Christchurch B.H.S. Win Schools’ Golf Title

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31154, 2 September 1966, Page 12

Christchurch B.H.S. Win Schools’ Golf Title

Christchurch Boys’ High School won the Canterbury secondary schools’ golf championship yesterday when it beat Timaru Boys’ High School, 4-2, in the final game. Some of the thunder of the final day's play was stolen by a player in the St. Andrew’s College B team, G. Cartwright. On the 120-yard. par-three sixteenth hole Cartwright, who plays on a handicap of 15, holed his seven-iron tee shot. Even this was not sufficient to save him from defeat at the hands of T. Cusack (Mairehau High School). Elsewhere on the course, the A grade final was being fought between Christchurch and Ti maru. These teams were equal with three points after the first three rounds. Timaru’s defeat of St. Andrew’s College A in the morning round having removed St. Andrew’s from the reckoning. Christchurch came through its third round match against Shirley Boys’ High School with the loss of only one game. Christchurch’s number one player, R. W. Anderson, although hitting the ball a tremendous distance, found his Timaru opponent. W. Maw. too steady and lost 5 and 4. R. D Jones, who played excellent golf at number two for Christchurch throughout the tournament and was unbeaten, accounted for J. Barbour, 1 up. The tail-end Christchurch players. W. Lewis and J. I. Dixon, clinched the result for the home team by winning both their matches. Top placing in the B grade went to Cashmere Higu School, which was unbeaten. The winning teams w«re: A Grade—Christchurch Boys’ High School A (R. W. Anderson, R. D. Jones, p. Reid, K. Mabin. W. Lewis, J. Dixon). 1; Timaru Boys' High School (W. Maw. J. Barbour. A. Struthers. C. McIntosh, D. Beswarick, W. Hoy).

B Grade.—Cashmere High School (G. Kirk, K. Conyers, G. Titmus, T. Turner, D. Jury, M Fitzsimmons), 1; St. Andrew's College B (R. Wright, G. Easter. G. Cartwright, J. Weir, B. Shipley, G. Martin), 2, Results:—

Round Three—A Grade: Timaru B.H.S. sj. st. Andrew s College 4; Chch. B.H.S. A 5, Shirley B.H.S. 1; Chch B.H.S. B 4, Lincoln H.S. 2: Burnside HS 5. Christ’s College 1. B Grade Cashmere H.S. 54, Xavier College 4; St. Andrew’s College B 4. Papanui H.S. 2; Linwood H.S. 3, Mairehau H.S. 3.

Round Four.—A Grade: Chch. B.H.S. A 4, Timaru B.H.S. 2: Chch. B.H.S. B 44; Christ's College 14; Burnside H.S. 3. Si. Andrew’s College A 3; Shirlev B.H.S. 4}, Lincoln H.S. IJ. B Grade: Cashmere H.S. 4, Linwood H.S. 2; St. Andrew's College B 34, Mairehau H.S. 24; Papanui H.S. 4, Xavier College 2.