The annual Aorangi versus Canterbury representative fixture was played at the Ashburton Golf Club in cold conditions involving Women, Senior Men, Men's Masters and Junior Men.
In the Women's match Canterbury won 17 games to 3, there were a number of very close matches with the Aorangi Women pushing Canterbury all the way. Jenny Kellahan and Ginny Bolderston had good wins in the morning with Brownyn Flannery producing a solid performance to win 1 up over Kim Moggach.
The Aorangi Men's team held the lead at lunch time after the reverse singles leading the Canterbury team 4.5-3.5 games. A solid...
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St Andrews Golf Club turned out a well prepared course for the Aorangi Men’s Pennants finals on September 18. Congratulations to all the teams that made the finals. The course was in great order with greens that were true and fast and in the battle for the Holmes Cup it was the Tinwald team that handled conditions best on the day. The Ashburton based team proved too strong for fellow Mid Canterbury team Rakaia winning 2-0 in the final.
Tinwald players from left, Jeff Hewitt, John Smitheram, Nigel Heney and Regan Stills.
Some other notable performances were the two victories decided on...
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The Aorangi Women’s 18 Hole Open Pennant Final between Rakaia and North Otago was played at Temuka on Monday in calm conditions and the course in great order.
Rakaia defeated North Otago 7-2 with the full results as follows (Rakaia names first):
Sandra Quinn lost to Karen Devlin 2 downTeresa Booker beat Kay Tourell 4/3Quinn / Booker beat Devlin / Tourell 3/1Jill Burrowes beat Bronwyn Gilchrist 3/1Sally Smith lost to Gonny Muldrew 2 downBurrowes / Smith beat Gilchrist / Muldrew 1 upSue Martin beat Nicola Newlands 8/7Freda Bieremea beat Sally Marsh 2/1Martin / Bieremea beat Newlands / Marsh 3/1
The successful Rakaia ladies...
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A great day was had at the Ashburton Domain with over 100 children aged 6 and 7 learning golf as part of a Have a Go at Sport day which was organised by Mid Sport Canterbury.
"It was a great opportunity for the children to learn some of the fundamental skills of golf using the SNAG Golf equipment" said Malcolm Wood Aorangi Community Golf Manager. "The kids had so much fun hitting the ball to the velco targets and then using the launchers for a long drive competition. We are looking forward to getting golf into more schools in Aorangi...
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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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