GOLFERS KEEN

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19985, 10 July 1939, Page 8

GOLFERS KEEN

BLEAK CONDITIONS TRULY KING BENEFIT WEEK-END RESULTS The bleak weather conditions over the week-end did not detract from the keenness of golfers in Gisborne and good fields took part in competitive play. POVERTY BAY CLUB The second qualifying round of -the club championship was played by members of the Poverty Bay club, scores being as follows; E. S. Toogood, 77- P Turein. W. D. Barker. 79; R. I. Harrison. 80; C. 11. Wells, 81; H. D. Chrisp. W. D. Andrews, 82; D. B. Barry. G. H. Stewart, 83; F. Fenwick, M. R. Maude, J. T. Dodgshun, 84; G. M. Dodgshun, P. R. Willock. 85: N. H. Bull, M. W. Howe, W. H. Hope, 86; C. O. Hansen, R. Thompson, 87; G. Gregory. J. ißarns-Graham, 88. In the Burke Cup series, for the best gross score in the qualifying rounds, E. S. Toogood, with a score of 151. has a good lead over the rest of the field, the nearest player being D. B. Barry with 153. R. I. Harrison has a score of 159 and is closely followed by W. K. Andrews. 160, and W. D. Barker. 161. Fourball Best Ball Bogey Match A 36 hole fourball -best -ball bogey match was played during the weekend, trophies '-being donated by Messrs. G. W. Willock and Ik W. Barker. Fifty-five-pairs took part in this match and the entry fees, totalling £5 11s, were donated to the Truby King memorial fund. E. Jenkinson and R. W. J. Edwards, with a card of 12 up. were the winners, oLi-er good cards being as follows; B. Burke and R. Young. 11 up; L. Duncombe and I. N. Hamilton. 9 up: W. R. B. Willock and C. H. Wells, 8 up; E. R. Beckett and T. J. Corkery, 7 up; D. B. Barry and W. D. Barker, 5 up.

The best morning round was played by Burke and Young, with a card of 8 up. TURANGANUICLUB The following -are the results in the first round of the William T. Pitt Memorial Cup, mixed foursomes, played by the Turanganui Golf Club members: — Mrs. N. Cram and P. Kaua <l7), net 70;'Mrs. R. Rcbb and C. Pere (12), 71: Miss -M. Herbert ar.d R. W. Halbert (13), 73: Mrs. W. E. Bullivant and W. Marshall (13). 75; Mrs. P. Kaua and C. Hume (21). 79: Mrs. R. W. Halbert and R. Robb (15). 80; Miss M. Porter and P. Tilly (19). 81; -Mrs. J. Gazley and R. Keiha ill), 82; Miss E. Koopu and W. H. Rang! (16). 82; Mrs. R. Keiha and P. Keiha (13), 83: Mrs. W. T. Rangi and K. Keiha (16), 83; Miss E. Ridgeway and N. Williams (21), 82; Mrs. W. Marshall and G. Butler (18). 85; Miss P. A. Brock and D. B. Tennent (20), 89; Miss M. Breck and T. McMurray (21), 95.

Men’s Handicap Tourney The matches -played in the first round of the men’s handicap tournament resulted: W. Anderson beat W. Carroll; N. G. -Anderson -boat Rua Clarke; J. McMurray beat' D. Ross; R. Gordon -beat W. -McMurray; J. McConnell beat T. Moore; T. Muir won by default; L. A. Haggle won by default. Medal Handicap A meclal handicap played in conjunction with the above resulted in : comfortable -win for -R. Gordon (24) with a net score of 60, followed -by W. McMurray (24) with ;> net 66. As a result of these rounds 'the above players have received attention tc heir handicaps. Other cards handed in were: -N. G. Anderson (22), net 73: W. Anderson (22), 73; J. McConnell (26), 77. The Stableford fourball competition played on the Gisborne Park links on Saturday afternoon resulted in a win for A. S. Fearnley and L. Albrecht with a combined total of 63 points. Other cards were: R. T. Porter and L. L. Winter, 56 points; F. Dobbie and p . M. Warner. 54 points; E. T. Broadhurst and R. Clayton, 53 points; J. McMillan and- P. Robertson, 50 points. Dryland Cup A. D. Tan' and F. McDonald withstood their fourth consecutive challenge for the Dryland Cup, defeating J. Slipper and V. Venables 4 and 3. I’.B. LADIES’ CLUB The following is the draw for the L.G.U. medal matches -to be pl-ayed by members of the Poverty Bay Ladies' Golf Club to-morrow:— From No. 1 tee. —Noon, Mrs. McFa-dyen and Miss M. Foster; 12.5 pan., Mrs. Houston and Mrs. H. Kemp; 12.10 p.m., Mrs. Hutchinson and Mrs. G. Chrisp: 12.15 p.m., Mrs. D. E. Chrisp and Miss P. Burke; 12.20 p.m., Mrs. Burke and Miss Hegarty; 12.25 p.m., Miss Ormond and Mrs Macllwaine; 12.30 p.m., Miss Hayes and Mrs. Baigent; 12.35 p.m., Mrs. Sim-mon-ds and Mrs. Tyerman; 12.40 pan., Mrs. Winter and Mrs. Singer; 12.45 pan.. Miss Newman and Mrs. Eade; 12.50 pan.. Mrs. Kerr and Mrs. Bullivant; 12.55 pan., Mrs. Musgrave and Mrs. Andrews; 1 p.m., Mrs. Kendon and Miss Barton.

From No. 10 tee.—11.45 a.m., Mrs. Atkins and Miss Macauley; 11.50 a.m., Mrs. Mclldow’ie and Mrs. Adams; 11.55 a.m., Miss B. Kemp and Mrs. Thomas; noon, Mrs. Bruce and Mrs. Peach; 12.5 p.m., Mrs. Robinson and Mrs. Parkinson; 12.10 p.m., Mrs. Keiha and Mrs. Edwards 12.15 p.m., Mrs. C. 11. Bull and Miss Slight; 12.20 p.m., Mrs. Harper and Miss Bowen; 12.25 p.m., Mrs. Mackay and Mrs. Humphreys; 12.20 p.m., Mrs. Harri•on and Mils. McKeague; 12.35 p.m., Mrs. Morley and Mrs. Solvander; 12.40 p.m., Mrs. P. W. Smith and Mrs. Carter; 12.45 p.m., Mrs. Nolan and Mrs. Jensen: 12.50 p.m., Miss P. Barker and Mrs. K. Bull. Unqualified Players

The following is the draw for tomorrow's match for unqualified players:— 9.15 a.m.. Mrs. Piltar v. Miss McLcrnon; 9.20 a.m., Miss Walton v. Mrs. Armstrong; 9.25 a.m., Mrs. Newth v. Mrs. Hansen; 9.30 a.m., Mrs. Stacey v. Miss Tietjeu; 9.35 a.m., Mrs. Phillpo.ts v. Mis's Cooper; 9.40 a.m., Mrs. Mitchell v. Mrs. G. Armstrong; 9.45 a.m., Mrs. Woodward v. Mrs. Buckley; 9.50 a.m., Mrs. B. R. U. Burke v. Mrs. Galvin.