ATHLETIC SPORTS

Southland Times, Issue 23306, 16 September 1937, Page 10

ATHLETIC SPORTS

GOLF SOUTHLAND WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFYING ROUNDS PLAYED The sixth annual Southland women’s golf championship opened yesterday at Otatara, players from the Alexandra, Gore, Winton, Queen’s Park and Invercargill clubs taking part. The weather was ideal for golf and the links were in good order. Qualifying rounds were played and in the second round Mrs J. D. Speirs (Invercargill) returned the lowest gross score—B4 for 18 holes. The honour of heading the qualifying list, however, went to Miss Claire Smith (Invercargill), the present holder of the championship, who with an 85 and an 86 had the excellent aggregate of 171. The scores were good, and three players reduced their handicaps. They were: Miss Claire Smith, 10 to nine; Miss L. Douglas (Invercargill), 28 to 27; Mrs O. A. B. Smith (Winton), 29 to 21. As there was not a full entry in the silver division, a number of players will receive byes in the first round of match play. The results of the qualifying rounds were as follows:

Following is the draw for the first round of match play to start at 9 a.m today:—Miss Claire Smith a bye; Mrs C. C. Anderson v. Miss P. Pilcher; Miss M. Stout a bye; Mrs Tansl'ey v. Mrs Carter; Miss P. McCarthy v. Mrs F. M. Corkill; Mrs F. G. Hall-Jones a bye; Mrs P. J. Israel v. Mrs A. E. Smith; Mrs J. D. Speirs a bye.

A tie occurred in this grade and Mrs Brandford won eighth place on the count back. Following is the draw for the first round of match play to start at 9 a.m. today:— Mrs O. A. B. Smith v. Mrs Brandford; Mrs Smart v. Mrs Clark; Miss I. Shand v. Miss L. Douglas; Mrs Robinson v. Mrs R. Hanan. MEDAL ROUNDS Medal rounds were played in conjunction with the qualifying rounds, and the best cards for the morning were:— Silver Division.—Miss C. Smith, 86-10-76; Mrs J. D. Speirs, 88-11-77; Mrs Tansley, 91-14-77. Bronze Division.—Mrs O. A. B. Smith, 96-29-65; Miss L. Douglas, 102-28-74. In the second medal round played in the afternoon Miss P. McCarthy’s score of 97-19-78 was the best, and Miss R. Pilcher with 97-13-84 was next. Miss L. Douglas headed the bronze division with 99-27-72, and Miss I. Shand was next with 97-21-76. DRAWS FOR TODAY The draw for the bogey handicap to be played this morning, starting at 9.15 a.m. is as follows:— Tee No. I.—Mrs J. K. Garrett v. Miss M. McCallum; Mrs A. C. Ford v. Miss Tilley (Winton); Mrs R. A. Wilson v. Mrs W. F. Clouston; Miss D. Stout v. Mrs G. King (Winton); Mrs J. A. Pottinger v. Mrs W. E. Hazlett; Miss G. Macdonald v. Miss M. Gardner.

The draw for the afternoon bogey handicap to be played at 1.30 p.m. is as follows:—Mrs R. Royds v. Mrs Lowden (Queen’s Park); Mrs Field (Queen’s Park) v. Miss Homer (Winton); Miss G. Macdonald v. Mrs F. Kingsland; Mrs J. F. Dundas v. Miss L. F. Watson; Mrs G. King (Winton) v. Miss Tilley (Winton); Miss M. McCallum v. Miss Sweetman (Queen’s Park); Mrs F. H. Hughes v. Mrs W. F. Clouston; Mrs W. E. Hazlett v. Miss D. Stout; Mrs W. L. Bews v. Mrs Ford; Miss M. Gardner v. Mrs R. A. Wilson.

CHRISTCHURCH WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP (United Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH, September 15. Miss Maberley Beadel won the Christchurch women’s golf championship, beating Miss Helen Buchanan two up. TWO AUSTRALIANS ENTER FOR DOMINION CHAMPIONSHIPS (United Press Association) WELLINGTON, September 15. The New Zealand Golf Council received word from the Hamilton Golf Club today that only two Australian players, H. W. Hattersley and Dr Cutler, had entered for the New Zealand championships to begin at Hamilton on September 30. SEMI-FINALS OF AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS (Received September 15, 10.10 p.m.) SYDNEY, September 15. The semi-finals of the golf championships of Australia, played today, resulted:— Amateurs.—T. Tanner defeated M. J. Ryan, 5 and 3; H. L. Williams defeated D. J. Davies, 7 and 6. Professionals.—E. Cremin defeated 0. Walker, 3 and 2; V. S. Richardson defeated T. Booth, 3 and 2.

SILVER DIVISION 1st 2nd Tl. Rd Rd Miss Claire Smith (Invercargill) Mrs J. D. Speirs (In86 85 171 vercargill) Mrs F. G. Hall-Jones 88 84 172 (Invercargill) Miss M. Stout (Inver89 97 186 cargill) Mrs W. Tansley (In91 100 191 vercargill) Miss P. McCarthy (In91 106 197 vercargill) Mrs P. J. Israel (Inver103 97 200 cargill) Mrs C. C. Anderson (In93 107 200 vercargill) Miss P. Pilcher (Inver96 105 201 cargill) Mrs A. E. Smith (Inver105 97 202 cargill) Mrs F. M. Corkill (In100 105 205 vercargill) Mrs Carter (Queen’s 104 i 107 211 Park) Mrs J. A. Pottinger (In108 104 212 vercargill) 107 107 214

BRONZE DIVISION 1st 2nd Rd Rd Tl. Mrs 0. A. B. Smith (Winton) 96 97 193 Mrs G. R. Hanan (Invercargill) Miss L. Douglas (Inver97 103 200 cargill) Mrs Smart (Queen’s 102 99 201 Park) 100 103 203 Mrs Clark (Winton) Miss I. Shand (Win101 102 203 ton) Mrs Robinson (Queen’s Park) 105 103 208 109 107 216 Mrs Brandford (Winton) Mrs W. F. Clouston (In109 107 216 vercargill) 109 107 216