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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 752, 27 August 1929, Page 7

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ROTORUA TOURNEY (From Our Own Correspondent) ROTORUA, Monday. Play in the veterans’ cup golf series started this morning. The weather was cold and fine. In the first round Austin beat Lorrigan, 5 up and 4; Harold beat Wilkie at the 22nd hole; Scott beat Redhead, 1 up; Maingay beat McCormick, 4 and 2; Corrigan beat Pavitt, 2 up: Sommerville beat Blackburn. 2 up; Trice beat Hughes, 2 and 1; Colbeck beat Seifert, 3 and 1. In the second round. Trice (Glendowie) beat Colbeck (Auckland), 2 up, Austin (New Plymouth) beat Harold (Wanganui), 2 and 1, Corrigan (Tauranga) beat Sommerville (Rotorua) 4 and 3; Maingay (Morrinsville) beat Scott (Wellington), 2 and 1. The semi-finals and final will do played on Friday. The open tournament will begin tomorrow. AKARANA LADIES’ CLUB Following is the draw for the L.G.U. monthly medal to be played by members of the Akarana Ladies’ Golf Club on Friday and Saturday:—Miss P. Peet v. Miss Young, Mrs. Sutton v. Mrs. Caughey, Miss M. Peet v. Mrs Preston, Mrs. Rowntree v. Miss D. Hodge, Mrs. Young v Miss Jones, Miss Miller v. Miss Darraoh, .Mrs. Cox v. Miss Hodge. Mrs. McCarthy v. Mrs. Gilmore. Mrs. Fearnley v. Miss Cox, Miss Connett v. Miss Bygate, Miss Berry v. Miss Longdill, Miss Wynyard v. Miss Fearnley, Miss McGee v. Miss TylerDavies. Miss Smith v. Miss Hickman. The draw for the C grade stroke competition is as follows:—Miss Dalton v. Mrs. England Miss Keen v. Mrs. Halford. Miss Deacon v. Miss Webber, Miss Todd v. Mrs Budge, Miss Knott v. Miss Jenks. Mrs. Long v. Mrs. Darrach, Miss Tracey v. Miss Yates Mrs. Slakev v. Miss Floyd, Miss Tyler v Miss MoMath. Miss Birch v. Miss Kerr-Taylor. OTAHUHU LADIES' CLUB Following were the best scores returned in the L.G.U. medal match played by members of the Otahuhu Ladies' Golf Club an Saturday:—Mrs. Kelsey. 106, 35—71 (winner): Miss E Whiteley. 99. 28—71: Miss Cameron, 104. 33—71; Miss Mellsop. 93. 20—73; Miss Dreadon, 109. 34—75; Mrs. . Hipkins, 96, 20—76: Mrs. Valentine, 109, 31—78. Miss A. Whyte. 114, 36—78. The best scores in the C grade match I of 1° holes were:—Miss C. Wallace, 75. i 24—51; Miss N. Katz, 7S, 24—54; Mrs. ! Currie, 7S, 24—54; Miss R. Currie, 7S, 24—0 4. i Following were the best scores in the I eclectic match of 12 holes for a tro- ! phy donated by Miss E Katz:—Mrs. Msn- ! L'ies, 59, 24—35; Miss E. Whiteley, 58, ! 18 —40; Miss Mellsop, 54, 13—41; Miss Cut-

fortli, 57, 12—41; Mrs. Valentine, 64, 20— 44. The best scores in the C grade eclectic of 12 holes for a trophy donated by Miss E. Whiteley were:—Miss N. Katz, 6G. 24—42, Miss Wallace, 70, 24—46; Mrs. Boyce, 70, 24—46, Mrs. Currie, 72, 24—18. In the second round of the handicap matcn for a trophy donated by Mrs. Cutfortli, Miss N. Dreadon (34) beat Miss G. Katz (27), 2 and 1; Mrs. Moflitt (34) beat Mrs. McXeely (28), 2 up; Miss Parton (24) beat Miss E. Whiteley (28), 6 and 5; Miss ; Mellsop (20) beat Mrs. Hipkins (20). 3 j and 2. PAPAKURA CLUB The following are the best cards returned in the second round for the Parker trophy played by members of the Papakura Golf Club. —Hutchinson, 20, 27 —63- Smith. 85. 16—69; D McLennan. 1 106, 36—70; H. Spencer S 3, IS—7l; Langford, 98, 26—72; T. McLennan, 101, 25—73; Bridgman, 102. 27—75 , The leading aggregates are:—Hutchin- ’ son. 137; Smith. 13S: T. McLennan. 141; , Langford. 143; H. Spencer, 144; D. McLennan, 144; Bridgman. 146. OTAHUHU CLUB In the semi-finals of the Otahuhu Golf Club’s championshio, L. J Croxson beat A. P Eustace, 5 and 4, and B H. Men--5 zies beat W. P. Eustace, 1 up In the ; junior division. J. McCrory beat E. Logan. \ 6 and 4, and A. F. Burnett beat F. Todd, < | 8 and 1. The following will represent the club in 5 a teams match at Glendowie next Satur- • day:—L. J. Croxson. B. H. Menzies, W • P. Eustace, R. G Moflitt, A. P. Eustace, ’ i J McCrory. C. R. Reader, A. F. Burnett. 1 X. G. Sturt, O. R. Montgomery, F. Todd, 5 [ F. C. Macdonald. HAMILTON LADIES’ CLUB j i The monthly medal in conjunction with the Qualifying rounds of the senior and ; junior championships will be played on September 4 The senior championship ’ is open to players with handicaps of scratch to 20 The junior championship is open to players with handicaps 21 to ! S0 - HAMILTON 5 Following were the scores in the qualii fying round of the championship at St. Andrews on Saturday:— 5 Seniors.—Wynne, 79; Black, 82; Ross, . 83 Jerrand. 86; Atkins, 86; Gillies, S 6; J. . M. Horton. 88; Rees, SS; Fisher. 88: Wake. , 89; Simpson. 89: Guy. 90; Harkness. 90; Russell, 90: Beehan. 92: Tompkins, 92. 1 Intermediate. —Bell, 90; Rutherford, 90; . Wilson. 91; Hogben. 91; Pemberton, 92; Wilkes. 92: Strong, 92: Hamilton, 92; Allen. 94- Swarbrick. 95: Bindon. 97: Horton. 97: Xewland, 98; Gray, 99; Day, 99; 2 Hart, 98. Juniors.—Bell. 95; Sinclair, 96; East, 96; - Griffiths, 97; Pittar, 9S;; Cranwell, 99: , • Westwater, 99; Awdry, 100; Cann, ICO; - j D’Arcy Smith, 100; McMullin, 101; Rob-

