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 Ethan Lam (Everglades) with Michael Visser and James Walker (both Russley) taking out the stableford prizes.
Maddie May (Russley) continued her form, after returning from the Girls Interprovincial in Rotorua, to win the Girls section with a gross 72 from Yoyo Fu (Coringa) with Jessie Mercer (Christchurch) winning the stableford competition with 47 points from Alisha Ren (Russley).
The Grade 1 Boys section was won with a gross 78 by Yuki Miya on a countback from Seb May (both Russley), while Edward Dickinson (Rangiora) and Sam Harris (Russley) won the stableford prizes. The Grade 2 Boys section was won by McKenzie Selinger (Russley) with a net 65 from Rory Attwood (Kaiapoi) with a net 69 along with Mark Chang (Russley) and Kyle Whiu (Rawhiti) both on 38 stableford points.
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