The 2017 South Island Men's Interprovincials were played at the Otatara Golf Club in Invercargill.
The team of eight was without Dan Perham and due to the unavailability of Hamish Scarsbrook for the season the selectors struggled to find eight triallists available.
Thanks to Hamish Niles, for making himself available, especially as he had just flown in from a weekend at the Melbourne Cup. A fine half to Hamish on the last day against Canterbury made the journey worth it.
Thanks to all the players for being available and making the long journey to Invercargill.
REPORT - GRAEME KEEN (MANAGER)
S.I Inter Provincial- 11th &...
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GRAHAM KEEN, WAIMATE, APPOINTED MANAGER OF MEN'S REPRESENTATIVE TEAMS 2017
The Aorangi Golf Association Board would like to announce the appointment of
Graham Keen as Manager of the 2017 Men's representative teams.
Graham comes with plenty of golf experience and of course as the previous Golf Development Manager for Aorangi, a true understanding of golf in our region.
The following is a profile from Graham, to introduce himself to the Association.
Graham Keen - Profile
Started playing golf 34 years ago.Lowest handicap 3 at Whitford Park Country Club Auckland. Currently a member of Waimate GC.Single fiqure handicapper for 30 years.Caddied for Australian Golfer Ossie MooreGolf Development...
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The Aorangi Golf 9 Hole Tournament was held at St Andrews on Friday November 10, 2017 with the following results:
Best Gross: J Tutton (St Andrews) 44Best Nett over 70: D Sandrey (Geraldine) 36
Senior WomenBest Nett: G Smith (Waimate) 35Runner up: J Monk (Methven) 38
Junior WomenBest Nett: G McKiry (Pleasant Point) 31Runner up: I Porter (Waimate) 35
MenBest Nett: M Reed (Temuka) 30Runner up: W Hayman (Temuka) 32 by lot from W Bell (Temuka)
Longest Drive Men: J Faulkner (Temuka)Nearest Pin Men: J Faulkner
Longest Drive Senior Women: H Ikehata (Methven)Nearest Pin Senior Women: J Monk
Longest Drive Junior Women: I Porter (Waimate)Nearest Pin Junior Women:...
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The Aorangi masters achieved a very successful first day at Whitford Park, Auckland, with the first round being a very solid half against Waikato. Great wins from Robbie Bell 6/5, John Smitheram 3/2 and a half to Ray Grant.
In the afternoon the team met the strong team from Canterbury and came out with a brilliant win 3/2. wins to Smitheram, Grant and Stills.
This has set the team up with confidence to go into the next round on Tuesday against Wellington and a bye in the afternoon.
Back row, Owen Miller, Balir Franklin, Ray Grant,Front row, Regan Stills, Robbie Bell, John...
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The Aorangi Freyberg Masters men started out well against Wellington and after 14 holes most games were close. Unfortunately the players couldn’t see out their matches with all but Regan Stills having losses.The 3 matches of Miller, Grant and Bell were very tight with 2/1 losses.
Tomorrow Aorangi will play Manawatu/Wanganui so a win will be very important to lift the spirits.Nothing is set until the last rounds of this very prestigious event and at this early stage anything can happen.
All teams have a rest round on Wednesday afternoon.
Aorangi will play Taranaki and Auckland on Thursday.
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The Aorangi Women’s South Island Interprovincial team played at the Balmacewen Golf course in Dunedin on the weekend.
With beautiful weather and a challenging golf course the weekend was a good lead up to the up and coming Toro Interprovincials in Whangarei for the team from left, Pauline Bell, Anne Seed, Sharon Bradford, Jessica Shearer, Angela Mowbray, Ginny Bolderston, Kathryn Baker and Judith Yates.
Due to the unavailability of some of the triallists the team were very fortunate to have Judith Yates from North Otago coming in at the 8th position.Her performance was superb with 3 wins and a solid half against the...
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The Annual Aorangi vs Canterbury Country representative fixture was held at Hororata on Sunday 29 October in sunny, calm weather and the course in excellent condition.
The singles and reverse singles format across all divisions Seniors, Masters and Intermediates were all very competitive.
The Seniors finished all square with Aorangi winning the singles 6-2 and Canterbury Country winning the reverse singles 6-2 for an 8-8 result.
The Masters couldn’t be separated either halving both their singles 3-3 for a 6-6 result and the Intermediate singles were halved 3-3 with Canterbury Country edging the Aorangi team in the reverse singles 4-2 to give Canterbury Country...
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Fairlie won the R J Low Cup on Sunday at the Fairlie Golf Club successfully defending their fifth challenge in a close match against Geraldine 3.5 - 2.5.
The Fairlie team of, back row Denise Biggs, Averil Anderson and Jo Lane. Front row Shelley Dobson, Marie Anderson and Lyn Dobson are pictured with the trophy.
The next R J Low Cup match will be between Maungati and Timaru.
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The Aorangi team to play at the 2017 Freyberg Masters has been announced being played at Whitford Park Golf Club 6-10 November.
Aorangi Men's Masters TeamOwen Millar (Tinwald)Regan Stills (Tinwald)John Smitheram (Tinwald)Ray Grant (Highfield)Robbie Bell (Ashburton)Blair Franklin (Ashburton)
Good luck to our team who are competing in one of NZ Golf’s most prestigious interprovincial amateur events.
Teams of five compete in eight rounds of matchplay over six days.
In the past our Aorangi team has competed well with a number of top four placings.
The absence of Jason Leary this year due to other golf commitments has seen the addition of Blair Franklin (as reserve)...
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The Aorangi Women's Bronze Champion of Champions Day was held at Temuka Golf Club on 19 October with the following results:
Bronze B Champion: Margaret Hore (Tokarahi) 91-26-65, Runner Up Joan Bryan (Gleniti) 100-30-70 on c/b Anne McSweeney (Temuka) 99-29-70
Bronze C Champion: Val Richards (Waimate) 114-41-73, Runner Up Margaret McKenzie (North Otago) 107-32-75
Bronze B Runners up: Sue Gutsell (Tinwald) 102-31-71
Gay Henderson Tray for Teams: Tinwald (Sue Gutsell, Val Prendergast, June Bruhns) on c/b from Temuka (Anne McSweeney, Faye Mulvey, Liz Attridge)
Twos: Rhonda Gallagher (Ashburton), Margaret McKenzie (North Otago)
The Bronze Champions Margaret Hore, Tokarahi (Bronze B) and Val Richards, Waimate (Bronze C)...
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