Aorangi Golf -The annual Mid vs South Canterbury match

The annual Mid vs South Canterbury match took place on Sunday, August 27th at Timaru Golf Club amid a busy week in the region. Whilst Pleasant Point Golf Club hosts the New Zealand Secondary Schools currently, Timaru Golf Club are preparing to host the New Zealand Age Groups starting on Wednesday and the best in Aorangi saw the benefit of this playing in idyllic course conditions.

The format saw two teams of 20 go head-to-head in a gross stableford format with the best 15 scores from each region contributing to their total. Teams were comprised of the best Men, Women, Men's Masters and Juniors from all pockets of Aorangi. The best round of the day and for South-Canterbury went to Daniel Perham (Temuka) who came in with 37 gross stablefords and a 1-under 71, whilst Dave King (Tinwald) almost matched that mark for Mid-Canterbury with 36 points and an even-par 72.

South Canterbury amassed 462 points across their 15 best scores, an average of 30.80 points (77.20 scoring average), whilst Mid-Canterbury narrowly edged past this total with 463 points across their 15 best scores, averaging 30.87 points (77.13 scoring average) to defend their title which was last played in 2020. Amazingly, this came down to the very last scorecard in what was an exceedingly close battle.