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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 52, Issue 7, 19 October 1931, Page 3

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NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHPIP. THE FOURSOMES. P/:\\ /' - f (Special to " The Guardian "). CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. The foursome championships of NewZealand, both professional and amateur, were fought out at Shirley on • Saturday in hot and muggy weather. The scores as a whole were not high, but the perrornmnces of the leading couples in both professional and amateurs were excellent. The professional foursomes was won by A. J. Shaw and J. Watt, with an aggregate of 145. J. Lambie and J. A. Clements were runners-up witli 147. The amateur foui-somes title was won by H. A. and J. L. Black, with an aggregate of 147. The runners-up were A. B Blank and R. T. Tosswili, with 149. ■> In the amateur handicap foursome, of one round, played in conjunction with the championship} three pairs ail returned a net 72. In the play-off yesterday Sir Cyril Ward and C. J. Ward won from A. R. Blank and R. T. Tosswill by one stroke. The leading scorW were— , Professional Foursomes Championship. * A. J. Shaw and J. Watt 71,-74 145. J. Lambie and J. A. Clements 77 70—147., E. S. Douglas and O. C. Clements 74_77_151. H. R. Blah- and F. Branch 77—75 152. ■N. H. Fuller and A. Dyke 77—77 154. G. B. Forrest and J. Forrest 81— 74—155. % Amateur Championship Foursomes. J! L. Black and H. A. Black 72 75—147. A. R. Blank and R, T. Tosswili 73—76 —149. > J. Millard and K. C. Ward 75—76 151. J. A. Bolt and E. M. Macfarlaiie 80—75—155.

A. D. S. Duncan and K. Ross 79 77—156. J. P. Hornabrook and B. M. Silk 78—78—156. Amateur Handicap Foursomes.

A. B. Blank and R, T. Tosswill 731—72. J. Jeffries and J. D. Lawrence 764—r72 Sir Cyril Ward and C. J. Ward 775—12 'j< L. Black and H. A. Black 72plus 1—73. * W. A. Keeling and T. M. Louisson 76-3—73. G. M. Gamble and C. E. White 9118—73. ■ . The plav-off resulted: — Sir Cyril Ward and C. J. Ward 80A. R. Blank.and E. T. Tosswill a--I—7B. .■■■■'■) J. Jeffries and J. D. Lawrence 864—82. ——*—' /,' CLOSE OF SEASON MATCH. Ther6 was a fair attendance at the closing of the Ashburton Golf Club s season on Saturday, when the P«zes were presented by the president (Mr F AV Watt), and afternoon tea was served by the ladies. A mixed foursome was won by Mr and iSmith with a card of 84—14—70. The best cards handed in were: — Mr and Mrs J. T. Smith 84—14 70. D A. Lawson and Mrs E. B. Condell 97—24—73. nn _ K __ S. J. and Mrs Thomas 90—15—75. J. Sinclair and Miss P. Cox 10*— og 75 V. W. Russell and Miss E. Millichamp 92—16—76. •„• _ , m 0 \ H. S. and Mrs Billchff 101 24 77 L. J. and Mrs Watt 102—25—77 R. W. Orr and Mrs Lewis lOo — dti — F. W. and Mrs Watt 102—24—78 B. McSherry and Miss McQuilkin 100—22—78. - _ . C. Bonnington and Miss E. Brown Qg 17 79.' C B. Gass and Mrs W. Mulligan 106—26—80. r . ■ . E. A. Cockroft and Mrs R. Kennedy 04 12—82. H. G. Ferrier and Mrs J. M. Mcllae 106 21—85. M. Macmillan and Miss Langley 110— J. S. Laing and Miss Bland 116— 28—88 W Hedges and Mrs C. M. Innes 111—23—88. ASHBURTON LADIES' CLUB. THE SEASON'S PRIZE LIST. The prize list for the season for the Ashburton Ladies' Golf Club is as fol- ° Senior championship, Mrs 11. Kennedy: junior championship, Miss L. Bonnington; C grade championship, Miss A. Bland. „ Ladies' Golf Union silver medal Mis Kennedy; Ladies' Golf Union bronze medal, Miss Z. Bonnington. Senior ringer, Mrs Kennedy • jumoi ringer, Mrs W. Thomas; C grade ringer, Miss S. Newton. , •Foursomes, Mrs S. J. Thomas and Miss M. Boot. . . Stroke match, Miss Z. Bonnington. Bogev match, Mrs R. B. .Lambert. Flag'match. Miss M. Laiie. Bermaline Cup, Mrs J. B. Nieoll and Miss Z. Bonnington. _.„ ~„. One club match. Mrs H. S. Billchff. C grade eclectic match, Mrs b. 1. Four-ball bogey match, Mesdames S.

J. Thomas and W. Thomas. Flag match, Miss J. Newton. Trophy from qualified players, Mrs G. I. Miller. Sealed hole match, Mrs J. T. Smith and Miss M. Boot (C grade). Aggregate score, Miss E. Milhchainp; and Miss M. McQuillan (C grade). Stroke handicap. Miss E. Milhchamp. Eclectic final, Miss Millichamp. Senior, knock-out, Mrs R, B. Lambert; junior, Miss E. Milhchamp; C grade, Miss S. Newton. The medals of the season were won as follow-.—April. Mrs W. Thomas; May, Miss. J. Rawnsley; June, Mrs R. Kennedy; July, Mrs W. Thomas; August/ Mrs R. B. Lambert; September, Mrs B. B. Condell. DRAW FOR TO-MORROW. The draw for a qualified versus unqualified players foursomes match on closing dav, to-morrow, is as follows: Miss E." Brown and Miss M. McQuillan v Mrs R. Kennedy and Miss M Findlav; Mrs J. B. Nicoll and Mrs J. S, Laihg v. Mrs J. M. Mcßae and Mrs J. Connor; Mrs E. C. Rawnsley and. Mrs C. M. Innes v. Mrs S. J. Thomas and Miss P, Cox; Mrs E. B. Condell and Miss M. Boot v. Miss- E. Milhchamp and Mrs E. W. M. Cole; Mrs F W. Watt and Miss J. Findlay v. Mrs J. T. Smith and Mrs Leivis: Miss M. Lane and Mrs H. S. Bdlchff v Mrs L J. Watt and Miss I. Bland: Mrs W. Thomas and Mrs A. L. Jones v Miss J. Newton and Mrs G. I. Miller ; Mrs J. Lane and Miss H. Langley v. Mrs W. Lane and Mrs W. H. Mulligan.