ELTHAM GOLF TOURNEY

Taranaki Daily News, 4 June 1934, Page 9

ELTHAM GOLF TOURNEY

80 PLAYERS TAKING PART COURSE DRYING AFTER RAIN. SENIOR FINAL STAGES REACHED. J. STEWART’S EXCELLENT PLAY. Over eighty players, including many low handicap men from the New Ply* mouth, Waitara, Stratford, Hawera, Mangamingi, Te Ngutu and Manaia clubs, as well as over 30 Eltham members, took part in the opening stages of the Eltham Golf Club’s third annual tournament at the Highlands links on Saturday and yesterday. Unsettled weather was in evidence on Saturday, but the course was in good condition and for match play yesterday was the best it has been in any tournament, the greens particularly being even and neither too fast nor too slow. The best golf of the tournament so "far was played by J. Stewart, a young Eltham. player. With a 76 in the qualifying round, he scored a 73 in the first round of championship match play, one over the scratch score. In the second round he did better -still, being one under scratch after 12 holes, and three under scratch with three holes to go. At this stage A. J. Shaw’s course record of 69 was in jeopardy, Stewart beginning the 17th requiring two bgeys to equal the record. A five at the Woolshed made the task hard. Stewart placed his third nine feet from the pin and the putt balanced on the edge. His 71 was one under the scratch score, giving him a nett 66. Stewart’s card was: 343454454— 36; 344352455—35; total, 71. Stewart and H. P. Dale will meet this morning in one semi-final and H. P. Wills and T. A. Thomson will contest the other. , .... The first 16 in Saturdays qualifying round went into the Central Taranaki championship, the next 32 in order of gross scores went into the Highlands and Eltham handicaps and the best 16 net scores of the rest were drawn in the Nimrod handicap. A teams match and a medal handicap were also played, the Eltham No. 1 team being successful. Match play yesterday in the morning and afternoon took the events to the end of the second round and to-day the semi-finals and finals will be decided. ELTHAM MEN PROMINENT. The qualifying round found six Eltham players in the first seven, Abbott and L. Gibson leading with 73’s. T. A. Thomson (New Plymouth) with 77 was the leading visitor. When the round was complete the championship 16 did not include L. T. Quin (83), R. B. Anderson (83) and J. J. Pease (86), who had to give pride of place to lesser lights in the persons of M. E. Meuli (Te Ngutu), C. Roberts (Eltham) and G. W. Haughton (New Plymouth). Dale was sixth on the list. The first round saw the elimination of Gibson by H. R. Casey and of Abbott by R. C. Wills, Dale having an easy win over A. J; Quin, and J. Stewart having a margin of 6 and 5 against R. Boon with a round of 73. The afternoon matches found Dale through to the semi-final fairly easily against R. Wills, and H. P. Wills had to difficulty with O’Callaghan. Stewart beat F. Quin at the 14th hole and T. A. Thomson beat H. R. Casey 3 up and 2. The semi-finals' of the Highlands handicap find S. McKay ranged against S. G. Cooper, and L. Quin meeting