It is with great sadness that we inform all Aorangi Golf Clubs of the sudden death of Gavin Smith on Sunday 5th May aged 59 years.
Gavin was an energetic and passionate past board member, elected 2011 and elected Chairperson in 2014.
As an active member at the Tinwald Golf Club he became a strong advocate of the Forum process to improve the administration of golf in the Aorangi association. As a result of his enthusiasm he joined the Men’s Match committee and played a significant role for some years.
For the last 7 years Gavin was a member at the Mayfield Golf...
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The Aorangi Women’s Masters team have now completed the tournament at Nelson.
The teams 36 hole day on Saturday proved to be the moving day for many teams. Catherine Knight continued her reliable form with 34 and 35 points. Following was Lynda Brown with a strong 30 in the morning round. Lynda had a very consistent tournament.Kathryn Baker followed up her awesome 33 points with good rounds of 27, but had the non counter of 24 on Saturday afternoon.Sharon Bradford had a good tournament, with four solid scores.
After Round 3 the team was in 8th place. A very comfortable position considering...
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Day 1 NZ Women’s Masters, Nelson Golf Club.
The first round of the NZ Golf Masters sees the Aorangi women’s team sitting at second equal place. The tournament is a gross stableford format and saw Catherine Knight score a strong 35 points and Kathryn Baker performing superbly with 33 points. Lynda Brown and Sharon Bradford backed up with good scores. Lynda’s 28 points to be the third score used.
North Harbour’s Vaha Fapiano scored an amazing 42 points which put her North Harbour team in the lead . That lead however is only 2 ahead of Aorangi, Canterbury, Waikato and Northland .
Tomorrow...
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The 2019 Aorangi Women's Masters team to play at the Nelson Golf Club 4 -7 April is:
Catherine Knight, AshburtonSharon Bradford, AshburtonLynda Brown, TimaruKathryn Baker, Gleniti
Ginny Bolderston, Reserve
Good Luck to the team.
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The Aorangi Stylemaster Foursomes Tournament was held at Gleniti yesterday with 16 teams competing.
Results are as follows:
Winners: Pleasant Point 144.5 (Ali Barrett, Rosa Westgarth, Rose Allison and Helena Love)Runners Up: Tokarahi 150 (Di McKenzie, Cindy Douglas, Val Clarke and Jude Simpson)
Methven Jug Winners: (Best pair not amongst the winners) Averil Anderson and Georgie Wright, Fairlie, 69
The Stylemaster winning Pleasant Point team from left, Helena Love, Rose Allison, Ali Barrett and Rosa Westgarth.
The Methven Jug Winning Fairlie pair, Averil Anderson and Georgie Wright.
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The Aorangi 9 Hole tournament was held at Temuka on Friday 22nd March.
There were 46 players in the field from 9 clubs.
The following winners are pictured below with their trophies, from left to right:
Hiromi Ikehata (Methven) Best Gross over the field 45-17-38
Margaret Kerse (Temuka) Best Nett (0–40.4) 50-19-31
John Tarrant (Temuka) Men’s Best Nett (Lesley Dobbs tankard) 49-19-30
Janice McLaughlan (Pleasant Point) Best Nett (40.5-54.4) 55-24-31
Lesley Reilly (Temuka) Women’s Best Nett 70 and over (Uni Peg Tray) 55-23-32
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Tokorahi won their fifth and final R J Low Cup challenge against Temuka 4.5 - 1.5 on 15 March.
Tokorahi's name will now be engraved on the Cup for the third time and the winning team is pictured, back left to right: Val Clarke, Linda Scott, Jude Simpson, Margaret Hore and front Di McKenzie and Ralene Sutherland.
Absent are Mary Hore, Sandra Gibson, Carolynn Rowland and Jacqui Watson who also played in some challenges.
The next match will be played on 17 April at Temuka between Ashburton and Geraldine.
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The 2019 Aorangi Stroke Play was held in perfect calm conditions at the Tinwald Golf Club.Thank you goes to the Tinwald Golf Club and its members who made the day run smoothly.
The field consisted of 23 Senior Men, 9 Senior Women, 10 Masters Men and 6 Masters Women.
Prizes were to be awarded to 1st and 2nd Gross and 1st Nett in Senior Men's.Senior Women to be awarded 1st Gross and 1st Nett.Men's and Women's Masters to pay for Best Gross in each division.
The Senior Men's division resulted in a draw between Hiroki Miya, Russley and Josh Smith, Harewood (also an...
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The Board of Aorangi Golf is thrilled to announce Bridgestone Golf as a Principal Sponsor for the nextthree years.Having such an iconic and powerful brand as Bridgestone involved with Aorangi Golf fits perfectlywith our focus on representative golf. With the Freyberg Masters National tournament being playedin Timaru at the Levels golf course in November, we as an association are focussed on raising the barin all areas of our representative golf while creating a legacy for golf in the Aorangi area.
Aorangi’s representative players will be utilising the Bridgestone balls in all representative fixturesfor the next three years while also sporting Bridgestone...
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The Aorangi Golf Association are very fortunate to have been successful in receiving a grant of $12000.
The grant applied for was to support the 2019 Representative costs of accommodation and travel to the 4 major NZ Golf events of the season.
The grant follows on from 2 previous years of solid support from the Trust.
We would like to express our gratitude to Trust Aoraki for their decision to assist our association in the ever increasing costs of commitment to our national team events.
Ginny BolderstonAorangi Golf Board
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