Harewood held to golf draw

Press, 14 August 1989, Page 27

Harewood held to golf draw

The defending champion, Harewood, was held to a 4-4 draw by Coringa in the opening round of the Woodward Cup match play men’s club golf competition at Coringa yesterday.

In an exciting contest three matches went to the final hole.

Harewood’s No. 1, Mark Street, finished well to beat Neville Brightwell, two up, but that result was countered at the number two position. To loud cheers from the gallery Coringa’s Jeff Louwman sank a long birdie putt on the sixteenth hole to go two up against Alistair Sidford.

Sidford came back to force the match on to the eighteenth hole. But Louwman played steady golf under pressure to halve the hole and claim the win.

Last year's runner-up, Templeton, had a close battle before dispatching North Canterbury. North Canterbury’s effort to take three games was all the more creditable, considering first it was hit by a number of late defections from its team, and second, Karl Mariu, favoured in the number one spot, was upset by Templeton’s Joe Gantley, four and three. Steven Leech made his Woodward Cup debut in fine style for Templeton with an eight and six victory. In another whitewash, Ross Jones halved two holes, but won all the rest to oust his North Canterbury opponent with seven holes to play. Waitikiri was given a scare in its encounter with Central Canterbury. Though having a history of decisive wins over Central Canterbury in the Woodward Cup Waitikiri was made to fight all the way before it emerged victorious, 4i/ 2 - 3 >/ 2 . Results were.—Harewood 4, Coringa 4 (Harewood names first): M. Street beat N. Brightwell 2 up; A. Sidford lost to J. Louwman 1 down; S. Street beat S. Codyre 2 and 1; K. Lake lost to C. Davies 5 and 4; H. McCloud beat D. Murphy 6 and 5; J. Gurnsey

lost to M. Stanley 2 down; I. Walsh beat J. Miles 3 and 2; P. McLauchlan lost to D.

Cochrane 1 down. Templeton 5, North Canterbury 3 (Templeton names first): J. Gantley beat K. Mariu 4 and 3; A. McCall lost to D. Lavery 5 and 3; A. Hobbs lost to H. Henderson 4 and 2; R. Jones beat P. Rainey 9 and 7; R. McLauchlan lost to G. Allin 4 and 3; A. Bishop beat J. Hullen 4 and 2;

F. Hobbs beat J. Cann 2 up; S. Leech beat B. Hanham 8 and 6.

Christchurch 7, Avondale 1. —J. Williamson beat S. Sibley 6 and 5; R. Vincent beat R. Goodman 1 up; J. Sanders beat J. McMoore 3 and 2; K. Collett beat K. Kitchingham 4 and 3; B. Tucker beat C. Prebble 7 and 5; A. Hartshorn beat M. Cremer 3 and 1; W. Tucker beat D. Evans 3 and 2; S. Godlen lost to P. Cunningham 3 and 2. Waitikiri 4*4, Central Canterbury 3>/ 2 . —L. Cron and G. Hildyard all square; J. Sincock lost to N. Robertson 7 and 6; G. Smith beat R. Pirie 1 up; M. Brown beat M. Williams 3 and 2; K. Rich lost to J. Langan 3 and 2; W. Sherwood beat A. Sisson 3 and 2; S. Paterson beat R. Rennell 6 and 4; G. Osborne lost to J. Daly 2 and 1. Waimairi 4</ 2 , Russley 3i/ 2 .—S. Greenall beat R. Bradley 2 and 1; F. Poskett beat P. Hoffman 3 and 2; S. Priest beat H. Ross 1 up; G. Levy beat D. Smith 2 and 1; T. Smith lost to J. Broadhurst 6 and 5; L. Starr and G. Taylor all square; D. Briggs lost to N. Slater 1 down; R. Gourley lost to G. Turner 5 and 4.

Blank Cup men’s results from Avondale yesterday were.—Avondale 4*4, Russley 3*4; Coringa 5, Windsor 3; Harewood 4*4, Templeton 3*4; McLeans Island 6, Waimairi 2; Rawhiti s‘/ 2 , Waitikiri 2*4.