The 2024 edition of the Men’s and Women’s NZ Interprovincial tournament was played last week on the Kapiti Coast with the Men’s and Women’s premier Representative competitions once again being played in parallel to each other at Paraparaumu Beach and Waikanae Golf Clubs.
NZ Men’s Interprovincial
The Canterbury Men’s team had several new faces involved with 4 players in total making their debut for Canterbury at the NZ Interprovincial level. Tom Lee, in his first season representing Canterbury, was selected in the one position having previously played in this position in the past during his time in Otago. The number 4 spot...
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The Woodward Cup Promotion / Relegation match between the highest placed Blank Cup club without a team in Woodward Cup and the team that finished last in Woodward Cup this year faced-off at Russley Golf Club yesterday. In very warm conditions and the course in great order the stakes were high for the winner, with Avondale and Waimairi Beach competing for the opportunity to play in the 2024 Woodward Cup Interclub competition. The match was reasonably tight for most of the game, being 4 all after 14 holes, but a stronger finish from Waimairi Beach saw them gain the upper...
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The Canterbury Golf Women's Ringers Tournament was held at McLeans Island Golf Club yesterday in fine, warm conditions with the course in great order. Fiona Nicholls (left) and Denise Curry from Harewood were the 18 Hole Ringers Champions with a combined stableford points total of 75, while Jocelyn Chambers from Greendale took out the 9 Hole Ringers competition with 22 points.Apart from Fiona and Denise's combined total of 75 points being five points clear of their opponents, scoring was very close across both competitions with multiple countbacks required to decide final placings.
18 Hole Ringers1st - Fiona Nicholls & Denise Curry (Harewood),...
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After recent postponements to the Canterbury Central Masters Interclub competition, the Final round of round robin was played on Sunday at Ellesmere in warm, sunny conditions with the course in great order.
It was also the final opportunity for players to stake their claim as the competitions MVP and be awarded the Harkerss Tankard, which is kindly donated by Joanne and Barry Harkerss. There were a number of players still in the frame coming into the last round, however it was Steve Adams from Ellesmere who emerged as the winner, remaing unbeaten throughout the competition with four wins and a half...
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The 2023 Pollock Cup Final was played at Clearwater Golf Club yesterday with the top seeds from the regular season Waimairi Beach taking on 2nd seed Christchurch Golf Club.
The beachside club Waimairi had enjoyed a very strong season with a team containing a good blend of top young players such as Aroha Minhinnick, Zaria Bourne, and Deanna Matthews alongside experienced heads such as Angela Gerken and Lyn Robertson and Fetoni Humm which served them well throughout the regular season where they went 5 from 5 before overcoming Russley in a tight fixture in the semi’s. Hopes were high then for...
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The following players have been selected to represent Canterbury at the 2023 New Zealand Men's and Women’s Interprovincial to be played 5 December – 9 December at the Paraparaumu Beach & Waikanae Golf Club’s.
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The 2023 edition of the NZ Freyberg Masters was played last week at the Poverty Bay Golf Club in Gisborne. The Canterbury team featured a familiar lineup with just one addition to the squad in Andrew Green who was selected to play at the number 1 spot. Andrew Dufton, who a year earlier attended as the reserve played his way back into the starting 5 to play alongside Woo Bong Kim (2), Aaron Forsyth (3), and James Howard (4) as well as the experienced Jason Sincock (reserve.)
With a third-place finish 12 months earlier at Motueka hopes were high for the...
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The 2023 edition of the Men’s Interclub Finals Day took place on Sunday at Pegasus Golf Club in very hot spring conditions. With a total of 120 players across 16 teams and four different competitions all culminating together, it was always going to be a very busy semi-final morning plays before the eventual respective competition finalists were found.
Woodward Cup
As expected at this level, both semi-final matches were extremely tight with several matches going the distance. In the 1st vs 4th match-up Harewood put up a great fight trying to upset table topper Christchurch’s day, they did however fall just short...
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The Final Round of the 4 week junior foursomes was concluded on Sunday at Russley Golf Club. The Nine Hole competition had been a close tussle between Waimairi Beach and Weedons and entering the final round Waimairi had a 2 point lead. However the Weedons team had other ideas and emerged the winners of the competition by 3 points after the four ball best ball stableford with their pairing of Taine and Lianna contributing an impressive 21 points. It was a great team effort by this young pairing who complimented each other well and scored vital points when their team mate...
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The Women's Champion of Champions Tournament and Gross Stableford Rosebowl were held at Christchurch Golf Club yesterday in perfect summery conditions with the course in great order.
The Women's Champion of Champion for 2023 is Catherine Palmer of Christchurch (pictured right) with a 1 stroke win over Alisia Ren (Russley). Both players played immaculate golf, with Catherine finishing 1 over the card for a 36 hole total of 149 and and Alisia 2 over the card on 150. The final hole was the decider when Catherine made a birdie 3 against Alisia's par 4. This is the third consecutive year Catherine has...
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