Auckland looks set to win golf title

Press, 9 May 1985, Page 4

Auckland looks set to win golf title

PA Whangarei Auckland, 12 times a winner in inter-provincial women’s golf, looks set to make it 13 today when it plays Otago in the final round of the Stylemaster tournament at the Mt Denby course. Otago, given an exceptional all-round performance, could upset the favourite. But Auckland has to win only two of the five games to clinch the championship.

Yesterday Otago’s international, Jan Scandrett, was trounced six and five by the former New Zealand representative, Liz Douglas, formerly of Southland, and now a Cantabrian, and then had to battle hard for a one-up win over Jocelyn Queenan (Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay). But Debbie Smith, Scandrett’s fellow New Zealand representative and the current national matchplay champion, continued her unbeaten run. Playing for bottom-placed Nelson-West Coast-Marl-borough, Smith has fashioned a record of four wins and a draw from her five matches. Results: Round 5 Waikato-King Country 4, Manawatu-Wanganui 1 (Waikato names first)-J. Storey lost to K. Evans, 2 and 1; S. Duncan beat A. Brabyn 4 and 3; J. Malcolm bt V. Goldfinch 6 and 5; J. Green bt C. Pritt 4 and 2; J. Arnold bt C. Hawe 5 and 4.

Hawkes Bay-Poverty Bay 4, Nelson-West Coast-Marl-borough 1 (Hawkes Bay names first)-D. Carmichael bt C. Douglas 1 up; I. Wellington bt R. Hannah-Parr 2 up; K. de Latour bt V. Corliss, 3 and 1; I. van Steenbergen bt A. Raewita, 3 and 1; J. Queenan lost to D. Smith 2 and 1.

Wellington 4, Taranaki, 1 (Wellington names first)—C. Tonks bt Z. Harold, 2 up; S. Lory bt J. Urbahn, 5 and 4; D. Seiringer bt L. Meedham, 5 and 3; M. Thompson bt D. Bryant 3 and 2; T. Hanson lost to C. Ramm, 1 up. Canterbury 4, Otago 1 (Canterbury names first)—L. Watts lost to C. McKinnell 4 and 3; J. Ross bt S. Hamilton 5 and 4; M. Sparrow bt S. Duncan 1 up; A. Bond bt M. Irvine 2 and 1; L. Douglas bt J. Scandrett 6 and 5.

Northland 214, Southland 214, (Northland names first)— R. Hicks bt R. Todd 5 and 3; N. Going bt D. Kenny 2 and 1; J. McConnell and R. Guttery square; J. Schou lost to A. Mattingly 5 and 4; L. Boleyn lost to R. Bonniface 2 up. Auckland 4, Bay of PlentyThames Valley 2 (Auckland names first)—H. Gosse bt C. Greenbank 3 and 1; M. McGuire bt A. Almont, 5 and 3;

K. Godso lost to K. Carroll, 4 and 2; A. Hasey bt J. Cooke 4 and 3; P. King bt J. Little 1 up. Round six Bay of Plenty-Thames Valley 314, Taranaki 114 (Bay of Plenty . names first)— Greenbank bt Harold 9 and 7; Almond and Urbahn square; Carroll lost to Meedham 4 and 2; Cook bt Bryant 5 and 3; Little bt Ramm 5 and 4. Waikato-King Country 4, Canterbury 1 (Jan Storey b Lynley Watts 2 and 1; Shona Duncan b Jeanette Ross 3 and 2; Jan Malcolm lost to Mary Sparrow 3 and 2; Joanne Green b Adrienne Bond 5 and 4; Janice Arnold b Liz Douglas 3 and 2). Auckland 5, Northland 0 (Helene Gosse b Rite Hicks 4 and 3; Marnie McGuire b Nola Going 4 and 3; Kaye Godso b Julie McConnell 4 and 2; Alison Hasey b Jill Schou 3 and 1; Polly King b Liz Boleyn 3 and 2).

Southland 2 1 4, Nelson-West Coast-Marlborough 214 (Rob Todd lost to Charlotte Douglas 2 and 1; Denise Penny b Rosemary Hannah-Parr 3 and 2; Reta Guttery and Vicki Collis all square; Anne Mattingly b May Rewite 4 and 3; Robyn Boniface lost to Debbie Smith 2 down). South Canterbury 3, Manawatu-Wanganui 2 (Elane Taylor lost to Kerry Evans 2 and 1; Helen James b Ana Brabyn 3 and 1; Ann Scod lost to Vai Goldfinch 7 and 5; Sue Hutchins b Chris Pritt 3 and 2; Jenny Kellahan b Caroline Hawe 2 and 1).

Otago 4, Hawke’s Bay-Pov-erty Bay 1 (Clare McKinnel lost to Diane Carmichael 2 and 1; Sue Hamilton b Isobel Wellington 5 and 4; Shelley Duncan b Karen de Latour 5 and 4; Melanie Irvine b Ingrid van Steenbergen 2 and 1; Jan Scandrett b Jocelyn Queenan 1 up). Team positions after yesterday’s play are: Auckland 5 wins, 21 games, 1; Otago 4, 19, 2; Waikato-King Country 4, 1614, 3; Bay of Plenty-Thames Valley 4, 1514, 4; Canterbury 3, 14’4, 5; Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay 2, 1214, Wellington 2, 1215, (equal) 6; Southland, .2, 1014, 8; Manawatu-Wanganui 2, 914, 9; Northland 2,9, 10; South Canterbury 114, 8, 11; Taranaki 1, 8"4 12; Nelson-West CoastMarlborough I*4, 8, 13.

The draw for the seventh and final round today: Auckland v. Otago, Canterbury v. Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay, Waikato-King Country v. Bay of Plenty-Thames Valley; Northland v. Nelson-West Coast - Marlborough, Manawatu-Wanganui v. Wellington; South Canterbury v Taranaki. Southland a bye.