Canterbury Golf News
MTF Carlton Corner to sponsor Canterbury Golf
Canterbury Golf is proud to announce a sponsor partnership with Stu Myles and the team at MTF Carlton Corner.
MTF Carlton Corner will be supporting a number of Canterbury Golf's programmes including Junior Interclub, Futures Canterbury, Friends of Canterbury Golf, and the Canterbury Strokeplay.
"We are delighted to be involved with Canterbury Golf" said MTF Carlton Corner Owner Stu Myles (pictured below with Canterbury Golf GM Grant Lewis). "Golf is on a real high at the moment locally and nationally, and we are happy to support its continued growth and development" continues Myles.
"It is great to have MTF Carlton Corner as a sponsor partner" says Canterbury Golf GM Grant Lewis. "Stu is a keen golfer playing regularly at Clearwater, and it is great his passion for the game has transferred into support for the development of golf in Canterbury" continues Lewis.
For all your vehicle financing needs click here and get in touch with Stu, Hamish, or Christina at their office on the corner of Bealey Ave and Papanui Rd.
Canterbury finish third at NZ Freyberg Masters
The NZ Freyberg Masters concluded on 4 November after a big week up at Motueka. This event marked the end of the Masters representative calendar after several preparation events leading into the showpiece week. Following an initial master’s trial fixture held on in July, subsequent Town vs Country, Canterbury vs Aorangi, and the South Island Interprovincial events the eventual Canterbury Masters team was named. Featuring a couple of familiar faces in Aaron Forsyth, Brett Turner, and tournament captain Jason Sincock, the team also featured a few new faces with Woo Bong Kim being selected at number 1 and James Howard at number 4.
Read the full tournament review below.
Playoffs required to find Pollock Cup finalists
Play-offs were required for both Pollock Cup semi-finals held 6 November at Harewood Golf Club in cool, blustery conditions.
Clearwater played Waitikiri and Christchurch played Waimairi Beach. At the completion of the matches they were both even with three wins a piece. Therefore, a sudden-death playoff was required. Clearwater and Waitikiri could not be separated over five extra play-off holes, (1 – 2 – 3 & 9… repeat!) with both Rachel Eder and Kim Moggach playing some excellent shots. Kim Moggach eventually won for Waitikiri on the 6th playoff hole. Equally the other sudden death play-off between Christchurch & Waimairi Beach was a very high standard of golf with Nicky Webb (Christchurch) winning out over Angela Gerken on the 3rd playoff hole.
In the match Christchurch v Waimairi Catherine Bell beat Angela Gerken 3/1, Nicola Webb beat Georgia Wayman 7/6 for Christchurch. For Waimairi Zaria Bourne beat Mel Brew 3/2, and Lyn Robertson beat Ina Lee-Hall 3/2. There were two halves - Olive Tapu v Deanna Matthews, and Jennifer Cho v Pam Chapman.
In the Clearwater v Waitikiri match for Waitikiri Kim Moggach beat Rachel Eder 2/1, Naomi Wallace beat Marg Coughlan 6/5, and Jenny Ahn beat Julie Battersby 4/3. For Clearwater Lexi Thompson-Hall beat Ginny Bolderston 2/1, Virginia Faas beat Chris Marple 5/3, and Lynda Vieceli beat Nicky Muir 1up.
Waitikiri will play Christchurch in the Final at Russley Golf Club on 27 November.
Canterbury win 2022 Men's South Island Interprovincial
The annual 2022 Men’s South Island Interprovincial tournament was played over the 29-30 weekend October hosted by Hororata Golf Club. Hororata, which this year was celebrating its centenary was in impressive condition, with many commenting that the course was in the best condition they had seen it. A credit to the greenkeeper Andrew Bell and the team of volunteers including Al Sime for their tireless work to bring the course up to the standard it was presented in. Read the full event review below.
Canterbury finish second at 2022 Women's South Island Interprovincial
The 2022 Women’s South Island Interprovincial was played over the 29-30 October in Dunedin at the Taieri Lakes Golf Club. The course was in great condition with the hilly layout providing some varied and enjoyable playing conditions.
Canterbury’s 8-woman team contained some experienced players and some young players debuting at this event. Captain Catherine Bell lead the team at number 1 with Olive Tapu and Rachel Eder at number 2 and 4 respectively also providing some event experience. Nicky Webb a player who made her debut for the senior team earlier this year during the Aorangi fixture also added some experience playing in the number 6 position. The rest of the team was relatively youthful with Alisia Ren (16) playing in the number 3 position, Deanna Matthews (16) in the number 5 position, Estelle Lin (15) at number 7 and finally Vanessa Lim (12) playing in the number 8 spot. Read the full event review below.
Cooper Moore to the fore at 2022 National U17 Eagles Championships
The National U17 Eagles Championships was played the week beginning 10 October at Mangawhai Golf Course. There are 15 Eagles Societies throughout NZ with each Society sending a 3-person mixed team of boys & girls to compete in individual & team competitions. This tournament sees some of the best young golfers in NZ from this age bracket as well as providing up-and-coming young players who are showing great promise an opportunity to be introduced to a more competitive side of golf and to also meet and make new friends, develop camaraderie and enjoyment through the game of golf.
This year after the Canterbury Qualifying event in July, Etienne Collier (Avondale), Deanna Matthews (Waimairi Beach) & Cooper Moore (Clearwater) traveled up to represent the Eagles Society of Canterbury. The course was in stunning condition with very challenging greens which tested all of the 60 players competing. The best Canterbury performer was Cooper Moore who won the Overall Boys Gross trophy with rounds of 74,72,72 to win by three shots. Deanna finished in 25th with rounds of 78, 79, and 84 while Etienne finished in 28th with rounds of 79, 84 and 81.
The full results can be viewed - HERE.
RECENT FUTURES CANTERBURY EVENTS
To view all upcoming Futures Hub programmes and events click on the below What's On Guides:
The She Loves Golf Spring series is in full flight with half of the 6-week series completed. Both the Spring and Summer series to follow next year are supported by local Women's Golf clothing company Forewinds who have some great prizes up for grabs for those taking part. Click below for more info.
We still have some spots available within our Harewood Girls programme, click below for more info and to register.