A. C. Wills. T. Gibson beat his father, H. B. Gibson, in the second round of the Eltham handicap and will meet R. George, a young Waitara player, in the semi-final. Handicap reductions have been effected as follows: E. L. Abbott 3—2 to 22, S. G. Cooper 5-4 to 4—3, T. Gibson 21—16 to 18—14, L. Gibson 4—3 to 3—2, G. W. Haughton 14—11 to 12—9, M. E. Meuli 13—10 to 10—8, D. Richards 22—17 to 21—16, H. Jagar 13—10 to 12—9, T. A. Thomson 8-6, D. Thompson 15—11 to 13—10, J. Stewart 5—4 to 4—3. Saturday’s qualifying round scores were:— Central Taranaki Championship: E. L. Abbott, L. Gibson 73, H. P. Wills 75, J. Stewart 76, T. A. Thomson 77, H. P. Dale, C. Roberts 78, M. E. Meuli, W. O’Callaghan 79. A; J. Quin, F. Quin, G. Haughton 80, H. R. Casey, W. G. Walkley, R. A. Boon 81, R. C. Wills 82. Highland Handicap: E. A. George 82, A. G. Wills, L. T. Quin, J. D. McKay, R. B. Anderson, W. A. Tiplady, L. Curtis 83, C. McKay. R. Ward, J. P. Valintine 84, S. G. Cooper, A. A. Stewart 85, H. S. Turner, J. J. Pease, R. McGregor 86, S. McKay 87. Eltham Handicap: W. H. Fuller, E. S. Rutherfurd 87. H. B. Gibson, T. Armitage, R. Sagar, K. Pegg, B. B. Armstrong, T. Gibson 88, C. C. Stanners, W. A. Gill, J. N. Anderson, L. Bishop 89, D. Thompson, I. Wylds, R. George 90, A. O. Casey 91. Nimrod Handicap: D. Richards 91—22— 69, J. C. Robb 93—22—71, F. Gamlin 96—24—72, H. R. Soffe 96—24—72, H. C. Jones 91-18-73, G. H. Clark 93-20—73, L. Taylor 98—24—74, G. Brown 95—19— 76, J. C. Best 93—17—76, C. Dunbar 100-24-76, A. O. Keith 100-24-76, C. E. Forth 95—18—77, K. Lye 91—14—77, P. Hickey 91—14—77, H. Evetts 91—13— 78, T. J. Betts 92—14—78. Details of match play are:— CHAMPIONSHIP. First Round. R. C. Wills (Stratford) beat E. L. Abbott (Eltham) 3 and 2. H. P. Dale (Eltham) beat A. J. Quin (Eltham) 6 and 5. F. Quin (New Plymouth) beat C. Roberts (Eltham) 2 and 1. J. Stewart (Eltham) beat R. Boon (New Plymouth) 6 and 5. H. P. Wills (Eltham) beat W. G. Walkley (Hawera) 4 and 3. W. A. O’Callaghan (Hawera) beat M. Meuli (Te Ngutu) 2 and 1. T. A. Thomson (New Plymouth) beat G. Haughton (New Plymouth) 1 up at the 20th. H. R. Casey (Eltham) beat L. Gibson (Eltham) 2 and 1. Second Round. H. P. Dale beat R. C. Wills 4 and 3. J. Stewart beat F. Quin 5 and 4. H. P. Wills beat O’Callaghan 6 and 5. T. A. Thomson beat H. R. Casey 3 and 2. HIGHLAND HANDICAP. First Round. S. McKay (Eltham) beat E. A. George (Waitara) 6 and 5. L. Curtis (New Plymouth) beat J. P. Valintine (Eltham) 2 up. S. G. Cooper (Eltham) beat W. A. Tiplady (Eltham) 3 and 2. J. D. McKay (Eltham) beat H. S. Turner (Eltham) 4 and 2. L. Quin (Eltham) beat R. E. McGregor (Eltham) 5 and 3. R. S. Ward (Hawera) beat C. McKay (New Plymouth) 2 and 1. A. A. Stewart (Eltham) beat R. B. Anderson (Stratford) 1 up at the 19th. A. G. Wills (Waitara) beat J. J. Pease (Hawera) 5 and 4. Second Round. S. McKay (B—6) beat L. Curtis (B—6) 4 and 2. S. C. Cooper (4-3) beat J. D. McKay (11—8) 2 and 1. L. Quin (2—2) beat R. S. Ward (7—5) 2 and 1. A. G. Wills (6—5) beat A. A. Stewart (8 —6) 2 up. Semi-finals. McKay to play Cpoper. Quin to play. A. C. Wills.

