LADIES OPEN TOURNEY

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 531, 15 May 1933, Page 5

LADIES OPEN TOURNEY

pPLENDID ENTRIES RECEIVED The ladies' open tournament, which opens on Tuesday promises to prove a very successful one. The en- : tries in number far exceed those of ( last year of the top markers, the 1 title holder, Mrs. Ferguson, on a handicap of four, heads the list. Re- , ports show that she is playing up to ! or ahove her form. Miss Culling (5) , has a chance that cannot be over- .' looked, having had a wide experience of first class match play. Among those whose names are entered are: — Miss B. Abbott (16), Maungakie'kie; Mrs. G. F. Ferguson (4), Middlemore; Mrs. Preston (10) , Akarana; Miss K. Hally (15), Akarana; Miss /Hamlin (15), Miss E. Culling (5), Mrs. Rainger (18), Middlemore; Miss 'Aitken (18), Akarana; Mrs. Boon (15) Mokorua; Mrs. Taylor (15), Akarana; Miss E. Ryde (11), Miss Prideaux (19), Mokorua; Mrs. W. Price (19), Miss E. McLoughlin (17) 'Thames; Mrs. Cox (14), Akarana; Mrs. Sloane (16), Mokorua. Miss L. Dyer (Wellington), Mrs. A. E. Abbot (Maungakiekie) , Mrs. M. Hull (Morrinsville) , Mrs E. Blackburn (Maungakiekie), Mrs. Joyce, Mrs. Hellaby, Miss Knight, Miss Hamb'in (Auckland) , Mrs. Whale, Miss Wain, Miss Baxter (Otahuhu), Mrs. Wilkinson, Mrs. Day (Hamilton), Miss Gray (Miramar), Mrs. F. Preston, Miss K. Hally (Akarana) . The list of entries includes _ a large number of local players and the experience gained by them in com- ( petition with outside players should be of great value individually and to vthe club. Every effort has heen made , by the Rotorua management committee to ensure success, and in their usual efficent manner the secretary, Miss Dannefaerd, and Miss Snodgrass (captain), and veteran and winner of many tournaments have . completed the organisation of the fixture. The course has never been in finer ; order, both as to greens and fairways. The clearing of certain areas will obviate delay in Iooking for lost balls, ahd speed up play. A useful /improvement is the path down from No. 14 tee. The old track was slimy to a degree in winter months. The teeing grounds have heen topdressed and the marks will he set to a more . exacting limit than in cluh play. The i decisive f actor, the weather, is in the hands of the bureau aloft. Given good conditions the meeting should ' constitute a record. The draw for the qualifying round of the Rotorua Ladies' Open Championship and First Medal Handicap to be commenced to-morrow is as follows : — 9. 0 — Mrs. Preston v. Mrs. Day. 9. 5 — Miss Snodgrass v. Miss : Culling. 9.10 — Mrs. W. Price v. Mrs. J. Wilson. 9.15 — Miss Wilkinson v. Miss Hally. 9.20 — Miss K. Knight v. Mrs. R. C. ' Smith. 9.25 — Mrs. C. Taylor v. Miss McLoughlin. 9.30 — Mrs. Cox v. Miss A. Black. 9.35 — Mrs. H. McBewar V. Miss L. Dyer. . f 9.40 — Mrs. Currie v. Mrs. Rainger. 9.45 — -Mrs. Sloane v. Miss I. McMullan. 9.50 — -Mrs. La Trobe Hill v. Mrs. Ferguson. 9.55 — Miss E. McMullan v. Miss Blackburn. ' 10. 0 — Miss Moon v. Miss B. Abbott. 10. 5 — Miss Gray v. Mrs. Tapper.' 10.10 — Mrs. Kelly v. Miss Finrierty. '10.15 — Mrs. Wackrow v. Mrs. Abbott. 10.20 — Mrs Spedding v Miss E. Fyde. 10.25 — Mrs. Fortune v. Miss M. Whale. • 10.30 — Mrs. Worthington r. Miss Aitken. 10.35 — Miss A." Prideaux v. Mrs. P. J. Sherriff. ' • ■ " .1Q.40— Mrs. Clay v. Miss C. Wain. 10.45— Mrs. A. Smith v. M^iss Hull. 10.50 — Miss Ponsford v. Mrs. Jones. 10.55— Mrs. fe. Berling v. Mrs. Boon. 11. 0 — Miss Routley v. ano'ther. Late entries wiil he posted at the clubhouse to-day. " * * •