GREYTOWN

Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 June 1938, Page 9

GREYTOWN

EXHIBITION GOLF MATCH. (“Times-Age” Special.) The game between A. Shaw and B. Kjernan and H. E. Webster and J. C. Feast was played on the Greytown links on Sunday afternooan and drew a large crowd of interested spectators. The weather was ideal for golf, but the greens were on the rough side. The first hole was won by Kiernan with a birdie 4. At the sth hole Feast scored a birdie 2, and put his side one up. At the 9th hole Feast again registered a birdie 3, and thus was 2 up. Again at the 10th hole Feast won the hole with a bogey 3, making his side 3 up. At the 11th hole both Feast and Webster scored bogey 3’s making them 4 up. At the 12th hole Shaw settled down and was pin high with his second and chipped out to win the hole with an eagle 3. A birdie 4 at the 13th hole for ShaW made his side 2 down. The 14th hole was halved in birdie 4’s and the 15th in bogey 4’s. At the 16th hole, 120 yards, Feast scored a bogey 3 to win the match 3 up and 2 to play. A SON AND HEIR. After having blessed him with seven daughters, the wife of a well known Greytown citizen has presented him with a son and heir. There is, consequently, much family rejoicing, in which a large number of friends are joining—at the expense of the father! GIRL GUIDES’ FAIR. The Greytown Company of Girl Guides held a very successful Fair at the Scout Hall on Saturday afternoon. Mrs J. W. Barnard, president of the committee, welcomed the visitors, including Miss Wolters, Divisional Commissioner, and Mr and Mrs Riddiford. Mrs Riddiford is the District Commissioner. A party of Wellington Rangers came specially to help Mrs G. R. Jury, the captain of the local Guides. The “Ngaio” patrol stall was under the supervision of Mesdames A. Svenson and J. F. Thompson, and the “Tui” patrol stall was supervised by Mesdames Barcham and Vile. The competition winners were as follows: —Layette, Mrs Wood, Featherston'; duchess ’ set, Mrs H. G. Carter, Grey town; bed jacket, Mrs S. E. Barrett, Grey town; three cakes, The Bush Millers; elephant, Mrs Arthur, Greytown; dressed doll, Miss P. Sugrue; tin of tea, Miss E. Bouzaid; golf, Mrs A. Johnson. A display of badges and photos from overseas was much admired. Afternoon tea was served under the supervision of Mrs V. Kempton and the Wellington Rangers. ' The takings amounted to £24, and this was very gratifying to Mrs G. R. Jury.. HOCKEY NOTES. There were no games at Greytown on Saturday. The ladies’ team had a bye and the men’s and boys’ teams had games away. The juniors were defeated by the strong Wesley A team by a good margin and Carterton seniors had no difficulty in beating the men. The members of the latter are all active enough and put in a terrific amount of work, but they would save their energy if they remembered two important fundamentals: (1) All hits must be passes; hitting wildly up to the forwards by the backs, or clearing wildly by the full backs, has only a boomerang effect; the ball will come back sooner than' it is expected; (2) That getting into position is the mark of an intelligent player, If a team is on attack, then it is the job of all the forwards to get up and in line, the duty of the halves to follow up and yet cover their opposing forwards, and the responsibility if the full backs to plan with each other what they will do should the attack break down. Should the team be on defence, it is the job of the forwards to stay up and not come back among the backs; and the duty of the halves, if they miss their tackle, to turn back quickly to assist the full backs. The full backs must go to meet the attack, not run with it. There is so much in hockey that can be learnt by a keen player merely by using his own thinking cap that coaching should be reduced to a matter of finer tactics. However, the fame was played in a wonderful spirit, and the local, men can at least take defeat philosophically.

The question now is: Has the Indian visit taught anything to the local players? The chief lessons of that visit were: (1) Understanding and eye for position or backing up is essential; (2) ball control; (3) the flick stroke will do far more than hard hitting. All senior players at least ought to realise that the brilliant runs put in by Fernandez and Shahabuddin could come only as a result of intensive practice. Similarly roll-ins, back passing, penalty corners all left a lesson for those willing to learn. The Indians and English ladies put up two of their best scores yesterday. The latter now have a scoreboard of 47 for and 3 against. Two of these last have been scored in a penalty corner and a penalty bully. Only once have the backs been really beaten.

On Saturday there will be no ladies’ games, the day being taken for the rep. game against Akitio at Pongaroa. The local ladies not chosen should go to the Domain for a practice. The usual Wednesday practice will be held this week. Two noteworthy departures from Wairarapa men's hockey are D. Jackson (Carterton) and H. B. Massey (Kiwi). As the Carterton and Kiwi teams are running neck and neck, their next meeting will be watched with interest. General approval is given to the selection of the N.Z. ladies’ team for the first Test on July 6 at Christchurch. From Canterbury accounts, the goalkeeper gave a very good display last week. Judging from recent games, hockey is on the up-grade and prospects for the future are rosy. Endeavours are being made to have the Wairarapa Art Union extended. Ticket-book holders are urged to dispose of their books as quickly as possible. Plans are under way for intensifying the sales of the tickets. The co-operation of all local people would be sincerely appreciated. A recent competition run by the local ladies’ club was won by Mr A. Krahagen, of Carterton. Next Saturday the English ladies meet New Zealand champion team, Eastern, at Gore. If Eastern cannot secure a win the first Test will prove a real test for N.Z. hockey. One interesting feature about the English ladies is that their attack comes mainly from the left wing, the player in this position being considered the fastest player yet seen in New Zealand ladies’ hockey. She is, by the way. also the smallest member of the English team.