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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 349, 29 March 1910, Page 2

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E'ASTER TOURNAMENT. , ON THE NGAMOTU LINKS. : The Easter tournament of the Ngamotu Golf .Club is now a well-estab-lished fixture, and the excellent management year by year has made it very popular with golfers from beyond the province. This year's tournament ..iss, attracted large entries', including q<)&■; testants from Auckland, Waverlej, Wanganui, Hawera,- IHglewood, Waitara and Feilding, which club is represented for the first time, sending four competitors. The tournament opened on Saturday morning in good weather, and was continued yesterday, .when the weather conditions approached the golfer's ideal —a light breeze and not too bright sunshine. The warm weather .and heavy rains of late 'had set the Course Com-. mittee a big task, but eventually the course was got into good condition.' After being left as ready, the growth' was so rapid that a lawnmower had to. be used. The greens were in excellent condition, having : sufficient sward to hold the ball for, first-class putting. The management committee, with jvir Cecil Wr'glit as secretary, has left nothing undone that should be done, and j the tournament has proved so far most

enjoyable and successful in every way. The fixture will finish to-day, and the ladies' tournament will commence tomorrow. '' THE CHAMPIONSHIP. For the championship the following eight qualified: G. Saunders 169, W. O'Callaghan 172, I. Saunders 175, A. A | Lewis 175, J. Harold W. Bewley ' 177, D. Meldrum 180, H. H. Ward 181. j In the play-off yesterday Jj Harold j beat G. Saunders, 4 up and 3 to play; . O'Callaghan heat Bewley, 2 up; | heat Meldrum, 6 up and 4 to play; Lewis heat I. Saunders, 2 up and l 1 to play. In the afternoon Harold beat*' O'Callaghan, 2 up and 1 to play; and Lewis heat Ward, 2 up and 1 to play. The final will 'be played to-day at 1j o'clock, when Harold will play Lew's'. Both of them are members of the Balgarnie Club in Wanganui. Thfs should provide a first-class match, as both men are in good form The feature of the championship «o j far was the afternoon match between Ward and Lewis. Both playe'd sterling golf, and hardly a s'troke was thrown away. Had the holes been played out, Ward's score would have been to SO. and Lewis's 76 to 77. As the grass' is long on the fairway, and a stroke played off the line too far .leaves the ball in uncut grass or fern, the piay | must be considered excellent. I The following are the results of the ! tournament fX> far:— ! Taranaki Amateur Championship and Teams Match, combined with medal handicap. Qualifying round of 36 holes, medal play, 8 to qualify. Match ' play thereafter. Teams of four players. |

MEN'S BOGEY HANDICAP; 18 holes. A. W. Gillies, handicap 4, 3 up. J. F. Miles, 11, 1 up. B. A. Meek, 11, all square. A. H. Steeds, 8, 1 down. W J. W. Muir, 9, 1 down. H. D. Bates, 9, 1 down. S. A. Parkes, 11, 1 down. T. R. Southall, 11, 2 down. H. Thomson, 17, 2 down. H. B. Arihitage, 9, 2 down. L. Hansen, 4, 3 down ' Daniell, 14, 3' down. J. A. Turton, 8, 4 down. T. V. MacKay, 10, 4 down. S. H. Ryan, 8, 4 down, 1 J. Paterston, 8,'5 down.". R. Coghill, 9, S down. R W. D. Robertson, 7, 5 down. J. Power, 5, 5 down. "W. C. Weston, 4, 6 down. F. S., Johns, 2, 6 down. ' S. H. Kimbell, 18, 6 down. •A.. F. Spain, 8, 6 flown. H. P Butts, 14, 6 down. A. H. 'Glasgow, 5, 7 down. A. Gold water, 19, 8 down. A.= Bewley, 5, 8 down. E. S. Bayley, Jfc, 8 down. E. T. Morshead, 23. 9 down. P. O MacKay. 13, 10 down. C. C. Biernacki. 18, 11 down. A. Standiah, 11, 12 down. N. Bewley, 9, unfinished. Gillies' score of 2 up on a handicap of 4 -was an excellent performance. MEN'S MEDAL HANDICAP,

