Chch wins golf

Press, 14 November 1978, Page 6

Chch wins golf

! Christchurch narrowly de>'feated rhe 1977 Canterbury a ! champion. Russley. in rhe provincial regional final of the 1 national Peter Stuvvesant Rose ■ » Bowl women’s inter-cj-ub golf t championship at the Shirley , course yesterday. . ’ Christchurch will now be the 1 Canterbury representative at the New- Zealand final ’at . Herefaunga Wellington, on. December 12. 5' The ..competition. over 3G -holes On a stablef.brd points • ] basis, was closely; contested' ?’throughout the day. and Christ-; church, eventually emerged the i winner with 110 points. Russley ’(finished with 109. while Coringa r was further back with 100. d After the morning round. [ | Christchurch, on its home. | course, was leading with 56 t points. Russley. on 54. and] -jAvondale and Coringa with 52, | _ were still very much in contention. * “I Sue Bishop. Canterbury’s No. L and the Russlev senior cham- ,,; pion, returned the best morning '. score of 31 points, but Nanette l J | Mann the Chtb-t.-huri-h senior

; champion, was close behind with 30. A former provincial Russell Grace player and the Coringa [No. 1, Jeanette Ross, scored 2ft, while Avondale’s intermediate : champion Ingrid Jagersma, ) scored 21 points—a fine effort i for an intermediate. Mrs Bishop continued her morning form to record the best afternoon score of 30. while Mrs Mann did well to score 29. Mrs Bishop, in fact, had the best 35hole score fo v the day: she - finished with 61, two clear of Mrs Mann, while Mrs Ross was a point further back. A total of 25 tearns contested the Canterbury final, each team ; consisting of the senior, intermediate and junior chib champion. Results:—r Christchurch I’o ’Mrs Nanette Mann 59 Mrs Helen Willy 25, Mrs Dorothy Gibson 26). Russley 109 'Mrs V. A. Bishop <6l. Mrs T. Kirk-Burnnand 24, Mrs B. M. Lucas 24i. Coringa 100 (Mrs J. Ross 58, 'Mrs B Baldwin 11, Mrs Wise- • man 31). ■