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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 244, 16 October 1939, Page 4

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WANGANUI CLUB BOGEY MAT( H RESULTS Favourable weather conditions and with the Belmont, greens and fairways in good order resulted in good ! cards being returned in the bogey I match on Saturday. B. M. Silk, with I a 69 gross on plus two was 2 up but could only tie with F. C. Hutchison (gross 70 on scratch) and D. G. Young. 1 In the B Grade F. Freeman and D. ' McNeil tied with 1 up. Detailed results were: A Grade.—F. C. Hutchison 2 up; B. M. Silk 2 up; D. G. Young 2 up, W. H. Swanger 1 up, A. C. Ashford, G. G. Burgess, U. G. Williams, I. Saunders all square. B Grade.-- F. Freeman 1 up; D. McNeil 1 up; G. Mcßeth, H. C. Jenkins. L. Udy 1 down; E. Cordingly, G. F. Lomas, H. V. Hobbins, A. Elliot each 2 down. Four-Ball Match A four-ball match was played during the week-end in aid of the treeplanting fund. The trophies were two pewter tankards which had been given for club competition. The results were:— F. C. Hutchison and C. W. Horne, 9 up. E. GoldsbuH and W. O. D. Ryall, 8 up. S. Irwin and G. Pritchard, 6 up. G. Mcßeth and D. G. Young, 6 up. R. Crammond and D. McNeil, 6 up. M. Fraser and E. R. Dix, 5 up. CASTLECLIFF CLUB MEDAL MAT( H PLAYED MIXED CANADIAN FOURSOME A medal match was played in two divisions by the Castlecliff Golf Clun on Saturday. In the senior section. W. Shardlow returned the best not score and won the Millward Cup, and P. Beach returned the best net score among the juniors and won lhe Vicepresident’s Cup. The best cardt handed in were as follow: Seniors.—W. Shardlow, 86—17—69; W. W. Dickson, 79-8- 71; W. D. Roberts, 89—18—71; R. Moore, 80- - 8— 72; J. Lewis, 89 16—73; A. R. Merrington, 91 18 73; D. McLean. 91- 18- 73; J. N. Barber, 92-18 -74; F. W. Wagstaff, 82—8—74; C. S. Bristol, 84 10—74; R. T. Greenhill. 83— 9 D. J. Merrington, 90 —l6 74; L. Cathro, 77- 2—75. Juniors.--- -P. Beach, 100—30—70; N. Freeman, 93—22—71; T. H. McWilliams, 92-20—72; W. C. Curtis, 92 -20—72; G. Darbyshire, 98—24—72; L. J. Gray, 93- 21—72; P. J. Palmer, 103- 28—75. The Hopeful Cup was won by L. T. Thomas, with 12 points. R. J. Coxon was second with 9i. A mixed Canadian foursome was

played over the week-end and was very successful. The weather was perfect, and the entries were excellent. A feature of the day was a "hole-in-one" at the I.3th. by L. Ennis. The best score put in for the foursomes were as follow: R. Green and Miss Peterson, 88- 22- 66; C. 1.. McDonald and Mrs. Thomas, 94-25—69; T. Clark and Mrs. Clarke, 99—30—69; L. Udy and Mrs. Udy, 91 21—70: J. E. Marshall and Mrs. Marshall, 94 24—70; H. Webb and Mrs. C. Brown. 87—17 70; R. Moore and Mrs. Moore, 85—14—71; A. R. Merrington and Mrs. Merrington, 98—27 71: T. W. Cuthbertson and Miss Ellis, 98—27 71; L. G. King and Mrs. Nuttall. 89-18 71; W. Hounsell and Miss Pawson. 95—23—72; I. R. Brown and Mrs. Brown, 97 25 72; I. R. Nuttall and Miss Quartermain, 96- 23—73; J. N. Barber and Miss Scott, 100— 27—73. WANGANUI VETERANS’ TOURNAMENT COMMENCEMENT TO-DAY DRAW FOR FIRST ROUND The first round for the Wanganui Veterans’ Cup will be played at the Belmont links this morning. The cup is won by the player with the best aggregate over two stroke rounds of 15 holes. Matches will commence at the first tee but competitors fill not play numbers 4, 5 and 6, going from the third green to the seventh. Handicaps will be reduced by one-sixth. In the afternoon a four-ball bogey match will be played, for which players may arrange their own partners and opponents. The following is the draw: - 9. a.m. R. P. Giblin, L. D. Hurst, C. T. McLean. 9.05.—E. McDonald, R. McQuade, G. H. Trott. 9.10. —S. Powdrell, D. E. Flyger, W. S. Baird. 9.15. G. Gordon, J. J. Lomas, C. Dunbar. 9.20/ W. H. Swanger, G. Richardson, D. H. McKay. 9.30. D. Meldrum, J. M. O'Reilly, P. H. Hartland. 9.35. J. B. Jack, J. T. Pavitt, D. L. Blyth. 9.40. E. Gilbert, N. 11. Lees. L. E. Bassett. 9.45. W. Gordon, G. H. Scott, M. Hunter. 9.50.—5. T. Pritchard, W. L, Parson:-, F. G. Beaven. 9.55. A. Elliott, P. Palmer, W. A. D’Arcy 10.0. -Geo. Collins, E. A. Barton, A. Godwin.