CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF

Taranaki Daily News, 16 September 1940, Page 3

CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF

CENTRAL TARANAKI TITLE MISS O'SULLIYAN WINS Miss O'Sullivan won the Central Taranaki women's golf championship and Miss j Hale and Mrs. Linn the principal handicaps at the Eltham tournament over the week-end. Before calling upon Mrs. S. Dyason to : present the trophies the president. Mr. j H. S. Turner. on behalf of the women's j committee, thanked all of the competitors J for attending, especially those who had j been coming for'so many years. The club had been doubtful whether to coniduct the tournament this year owing to I petrol restrictions and other conditions. but the response had been excellent. He congratulated the winners, especially Miss O'Sullivan. It was interesting to note, he said-, that three of the four semi-finalists in the championship were |on a four handicap. The general standI ard of play for the tournament had been I good. The women wished him to make | special mention of the services rendered jby the club's secretary. Mr. F. Clemow, land the club captain. Mr. A. W. Tipjlady. They thanked all donors of trophI ies and (he greenwarden. Mr. J. Quin. | Miss K. Robertson and Miss O'Sullivan ! expressed thanks on behalf of the visitors. Details are:— Central Taranaki Championship. First round: Mrs. Turner beat Mrs. Morton 5 and 4: Mis; Meuli beat Mrs. Taylor 5 and 4; Miss Robertson beat Mrs. Purser 5 and 3; Miss O'Sullivan beat Mrs. McGarry 2 and 1. Second round: Mrs. Turner beat Miss Meuli 4 and 3; Miss O'Sullivan beat Miss Robertson 3 and 2. Final: Miss O'Sullivan beat Mrs. Turner 6 and 5. Highlands Handicap. First round: Miss Hale beat Mrs. Todd 3 and 1; Mrs. Meuli beat Mrs. Cotterill 3 and 2: Mrs. Eddowes beat Mrs. Lee 2 and 1; Mrs. Marshall beat Miss V. Death >2 up. Second round: Miss Hale beat Mrs. I Meuli 3 and 1; Mrs. Eddowes beat Mrs. j Marshall 2 up. ! Final: Miss Hale beat Mrs. Eddowes 4 I and 2. Eltham Handicap. First round: Mrs. Linn beat Miss O'Sullivan 5 and 4; Mrs. Clarke beat Miss |G. Death 3 and 1: Miss McCarthy beat i Miss Wilmshurst 2 and 1: Mrs. Brown : beat Mrs. Lightband 3 and 2. I Second round: Mrs. Linn beat Mrs. j Clarke 3 and 2; Mrs. •Brown beat Miss McCarthy 5 and 3~"„— | Final: Mrs. Linn beat Mrs. Brown 1 up. i Other Events. The teams' match was won by Stratford on the count back. The team was: Mrs. Clarke 69, Miss Nowell 81. Miss Wilmshurst 81, Miss Hale 77, total 308. New Plymouth was runner-up with 308. The prize for the best gross score in the qualifying round was won by Mrs. Turner 84 on the count back from Miss O'Sullivan and Mrs. Purser 84. Other scores were: Mrs. Tayler 86. Miss Meuli 88, Miss Robertson 88. Mrs. McGarry 88, Mrs. Morton 89. Miss Hale 91, Mrs. Marshall 91, Mrs. Eddowes 92. Mrs. Cotterill 94. Mrs. Meuli 94, Mrs. Lee 94, Miss V. Death 95, Mrs. Linn 98, Mrs. Todd 98. Mrs. Lightband 98. Miss McCarthy 99. Miss G. Death 99. Mrs. Clarke 99, Miss Wilmshurst 99, Mrs. Brown 100, Miss O'Sullivan 102. Medal handicap: Mrs. Clarke 69. Mrs. McGarry 74. Mrs. Purser and Miss T. O'Sullivan 75. Stableford handicap: Miss K. Robertson 33. Mrs. Linn 32. Bogey handicap: Mrs. Cotterill, Miss Hale and Mrs. P. R. Brown all square. Mrs. Cotterill won on the count back. Championship flight: Mrs. Tayler beat Mrs. Morton 5 and 3, Mrs. Purser beat Mrs. McGarry 3 and 2, Mrs. Purser beat Mrs. Tayler 3 and 2. Putting: Mrs. Morton. \ Four-ball bogey: Mrs. Clarke and Miss Nairn 6 up.