A field of 46 players participated in the Canterbury Junior Tournament held at the Russley Golf Club.
In the 9 hole section this included 11 young golfers playing from the newly installed purple course. "Over ten golf courses in Canterbury have now installed the purple course which is approriate to the players ability" said Canterbury Golf Development Manager Rachel Thow. "Clubs are also utilising the purple course for fun social events and adult players that are newer to the game to play from".
In the 18 hole section, the U13 Boys gross was won by Cooper Moore (Russley) on a countback from...
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The following players have been selected to represent Canterbury at the NZ Men’s Freyberg Masters to be played at the Timaru Golf Club 4-8 November.
Canterbury Men’s Masters TeamTeam named in alphabetical orderAaron Forsyth (Waitikiri)Andrew Dufton (Russley)Brett Turner (Waitikiri)Jason Sincock (Amuri)Jonathan Stieller (Weedons)Anton Fouchee – Travelling Reserve (Hororata)Manager: Kevin Moyle (Waitikiri)
Congratulations to these players selected and we wish them all the best for the upcoming tournament. Results will be posted on the Canterbury Golf website and Facebook page during the event.
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The Canterbury Men's Masters Team have won the South Island Interprovincial title in a closely fought battle between the five districts.
The Timaru Golf Club hosted the South Island fixture, providing a great opportunity for the South Island districts to play competitive rounds ahead of the NZ Men's Freyberg that will also be played at the same venue in November.
The weather proved very challenging on the Saturday with rain and cold southerly winds. The players battled the conditions and managed to complete all four rounds.
The are pictured from left: Kevin Moyle (Manager), Anton Fouche, Jason Sincock, Andrew Dufton, Brett Turner, Jonathan...
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Courtesy of NZ Golf:
Previewing your inaugural DVS Pegasus Open
The first edition of the DVS Pegasus Open presented by NewstalkZB gets underway today with plenty of names set to be the first to add their names to the new trophy.
The new Christchurch edition to the Jennian Homes Charles Tour begins after seven successful years at Harewood. Pegasus are taking over the reins with DVS coming onboard as the headline sponsor in association with NewstalkZB.
Hometown hero Kazuma Kobori is expected to be somewhere up near the top of the leader board come Sunday afternoon. He comes into the tournament as one of...
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Woodward CupRound 6
The first double-header round was completed at Christchurch Golf Club yesterday in hot and blustery nor-west conditions.
There was a minor upset when seventh placed Pegasus comprehensively beat frontrunners Christchurch 5.5-2.5. Wins to Peter Brinsdon, James Cadenhead, Andrew Green, Zach May, Rodney Van Steenis, and a half to Mike Taylor sealed the victory. Christchurch may have been missing a couple of players, but a rejig of the order did not seem to work for them and their only wins went to Nic Kay playing No. 4, and Richard Reed playing No. 6, with James Simpson getting the half at...
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Charteris Bay played their final Boyle Cup Challenge for 2019 against Greendale yesterday in warm sunny conditions, finishing the season on a high with a 5-0 win.
Other successful challenges this year were against Harewood 4-1, Avondale 3.5-1.5, Amberley 5-0, Everglades 5-0 and Hanmer Springs, winning by default.
The Charteris Bay ladies have now held the Boyle Cup since April 2018, when ironically they defeated yesterday's opposition Greendale, and have since defended the trophy eleven times on their home course.
The trophy can now safely be displayed in the club's trophy cabinet until April next year when they will accept six new challenges...
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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 Timaru Golf Club 5-6 October.Canterbury Men’s Masters Team
Aaron Forsyth (Waitikiri)Andrew Dufton (Russley)Anton Fouchee (Hororata)Jonathan Stieller (Weedons)Jason Sincock (Amuri)Brett Turner (Waitikiri)Manager: Kevin Moyle
Non-travelling reserve: Alisdair Reid (Rangiora)
Congratulations to all those players selected and we wish them all the best for their upcoming South Island Interprovincial. Results from this event will be posted on the Canterbury Golf website and Facebook page following the event.
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The annual Cantebury vs Aorangi Represenative fixture was played at Ashburton Golf Club yesterday in fine, cool conditions with course in great order.
The Canterbury Women were dominant in their morning reverse singles winning 6-2 and continued to press home their advantage in the afternoon singles to again win 6-2 and 12-4 overall to retain the Templar Trophy. From left, Rachel Eder, Amy Weng, Jasmine Clancy, Hillary O'Connor, Maddie May, Catherine Bell, Yoyo Fu and Deanna Matthews.
The Senior Men had some very tight matches in both the reverse singles and singles and a number of results could have gone either way...
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New Zealand Golf have named a team to compete in The Spirit International held at Whispering Pines Golf Club in Texas later this year.
Matt McLean (Harewood), Tyler Wood (Palmerston North), Wenyung Keh (Pakuranga), and Momoka Kobori (Rangiora) make up the four-person squad who represent New Zealand at this championship for the first time since 2007. New Zealand earned an invitation to this event through our fourth-place finish at the Eisenhower Trophy, and our 19th place finish at the Espirito Santo Trophy last year.
National Academy and Development Squad members Matt McLean and Tyler Wood will combine for the men’s side, with...
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Round five of the Woodward and Pollock Cups were held yesterday at Harewood and Russley respectively in sunny, cool conditions but a bit damp underfoot after early morning rain.
Woodward Cup
Unbeaten Harewood had the home advantage against Russley but the current champions got into their work quickly with Hayato Miya and Regan Kilpatrick having big wins at the top of the order, while Hamish Kerr, Michael McAuley, Owen Burgess, Jacob Roberts and Andrew Dufton finished the job to win decisively 7-1 with Matt McLean registering Harewood's sole win.
Christchurch's top order of Jordan Bakermans, Nic Kay, Mike Toeke and Richard Reed set...
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