VICTUALLERS AT PLAY

Evening Post, Issue 66, 15 September 1936, Page 18

VICTUALLERS AT PLAY

ANNUAL TOURNEY.

The fifth- annual tournament of the North Island Licensed Victuallers' Golf Association opened on' the Hutt; Links yesterday, when 81 competitors from all parts of the island teed up in expectation of winning at.least one.of the 50 handsome trophies which are: on the.prize-list. The weather was ideal, and the hotel-keepers showed that they knew quite a lot about the royal and j ancient game. J. N. Anderson (Hawera) covered the course in a BS. ancVA; N. Mathieson (Napier) did a round of 88. ■ :' i la the first round of the retailers' ] championship, A. N. - Mathieson (Napier) beat A. Jensen (Napier). .5 anrt 4; E. Manley (Wanganui), beat J. O'Sullivan (Opotiki), 3 and 2; J: A. C. Vli ming (Gisborne) beat •L. Cornaga (Cambridge), 2 up; J. K.^ Anderson (Hawera) ;beat J. Power (New PlyHjcuth), 4 and 2. . . ... ■ , In the first round of the wholesalers' championship, T. E. James (Wellington) beat C. Nidal (Hastings), 5 and 3; D. C. Ryan (Hawera) beat J. A. Medhurst (Hawera), 9 andl7:,; J. Black (Woodville) beat T. W.. Williams (Wellington), by default: B. G. Bond (Auckland) beat J. P. Flood (Palmerston North), 4 and 3. - ti In the first round of the retailers' handicap, R. Berryman (Wellington) beat Johnstone, 4 and 3; C. S. Cook beat A; Lile (New Plymouth), 1 up; H. Marshall beat <N. Higginson (Okoroire), 1 up; R. B. Watt (Gisborne) beat G. Graham (Napier), 2 and 1. In the first round of the Wholesalers' handicap, D. Fraser (Dannevirke) beat P. Coyle (Wellington), 5 and 4; L. Lunken (Gisborne) beat F. J. Hardwicke (Wellington), 5 and 4; E. A. Rodgers beat F. Melody (Wanganui), 4 and 3; T. Younie (Wellington) beat E. C. Wood (Wellington), 9 and 8. In the Cobbers' handicap, M. O. Kidd (Opotiki) beat E. Williams, 4 and 3; O. Johns'(Wellington) beat B.W. Harvey. 2 up; A. E. Tarrant (Wellington) beat G. Hatfield (Wellington), 5 and 4; H. M. Reid (Wellington) beat J. T. Bowness (Wellington), 3 and 2. In the Cobbers' consolation handicap; C. Stone (Wellington) beat J. C. Brown, 3 and 2; C. J. Hall beat M. McKelvie (Wellington), 2 up; F. Dwyer (Wellington) beat C. Neal, 1 up; J. W. McLennan (Wellington) beat C. Huxford, 3 and 1. The semi-finals and finals are being played today, with other competitions for the defeated players. Proceeds of the putting competition during the tournament are being handed to the Wellington Mayor's Relief ■ Fund. .;. ■';■;■", ;

The annual meeting' of the association was held at the Grand Hotel last night, when Mr. N. Tailby, of Auckland, was elected president, and will be duly installed atfthe presentation of prizes dinner at .the Grand Hotel tonight. It was decided to hold the 1937 tournament at Auckland.