ertson, 104; Toombs, 105; Cox, 105; Aitken, ; 106; de la Mare, 106. CAMBRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIP (From Our Own Correspondent) CAMBRIDGE, Today. j The Cambridge Golf Club's championships reached the final stages yesterday, when in the senior championship A. H. XicoJl beat A. G. Boyce, 1 and 3, and A. W. Xicoll beat Miller. 4 and 2. The final resulted in favour of A. H. Xicoll, who beat his opponent 8 and 7. This is the fifth occasion on which A. H. XicolJ has been club champion. This year his play was very steady in the final. His work round the greens was deadly. He gave his opponent no openings. J In the junior championship Neely beat A. Pearce on the 19th green, the game , being closely contested throughout. WAIUKU The final of the championship of the Waiuku Golf Club over 36 holes was played on Thursday, and after an excellent game, Howden beat Bloomfield 1 up. At the end of the first nine holes the match was all square. Howden having the benefit of securing a half at the second by getting a stymie At the completion of the eighteenth hole, Howden was one up. after being three up ar the fourteenth. At the nineteenth a half stymie gave Howden a half in bogey 5, the twentieth being also halved in the same number. Bloomfield squared the match at the twenty-first, the next being halved in 4. With a 5 and a birdie 3 at the next two, Bloomfield was 2 up, but Howden squared the match by winning the twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh in bo- ° Howden became 1 up by sinking a fairly long putt on the twenty-ninth ! after the previous hole had been halved in 5, but a birdie 2 by Bloomfield squared 1 the game at the next hole. Birdie S’s 1 halved the thirty-first. Bloomfield hit a nice tee shot going to the thirty-sec-ond, but Howden’s bettered it with o. beautiful long straight shot, the noie being halved in 5. Bloomfield pushed his tee shot out a little at the thirty-third, Howden being just short The former’s approach went through, and Howden be-

i came 1 up. The 34th arM 35th were halved in 3 and 6 respectively, Bloomfield just failing to hole a long putt at the latter and lying Howden a stymie. At the 36th Bloomfield was just off the green with his third, while Howden was out to the right, but he put his approach * about bft. from the pin. Bloomfield made I a great attempt to win, but his putt finished about two inches short of the cup. Howden rattled his putt down for a half j in 5, leaving him the winner, 1 up. Men's Junior Championship.—The men's junior championship was continued on Saturday, the results being:—Flavell beat Smith. 7 and 5, Ducker beat Hill, 3 and 2; Aldred beat Jerram, 3 and 1. T. Herrold beat Whiteside. Duff Cup.—ln the final of the Duff Cup played during the week, Howden beat Ohlson, 2 and 1. A bogey match played on Saturday was won bv Ohlson, who finished all square. The best of the other cards were:—T. j Herrold, 2 down; Roscoe. 4 down. Women’s Senior Championship.—The i semi-finals of the Waiuku women’s chair.j pionship were played during the week, the results being:—Miss Muir beat Miss Christianson, 3 and 1: Miss Arkle beat . Miss Howden, 6 and 4. ! The intermediate championship was ! completed during the week, the winner ; being Miss Sullivan. The results of the | matches are:—Miss Aldred beat Miss 1 Ducker, 1 up: Miss Sullivan beat Mrs. Heise, 5 and 3. Final: Miss Sullivan beat j Miss Aldred. ; Women’s First-year Championship.-Semi-finals: Mrs. Roscoe beat Miss K. Neil by default; Miss Carrington beat j Miss M. Muir.