Three of the Burnside High School team from 2015 repeated the winning performance again in 2016. The team of Amelia Garvey, Juliana Hung and brothers Hiroki Miya and Hayato Miya dominated the event with a strong performance at the Canterbury Secondary Schools Championship played at the McLeans Island Golf Club today. Hayato Miya was the new comer to the team at just 12 years of age (turning 13 tomorrow) playing off a six handicap. Amelia Garvey and Juliana Hung both played solid golf shooting 74 along with Hiroki Miya who had the third counting score of 76 to secure the...
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While the Canterbury Women's Team was announced as the winner of the Canterbury Sports Team of the Year, four members of the team were in Dunedin competing at the South Island Stroke Play played at the St Clair Golf Club.
Momoka Kobori showed her class once again defending her title she won in 2015 finishing on four under par to win the Women's South Island Stroke Play by five shots from teammate Hillary O'Connor who recovered from a rough first round to take out second place by one shot from Amelia Garvey. Both Hillary and Amelia completed superb final rounds...
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The Canterbury trio of Juliana Hung, Tom Parker and Matt McLean have just completed a trip of a lifetime after travelling to China to compete at the Faldo Series Asia Grand Final played at Mission Hills. All three booked their spot in the field after winning their respective age categories at the New Zealand event played at the Clearwater Golf Club in January. The New Zealand event and trip to China was made possible through the contribution of the Canterbury Golf Development Trust.
The players were treated to two clinics by Sir Nick Faldo as well as testing themselves on the...
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The Flexi Lease Canterbury Women's Team have topped off a great 2015 year by taking out the prestigious Canterbury Team of the Year Award at the Marriotts Hadlee Sports Awards. A remarkable achievement for the Canterbury Women's Team, whose average age was 16, to win the NZ Women's Interprovincial at the Ashburton Golf Club in December.
A record crowd of over 700 Canterbury sporting enthusiasts attended the awards function with 29 sports represented among the lists of finalists. The Canterbury Women's Golf team were selected as one of three finalist for the Sports Team of the Year award facing stiff competition from...
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The final round of Over 50's & 60's Interclub was played at Rangiora on Sunday in fine conditions. Christchurch comfortably won the Pirie Cup for the fifth consecutive year for Best Team Gross on 1410 from Tai Tapu on 1451. The Chamberlain Cup for Best Team Net was taken out by Tai Tapu, from left (Gary Welsh, Stu Berryman, Dan Cuisel & Wayne Clark) on 1295 with Weedons A runner-up on 1308.
The Best Team Net in Over 60's was won by Bottle Lake, from left (Kevin Grant, Paul Mottram, Roger Cunningham, Gordon Laurie, Bill Heggarty & Carl Sakofsky) on 1306 for the...
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Canterbury Golf's Captains Day Tournament was held at Rangiora on Friday in warm weather and excellent conditions. The host Club Captains Steve Jones and Vivienne Taylor showed local knowledge has its advantages winning the Captains Day Trophy with a combined stableford score of 76 points with Steve, 41 and Vivienne, 35. Runners-up, 4 points back on 72 were Weedons pairing of Barry Grant, 34 and Margaret Langan, 38 with Waimairi Beach's Noel Stewart, 34 and Liz Jack 38 also on 72, third on a countback. Other good scores on the day were Keith Yorston and Erin Mulholland (Hawarden) 70 points,...
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