GOLF

Southland Times, Issue 24576, 27 October 1941, Page 6

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TOURNAMENT HELD AT GORE SENIOR MATCH WON BY A. DES FORGES A successful tournament was conducted by the Gore Golf Club on its links at Croydon during the week-end. Competitors from Dunedin, Invercargill and Gore took part. The weather was ideal and the links were in splendid condition. The entries were good and competition in all sections was keen. The Gore District Open Plate match over 36 holes was won by A. Des Forges, of the Queen’s Park Club, who returned a card of 158, taking 75 for the morning round and 83 for the afternoon round. B. Mehaffey (Invercargill), L. G. Thomson (Gore) and A. Cullen (Queen’s Park) all returned I cards of 167 and in a play-off for the position of runner-up, Mehaffey was successful. In the intermediate section J. P. Steans (Gore), secured an easy victory, returning a card of 172, taking 85 for the morning round and 87 for the afternoon round. H. P. Belsham (Queen’s Park) was runner-up with a card of 182. N. Young (Gore) won the junior match with a score of 184, R. E. Sutherland (Gore) being runner-up. At the end of play the president of the club (Mr J. A. S. Aitken) presented the trophies and congratulated the various winners. He expressed the hope that all competitors had spent an enjoyable day on the links. Mr Aitken thanked the visitors for their support. Mr A. Cullen (Queen’s Park) replied on behalf of the visiting players. The results were:— DISTRICT OPEN PLATE A. Des Forges (Queen’s Park) 75-83-158 B. Mehaffey (Invercargill) 86-81-167 L. G. Thomson (Gore) 83-84-167 A, Cullen (Queen’s Park) 83-84-167 A. J. Aitken (St. Clair) 92-76-168 In a play-off for the position of run-ner-up, Mehaffey was successful. INTERMEDIATE PLATE J. P. Steans (Gore) ' 85-87-172 H. P. Belsham (Queen’s Park)B9-93-182 L. E. West (Gore) 90-95-185 J. W. Turnbull (Gore) 91-94-185 G. R. Martin (Gore) 91-94-185 JUNIOR PLATE N. Young (Gore) 92-92-184 R. E. Sutherland (Gore) 91-95-186 J. Bishop (Gore) 98-91-189 J. T. Taylor (Gore) 95-96-191 J. A. S. Aitken (Gore) 105-94-199 MORNING MEDAL HANDICAPS Senior.—A. Des Forges 75-2-73; L. G. Thomson. 83-8-75; A. Cullen, 83-6-77; E. S. Thomson, 87-9-78; T. Orr, 87-8-79. As Des Forges had won the senior championship the morning prize went to L. G. Thomson. Intermediate: J. P. Steans 85-15-70; H. P. Belsham 89-12-77; J. W. Turnbull 91-14-77; G. R. Martin 91-13-78. As Steans and Belsham were winner and runner-up respectively in the intermediate championship, the morning medal went to Turnbull. Junior: A. Plain 97-24-73; R. E. Sutherland 91-16-75; N. Young 92-16-76; J. Taylor 95-19-76; J. Bishop 98-21-77. AFTERNOON MEDAL HANDICAPS Senior: A. J. Aitken 76-6-70; L. G. Thomson 84-8-76; B. Mehaffey 81-5-76; H. Willcocks 88-9-77. Intermediate: J. P. Steans, 87-15-72; E. J. Crosbie, 88-14-74; R. Lusk, 92-15-77; Ingram, 92-12-80. The prize went to Crosbie because Steans had already won the championship. Junior: J. P. Bishop, 91-21-70; N. Young, 92-16-76; E. Calder, 97-21-76; J. A. S. Aitken, 96-17-77; J. Taylor, 96-19-77. The prize went to Calder, - Bishop having secured the prize for the medal aggregate and Young being the winner of the junior championship. QUEEN’S PARK CLUB . Two Stableford matches were played '■ by members of the Queen’s Park Golf Club during the week-end. Conditions ■ were good, although the course was a 1 little soft after recent rain. The first i match was won by A. des Forges, with 35-2-37, closely followed by A. R. Cui- ' len, with 31-5-36, and E. S. Thomson, j 28-8-36. Des Forges went round in 73. ’ The second match was won by E. B. ' Hughes, with 30-8-38, followed by L. R. McDermott, 22-12-34, and J. A. 1 Tilley, 22-11-33. 1 During the week-end the opportunity 1 was taken to play the finals of the in- I

termediate, junior and 24-handicap plate knock-out competition. In the intermediate Hughes beat Tunnicliffe 4 and 3. Hughes was 11 up on the first 18 holes as the result of a fine 78. In the junior section Harrington beat Frampton by the same margin, 4 and 3. In the 24-handicap competition A. Carter won from J. Padget, 4 and 2. The Ayson Shield match with the women’s club was postponed for a fortnight. QUEEN’S PARK LADIES’ CLUB Following is the draw for a medal round to be played at Queen’s Park tomorrow at 1 o’clock:— Renown.—Mrs Glennie v. Mrs Morgan; Mrs Larcombe v. Mrs Gifford; Mrs Robinson v. Mrs Barrett; Mrs Sutherland v. Mrs Hughes; Mrs Dwyer v. Mrs Clark. Bonnie Jean.—Mrs Stalker v. Mrs Gregory; Mrs McEachran v. Mrs Caldwell; Mrs Mackintosh v. Mrs Macgregor; Mrs Salisbury v. Mrs Halligan; Mrs Miller v. Miss Whyte; Mrs Dick v. Mrs R. Field; Mrs Carter a bye. Lang’s Nek.—Mrs S. C. K. Smith v. Mrs Inglis; Mrs Brown v. Mrs Littlejohn; Mrs Francis v. Mrs Fraser; Mrs Alexander v. Mrs Hamilton; Mrs Harrington v. Miss Andrews; Mrs Ritchie v. Mrs Crombie.

Elbow.—Mrs McKenzie v. Mrs Stuart; Mrs Mclntosh v. Mrs Young; Mrs Anderson v. Mrs S. Keen; Mrs Robbie v. Mrs Clark. Tait’s.—Mrs Richardson v. Mrs Watson; Mrs G. Kean v. Mrs Skjellerup; Mrs Wallis v. Mrs Watt; Mrs Mayhew v. Mrs Grant; Mrs Kingsland v. Mrs Trim; Mrs Kissell v. Mrs Ay ling. Polygon.—Mrs Corbet v. Mrs Westerby; Mrs Checketts v. Mrs Kilkelly; Mrs Orr v. Mrs A. Williams; Mrs Hamilton v. Mrs S. Williams; Mrs Wilson v. Mrs G. Reed*