N.Z. TEAM FOR BRITAIN

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27340, 4 May 1954, Page 9

N.Z. TEAM FOR BRITAIN

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PLAYERS TO BEGIN TOUR TODAY PLAY IN COMMONWEALTH TOURNAMENT (New Zealand. Press Association) AUCKLAND, May 3. Six New Zealand amateur golfers and a manager will leave Auckland by airliner tomorrow to compete in the Com-, monwealth tournament at the Royal and Ancient Club of St, Andrews next month. The tour will cost between £4500 and £5OOO, and include a fleeting visit to the United States, with a day and a game in Honolulu and a day in New York. There' will be a tour of English and Scottish courses before the tournament with Britain, Australia, Canada, and South Africa. The members of the team are D. R. Richmond, of Wellington (manager); A. Gibbs, of Dunedin (playing captain);. D. L. Woon, of Hamilton, the amateur champion of New Zealand; B. M. Silk, of Wanganui, a past amateur champion; T. Jeffery, of New Plymouth; S. G. Jones, of Hastings; and A. R. Timms, of Dunedin. They will be free to return to New Zealand in their own time when the tour is complete. All will compete in the British open championship early in July, and will then go their various ways. Woon will return via the United States, and will compete in the Tam o’ Shanter, All-American, and “world” championships in August. “This is the first visit to Britain by a New Zealand men’s team,” said Mr Richmond this evening. “As such, it is a great adventure. We who are making it are conscious of the honour of selection. We are also deeply grateful- to the members of all Ne.w Zealand golf clubs who at fairly short notice made contributions to enable the tour to tike place. We are most anxious to repay their gesture by making as good a showing as we possibly can. I do not promise that we shall always win—perhaps too much is made of winning in modern sport—but I am sure I can promise that every man will try his hardest to be worthy of the tour.” The tournament is to celebrate the two hundredth anniversary of the Royal and Ancient Club.

RANGIORA LADIES* CLUB.—L.G.U. and club medal matches—Silver division; Mrs B. W. Eder. 92, 18—74; Mrs A. C. Fraser, 89. 14—75; bronze division: Mrs Cottrell, 104, 35—89; Mrs L. F. Rolton, 95. 25—70; Mrs H. G. Fowler, 96, 25—71. C grade: Mrs E. Manson, 107, 36—71: Mrs A. A. Pickering, 115, 36r-79. HAGLEY LADIES’ CLUB.—Bogey match (Mrs A. Grayson’s trophy)—A grade: Miss J. C. Macdonald, 1 down; Mrs H. Hay, 2 down. B‘grade: Mrs M. Mahon 2 down; Mrs E. A. Hitchcock, 2 down; Mrs Mahon won” on the count-back. TAI TAPU CLUB.—Suckling Cup mixed foursome—First round: N. J. McKenzie and Mrs J. H. McKenzie beat N. R. Withell jand Mrs Withell; G. Templeton

and Mrs R. Scorgie beat J. Jacobs and Mrs M. Nottingham; J. Coop and Mrs G. Thompson beat E. B. Davison and Mrs T. Streeter, by default; F. Smith and Mrs A. Philpott beat G. Nutt and Mrs Nutt; J. McKay and Miss P. Heinzmann beat R. Stoddart and Mrs R. Stoddart; G. Stoddart and Mrs G. Stoddart beat G. Turrell and Mrs R. Calder; H. C. Anderson and Miss Welsh beat G. Suckling and Miss C. Carter; N. Parrott and Miss R. Smart beat W. Kortegast and Mrs D. Scott; C. J. Seabrook and Miss P. Simpson beat E. Thompson and Mrs Thompson; T. D. McNeill and Mrs McNeill beat L. King and Mrs A. Bell; R. Blackmore and Mrs Blackmore beat A. Morten and Mrs L. Smart; J. O’Donnell and Mrs Groom beat D. T. Ager and Mrs D. Martyn. Second round: McKenzie and Mrs McKenzie, a bye; Coop and Mrs Thompson won by default; McKay and Miss Heinzmann beat Smith and Mrs Philpott; G. Stoddart and Mrs Stoddart. a bye; Anderson and Miss Welsh, a bye; Parrott and Miss Smart beat Seabrook and Miss Simpson; Blackmore and Mrs Blackmore beat McNeill and Mrs McNeill; O Donnell and Mrs Groom, a bye. GOLF ' *”* GOLF GOLF 1 CANTERBURY l GOLF GOLF (UNDER 21) AND GOLF GOLF BOYS’ (UNDER 17) GOLF GOLF AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS GOLF GOLF at GOLF GOLF WAIMAIRI GOLF LINKS, GOLF GOLF SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1954. GOLF / GOLF Entries close at 5 p.m. on WedGOLF nesday. May 12, 1954, with SecreGOLF tary, G< W. A. Green. Canterbury GOLF Provincial Golf Association (Inc.). GOLF 141 Hereford street, Box 985, Chch. GOLF ’Phone 70-443. GOLF 6191