No rest for top juniors

Press, 13 October 1987, Page 48

No rest for top juniors

Although the domestic season ended for most of Canterbury’s leading golfers with the completion of the three interclub competitions on Sunday, a junior squad of 15 will remain active throughout the summer season. fin line with a policy which brought positive rewards earlier this year when Canterbury regained the , South Island under-21 teams’ title for the first time since 1983, the juniors will train under the guidance of two former Woodward Cup players, Bob Plrie and

Ray McLean. It will be a difficult job for the selectors to sort out the Canterbury team of six to defend the South Island crown next February. Only Warwick Sherwood is not eligible from this year’s winning team. The remaining five, Mark Tamuta, Ken Collett, Lyndon Cron, Jason Sincock and Alister McCall, will be joined by Tony Christie, Matthew Brownlee, > Karl Mariu, John Hazeldine, Anthony Woodgate, Hans Knutson, Curtis Mercer, Glen Allin,

Andrew Hobbs, and Shane' Scott " J*' -* Hobbs and Scott are the only two golfers without Woodward Cup . expert-’ ence, while Hazeldine! won this year’s; j2W)Jepj bury under-21 tifleZimd Mariu took the provincial under-17 title. The depth of junior golf, in Canterbury at present was illustrated when. Christie won the South Island boys’ championship , and Cron took the North Island title and gained New Zealand selectiori in a two-man tournament inAustralla.;