Men's Pennant Finals where played last weekend on a very tidy and well organised Methven course, thank you to all involved.
Well done to all the Winning teams and hard luck to second place getters, it’s always a big achievement to reach the finals. Tinwald won the Patterson Cup, Geraldine won the Alexander Cup and Tinwald won the Moyes Cup.
Patterson Cup Winners, Tinwald. From left Paul Hefford, Brock Peddie, Stephen...
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Aorangi defeated Canterbury at the annual Millennium Trophy competition held at Tinwald Golf Club yesterday. The course was in excellent condition with some good scores recorded.
Pam Ellis (Canterbury) and Shona Bensemann (Aorangi) at the trophy presentation.
Aorangi Stablefords totalled 651 to Canterbury's 611.
Best scores were:
Aorangi: Sue Brandreth (Waimate) 41 Stableford PtsRoz Hobbs (Geraldine) 37Di Bell (Tinwald) 37Anne McSweeney (Temuka) 36Teresa Booker (Rakaia) 36Jude McKenzie (Nth Otago) 36Phyllis Smith (Tinwald) ...
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The 6 man Aorangi Masters Team to compete at the Pegasus Golf Club ,Christchurch on the weekend of 6th and 7th of October has been named.
This team will compete in a 2 day 72 hole tournament against Tasman, Canterbury, Otago and Southland.
The recent brilliant defeat of Canterbury at Ashburton will put this team in a commanding position for this event.
Good luck to the following players :
Jason LearyNigel Heney Regan Stills Blair Franklin Owen Millar Ray Grant
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The Aorangi Association Women's Vets Tournament was played at Temuka yesterday with the following results:
CLASS : ANETT P. Smith nett 72
Class : BNETT R. Allison nett 69
1st Stableford D. Austin 382nd V. Brookland 373rd J. Bolitho 374th L. Wackrow 365th R. Hobbs 356th Y. McCully
Class : CNETT : A. Romeril 67
1st Stableford H. Taylor 382nd R. Jones 383rd G. Laurie 364th L. Beattie 355th T. Putze 346th C. Rodden
Class : DNETT E. Wilson nett 73
Trophy Winners, from left June Bruhns (Tinwald), Jenny Lawson (Geraldine) and Frances Mulvey (Temuka).
Clarkson Tray Senior Vets (65 and over:) J.Lawson and Fran Mulvey 85Hedges-Kennard Trophy...
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The final round of Women's 9 Hole Pennants was played at Temuka today in fine conditions.
At the conclusion of the four round stableford competition Waimate were first on 225 points, Pleasant Point second on 212 points and Temuka a point back on 211.
Waimate's winning team of, from left Judith Small, Colleen McCulloch, Maureen Horler and Avis O’Donoghue.
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The Brandon course of the Ashburton Golf Club was the venue for the annual Canterbury and Aorangi Representative match yesterday.
Players enjoyed excellent overhead and course conditions and the firm conditions were appreciated with firm true greens and some tricky pin positions testing player's course management and putting skills.
In the Senior Men, Canterbury jumped out to a fast start in the morning round to lead 6.5-1.5 after the first 18 holes. Aorangi proved a tougher proposition in the afternoon to narrow the margin with Canterbury coming through 4.5-3.5. So an overall win to Canterbury 11-5. For Canterbury, strong results came from...
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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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