Fightbacks in country golf

Press, 28 May 1979, Page 21

Fightbacks in country golf

Burnham, the holder of the Central Canterbury Shield, and Lincoln, the two leading teams in the country interclub golf competition, had to come from behind after nine holes to beat Peninsula Combined and Ellesmere, respectively, in the second round at Ellesmere on Sunday. The Burnham No. 2, Steve Parker, and the No. 3, Tom Whittaker, both won after trailing for most of their matches and George Stringer, the No. 6, gained a vital half after being five down after nine holes against Barry Brownie. Ellesmere led Lincoln in four matches and another two were all square at the turn, but a strong finish by the Lincoln middle-order players enabled their team to win, 5-3. A feature of the afternoon round was the 8-0 victory by Lincoln against Richmond Hill.

The Canterbury match-play champion, Geoff Saunders, leading the Peninsula team for the first time, beat Gregg Hanna and Colin Nairn both at the fourteenth.

Toby Richards had two good wins at the top of the Hororata team and there was an exciting finish to the match between Graham Gunn (Greendale) and Bob Pirie (Weedons). They birdied the last hole to remain all square.

Points (with individual games won shown in parentheses) are;-— Lincoln 3 (21), Burnham 3 (14A), Weedons 2 (14i), Ellesmere 2 (14), Hororata 1£ (13). Greendale (6£h Peninsula Combined 0 (8), Richmond Hill 0 (4H. Results:— SECOND ROUND Ellesmere 3, Lincoln 5

C. H. Nairn beat I. Bourke, 2 and 1; K. Connell lost to B. J. Arnst, 2 and 1; I. Smith lost to B. Gardner, 3 and 2; M. Nairn halved with W. Wethey; M. Murray lost to D. Darch, 3 and 1;

B. Everest lost to H. Dartnell, 2 and 1; B. Allan beat A. Lees, 1 up; R. Doak halved with P. Austin.

Peninsula Combined 3j, Burnham 4J G. C. Saunders beat G. J. Hanna, 5 and 4; R. Stoddart lost . to S. Parker, 2 and 1; G. Ware Jost to T. Whittaker, 2 and 1; R. Rennell lost to C. Eaton 4 . and 2; B. R. Porteous lost to G. Pokoina, 3 and 2; B. Brownie , halved with G. Stringer: T ' Rhodes beat R. Howe, 1 up; M Tasker beat W. Hanna, 1 up. Weedons 5L Richmond Hill 21 I. T. Carruthers lost to J. H Brooker, 2 and 1; R. Symon beat G. Davis, 2- and 1; L. Stewart beat M. Morgan, 5 and 4; J. Langan beat G. Procter 5 and 4; W. Houghton lost to D. Radford, 2 down; O. Oberg halved with R. Stemmer; R. Shuttleworth beat T. Buckler, 1 up; G. English beat T. Thin, 2 up. Hororata 4, Greendale 4 E. H. M. Richards beat G. Gunn, 2 and 1; A. Richards lost to G. Lea, 4 and 3; S. Oliver lost to M. Begg, 4 and 3; G. Rowe beat N. Rainey, 2 and 1; R. Parker lost to B. Dingwall, 2 down; J. Brownlee beat R. Gunn, 3 and 2; N. Oliver lost to R. Campbell. 3 and 1; K. Maffey beat D Bamford, 2 and 1. THIRD ROUND Richmond Hill 0, Lincoln 8 Brooker lost to Bourke, 2 down; Davis lost to Arnst. 1 down; Morgan lost to Gardner, 6 and 5; Procter lost to Wethey, 5 and 4; Radford lost to Darch, 3 and 2; Stemmer lost to Dartnail, 2 and 1; Buckler lost to Lees, 3 and 2; Thin lost to Austin. 6 and 5. Greendale 2J, Weedons 5) Gunn halved with Pirie; Lea beat Carruthers. 2 up; Begg beat Symon, 5 and 4; Rainey lost to Langan, 2 and 1; Dingwall lost to Houghton. 4 and 3; Gunn lost to Oberg, 5 and 4; Campbel) lost to Shuttleworth, 5 and 3; Bamford lost to English, 1 down. Burnham s|. Hororata 2J Hanna lost to E. Richards. 3 and 1; Parker beat A. Richards, 3 and 2; Whittaker lost to Oliver, 2 and I; Eaton halved with Rowe; Pokoina beat R. Parker. 4 and 3: Stringer beat Brownlee. 2 and 1; Howe beat Oliver, 3 and 2; W. Hanna beat Maffey, 4 and 3. Ellesmere 5, Peninsula Combined 3 Nairn lost to Saunders, 5 and 4; Connell beat Stoddart, 2 and 1; I .amble beat Ware, 1 up; M. Nairn beat Rennell, 3 and 2; Murray halved with Porteous: Everest lost to Brownie, 5 and 3; Allan halved with Rhodes; Doak beat Tasker, 3 and 2.