The Finals of the Women's 18 Hole 4's and 6's Interclub Competitions were held at Rangiora on Monday in crisp, sunny conditions with the course in great order.The 4's Final was always going to be a postive outcome for the Tai Tapu Club with Tai Tapu 1 facing off against Tai Tapu 2. In a very tight contest, with two matches going down to the wire it was the Tai Tapu 1 team of, from left Jenny Stephens, Donna Edwards, Pearl Park, Jill Gimblett, Penny Coffey and Sue Hart (pictured above) that managed to get across the line against their...
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Canterbury Golf is delighted to confirm the managers for the 2023 Men’s and Women’s Canterbury Representative seasons. The appointments are as follows:
Men’s Manager: Mike TaylorMen’s Assistant Manager: Kerry Chuck*Women’s Manager: Debbie ScottWomen’s Assistant Manager: Julie JonesMen’s Masters Manager: Simon Marshall**
Canterbury Golf is very fortunate to have the above-mentioned managers' knowledge and commitment in these roles and we congratulate them on their selection.
Players who have notified Canterbury Golf of their availability for Representative selection for the 2023 season will be able to meet the managers and selectors at the upcoming scheduled player's meetings as follows:
Women’s & U21 Girls Players Meeting –...
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After the 9 Hole Mixed Interclub Final being postponed due to heavy rain a week ago it finally got underway at Coringa today in Autumn conditions and the course in good order, while still a bit damp underfoot as a result of the recent rain. The match between last year's 9 Hole Champions Templeton and Avondale 1 was played in great spirit as usual, with the current champions Templeton making it back-to-back wins in the Final defeating Avondale 1's Linda O'Rawe, Philippa Lemon, Shirley Smith and Diana Feary, 65 stableford points to 44.The Champion 9 Hole Templeton team of, from left...
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The Semi-Finals of the Patterson Cup were played on a very wet Tai Tapu course. Hosts Tai Tapu used the local knowledge and avoided the worse of the wet patches to defeat Weedons Black 7.5-1.5 Both undefeated golfers in the competition Matt Rockhouse from Weedons and Derek Watson from Tai Tapu continued their winning ways, unfortunately for Matt his teammates did not jump on the winning train (maybe it would have been better to have a hydroplane to navigate).
The other semi final between Hororata and Ellesmere was a closer tussle coming down to the last putt on the last green...
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The Final of the Women's Weekend Interclub competition between Pegasus and Rangiora 1 was held at Russley Golf Club on Sunday in cool conditions and the course in good order considering the previous 24 hours of rain. The day started out quite heavy underfoot, a few light showers with relief required from water on occasions, but by the fourth hole the day improved and lightened up finishing in sunshine, albeit with a cold southerly wind.The result was in the balance with the final two matches going down to the penultimate hole before the Rangiora 1 team of from left, Sue McFarlane, Karen Craigie,...
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The Final round of Men's Canterbury Central Brownie Cup Interclub was played at Greendale yesterday in cool conditions and the course in good order considering the amount of overnight rain.It was the Tai Tapu team of, from left Ben Coffin, Stu Berryman, Tony Pye, Scott Ward, Will Tutton, James Ting and Gary Welsh. (Absent: Dave Crosbie, Ryan Ford, Ben Harding, Mark Tentori, Derek Ngu and Brent Earnshaw) who won their final match comfortably, as they have for most of the season, defeating Weedons Red 6-3.Gary Welsh also took out the Barkle Cup for the best individual performance, remaining unbeaten in...
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The Kaikoura Cup / Gardner Cup Final Round and Templeton Cup Final were played on Sunday. Players made their way to Waimakariri Gorge and were meant with a cool, crisp day and a few drops of rain prior to tee off threatened, but nothing came of it. The course was beautifully presented with the greens running very true at a good speed.
In the Kaikoura Cup a change of format from previous years saw the number of clubs and players rise from 4 clubs and 24 players to 7 clubs, 9 teams and 36 players playing each week. After leading from...
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The Final of the Women's Weekend Team Ball Interclub competition between Avondale and Russley was played at Bottle Lake yesterday in wintery weather and the autumn conditions making matches challenging for both players and rules officials.It was the Russley team of, from left Di Stayt, Carolyn Bleach, Chris Erikson, Bridget Hoffman and Sandra Gover who upset the top seed and prevailed 4.5-1.5 over Avondale's Jaimee Leach, Rhonda Hira, Pip Lloyd and Kara Campbell.
The Semi-Finals of the Women's Weekend competition were also played at Bottle Lake yesterday with Pegasus Blue defeating McLeans Island 3-1 and Rangiora 1 defeating Clearwater 2.5-1.5 to set...
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The Final of the Women's 18 Hole Silver Interclub competition was played at Harewood Golf Club yesterday in cool, misty conditions for the best part of the round with the course in great order.It was always going to be a tight contest between the top seeds from round-robin play, only separated by 3.5 games over the 9 round competition. With Russley defeating Clearwater in round-robin play early in the competition, both teams would have had contrasting motivation leading into the final. As expected the result went down to the wire with all four matches going down the 18th before the...
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The 2022/2023 Order of Merit (OOM) concluded yesterday with the annual Tour Championship Event being played at Clearwater Golf Club. With the course in great condition as normal and the weather playing its part conditions were ideal for the final event of the tour. With several OOM categories in the balance, it was all to play for in many of the divisions with several being decided on the day's performances.
More information about how the OOM works can be read below:
CGI Tour - Order of Merit
CGI Tour - Junior Order of Merit
Standout rounds of the day included Dominic Brettkelly's round of...
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