GROWTH IN SOUTH
MANY NEW CLUBS MEMBERS KEEN (Special to THE SUN) MORRINSVILLE, To-day. The remarkable growth of the game in South Auckland was the subject of comment by Norrie Bell, professional, to-day. There are now no fewer than 39 clubs within a two-hours motor run of Hamilton, he said. In some places, where the game was practically neglected until a few years ago, clubs have been started and the members have been too many for nine-hole links. This has meant a branching off, and now places like Matamata, Putaruru and Raglan have two clubs. As an instance of the growth Bell quoted the Morrinsville-Putaruru length of railway line. In eight years eight clubs have been started and seven of these are running quite successfully.
The new club at Waitoa means that there are four clubs in a 26-mile journey from Morrinsville to Paeroa, two of which, Morrinsville and Te Aroha. have their own links.
“In a few years,” said the coach, “the game of golf will claim more adherents than any other game. That the players are taking it seriously is proved by the fact that two coaches are kept going at top in this territory.”
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 410, 19 July 1928, Page 8
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197GROWTH IN SOUTH Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 410, 19 July 1928, Page 8
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