Congratulations to the winner of the Templer Trophy, Sue Esler of Gleniti Golf Club.
Six Clubs entered for the Templer Trophy with 44 participants.Thanks to Clubs for their support of this competition.
Results:
Winner: Sue Esler, Gleniti - 1.3 under NZCR
2nd: Sue Pennycook, Lower Waitaki - 0.9 under NZCR
3rd: Alison Stuart, Temuka - 0.2 under NZCR
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The Aorangi Golf Stylemaster Tournament was played at Tinwald on Thursday 6 July in cool winter conditions with the course in great order.
The Stylemaster Tray awarded to the best net aggregate team was won by the home club Tinwald’s June Bruhns, Di Bell, Joyce Van der Heide and Barb Cochrane on 154.5. Runner-up was Mayfield’s Christine Ross, Marilyn Cross, Lal Mulligan and Sue Graham on 156.
The Methven Jug, awarded to the best individual pair not in the winning team was won by Mayfield’s Lal Mulligan and Sue Graham on 73.5.
Two’s: Gleniti's Patsy Milne and Debbie Lovett.
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The Final of the Women's 18 Hole Silver Pennant was played at Geraldine Golf Cub on Thursday culminating in a very exciting match between Mayfield and Gleniti with three of the singles going to the 18th hole.
Both teams won 3 matches each at the end of 18 holes and an extra sudden death hole was played in which Jan Clucas sunk the final putt to give the Mayfield team, from left Glenys Carr, Judy Webb, Jan Clucas and Christine Ross the win and back-to-back titles, retaining the title they won last year, which was a great effort..
Individual Matches:
Jan Clucas (Mayfield)...
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The final of the Vet Pennants was played at Geraldine District Golf Club in excellent conditions between Rakaia and Lower Waitaki.
The games were evenly contested with the final match going to the 18th hole.
Rakaia were the eventual winners 4 ½ to 1 ½.
Results were: Rakaia names first Wendy Watson beat Marina Loper 1upMarion Wederell beat Marilyn Duthie 5/4Watson & Wederall beat (4ball) Loper and Duthie 4/3Jean Evans lost to Lois Fraser 2/1Bronwyn Oakley beat Bev Harvey 7/6Evans and Oakley halved (4ball) with Fraser and Harvey
The Winning Rakaia team, from left Bronwyn Oakley, Wendy Watson, Marion Wederell and Jean Evans
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The Aorangi Secondary School regional qualifying golf tournament was held on Friday 12 May at the Pleasant Point Golf Club with 38 students from eight different schools vying for individual and team honours.
Despite the inclement weather and cool conditions some good results were posted by our top golfers.
Congratulations to all the students who participated on the day. Hamish Scarsbrook (Roncalli College) took out the Individual Gross title with a very good round of 76 from Alex Kelliher (Roncalli College) on 82. George Gallichan (Geraldine HS) won the best Net with a well struck net 68 from Patrick Goodwin (Geraldine HS)...
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The National Women's Teams District Final was played at Ashburton Golf Club on Thursday 11 May in overcast calm conditions with the course in great order.
The home team of, from left Pauline Bell, Wendy Parr, Bev Chinn and Jenny Williams secured victory for Ashburton with a stunning score of 125, continuing a stellar week for the Ashburton ladies after winning the Kerr Cup last Friday where Pauline and Wendy were also members of the winning team.
In second place on 132 were Fairlie's Marie Anderson, Francie Edge, Averil Anderson and Shelley Dobson, on countback from Lower Waitaki's Dawn Plew, Sandra McGookin,...
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The Kerr Cup is a long-standing trophy hotly contested by Aorangi clubs and on Friday at Levels Golf Course it was no different. The year after the Kerr Cup was first presented to Timaru Women’s Golf Club in 1938 was the last time it had been seen at the Ashburton Golf Club so there was plenty of motivation for the Ashburton ladies to bring home the silverware after an absence of almost 80 years.
The victorious Ashburton team of, from left Vicki Moore, Hilary Ward, Wendy Parr and Pauline Bell had a very exciting day, especially after there was some confusion at...
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Aorangi Golf is seeking expressions of interest to fill a number of Aorangi Golf selector positions.
Women’s Selectors
Men’s Selectors
These are rewarding roles that contribute to the success of Aorangi Golf.
Role Title:
Aorangi Representative Selection Panel
Structure:
3 men, 2 women
Reports to:
Aorangi Representative Convenor, Board position.
Appointment Period:
1 March 2017 – 29 Feb 2018
Applications in writing, outlining relevant skills and experience should be forwarded by email to info@aorangigolf.org.nz
Applications close 28 May 2017.
Purpose of the Position:
The role of the Aorangi Selection Panel is to implement a robust process for the selection of Aorangi Representative teams.
Responsibilities:
The key responsibilities for this role are:
Providing quality player appraisals based on observational analysis,...
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The Aorangi Womens Masters team of Catherine Knight (Ashburton), Ginny Bolderston (Geraldine), Sharon Bradford (Ashburton) and Wendy Parr (Ashburton) performed brilliantly at the recent NZ Women's Masters which were played at the Ngaruawhia Golf Club in Hamilton.
The competition is a four round gross stableford format, so a team with low handicap golfers were at a significant advantage. Aorangi are fortunate to have Knight playing off scratch, Bolderston on 3, Bradford on 7 and Parr playing off a 10 making the team competitive at this event. The conditions were tough for Parr but she dug in and completed her rounds with...
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Pleasant Point won the R J Low Challenge Cup for the second time winning their final challenge on 16 March against Tinwald in a tight match 3.5-2.5. Pleasant Point's previous Low Cup win came back in 2010.
Congratulations to all seven members of the victorious Pleasant Point team pictured proudly holding the R J Low Challenge Cup, from left Diane Sutherland, Heather Mills, Ali Barrett, Julie Allan, Rosa Westgarth, Heather McKerchar & Jan Shearer.
Click here to follow Pleasant Point's path to success and more R J Low Challenge Cup information.
The next R J Low Cup challenge in April will be...
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