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Taranaki Daily News, 25 April 1916, Page 7

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-TABANAKI CHAMPIONSHIB TOURNAMENT. THE SECOND DAY'S PLAY. Fine weather again prevailed for the second day of the Taranaki golf tournament at New Plymouth yesterday, and the heavy rain of Sunday left the links at Waiwakaiho in splendid order, though a strong southerly wind was against good golf in the afternoon. The principal'features of the day's play were the second round and the semi-finals of the championship. B. L. Taylor (Wellington) beat S. J. Smith (New Plymouth), and the other New Plymouth players, F. S. Johns and K. B. Bain, were put out by L. Climie (Wellington) and L. Seifert (Palmerston North) while S. Turner (Wellington) played a keen contest, and Sim eventually gained the upper hand and won two up and one to play. The semifinals in the afternoon both provided good games, Taylor and Climie being left in to play the final this morning. A few years ago Taylor won the Taranaki championship at Waiwakaiho, and while he is playing in form likely to provide him with the honor again he will have a strong opponent in Climie, and a very close tussle is anticipated. In addition to the championship handicap events were also played yesterday, and in each- case there were good entries. A men's bogey handicap was played in' the morning and was won by E. J. Reid (Wellington), who was "ail square" with bogey. Eeid played a very good round, which included three twos. His card read:—Out: 4, 5, 4, 0, 2, 5, 2, 6, 5—39. In: 4, G, 3, 5, 2, 8, 5, 5, 7—45. A ladies' bogey handicap was won by Miss M. G. Free (New Plymouth), and a men's medal handicap in the afternoon was won by F. S. Parkes (Palmerston North). The putting competition was atso in progress all day. The tournament will conclude this morning. The final of the championship will start at 9 a.m., and handicap events will also be played. The details of the play are:—

THE CHAMPIONSHIP. THE SECOND ROUND. B. L. Taylor beat S. J. Smith, 4 up and 3 to play. L. Seifert beat K. B. Bain, 7 up and 6 to play. G. Sim beat S. Turner, 2 up and 1 to play.. • S. Clitnie beat F. S. Johns, 4 up and 2 to play. SEMI-FINALS. B. L. Taylor boat L. Seifert, 3 up and 2 to play. S. Climie beat G. Sim, 2 up. FINAL. Taylor plays Climie. BOGEY HANDICAP. WON BY E. J. REID. The best scores in the men's bogey handicap are: E. J. Reid (7) all square. W. P. Nicoll (8) 6 down. G. Grey (8) fi down. G. H. Ryan (9) 7 down. R. H. Pavitt (9) 7 down. W. H. Wood (15) 8 down. C. P. Brown (9) 8 down. MEDAL HANDICAP. WON BY F. S. PARKEa The best scores in the men's medal handicap were:— F.'S. Parkes -.-.-., 87 6 81 G. H. Ryan ~.!■ 90 12 84 G. M. Xebbell „•.«,..-« 100 20 80 A. S. Hasell ....-*. „-.-.;.• 97 11 80 E. J. Reid 90 9 87 G. Grey -.-..-..• 97 10 87 THE LADIES' MATCH. 'WON BY MISS M. G. FREE. The best cards returned in the ladies' bogey handicap were:— Miss M, G. Free (17) 4 down; Mrs. F. S. Johns (16) 8 down. Mrs. G. S. Weir (9) 9 down. Mrs. Walker (19) 9 down. TO-DAY'S PLAY. THE DRAWS. Following is the draw for the men's four-ball match, commencing at H o'clock this morning:—A. Bewley and W. H.Wood plav T. A. Moodie and A. A. Stewart; W. P. Niccoll and E. S. Bayley plav J. D. Scott and K. B. Bain; W. D. Ross and H. R. Jenkins play G. M..Kebbell and A. H. Steeds; O. Grey and F. S. Johns play S. Powdrell and F. S. Parkes; J. E. Lewis and R. H. 'Pavitt play J. Paton and R. T. McQuade; G. H. Ryan and H. J. M. Thomson play S. Wyllie and A. E. Surrey, E. S. Clark awl P. Stainton play W. O'Carroll and J. Sutherland.

Following is the draw for the ladies' medal handicap, play commencing about 10.30 o'clock this morning:—Miss O. Ambury plays "Miss Oliver, Mrs. PatoiJ plays Miss E. Gilbert, Miss Stephenson plays Mrs. Weir, Mrs. Johns plaY* Miss K. Free, Mrs. R. Quillinm plays Mrs., W. C; Weston, Mrs. McQuade plavs Miss F. Putt, Miss E. C. Putt plays Miss A. I Read.

WITIORA CLUB, Last week the ladies at Witiora played a medal match for a prize presented by Miss' Rundle. Mrs. Buxton, with the score of 100-24-82, was the winner, Mrs. W. IT. Browne second, and Miss Coldwater third. For the next six weeks the ladies will play a series of matches, the first one commencing next week and points will be awarded for the three best net scores returned in each match.