Cath Daniel 9.10.1935 – 14.7.2019
It is with great sadness that the Aorangi Golf Association announces the passing of Life Member Cath Daniel.
Cath was a Representative golfer for the region and also a selector for the South Canterbury Ladies Golf Association.She was on the executive of the ladies association for 8 years, also holding the position of President.From 1990 to 1998 Cath was on the NZ Ladies Golf Council, this included being a National Selector.
She had a great passion for the game, following all Aorangi Golf interclub and representative teams right up to her last hours.Cath’s Funeral was held in Oamaru...
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Aorangi Golf is excited to announce Fenix Golf as the Apparel sponsor of the Men’s Interprovincial side for 3 years.
This is a significant sponsorship for Aorangi Golf and we encourage all golf clubs in the Aorangi area to support the Fenix brand when purchasing their golf attire.
Fenix produce a broad range of quality garments for all golfers, so please check out their web site for further details.
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The Women's Silver and Vets Pennant’s Finals were played at Lower Waitaki Golf Club yesterday in true winter conditions – rain, wind and a little sunshine.
Results are as follows:
Silver Pennants
North Otago 7 vs Gleniti 3
Singles:
K Devlin def C Brand 1upJ Knight def P Milne 5/3K Rawcliffe lost to J Taylor 5/4B Gilchrist def S Behrnes 4/3
4Ball:Devlin & Knight def Brand & Milne 2upRawcliffe & Gilchrist lost to Taylor & Behrnes 1 down
Silver Pennant Champions, North Otago – from left: Kath Rawcliffe, Karen Devlin, Bronwyn Gilchrist and Julia Knight.
Vets Pennants
Timaru 7 vs North Otago 3
Singles:K Williams def J Wallace 7/6M Burnside...
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The Aorangi Women’s Open Pennant Final was played at the Ashburton Golf Club yesterday in fine conditions.
Fairlie beat Rakaia (1) 9 –1. The score didn't reflect how close the matches were, with two being decided on the 17th hole and three on the 18th hole.
Team: (left to right) Denise Biggs, Georgie Wright, Anne Anderson and Marie Anderson.Others that played in preliminary rounds were Janine Walker and Kelly Cassie.
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The 2019 season is well underway.The 2019 Aorangi Selection panel is looking for all players interested in representing their region this year.
This year there is also an opportunity for players who may not be interested in playing the main Interprovincial events and who are in the 8 to 14 handicap range to represent Aorangi Golf at an event on the 28th July versus Canterbury Country.
For those interested in playing the 2019 Interprovincials in December, involvement in Aorangi and/or Canterbury Pollock Cup pennants will be an expectation.
The selectors would encourage those players to put their names forward to enter the Canterbury...
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17 Clubs participated in the Aorangi Women's National Club Teams' District Final at Geraldine in very changeable conditions – fine and sunny to start the day, followed by very gusty wind which then turned to cold rainy conditions.
However a warm clubhouse greeted them on the completion of their round.
Results of the Aorangi Women's National Teams 2BBB Final:
The winning team was Kurow - Kate Gibbon / Chistine Nowell, Nett 63 and Tracey Scott / Denise Cochrane, 66 – a winning total of 129 and great achievement for the small club.
2nd was Ashburton - Wendy Parr / Joyce van der Heide, 66...
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It is with great sadness that we inform all Aorangi Golf Clubs of the sudden death of Gavin Smith on Sunday 5th May aged 59 years.
Gavin was an energetic and passionate past board member, elected 2011 and elected Chairperson in 2014.
As an active member at the Tinwald Golf Club he became a strong advocate of the Forum process to improve the administration of golf in the Aorangi association. As a result of his enthusiasm he joined the Men’s Match committee and played a significant role for some years.
For the last 7 years Gavin was a member at the Mayfield Golf...
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The Aorangi Women’s Masters team have now completed the tournament at Nelson.
The teams 36 hole day on Saturday proved to be the moving day for many teams. Catherine Knight continued her reliable form with 34 and 35 points. Following was Lynda Brown with a strong 30 in the morning round. Lynda had a very consistent tournament.Kathryn Baker followed up her awesome 33 points with good rounds of 27, but had the non counter of 24 on Saturday afternoon.Sharon Bradford had a good tournament, with four solid scores.
After Round 3 the team was in 8th place. A very comfortable position considering...
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Day 1 NZ Women’s Masters, Nelson Golf Club.
The first round of the NZ Golf Masters sees the Aorangi women’s team sitting at second equal place. The tournament is a gross stableford format and saw Catherine Knight score a strong 35 points and Kathryn Baker performing superbly with 33 points. Lynda Brown and Sharon Bradford backed up with good scores. Lynda’s 28 points to be the third score used.
North Harbour’s Vaha Fapiano scored an amazing 42 points which put her North Harbour team in the lead . That lead however is only 2 ahead of Aorangi, Canterbury, Waikato and Northland .
Tomorrow...
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The 2019 Aorangi Women's Masters team to play at the Nelson Golf Club 4 -7 April is:
Catherine Knight, AshburtonSharon Bradford, AshburtonLynda Brown, TimaruKathryn Baker, Gleniti
Ginny Bolderston, Reserve
Good Luck to the team.
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