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Jenny Rutherford claims the Sillars Cup at Canterbury Golf Club after holding off the challenge from club president Ali Kingston

Jenny Rutherford is Canterbury Golf Club’s new Ladies Champion.

She won the Sillars Cup after last Wednesday’s second round of the 36-hole Jubilee Cup gross competition, to deny club president Ali Kingston (h5) an 11th successive title, on count back.

New Canterbury Ladies Champion Jenny Rutherford (right), Caroline Collins (centre) and Anne Asrnold (left)
New Canterbury Ladies Champion Jenny Rutherford (right), Caroline Collins (centre) and Anne Asrnold (left)

Rutherford (h10) scored 85 to trail first round leader Caroline Collins (h12,79) by six but on Wednesday she was was eight shots better with a 77, while Collins slipped to an 87.

Overall, Rutherford shot a 20 over par total of 162 to hold off Kingston (84,78) while Ali Ord was third.

The Jubilee Cup (best net total over two rounds) was won by Anne Arnold (h23, 69,69), at four under par while Collins won the best net score Jubilee Year Trophy for her 67 (gross 79).

Ralph Evans (Snr) overcame his health problems to rack up 42 points and win Wednesday’s Men’s Stableford, at the age of 82.

Evans (h23) suffers from Parkinson’s disease but outplayed his younger opponents, winning by four points from a field of 88.

He scored 17 points on the first six holes before pain and tiredness saw him add only two more points on the front nine.

“I have a job to play now,” he admitted. “I took some painkillers and they’d kicked in by the second nine; I was proud of that nine.’’

He scored another 23 points to win by four from Marcus Rabenda.

Gary Miller beat Lee Tidy 2&1 to win the Cecil Leitch 5 Club Knockout for his first individual competition win.

Jonathan Warman (h6) aced the eighth as he won his first men’s silverware, the medal Gurkha Khukuri Cup, from a strong field of 95 on Sunday with a four over par 75 (net 69).

“It was a sweet strike,” said the 18-year-old.

“I started it just to the right of the flag to try to get a nice little draw and it landed an inch or so next to the pin, hopped forward and then spun back into the hole.”

Warman easily won on countback from second placed Finlay Parkin Bobb, with Melvyn Curd third.

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