On Sunday 9 September the finals of the Holmes, Hayes and Redpath Pennants were played at Ashburton Golf Club in perfect conditions, the final results were:
Holmes Cup: Highfield v Tinwald .Play off required after teams tied at 5 All. Damian Rogers birdie on the second extra hole for Highfield gave them the trophy.
Hayes Trophy was won by Pleasant Point over Tinwald also in a playoff.
Redpath was convincingly won by Temuka 9.5 to Geraldine 2.5.
Congratulations to Player of the Series, Daniel Perham (Highfield), undefeated all season.
Holmes Cup Winners, Highfield's Ray Grant, Daniel Perham, Brett Strange and Damian Rodgers.
Hayes Trophy Winners, Pleasant Point's David Irvine,...
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Winners of the Aorangi Weekend Pennants were Maungati-Mt Nessing Team who defeated Gleniti (2) 4-2 in a very tight match with the final result being decided on the 4ball matches on the 18th hole. The match was played at Pleasant Point today.
From left Pat Duffy, Judy Hamer, Marg Glass and Glennys Douglas
Results were:
Glennys Douglas def Barbara O’Connell 5/4Judy Hamer lost to Raelene Cowles 3/2Pat Duffy lost to Shirley Behrnes 5/4Marg Glass beat Sue Esler 2/1Douglas & Hamer def O’Connell & Cowles 1upDuffy & Glass def Behrnes & Esler 1up
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The annual Aorangi vs Canterbury Match is to be played on the 23 September at Ashburton Golf Club.
Congratulations to all those players selected and Good Luck. We have some good strong sides this year and hope for a promising result leading into the Representative Calendar 2018.
Senior Men's Team
Dan PerhamJordan GreenRegan StillsDamian Rodgers Jeff Hewitt Ryan CockburnBrett Strange Jeremy Duckmanton
Men's Masters Team
Jason LearyNigel Heney Blair Franklin Robbie BellOwen MillarRay Grant
Under 19 Men's Team
Brent KirdyAlex Kelliher Josh AckerlyGeorge Gallichan
Senior Women’s Team to compete for the Templar Trophy
Catherine KnightGinny BolderstonAngela GerkenLynda BrownJessica ShearerKathryn BakerSharon BradfordPauline BellAngela MowbrayMary Lou Watson
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Aorangi Golf is conducting a survey to better understand the thoughts of its primary stakeholders. The survey will allow the Association to get a strong grasp on how it is performing as an organisation and what areas it can improve, and this represents an opportunity for golf clubs, club golfers and casual golfers to help Aorangi Golf deliver the best possible services moving forward.
The deadline for the survey is Sunday 16 September. Have your say and contribute to the future of golf in Aorangi.
Click here to complete the survey.
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The Aorangi Women's Open, Silver and Veterans Pennant Finals were played at Timaru Golf Club yesterday with the following results:
Silver Pennants - North Otago 4, Geraldine 2Open Pennants - North Otago (2) 5.5, Fairlie .5 Veterans Pennants - Pleasant Point 3.5, Tinwald 2.5
Silver Pennant Winners North Otago, from left Kath Radcliff, Karen Devlin,...
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The 2018 Mid versus South Canterbury Challenge was held at the Ashburton Golf Club on Sunday 19 August.
Thanks you to the Ashburton Golf Club for hosting this annual event which was organised by the Aorangi selection team and acts as a trial for the 2018 Interprovincial teams and NZ Golf Freyberg Masters teams.
37 players contested this event.
The Ashburton Golf Club was presented in excellent condition . The players were met with a fine but frosty day which made the first hour or so challenging.
As well as the core of Aorangi’s Senior and Masters players present there were also a good group...
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The Stylemaster Tournament was played on Thursday at Geraldine Golf Club in sunny conditions
Winning team Tokarahi on 149: Margaret Hore, Carolynn Rowlands, Sandra Gibson and Raelene Sutherland
Runners up Pleasant Point on 152: Julie Allen, Rosa Westgarth, Ali Barrett, Heather McKerchar
Methven Jug (best nett not in winning team) 74 Jane Helmore and Heather Santy of Methven
Twos: Lois Beattie/Jacqui Fisher (St Andrews)
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The Aorangi Women's National Teams' District Final was held at Gleniti Golf Club yesterday with the home team of, from left Trish Knight, Kate Elliott, Carole Brand and Barbara O’Connell winning in convincing fashion by a massive 11 shots.
To summarise the day:
Gleniti 1st (B O’Connell, T Knight, C Brand, K Elliott)130Lower Waitaki 2nd on 141 (D Plew, L Brooker, I Bond, M Kerr) on c/b fromPleasant Point 3rd (M Heckler, L Roy, J Shearer, J Rees) on c/b fromRakaia (T Booker, J Burrowes, M Wederell, S Martin)
Two: J Knight (North Otago)Nearest the Pin Senior: B O’Connell (Gleniti)Junior: H. Santy (Methven)
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Our team of Hamish Scarsbrook, Alex Kelliher, Joshua Ackerley, George Gallichan and Callum Patrick played in the 2018 South Island Under 19 interprovincials at Templeton Golf Club from 24 to 27 April.
All performed well, playing around their individual handicaps. Best individual was Hamish Scarsbrook.
The team overall were placed in the final position but with 4 of the teams on relatively high handicaps in comparison to other teams ( Otago,Canterbury, Southland and Tasman).
It was a great team of boys and Aorangi Golf can be very proud of not only their on course attitude but their determination to play as well as...
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The Aorangi Men's and Women's Selectors are looking to hear from all players interested in representing our region this year.
The 2018 year sees the Men's and Women's Toro being held in Christchurch and the Men's South Island Interprovincials at Methven.
Also required are managers for the two Toro teams and caddies for the Interprovincials.
Please if you are at all interested in being part of the trial process please email ginnyrichards@icloud.com or email our convenor of selectors gordyk@xtra.co.nz
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