ELTHAM HANDICAP. First Round. W. H. Fuller (Waitara) beat A. O. Casey (Eltham) 3 and 1. C. C. Stanners (Eltham) beat B. B. Armstrong (Stratford) 6 and 4. J. N. Anderson (Hawera) beat K. Pegg (Stratford) 2 and 1. D. Thomson (Eltham) beat T. Armitage (Manaia) 6 and 5. H. B. Gibson (Eltham) beat I. Wylds (Eltham) 3 and 1. T. Gibson (Eltham) beat W. A. Gill (Eltham) 2 and 1. H. Sagar (Hawera) beat L. Bishop (Hawera) 6 and 5. R. George (Waitara) beat E. S. Rutherfurd (Stratford) 2 and 1. Second Round. W. H. Fuller (B—6) beat C. C. Stanners (12 —9) 5 and 3. D. Thompson (13—10) beat J. N. Anderson (11—8) 4 and 2. T. Gibson (18—14) beat H. B. Gibson (10—8) 4 and 3. R. George (B—6) beat H. Sagar (12—9) 3 and 1. NIMROD HANDICAP. First Round. T. J. Betts (Te Ngutu) beat D. Richards (Waitara) 2 and 1. G. H. Clarke (New Plymouth) beat C. Dunbar (Waitara) 2 up. L. Taylor (Eltham) beat A. O. Keith (Waitara) 7 and 5. H. R. Soffe (Waitara) beat P. Hickey (Mangamingi) 5 and 4. F. Gamlin (Manaia) beat K. Lye (Waitara) 1 up. J. C. Best (Mangamingi) beat G. Brown (Mangamingi) 3 and 2. H. C. Jones (Eltham) beat C. E. Forth (Eltham) 3 and 2. J. C. Robb (Hawera) beat H. Evetts (Te Ngutu) 5 and 4. Second Round. T. J. Betts (4-11) beat G. H. Clark (18—14) 2 up L. Taylor (24—12) beat H R. Soffe (24—18) 1 up. J. C. Best (17—13) beat F. Gamlin (24-18) 4 and 3. H. C. Jones (18—14) beat J. C. Robb (22—17) 2 and 1. Other events on the programme played on Saturday and yesterday resulted: TEAMS MATCH. Eltham No. 1 (E. L. Abbott 73, L. Gibson A. J. Quin 80, L. Quin 83), 309 1 Eltham No. 2 (H. Wills 75, J. Stewart 76, H. P. Dale 78, S. Cooper 85), 314 2 New Plymouth (T. A. Thomson 77, F. Quin 80, R. Boon 81, L. Curtis 83), 321 3

FIRST BOGEY HANDICAP. S. G. Cooper (3), 3 up. H. Sagar (10), 3 up. D. Thomson (11), 3 up. S. McKay (6), 2 up. J. Stewart (4). 1 up. A. G. Wifls (5), 1 up. L. Taylor (18), 1 up. F. Gamlin (18), 1 up.

