Aorangi Freyberg Masters playing order has been announced.
After 108 holes of trial matches, our annual fixture against Canterbury and the South Island Interprovincial tournament in Oamaru, the following players have been selected in playing order to represent Aorangi in the 2020 Freyberg Masters National event at the St Andrews GC in Hamilton from Nov 2nd to Nov 6th.
1: Nigel Heney (Tinwald)(Captain)
2: Owen Miller (Ashburton)
3: Blair Franklin (Ashburton)
4: Regan Stills (Tinwald)
5: Robbie Bell (Ashburton)
6: Andrew Peck (Mayfield)
Manager: Graham Keen (Waimate)
After excellent results in the two events this season, the team is excited about the challenge that lays ahead. The draw for...
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The Aorangi Masters team performed very well at the South Island Interprovincial tournament held at the North Otago Golf Club during the weekend.
Saturday morning the weather was calm providing great golf conditions whereas the afternoon round was played in difficult gusty N/W winds.
Sunday morning the weather changed suddenly to a very cold wind from the east. Players quickly got the warmer gear on however it did calm down somewhat during the afternoon round but was still cold.
All of our 6 man team played very well and should be proud of themselves.
The end result was Tasman took out the title by half...
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This week, Aorangi Golf ran a successful Junior Event at the Gleniti Golf Club in Timaru.
This was attended by 25 juniors. 7 golfers played 18 holes and 17 played Ambrose in teams.
At the end of the round all enjoyed some food and received a prize.
A really enjoyable day amongst great young people.
More of the same next week at Geraldine District Golf Club Thursday 8th October.
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Congratulations to the following players who have been selected to represent Aorangi Golf at the Men’s South Island Interprovincial tournament on October 17/18 at the St Clair Golf Course in Dunedin.
Names in Alphabetical order:
Alex Kelliher (Pleasant Point)
Cameron Grant
(Rakaia)
Daniel Perham (Timaru)
David Morrison
(Ashburton)
Jeff Hewitt (Ashburton)
Marcus Tessier
(Timaru)
Ryan Cockburn (Rakaia)
Tim Leonard
(Timaru)
Unavailable for selection:
Josh Smith
(Ashburton)
Damian Rodgers
(Timaru)
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This weekend see's Aorangi Golf's Master's team contest the South Island Interprovincial Tournament at the North Otago Golf course in Oamaru.After a vigorous series of trials over the last few months, coupled with the annual fixture against Canterbury, the team is excited about the coming event.Good luck to all 6 players involved.
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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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