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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 30 September 1927, Page 5

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N.Z. LADIES* CHAMPIONSHIP. TO-DAY’S PLAY. (Per Press Association). Palmerston N., Sept. 30. Conditions for the ladies’ golf championship were again brilliant this morning, although a fair breeze was in evidence from the east. The greens and fairways are fast and true, the initial round of the championship being productive of some surprises in the narrowness of the victories of some of the more fancied candidates. The results of- the opening round of the championship are as follows:— Misa Culling (Auckland) beat Miss Pharazyn (Sunningdale, England), ■ lup at the 19th; Miss Acheson (Nelson) beat Miss Gaisford (Marton), 1 up; Mrs. Guy Williams (Masterton) beat Miss Richardson (Wellington), 1 up; Miss Gambrill (Wellington) beat Miss Gould (Avondale), 6 and 4; Miss Kay (St. Clair) beat Miss Hammond (Wanganui), 7 and 6; Mrs. Trevor (Manawatu) beat Miss Quin (Eltham), 3 and 2; Miss Watson (Manawatu) beat Miss Woollams (Wanganui), 5 and 4: Miss Sim (Manawatu) won from Miss Cracroft Wilson (Christchurch), by default; Miss Paynton (Rotorua) beat Miss K. Horton (Titirangi), 7 and 6; Miss D. Horton (Titirangi) beat Mrs. Foreman (Miramar), 1 up; Misa Ormond (Napier) beat Mrs. Preston (Avondale), 8 and 1; Mist Sclanders (Wellington) beat Miss Moore (Manawatu), 4 and 8; Misa Seifert (Manawatu) beat Mra. Watson (Wellington) 6 and 8; Miss Treadwell (Hutt) beat Miss Laurenson (Titirangi), 2 and 1; Misa Upham (Miramar) beat Mra. Gilbert (Wanganui), 7 and 6; Mite White-Parsons beat Miss Cooper (Auckland), 5 and 3: Mrs. Pearce (Hutt) beat Mrs. Holden (Dannevirke), 8 and 7; Miss Brandon (Wellington) beat Miss Rathbone (Wellington), 7 and 5; Mra. Dodgshun (Otago) beat Mrs. Reeves (Eltham), 6 and 5; Miss Hamlin (Auckland) beat Miss Currie (Wanganui), 1 up at the 22nd; Miss Upton (Auckland) beat Miss Scott (Manawatu),' 5 and 4; Miss Curtis (Stratford) beat Miss Cot-

terill), 2 and 1; Mrs. Stanford (Marton) beat Mrs. Coyne (Hamilton), 1 up; Mrs. Stout (Wellington) beat Colebrook (Tirirangi), 6 and 5; Miss Parsons (Amberley) beat Mrs, Tingey (Feilding), 4 and 3; Mrs. Collinson (Manawatu) beat Mrs. Wilson (Waipukurau), 8 and 7; Miss Bristed (Christchurch) beat Mrs. Marshal! (Marton), 1 up; Mrs, Clark (Hastings) beat Miss Ward (Wellington), 3 and 2. Byes: Mrs. Grace (Wanganui), Miss Gu,, (Manawatu), Mra. Deighton (Titirangi).