The Aorangi Masters team to compete in the South Island Interprovincial at the North Otago Golf Club on October 3/4 and Freyberg Masters National Interprovincial tournament at the Hamilton Golf Club from Nov 2 -6 has been announced.
The team in Alphabetical order is:
Andrew Peck (Mayfield)
Blair Franklin (Ashburton)
Nigel Heney (Tinwald)
Owen Miller (Ashburton)
Regan Stills (Tinwald)
Robbie Bell (Ashburton)
Graham Keen (Manager)
Congratulations to all the selected players
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The Teams are listed below.
Senior Men – in alphabetical order:
A Kelliher
D Perham
D Rodgers
J Hewitt
J Smith
M Tessier
R Cockburn
T Leonard
Men’s Masters: – in alphabetical order:
A Peck
B Franklin
H Niles
J Smitheram
N Heney
O Miller
R Bell
R Stills
Womens Team
Catherine Knight
Christine Ross
Ginny Bolderston
Kelly Karton
Lynda Brown
Pauline Bell
Sharon Bradford
Vicky Moore
Junior Boys Team:
Jack Brown Methven GC
Hiro Kakeda Ashburton GC
Mac Kelliher P. Point GC
Sam Morrison Geraldine GC
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Come along and join in the fun in learning the skills of the great game of golf!
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The Aorangi Women’s Veterans Tournament was played at the Ashburton Golf Club on Monday 31 August 2020 in warm and windy conditions.
The following Winner were:
Jacqui Welsh (Ashburton) Clarkson Trophy – Best Nett over the field: 66
Daphne Campbell (Pleasant Point) Euny-Peg Trophy – Best Stableford over 70 years: 40.
Pauline Bell (Ashburton) Hedges-Kennard Trophy – Best Gross over the field: 78
Class A – Nett: S Hastie (Ash) 77.
Class B – Nett: B Davidson (Ash) 67, 1st Stab: V Prendergast (Tinwald) 37, 2nd Stab: V Sisson (Rakaia) 37, 3rd Stab: S Bensemann (Ger) 36, 4th Stab: L Gunatunga (Ger) 36.
Class C – Nett: J Stocker (Mayfield) 69,...
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Gleniti won their fifth and final R J Low Cup challenge against Waimate 4 – 2 on Thursday 3 September.
Gleniti’s name will now be engraved on the Cup for the second time. The winning team was: Elisabeth Thorp, Glenda Frew, Ann Westgarth, Christine Bowman, Debbie Lovett and Kath Galwey.
Others who played in some of the previous challenges were Jan Ford, Viv Brookland and Heather Taylor.
The next match will be played between Lower Waitaki and Kurow in October.
ABOVE: From left to right are the winning team, Gleniti: Elisabeth Thorp, Glenda Frew, Ann Westgarth, Christine Bowman, Debbie Lovett and Kath Galwey.
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The Aorangi 9-hole Tournament was held on Friday 14 August at the Geraldine Golf Club. There were 64 players in the field from 14 Aorangi and Canterbury clubs.
The following winners are pictured below with their trophies, from left to right:Lesley Reilly (Temuka) Women’s Best Net 70 and over (Uni Peg Tray) 57-20-37Murray Lister (Ashburton) Men’s Best Net (Lesley Dobbs Tankard) 46-16-30Judith Tutton (Gleniti) Best Gross over the field 43-6-37Chris Anderson (Ashburton) 45-9-36 and Di Surridge (Timaru) absent 55-19-36Best Net (Grade 0-38.9)Carolyn Harkness (Pleasant Point) Best Net (Grade 39-54.4) 58-26-32
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The Golf Professional based at the Gleniti Golf Course, Peter Hayes said, Fairlie Primary School Students had a great time with golf in schools SNAG golf.
For the last three weeks, SNAG golf has been played every Thursday with over 100 students per day.
Peter said, “Children have loved it they can’t wait to get to the golf club and play next Thursday.”
Some of the comments the students have said were, “this is cool”; “our team wants to win!”; “I have to be patient”; “this is hard!”; and “we can’t wait to next week.”
Peter said he would like to thank teachers for...
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We thank the Community Trust of Mid and South Canterbury for the Association’s recent successful funding application.
This funding will assist the Aorangi Golf Development Plan for the next three years in the areas of:
Junior Golf Programmes
Initiatives for Women’s participation
Coaching programmes for new players
Strategies for clubs to attract the younger player
Golf Club support through Health Checks
Representative Golf: Coaching and Development
This means it will enable the Association to have increased flexibility in how it can support its members and clubs to improve the future for our sport as a strong community asset.
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Chippers & Crushers Programme
Sundays throughout Terms 1, 2, 3 and 4 | 11-12pm
Young golfers who are growing a love for the game have the opportunity to learn the basic techniques of
the swing and short game and develop their confidence on modified course lengths.
Young Masters Programme
Tuesdays throughout daylight saving | 4-5:30pm
Tuesdays throughout winter months | 4-5pm
Young golfers with a current handicap who have aspirations to develop their skills as a player, love the game for the personal challenge and variety of competitive opportunities.
$70 per term Contact Golf Professional Matt Davis on 027 212-3931, segagolf01@gmail.com or www.ashburtongolf.co.nz
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PGA Member, Matthew Davis from Ashburton GC, has been offering primary schools in the district the chance to have a go at golf.
Ranging from year 1 through to year 8, last year Matt says he saw 1800 kids with a similar programme.
After having a go in school, Matt offers after school programmes, as well as team golf and coaching opportunities on Sundays at the club.
On top of all this he's been helping Methven Golf Club start up Youth Golf on Sundays and they've already attracted 12-14 new youth players from this!
Graham KeenAorangi Club and Development Manager
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