The 2018 Golf Warehouse Canterbury Matchplay is being held at Waimairi Beach Golf Club over Labour Weekend starting with qualifying on Saturday, then matchplay on Sunday and Monday.
Defending Champion Hiroki Miya (Russley) will be looking for a three-peat when he defends his title in the Men's Open section. However the 2016 and 2017 champion will face stern competition from a number of other players in good form including the Harewood contingent of Matt McLean, Josh Smith and Rhian Hamilton. Ben Baker, Kazuma Kobori, and Josh Roche were all part of the recent Canterbury Boys team that placed third at the...
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Two junior tournaments were held this week at McLeans Island and Christchurch Golf Clubs.
In addition to the 18 hole event at McLeans Island Golf Club a 9 hole non-handicap section was also held to provide the opportunity for children who are working towards a handicap to play in the event.
A field of 25 juniors (pictured left) braved the patchy rain at Christchurch Golf Club to produce some of best scoring seen at these events this year which included a net 55 by Korban Turnbull (Christchurch).
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The Men's South Island Masters Interprovincial was played at the Pegasus Golf Club. The event has been reinstated onto the calendar in recent years but this year included all five South Island provinces with Tasman returning to the event.
The six man teams played over four rounds, with challenging conditions for all the players.
After day one Canterbury and Aorangi were tied on one and a half points and both teams were dominant on day two recording 11 of a possible 12 games to finish in a draw on points and games. The two teams also had a draw against each other...
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The Fenix Canterbury U19 Team have achieved another top performance at the Boys Interprovincial played at the Cambridge Golf Club this week.
The team of Hiroki Miya, Ben Baker, Josh Roche, Zach May, Hayato Miya and Lachie Mackay had strong performances to beat Taranaki, Hawkes Bay and Bay of Plenty in the round robin play, they suffered a 5-1 loss to the eventual champions Wellington but finished on a high with a 4-2 win in the playoff for third against Auckland.
This event continues to be a great tournament to develop our junior players and Canterbury Golf are grateful to have the...
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Aorangi defeated Canterbury at the annual Millennium Trophy competition held at Tinwald Golf Club yesterday. The course was in excellent condition with some good scores recorded.
Pam Ellis (Canterbury) and Shona Bensemann (Aorangi) at the trophy presentation.
Aorangi Stablefords totalled 651 to Canterbury's 611.
Best scores were:
Aorangi:Sue Brandreth (Waimate) 41 Stableford PtsRoz Hobbs (Geraldine) 37Di Bell (Tinwald) 37Anne McSweeney (Temuka) 36Teresa Booker (Rakaia) 36Jude McKenzie (Nth Otago) 36Phyllis Smith (Tinwald) ...
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Courtesy of NZ Golf:
Another season of the Jennian Homes Charles Tour tees off this week, with the Harewood Open launching the New Zealand summer as we look to crown two new champions.
To be played from Thursday October 4-7, the field will feature multiple past champions who will be looking to add a new trophy to their cabinet, making for a mouth-watering week in the Garden City.
Headlining the field is recent Jennian Homes Trophy champion, Dan Pearce who won the season-long points race earlier this year and will be aiming to win for the fourth time on the national circuit (victories...
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The Russley interclub teams made the most of playing on their home course in front of an appreciative membership to win three out of the four finals on offer yesterday afternoon at the Canterbury Golf Interclub Finals Day.
In the Woodward Cup they had a good battle with Templeton who had made the final for the first time in many years and had not won the Woodward Cup since 1963. After nine holes the match was delicately poised with Russley leading 4.5-3.5 but only 1up in the four matches they held. However on the back nine their players really came through....
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Woodward Cup Final - Templeton v Russley (after 9 holes)
Sam Purdon leads Hiroki Miya 2up, Reid Hilton leads Tom Wilson 1up, Ben Baker leads Ryan Bellamy 1up, Jordan Latter leads Hayato Miya 2up, Michael McAuley leads James Robb 1up, Rhys Wilson leads Owen Burgess 4up, David Kelly leads Greg Hey 1up, Michael Berry and Andrew Dufton all square.
Russley lead 4.5-3.5 at the half way stage but the four matches they lead are only by one hole.
FINAL: Russley beat Templeton 6-2. Hiroki Miya beat Sam Purdon 2up. Reid Hilton beat Tom Wilson 4/3, Ryan Bellamy beat Ben Baker 2up, Hayato Miya beat...
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The following players have been selected to represent Canterbury to play in the South Island Men’s Masters Interprovincial at the Pegasus Golf Club 6-7 October.
Canterbury Men’s Masters Team:
Andrew Dufton (Russley)Aaron Forsyth (Waitikiri)Anton Fouchee (Hororata)Jason Sincock (Amuri)Jonathan Stieller (Weedons)Brett Turner (Waitikiri)Manager: Kevin Moyle
Congratulations to all those players selected and we wish them all the best for their upcoming South IslandInterprovincial. Results from this event will be posted on the Canterbury Golf website and Facebook page following theevent.
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Kazuma Kobori and Sophie Yip have won the 2018 Victorian Boys and Girls Championships at Moonah Links Golf Club.Kiwi Kobori proved too strong for the competition, becoming the seventh dual winner and sixth player to claim back-to-back titles in Victoria’s oldest junior tournament.
The last time such a feat was achieved was by Daniel Gaunt in 1995 and 1996, five years before 16-year-old Kobori was born.
“It feels amazing. Last year I didn’t really know I had won until I had finished but this year I had full control of what I was doing so it feels so much better,” said Kobori,...
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