GOLF BRITISH WOMEN’S TEAM

Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27602, 8 March 1955, Page 14

GOLF BRITISH WOMEN’S TEAM

ITINERARY FOR N.Z. VISIT PLAY AT DOMINION TITLE MEETING (New Zealand Press Association) AUCKLAND, March 7. The British women’s golf team which is to tour New Zealand this year will compete in the New Zealand championships at Christchurch in October, and in addition will play 13 representative matches between Invercargill and Auckland. The team will be in New Zealand for 50 days, arriving on October 1 and leaving on November 19. Among the representative matches will be one with New Zealand at Heretaunga, and another with New Zealand Maoris, at Gisborne. The Maori Golf Association is to be asked to choose the Maori team. Foursomes and singles matches will be played in the test match, but only singles in the other representative matches. Subject to one or two adjustments over courses, the itinerary for the tour will be as follows: October 1: Arrive at Christchurch from Melbourne. October 3: v. Otago, at Balmacewen. October 5: v. Southland, at Otatara. October 8: v. Canterbury-South Canterbury, at Timaru. October 10-19: New Zealand championships. October 21: v. Nelson-West Coast-Marl-borough, at Nelson. October 26: v. New Zealand, at Heretaunga. October 29: v. Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay, at Hastings. November 1: v. New Zealand Maoris, at Gisborne. November 4: v. Bay of Plenty, at Rotorua. November 5: v. Waikato, at Hamilton. November 8: v. Auckland. November 11: v. Taranaki, at New Plymouth. November 14: v. Manawatu-Wanganui, at Wanganui. November 17: v. Wellington, at Paraparaumu.

TASMAN CUP

BIENNIAL CONTESTS SUGGESTED PROPOSAL BY N.Z.L.G.U. (New Zealand Press Association) AUCKLAND, March 7. Subject to the consent of the Australian Ladies* Golf Union, Tasman Cup womens international golf matches will be played every two years, instead of annually as at present. The executive committee of the New Zealand Ladies* Golf Union has reached this decision “in the interests of a wider inquiry into the merits of prospective players and because of the belief that the longer interval would facilitate a tour of the host country by the visiting team rather than a hurried visit confined to the match itself.” In reaching its decision, the executive committee also decided to invite the Canadian Ladies* Golf Union to send a team to tour New Zealand in 1957. On the suggestion of Mrs H. Wilson (South Auckland) the Ladies’ Golf Union decided that its future international teams would be chosen by a selection committee of three, rather than by the whole executive, as in the past. Each district will be asked to nominate players, together with a record of performances over the previous two years, and upon nomination players will be required to fill in a questionnaire for the selection committee. Mrs Wilson was appointed the representative of the executive on the selection committee. Mrs G. W. Hollis, of Auckland, was appointed the North Island selector, and Miss Valmai Fleming, of Canterbury, was appointed South Island selector. In the event of the island selectors not being available, Mrs S. Macrae (Wellington) will act for Mrs Hollis, and Miss L. Lucas (Nelson) for Miss Fleming. VETERANS’ CLUB The Canterbury Veterans’ Golf Club held its monthly match on the Waitikiri course. Results were:— Nine-hole Stableford. G. Templeton, 18 points; nine-hole bogey, W. G. Morrison, •1 down; 18-hole stroke, T. Quirk, 70 net.

RUSSELL GRACE CUP COMPETITION

PLAYING OF INTER-ISLAND FINAL (New Zealand Press Association) AUCKLAND, March 7. The inter-island final of the Russell Grace Cup competition for women’s interprovincial golf will not in future be played on the day before the national championships, but on a day agreed by the winning teams of the North Island and South Island zone competitions. The allowance for teams competing in the competition has been increased iron £25 to £5O.

1956 WOMEN’S TITLES

MEETING TO BE HELD AT NEW PLYMOUTH

(New Zealand Press Association) AUCKLAND, March 7. The New Zealand Ladies’ Golf Union has decided that the 1956 national womens golf championships will be held at the New Plymouth Golf Club’s course.