role of Participation Coordinator that was created due to the phenomenal growth and increased focus on work fostering participation in golf, including overseeing our very successful Futures Canterbury programme.
Catherine will be well known to most in the golfing community, bringing to the position a wealth of golf experience having played since a young age, playing many years of Pollock Cup and representing the Canterbury Senior Women’s Team, and being part of New Zealand development squads...
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The annual Canterbury Central vs Canterbury North fixture was played at Weedons Golf Club recently with the contest turning into a very tight affair.
Following a -4 degree frost delay, play got underway with the Foursomes teeing off at 10am. The hindered start to the day meant the final singles groups in the afternoon play made their way back to the clubrooms in very dark surroundings.
Canterbury North was convincing in the Senior competition taking out the foursomes format 5-1 with just the Central pairing of Dominic Brettkelly and Max Edwards getting a win on the board. This was followed by the...
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Family, friends and award recipients gathered at Russley Golf Club on the evening of Friday 15 July to celebrated and recognise those who have made significant contributions to Canterbury Golf both as representative players and voiunteers. Many of the rep players were away plying their trade overseas, and a couple of service award recipients could not make it due to illness. Pictured above are the recpients that attended on the night - From left Aaron Forsyth, Matt McLean, Terry Waghorn, Dominic Brettkelly, Reid Hilton, and Sue Polson.
The full list of recipients were:
Service Award for Golfing Achievement
Kazuma Kobori (Senior and NZ...
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The Ashby Bergh Trophy and McGuire Hendon Cup matches were played at Lincoln Golf Club on Sunday in cool, wintery conditions with the course in great order.
The Ashby Bergh Trophy match was between Tai Tapu (Canterbury Central Patterson Cup Winner) and Rangiora Green (Canterbury North Templeton Cup Winner) with the Tai Tapu team of, from left Jason Blair, Scott Ward, Henry Siave, Sean Spencer, Derek Watson and Rod Frewen defeating Rangiora’s Ross Campbell, Eric Crawford, Karl Rollinson, Jim Dwyer, Tony Burgess and Rob Duncan 3.5-2.5 and making it back-to-back victories in the competition for the Canterbury Central club.
The McGuire Hendon...
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The Annual Canterbury North vs Marlborough representative fixture was held at Kaikoura Golf Club on the Sunday.
The Senior Men (pictured right) defeated Marlborough 9-3, winning the morning foursomes 4-0 and the afternoon singles 5-3.
The Intermediate Men defeated Marlborough 7.5-4.5, winning 3.5-.5 in the foursomes and drew their singles 4-4.
An overall win to Canterbury North 16.5-7.5
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Canterbury Golf is now seeking expressions of interest for the Manager positions for the 2022 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 22 July 2022.
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The Toby Richards Trophy and Cresswell Cup matches were played at Charteris Golf Club yesterday in fine, sunny conditions with the course in great order.
The Cresswell Cup match was between Waimairi Beach (Winner of Metropolitan A) and Rangiora Green (Winner of Templeton Cup) with some very close matches before the Rangiora team of, from left Karl Rollinson, Ross Campbell, Rob Duncan, Martin Ashton, Maurice McNally, Tony Burgess and Eric Crawford (Pictured right) Absent: Jim Dwyer, defeated Waimairi Beach's Dom Robinson, Jeff Wigney, Steve Priest, Craig Prior, Chris Anngow, Dave Smith, Lloyd Dungey and Chris Hand 5-3
The Toby Richards Trophy between Waimairi...
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