TO-DAY’S TIME-TABLE. The draw for this morning’s play .in the semi-finals and the second bogey handicap is:— 8.00: Mortlock, J. C. Robb, P. Smith. 8.05: P. Hickey, D. Knuckey, W. Short. 8.10: G. Brown, T. Fountaine, C. C. Stanners. 8.15: L. R. Curtis, E. H. Clark, J. P. Valintine. 8.20: A. Chrystal, W. O. Hill, R. Young. 8.25: A. O. Casey, J. D. McKay, R. McGregor. 8.30: F. Quin, G. W. Haughton, E. L. Abbott. 8.40: A. J. Quin, L. Bishop, J. J. Pease. 8.45: R. Ward, E. S. Rutherfurd, R. Wills. 8.50: W. O’Callaghan, W. C. Walkley, R. A. Boon. 9.00: Dale v. J. Stewart. 9.05: H. P. Wills v. T. A. Thomson. 9.10: S. Cooper v. S. McKay. 9.15: L. Quin v. A. G. Wills. 9.20: W. H. Fuller v. D. Thompson. 9.25: T. Gibson v. R. George. 9.30: H. C. Jones v. J. C. Best. 9.35: T. J. Betts v. L. Taylor. 9.40: E. George,. K. Lye, H. R_ Soffe. 9.45: M. E. Meuli, C. Roberts, T. Gibson. 9.50: H. Sagar, H. Evetts, W. A. Tiplady. 10.00: A. A. Stewart, R. B. Anderson, C. McKay. 10.05: H. Graham, T. Penn. T. Armitage, 10.10: Garner, Gamlin, C. Dunbar. 10.15: J. N. Anderson, K. Pegg, W. A. Gin. 10.20: A. S. McGregor, O. A. Keith, D. Richards. 10.25: V. Tisdale, C. E. Forth, G. H. Clarke. TOURNAMENT AT FITZROY. ’ MANY GOOD CARDS RETURNED. The Fitzroy Club began a week-end tournament yesterday and will conclude to-day.. Four-ball best-ball match play for the Sykes trophy is proceeding in conjunction with the other events. Following are the results of yesterday’s play:— MORNING MEDAL.

Wet weather had little effect on the Fitzroy course and the scoring was good in the medal handicaps on Saturday. W. H. Quickfall’s great card of 85—18—67 was the best of the day, though O. E. Flyger was only one stroke away. Following are the best cards:

PLAY AT WAIWAKAIHO. DIFFICULT CONDITIONS PREVAIL. Conditions were anything but pleasant for the bogey handicap held by the New Plymouth Golf Club at Waiwakaiho on Saturday, heavy showers making good scores out of the question. The best cards were returned by H. Kirk among the seniors and R. J. Brokenshire in the juniors. Following are the best scores:— Senior. H. Kirk, 2 down. J. M. Clarke, 3 down. C. H. Strombom, 3 down. S. F. Burgess, 4 down. G. F. Rich, 4 down. Juniors. R. J. Brokenshire, all square. S. M. White, 1 down. K. F. Walker, 2 down. G. T. Champion, 3 down. FITZROY LADIES’ GOLF CLUB. The draw for a medal round to be played by the Fitzroy Ladies’ Golf Club on Wednesday is:—Mrs. Quickfall v. Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Ivil v. Mrs. Sykes, Mrs. Flyger v. Miss Clark, Mrs. Jacka v. Mrs. Weir, Mrs. Winiki v. Mrs. Huxford, Mrs. Dennes v. Miss Guscott, Mrs. Rowe v. Mrs. Wagstaff, Miss Baker v. Miss Alexander, Mrs. Chapman v. Miss Pullen, Miss Pavitt v Miss S. Parker, Miss Pickering v. Mrs. Todd, Mrs. Proctor v. Mrs. Shepherd. Mrs. Hall v. Mrs. Linn, Mrs. Rawlinson v. Miss G. Parker, Mrs. Zorn v. Mrs. Couchman, Mrs. Anderson v. Mrs. Croll. LADIES’ ONE-CLUB MATCH. MISS ANTHONY THE WINNER. A one-club match was played by members of the Fitzroy Ladies Golf Club on Saturday. The winner was Miss Anthony with a score of 74—24—50. MANAKORIHI CLUB MATCH. MAIN WINS RATTENBURY CUP. The best cards handed in by members of the Waitara Golf Club for the third and final round of Rattenbury Cup bogey play were: J. Main 1 up, F. McDavitt 1 up, H. Hicks 3 down, K. Lye 3 down, D. H. Purdie 3 down, H. R. Soffe 4 down, A. G. Wills 4 down. J. Main won the cup with a score of 3 up and F. McDavitt was the runnerup, his score being 2 down, DRAW FOR ELTHAM L.G.U. Following is the. draw, for the Eltham June L.G.U. medal round, to be played to-morrow:—Mrs. Morton v. Mrs. Turner, Mrs. Wills v. Miss Carncross, Mrs. L. Quin v.-Mrs. Chrystal, Miss Fountaine v. Miss Riddle, Mrs. Taylor v. Miss Jackson, Mrs. Stewart v. Miss T. Gibson, Mrs. J. Quin v. Miss Harcourt, Mrs. McGarry v. Miss M. Gibson, Mrs. de Launay. v. Miss Valentine, Mrs. Stanners v. Miss Kerr, Miss Syme v. Miss O’Hagan. Beginners to play for Mrs. Fisher’s trophy: Mrs. Belcher v. Mrs. Worthington, Mrs. Guthrie v. Mrs Fountaine, Miss Stewart v partner. PATEA LADIES’ GOLF DRAW. The draw for a Patea L.G.U. medal round to-morrow is: Miss Taylor v. Miss Bourke, Miss Hurley v. Miss Harris, Miss N. Hurley v. Mrs. Glenny, Mrs. Crawford v. Miss Gibson, Mrs. Harris v. Miss Gilligan, Miss Crawford v. Mrs. Wither, Mrs. Roberts v. Miss Carey, Miss O’Sullivan v. Mrs. Haddow, Miss Honeyfield v. Miss Power, Miss Hemingway v. Miss Petersen, Miss Wybourn v. Mrs. Mitchell, Miss Sheild v. Miss Gibbings, Mrs. Roots v. Mi ss Waterland, Miss Roberts v. Mrs. Horieyfield, Miss McCarty v. Mrs. Corbett, Mrs. Anderson v. Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Maxwell v. Miss Hamerten.

