Golf leader beaten

Press, 12 July 1979, Page 21

Golf leader beaten

The previously unbeaten Lin-[1 i-oln team was narrowly defeated ( by Weedons. 4X-3L in the fifth I round of the Central Canterbury I Golf Sub-association’s shield 1 competition at Hororata. 1 Weedons gained the advantage i in the top order where Bob ! Pirie held a small advantage for,! most of his match against Jqe * Bourke. and lan Carruthers played par golf to beat Brian i< Arnst. i Burnham, which now leads thei; competition by half a point, struggled to beat Ellesmere. 5-3. i 1 Colin Eaton and George Pokoina < both won on the eighteenth to ■ swing the contest Burnham’s/; : • way. j, : Peninsula gained its -second ' win at the expense of Greendale.! /Geoff Saunders (Peninsular had a big win against Graham Gunn. 1 ' and Roger Stoddart (Peninsula). 1 ‘ who was 2 down with five holes : 1 to play against Gavin Lea, scored : • two birdies and won at the seventeenth. ! The home team. Hororata. comfortably accounted lor Rivh-j jmond Hill. Alan Richards had ar • good win against the Richmond i ' Hill No. 1. John Brooker. Points: Burnham 4A (231). Lin • coin 4 (30), Weedons 4 (25£>.'l Hororata 2A i2ID. Peninsula 2 : i il9i. Ellesmere 2 il8j). Grecen- . dale 1 (131), Richmond Hill (Cl --8 - ! I Lincoln 3L Weedons 4s. I. Bourke lost io R. W. PirieJi

'2 and 1; B. Arnst lost to 1. T. Carruthers, 5 and 4; B. Gardnerlost to R. Symons. 5 and 4: A. Lees beat J. Langdon, I up; 11. Dartnell halved with L. Slew art; D. Darch beat W. Houghton. 2 up; W. Welhey beat G. English, 3 and 2; P. Austin lost to C. Moffat, 4 and 3’. Richmond Hill 2, Hororata 6. J. Brooker lost to A. Richards, 12 and 1: 1. Davis lost to S. A. .Oliver, <5 and 4; R. De Clifford ■lost to G. Rowe, 1 down: M. .Morgan beat A. Lock. 2 up; R. Stewart lust to R. Parker. 2 down; T. Buckler beat N. Oliver, 5 and 4: M. Faulkner lost to K. jMaffey. 5 and 4; T. Thin lost to IJ. Brownlee, 3 and 2. Greendale 3, Peninsula 5. G. Gunn lost to G. C. Saunders, *6 and 5; G. Lea lost to R. Stoddart, 2 and 1; N. Rainey beat R. Rennell, 1 up: R. Gunn lost to ,D. Samson. 1 down: T. Gallagher beat R. Kay. 4 and 2; E. Wood- ; ward lost to B. Brow nie, 3 and 2; D Reid halved with B. TL Porteous; P.- Bradford halved ■ with ‘M. J. Tasker. Burnham 5, Ellesmere 3. G. J. Hanna beat M. Murray, 5 and 4; S. Parker beat R. Gilbert. 2 and 1; C. Eaton beat M. Nairn. 1 up; J. Gantly lost to B. Allan. 3 and 2; G. Pokoina beat 18. Everest. 1 up: G. Stringer [lost to S Brannigan, 2 down; R. Howe lost to M. Walker. I J down; W. Hanna beat R. Doak.