Canterbury Golf -Ashby Bergh Trophy and McGuire Hendon Cup

Ashby Bergh Trophy and McGuire Hendon Cup

The annual Ashby Bergh Trophy and McGuire Hendon Cup matches were played recently at Burnham Golf Course in calm, sunny conditions and the course in great order.

The Ashby Bergh Trophy match was between Tai Tapu (Canterbury Central Patterson Cup Winner) and Kaiapoi Black (Canterbury North Templeton Cup Winner) with the Tai Tapu team of, from back left Jason Blair, Bevan Ryan, Were Tahurangi, front left James Ting, Ricky Hetherington and Neil Vickers defeating Kaiapoi Black's Greg Stringer, Paul Hughes, Simon Hodge, Jamie Maat, Nathan Lynskey and Ken Harvey in a sudden-death play-off won by Jason Blair, after the teams were all locked up at the end of 18 holes.

The McGuire Hendon Cup match was between Greendale (Canterbury Central Patterson Cup Runner-up) and Kaiapoi White (Canterbury North Templeton Cup Runner-up) which was another match locked up at 3-3 after 18 holes, before Greendale's team of, from left Jamie Camp, Chris Faithful, Simon Jeffs, Craig Whithead and Stephan Hance (Absent Raymond Willliams) defeated Kaiapoi White’s Greg Mills, Ky Dutton, James Maguire, Ryan Wood, Stuart Laurie and Geoff Harnett again in a sudden-death play-off with Simon Jeffs getting the Greendale side over-the-line.