ON THE LINKS

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 82, 16 June 1944, Page 5

ON THE LINKS

WHAKATANE GOLF CLUB * WEEK-END RESULTS Inter.sectional play-off for Clarke Cup: Co-nncll beat Cradwick at the 21st; I'. A. - Bridger heat Combes. Sectional play-off for Reynold's Cup: Dr. Dawson beat J. Wright. Bast, cards handed in for BogeyHandicap and Sweepstaktj: Burstall 3 down; Rangi 4 down. Correction J. S«tewart and D. Wyllie tied In Section 6 for the Reynold's Cup, notching 2 wins and a loss each. These Avill play off for the section winner at the week-end, the winner meeting Grey in the iiiter-*sectional ; play-off. Intersectional DrawClarke Cup: Spence v Bridger, the winner to meet J. Connell in the final. Reynold's Cup: Dr. Dawson v p. Campbell; Sloane v Armstrong; Grey v winner of Stewart v Wyllie match; Butler V Wills; Stewart v Wyllie. Stableford Bogey The rest of the club will take part in a Stableford Bogey and sweepstake,, partners being, drawn at the club-house as players arrive. In scoring for the Stableford Bogey players will take their Bogey handicap strbkes at the holes indicated in the course of the round. Players, by scoring in this manner, will have to produce good golf throughout the round, to obtain good Stableford Bogey results. Red' Cross Appeal A letter was received from the secretary of the local branch of the Red* Cross, advertising the fact that on the week commencing 12tli inst to 17th instant, a public appeal was being made to collect funds for "Distress aid of Allied peoples of European Countries," the local effort being for the Poles. A sweepstake* was organised last Saturday „at the '• club-house; and after defraying expenses the sum of 22s was realised. Next Saturday a similar effort will be organised and it is hoped that after meeting the" various items of expenditure, a mofe generous; amount will be realised. Those of us who have not experienced tile rigours of war as our returned service members have should let our imagination run riot, as to' what is actually happening to these millions of people over there and not hesitate to give willingly and substantially. Divots Sad to relate, the links were inl a sorry state after the lifting of th.e placing local rule. These are hard times to obtain fertilisers for our fairways, to help the grass take firm roots. If the ploughing methods of some of our players were to continue, the course would soon be ruined and our golf would suffer accordingly. A strict watch should be kept, by the committee members as to the effects of the abolishment of the placing rule, on the turf: and should the position deteriorate a re-instatement of the rule should be advocated. In these times, it is better to nurse the course and prevent it from being in a sorry state later.