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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21599, 21 March 1932, Page 14

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OTAGO CLUB. A St. Andrew's Cross competition was played on Balinacewen links on Saturday afternoon. Ideal weather conditions prevailed, and some good scores were returned, headed by a brilliant round by B. V. Wright of 07—a course record, —which was two strokes better than the existing record established by W. G. Wight two weeks ago. The senior event resulted in a draw between B. V. Wright and Y. E. Galway with net scores of 08, and in the junior event a tie also resulted, both S. Jacobs and G. B. P. Wilson returning net scores of 00. The best scores were as follow: Seniors: B. V. Wright, 07 —plus 1—08; V. E. Galway, 77—9—08; J. W. M‘lntosh, 74—4—70; R. W. Dick, 70—0—70; J. W. Smeaton, 82—12—70; E. J. Hocking, 77—0—71; A. C. Begg, 77 —5—72; J. R. Burt, 81—9 —72. Juniors: S. Jacobs, 90—24—00; G. B. P. Wilson. 90 —24—00; R. D. B. Paterson, 89—18— 71; D. Wright. 89—10—73; W. A. Dawson. 89—10 —73. BELLEKNOWES CLUB. The official opening Belleknowes Club took place on Saturday afternoon under perfect conditions, when about 00 members took part in Mixed Foursomes. The president (Mr C. Russell Smith), in addressing those present, spoke of the time when the club had only 20 members, who had a very rough course on which to play, and when it was an easy matter to lose three or four balls in an afternoon. Time, however, had changed the order of things, until to-day they had an ideal nine-hole course on which the club’s 200 members could play. After a photograph had been taken, the president declared the season open by driving the first ball, amidst applause. The competition played during the afternoon resulted in a tie between Miss V. Swan and Mr Rcwi Taylor and Mrs Bennie and Mr A. M'Millan, with 82 —25 —57 and 81—24—57 respectively. Several other very good cards were also handed in.

ST. CLAIR CLUB. Conditions at the Corstorphine links on Saturday were in every way conducive to good scoring in the Stroke Handicap, and a good many low qet scores were returned both in the senior and junior division. The senior section resulted in a tie between D. C. Bennie (4) and H. A. Gamble (6) each with a net 67. In the junior S. M. Satterthwaite (18) returned a nett 66 to win.

The following were the best cards returned:—Seniors: D. C. Bennie, 71 —4 67; H. A. Gamble, 73—6—67; C. G. Davey, 78 —10 —68; W. Clayton, 70 —0 —70; 0. B. Wight, 70—0—70; J. A. Templeton, 80 —10 —70; G. Burnett, 84—14 —70; H. H. Hooper. 80—8—72; A. G. Forbes, 84—12 72; W. M'Kenzie, 84—12—72. Juniors: S. M. Satterthwaite, 87 —21 —66; E. W. Elder, 85—18—67; F. Elsom, 86—18—68; W. Stewart, 88—20—68; A. B. Watt, 92 — 24 —08; A. C. Paterson, 90 —12 —69; R. H. Booth, 93—24—69; J. F. Cardno, 93 24—69; H. F. Sincock, 85 —15 —70; H. Halliday, 88—18—70.