The following players have been selected to represent Aorangi to play in the match against Canterbury being played at the Ashburton Golf Club on 25 September. Aorangi Women’s Team
Ginny Bolderston (Geraldine)
Catherine Knight (Ashburton)
Sharon Bradford (Ashburton)
Jessica Shearer (Pleasant Point)
Jenny Kellahan (Geraldine)
Bronwyn Flannery (Tinwald)
Hillary Lovett (Ashburton)
Kathryn Baker (Gleniti)
Pauline Bell (Ashburton)
Angela Mowbray (Methven)
Aorangi Men’s Team
Daniel Perham (Highfield)
Garth Simpson (Highfield)
Jeff Hewitt (Tinwald)
Brent Strange (Waimate)
Ryan Cockburn (Rakaia)
Rodney O'Neil (Tinwald)
Dayle Lucas (Methven)
Sean Gately (Geraldine)
Aorangi Men’s Masters Team
Jason Leary (Geraldine)
Jeremy Goodman (Maungati) ...
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The Aorangi Women's Open Pennants Sem-Finals were played at Gleniti Golf Club on Monday with the following results:
North Otago v Pleasant Point (North Otago names first)K Devlin beat A Barrett 2/1K Rawcliffe beat C Boothroyd 1upDevlin / Rawcliffe beat Barrett / Boothroyd 2upA Winchester beat R Westgarth 2/1G Mansfield beat B McEwan 2upWinchester / Mansfield lost Westgarth/McEwan 1dN Newlands lost A Curry 4/2S Marsh lost G Henderson 2dNewlands / Marsh lost Curry / Henderson 2/1
North Otago won 5 – 4
Rakaia v Temuka (Rakaia names first)S Quinn beat J Davenport 3/1T Booker lost W Powell 3/2Quinn/Booker beat Davenport/Powell 2upJ Burrows beat...
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The final of the Aorangi Women’s Weekend Pennant was played at Temuka Golf Club on Sunday 21 August with Geraldine defeating Pleasant Point 5 - 1 with the following results:
D Kenny (Geraldine) halved with R Best.J Lawson (Geraldine) beat S Bennett 4/3.Kenny and Lawson halved with Best and Bennett.S Bensemann (Geraldine) beat B McEwen 6/5.M Blackmore (Geraldine) beat S Kake 3/2.Bensemann and Blackmore beat McEwen and Kake 3/2
The winning Geraldine team from left, Shona Bensemann, Marie Blackmore, Denise Kenny and Jenny Lawson
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Courtesy of the Timaru Herald
There must be something magical in the drinks at the Maungati Golf Club. It has been raining holes-in-one over the last few months. Four different golfers have claimed an ace since March.
Marty Raharuhi started off the good fortune with his hole-in-one before Bill Flett, Paul Howard and Jimmy Hardgrave followed suit.
Raharuhi scored his hole-in-one on the par 3, 13th hole, with a 94-metre shot to the pin. "I grabbed out my pitching wedge and gave it a good whack and it was pretty much the perfect golf shot. "I didn't see it go in and it was the...
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Results of the Women’s club based competitions, which include the 18 and 9-Hole Home Links and National Teams Championship have been finalised and copies of the full results can be accessed below.
The competitions continue to be well supported with around 10,000 women participating nationally this year.
We are again fortunate to have the continued support of our sponsor Srixon and national and district winners, who met the eligibility criteria for a sponsor’s prize, all of whom did this year, can expect to receive Srixon prizes later in the year.
Click here for National Teams Results
Click here for National Home Links Results
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Aorangi's new Community Golf Manager Malcolm Wood will hit the ground running in the Aorangi Region this week, after just moving back from Australia and completing a week of training in Christchurch. Malcolm has a residence in Pleasant Point and will be based out of an office in the Southern Trust Events Centre in Morgans Road.
Malcolm's role is to support club capability and golf development in the region. Initially his focus will be around Golf in Schools, junior golf, and getting out to visit clubs.
We wish him all the best. He can be contacted on malcolm@aorangigolf.org.nz or phone 021 490...
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Mayfield Golf Club hosted what was a very enjoyable day for the R J Low Cup challenge between Pleasant Point and North Otago yesterday in fine cool conditions with the Pleasant Point team from left, Rosa Westgarth, Heather McKerchar, Diane Sutherland, Heather Mills, Julie Allan and Ali Barrett winning a very closely contested match 4-2 with three games going the full distance to the 18th hole. Frances Mulvey (R J Low Cup Convenor) is presenting the trophy to the victorious Pleasant Point team who will now start their challenges.
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The Vets Pennants Final was played at Geraldine between Rakaia and Timaru on Friday 27 May.
Good winter conditions faced the players on a fine sunny morning at Geraldine. The Rakaia players from left, Wendy Watson, Janet Kingsbury, Jean Evans and Marion Wederell started their matches well and were too strong for Timaru's Rosemary Allan, Pat Barrie, Margaret Jones and Kath McCreanor who were always playing catch up and won the final 6 - 0.
Results were: Marion Wederell (Rakaia) beat Margaret Jones 2upWendy Watson (Rakaia) beat Rosemary Allan 2/1Wederell & Watson beat Jones & Allan 2/1Jean Evans (Rakaia)beat Pat Barrie 6/5Janet Kingsbury (Rakaia) beat...
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The Stylemaster Tournament was played in showery conditions at Waimate on Thursday 26th May with 15 Teams participating.
The Stylemaster Tray was taken out by the host Waimate team of, from left Sue Brandreth, Helen Lowe, Raeline Ottley and Faye Martin with a score of 155.5. Second on 157.5 was the Rakaia team of Sandra Quinn, Jill Burrowes, Teresa Booker and Sally Smith closely followed in third place by Gleniti's Heather Taylor, Yvonne Cook, Debbie Lovett and Glenda Frew on 158.
The Methven Jug for the best individual pair not in the winning team was won by the Gleniti pairing of from...
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Richard Hudson will leave his Golf Operations role at Russley Golf Club to take up the NZ Golf position of Mainland Club Capability Manager starting 27 June.
His appointment is part of New Zealand Golf’s ongoing focus to grow participation and support clubs at the grass roots level. Sticking close to his roots, his new role will still be based in the Garden City which gives him a head start with all his current relationships in the Mainland area as he will work closely with other staff members and club managers in the region.
Richard will bring a distinct skill set to...
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