MEDAL HANDICAP. A Grade. L. Gibson E. L. Abbott H. P. Wills J. Stewart C. Roberts . 73— 4—69 . 73- 3—70 . 75— 4-71 . 76-5-71 . 78—7—71 B Grade. M. E. Meuli G. Haughton T. Thomson E. A. George . 79—13—66 . 80-14-66 . 77— 8—69 . 82-11-71 C Grade. / T. Gibson D. Richards J. C. Robb W. A. Gill , 88 —21—67 . 91—22—69 . 93-22—71 . 89—18—71

SECOND MEDAL HANDICAP. J. Stewart 71-5 66 S. McKay - 82- 8-74 L. Curtis .. 87— 8—79

Senior. C. Huxford .. 84—15—€9 A. K. Smart .. 87—16—71 J. S. Rollo .. 88—16—72 J. Holden .. 90—18—72 J. R. Sutherland .. 84—10—74 H. Jacka .. 90-15-75 Junior. I. Beckbessinger .. 99-28-71 H. Wilson .. 101-30-71 B. S. Whiteside .. 101—27—74 C. Bigwood .. 106-30—76 G. Pullen .. 99—22—77 R. Hall .. 110—30—80 AFTERNOON MEDAL. Senior. J. Medhurst .. 90—19—71 J. Holden .. 89—18-71 H. Jacka .. 87—15—72 C. Hall .. 89—16—73 A. K. Smart .. 89—16—73 H. Quickfall .. 92—18—74 C. Grainger .. 90—16—74 Junior. I. Beckbessinger .. 98—28—70 w. , O. Jones .. 100—28—72 B. S. Whiteside .. 100—27—73 R Hall .. 106—30—76 H. S. Wagstaff .. 98—20—78 C. Bigwood .. 109-30—79

Senior. H. Quickfall .. 85—18—67 O. Flyger .. 86—18—68 J. S. Rollo .. 86—16—70 J. McLoch .. 87—17—70 c. Huxford .. 85—15—70 C. Granger .. 88-16-72 A. .. 91—18—73 Junior. H. G. Wilson .. 100—30—70 n wbi+o .. 97—26—71 H. S. Wagstaff .. 93—20—73 B. S. Whiteside .. 100—27—73 C. Bigwood .. 104—30—74 D. Weir .. 102—26—76