The 18 Hole Women's Interclub Final was played between Clearwater and Russley 1 in cool conditions at Waitikiri yesterday, with the course presented in great condition.
The Clearwater ladies from left, Wendy Timbs, Joy McLaughlin, Mary Heckler, Liz Austin, Mee Huong Yang and Gay Cox continued their unbeaten Interclub round robin form to beat a gallant Russley 1 team of Margaret Han, Chris Fahey, June Park, Joy Smith, Mary-Anne Williamson and Anne Collingwood, with several matches going down to the wire by 4-2.
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Russley 1 made it back to back victories as 9 Hole Interclub Champions in 2015 and 2016 yesterday at Lincoln Golf Club in fine cool conditions defeating Templeton 74-60.
The Russley ladies from left, Sandra Gover, Eleanor Smart, Suzanne Taylor, Dorothy Hughes (9 Hole Convenor), Christine Lake, Claire Ballantyne and Sue Meyer repeated their Rd 4 victory over the Templeton team of Clare Reid, Gaye Harry, Kay Russell and Shirley Smith to take out the title.
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The Women's National Club Teams' District Final was played at Russley on Friday in calm conditions with players finding the course a real challenge, which was very evident in the very close scoring at the top of the leadercboard with just 4 shots covering the top 5 teams.
The ladies team from Kaiapoi from left, Marj Wright, Lois Farrier, Diane Brown and Marg Mundy were crowned District Teams' Champions with a team score of 137. Closely followed in second place on 138 were Waitikiri's Fay McCarthy, Chris Marple, Kay Thomas and Kathryn O'Donnell on a countback from Russley's Mary-Anne Williamson, Sue...
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Sir Bob Charles ONZ, KNZM, CBE has become an Honorary Member of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews.
Sir Bob is one of the world’s most renowned and popular golfers, becoming Champion Golfer of the Year after winning The Open in a play-off at Royal Lytham & St Annes in 1963. He won nearly 80 titles around the world and was admitted to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2008.
“I am extremely proud and gratified to be invited to become an Honorary Member of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club,” said Sir Bob. “Winning The Open was...
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Amelia Garvey has won for the first time on the Jennian Homes Charles Tour. The Kaiapoi and New Zealand Academy amateur put together a stunning four round performance to win the Charles Tour Autex Muriwai Open the final event of the season.
Starting the final round one shot back of professional Rica Tsa Amelia played superb golf shooting a two under par 70 with a bogey free round. Winning by two shots over fellow Cantabrian Momoka Kobori (Rangiora), she was over the moon and more than happy to get her first win. “It hasn’t really sunk in yet, but I’m...
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Canterbury have retained the Under 16 & Under 19 South Island Interprovincial titles which were played in conjunction with the South Island U19 Championship at the Tinwald Golf Club.
The Canterbury Under 16 team of Hiroki Miya, Kazuma Kobori, Zach May, Tiaki Ogilvie and Hayato Miya dominated the Under 16 teams event winning from Tasman.
The Canterbury Under 19 team of Tom Parker, Dominic Brettkelly, Marcel Boet, Ben Baker and Austin Hamilton turned the lead with Tasman, winning by eight shots.
A big thank you to the Managers Tim May and Peacy Reihana who managed both teams throughout the week.
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Hiroki Miya (Russley) has delivered a suberb performance to win the South Island U19 Championship played at the Tinwald Golf Club this week. Hiroki fired rounds of 66 and 67 to hold a clear advantage over the field heading into the final round today. In the end he carded a final round of even par 72 to win the tournament by three shots from fellow Canterbury representative Tom Parker (Russley) who after shooting 73 in the opening round found his stride shooting 66 in the round 2 followed by 69 in the final round. Third place was won by Sam...
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Momoka Kobori and Amelia Garvey have capped off a great week in Australia where they competed in the Australian Girls Amateur at the Devonport Golf Club in Tasmania. The pair also formed part of the New Zealand team along with Alanna Campbell (Bay of Plenty) and Ela Grimwood (North Harbour) to compete against the Australian team in the Junior Tasman Cup. This cup is played for over the opening 36 holes with the best three scores counting from the team. While the New Zealand team shot some low numbers they were outclasses by Australia by 17 shots, with three of...
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A great day was held at the Templeton Golf Club for the Junior Interclub Semi-finals and Finals. The top four teams from the round robin competition fought hard in the semi final for a place in the final. Top seed in section one Waimari Beach played Russley Blue, but Russley Blue proved too strong with the experienced side winning 4-0 to book the first place in the final. In section two Lincoln showed why they were top seed topping Russley Gold in a closely fought battle, with Lincoln going through to the final 3-1.
The final match between Lincoln and...
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The NZ Women's Masters celebrated it's 25th Anniversary returning to the Methven Golf Club where it all began. Credit must go to the Methven Golf Club for the time and effort they put into preparing the course to the high standard it was presented in.
Auckland ran away with the victory heading into the final round with a 19 shot lead, they finished strongly to beat Southland, who have dominated the tournament over the past eight years, to win by 12 shots, with Aorangi enjoying one of their best finishes of the tournament in third.
Catherine Knight won the prestigious Canterbury Shied...
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