Tasman Cup Cram Discussed

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20762, 24 June 1937, Page 10

Tasman Cup Cram Discussed

With championship time on us attention is now being directed to tie form of Australia’s leading women players, says the “Sporting Globe.” After the national meeting in Melbourne a team is to go to New Zealand to contest the Tasman Cup and the members will compete in the New Zealand championship. To this stage of the season there has not been provided evidence that our leading associates are in top form, or that anyone is performing in a manner that would mstify very optimistic expectations. Reports from other States do not point to any player standing out, and in Victoria the old order seems to be changing and new players readying themselves to lake the centre of the stage. Mrs Gatehouse has dropped out of big golf. Miss Mona MacLeod has not for a while enjoyed good health, and is not as for- idable as she was. Mrs Sloan Morpeth has lost much of her keenness. Miss Shirley Tolhurst, after her retun from America, showed some brilliant golf, but at the moment she seems to be at ends with her swing.

and is not reliable. Three girls who appear to be coming along to take the places of the former Victorian stars are Miss N“1I Hutton. Miss Joan Lewis and Miss Betty Kernot. These three were outstanding In the recent play for the Metropolitan associates’ championship, and outplayed their more experienced rivals.