In the continuous putting competition S Saturday Mrs I. Saunders and Mis'a utts tied at 17 for first place, andjn the play-off on Monday Mrs Saunders won with 18. In the men's competition Messrs Bates, A. Bewley, Coghill, Gillies, Harold and Muir tifed with. 16, and in the play-off on Monday Gillies' won with 15. Ob Monday Mrs I Saunders again won the ladies' conipetit ; on with the exceptional score of 15. Messrs Elliott, Muir aad O'Callaghan tied with 16, and the tie will be played to-day. | TO-DAY'S PLAY. There will be continuous putting competitions for ladies and men to-day. At 9 a.m. the booiey handicap will be played. The Taranaki Championship final will start at 1 p.m., and will be followed immediately by the driving and approaching competition. I

Cfross Nett Score Hep. Score. F. S. Johns .. .. 187 fi 181 D. .. .. 180 H 184 H. D. Rites .. .. 204 12 192 I. Saunders .. .. 175 f4 179 G. Saunders .. .. 169 t4 173 A. H. Lewis .. .. 175 8 169 J. E. Paterson .. 196 16 180 A. N. Bewlcy .. 210 24 "186' W. C Weston 183 12 171 A. F. Spain .. .. 197 "18 179 S. H. Parkes .. .. 212 22 196

J. Power .. .. IS" 12 173 A. Standish (unfinished). R. Addenbrooke .. 188 8 i80 R. Southall .. .. 204 24 180 A. H. Glasgow .. 185 It! 1(19 H B. Armitage .. 198 24 ,174 R. W. D. Robertson . 188 30 158 'A. A. Bewley (retired). : W. Bewley .. .. 177 8 xd9 H. Thomson (retired). J. Harold .. .. 176 t4 180 H. H. Ward .. .. 181 6 175 J. F. Miles (retired). ' H P. Butts .. .. 225 " 32 193 W. J. W. Muir .. 198 28 170 D. Coghiir - .. - .. 203 16 137 G. E. S. Daniell .. 210 32 178 J. A. Turton (retired). | W. A. O'Callaghan .. 172 10 162 A. W Gillies . ..183 10 17J ! W. B. Grimstone .. 212 32 iSO F. G. Evans (retired). G. H. Ryan . ..10(5 20 176, C. H. W«stou . .. 210 33 iS4 A. Johns 201 20 181 T V". MacKay .. 207 20 171 E. S. Bayley (no cards)

18 Holes; Medal Play. G. E. S. Baniell .« 91 18 75 W, j. W Muir ... 88 12 76 V. Elliott .. ... 94 18 76 'W. Bewley ., .. 84 4 80 !A. H. Glasgow > 88 7 81 A. F. Spain ... 91 10 81 F. S. Joins .. ». 85 3 82 T. R. Southall .. 96 14 82 Armitage ... 95 12 83 A. A Bewley .. 89 12 83 L. Hansen .. 88 5 83 G. Saunder3 .. 84 O 84 J. F. Miles .. 06 12 84 H. P. Butts .. .. 102 18 84 H. D. Bates ■ .. .. 97 13 85 J Patersom .. .. 95 10 65 B. A. Meek .. .. 99 14 85 W, A. O'Gallaglian .. 86 1. 85 S. H. Kimbell .. Ill 26 S3 W C. Weston .. 91 5 80 D. Meldrum ... 87 0 S7 88 M. J. Crombie .. Ill 23 J. A. Turton — .. 99 11 88 A. N. Bewley . .. 101 12 69 J. Power 95 6 89 A. Standish .. .. ' 104 15 H, Thomson .. 112 22 90 E. S. Bayley .. .. 106 16 90 S. T Norton .. 102 12 90 Biernacki .. 112 21 ::1 D. Coghill .. 103 12 91 A. H. Steeds; . .. 102. 10 92 E. V. MacKav .. 113 17 Off A. Goldwater .. .123 25 98 E. T. Morshead.. . 133 30 . 103,