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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20917, 23 September 1939, Page 20 (Supplement)

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THE HAMILTON CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY NOTES AND COMMENTS (By “Fyfe Scott”) The club championships are now well under way at St. Andrew's, the semi-final stages having been reached, in the senior division the games have turned out more or less as expected «md those still disputing the ultimate issue are R. McKinnon, W. Wynne, G. T. Seccombc and R. H. Glading. McKinnon accounted for J. G. Tapper in Ihe first round and had a win in the second round by default from J. G. , Ferguson. Wynne won comfortably from A. Marcroft and F. J. Mathers. The only real surprise of the play was F. J. Mathers’ win in the first round over R. D. Harding who was expected to be a finalist. F. Mathers is a fairly dour match player and superior putting was the main factor of his success against Harumg. At the same time the rest of his shots were good and his card did not read 100 many over par figures at the conclusion of the game. G. T. Seccombe had comfortable wins over R. 13. Seabrook and A. Finn, while R. 11. Glading also won comfortably from C. Sutcliffe and G. L. Taylor. In the intermediate, Joe Roach, who was top qualifier, was expected to win. In t?ie first round he had a very close call in his game with J. F. Strang, who took him to the 18th and in the second round went out to lan Mears by 3 and *2. The other semi-finalists in this division are L. Day, P. G. Darkness and W. Gunn. Gunn and H. Wales had a close tussle in the first round, the game going to the 20th. In the second round Gunn just beat that old warrior Guy Marriott at the 18th. The Junior Division In the juniors, J. Bevan has already won his way to the final by defeating A. E. McCracken, H. B. Turbott and M. G. Stranger. To play the semi-final round yet are J. Denz and W. Westwater. Denz accounted for C. V. Nicklin, who appeared a likely winner. However Jack is swinging his clubs very smoothly and I should say he should not be long in joining the ranks of the intermediates and should eventually be a senior player. In the juniors Dr. Turbott is worthy of special mention. He has only been playing golf three months and has worked hard in an endeavour to play the game correctly. He qualified comfortably and defeated L. J. Mark in the first round. In the second round he narrowly went out to J. Bevin, the finalist, by one hole. A reduction in handicap at St. Andrews is Gordon Burgess, who has now been reduced to a handicap of one after a nice 73 at the week-end. Also playing well and getting in trim for the" amateur championship is R. H. Glading who collected no fewer than sixteen balb the other week-end out of scrambles. It appears as if his handicap will have to be increased to plus 2 for at least club purposes. Our felicitations to H. G. Loveridge who finished 3 up on bogey at tho week-end. His card was easily the best of the day. Play at Loch lei Lochiel had a one-day tournament for members last week-end and a popular win in the 3G hole gross medal was that of Jock Haggo, who scored 80 and 82. It is generally always wail on in the season before Jock strikes form but it has come at a convenient time as next week Lochiel play their club championships. The qualifying round being on Saturday and the first two rounds of match play will be played on the Sunday. Jock lias been in the final of the senior championship for the last three years and we hope to see him pull it off this time. To win the 36 hole net medal was T. Lorimer with an 88 and a 90 on a handicap of 23. We are, however, pleased to mention that this has now been reduced to 10 and 20 and trust that he will succeed in bringing it down much lower than this before he has finished. The Stableford was won by D. McGowan with 40 points. McGowan has done well this season and his effort on Sunday reduces him from 22 to 19. Nick Ross also had a couple chopped off his handicap for winning the bogey in the afternoon with a nice card of 2 up. llis handicap is now 12. Teams Match A Success Play was in fours during 'the tourney and what was rather a novel innovation was a teams match., each four representing a team. The idea was certainly a good one as it did not permit anyone loafing with their golf if things weren’t going too well, particularly if one’s partners were going reasonably well. To win this was D. Steer, T. Lorimer, J. Cramp and H. J. Hall with a net total of 577. Work this out and it averages approximately a net 72 for each player in both rounds and certainly represents good going. Other good rounds during the play were by J. Hallam and L. Edmonds. Hallam is going well and only recently fought out the final of the Waitemata Cup with Ben Chalmers. Hallam’s round at the week-end was 85 less 19 for a 65. This warranted a reduction in handicap to IP. L. Edmonds was also 85 and his handicap is now, also, 16. As was anticipated the New Zealand Golf Council have canceled all the Centenary golf tournaments. As there would have been no Overseas golfers participating the tournaments could not have been a success and it is just to be hoped that the New Zealand professionals will get the opportunity at some later date, to compete for some real prize money. National Championships Continue The open, amateur and professional championships are to be carried on with, however, at Miramar, Wellington, commencing from November 9. Local players competing wiU be R. H. Glading, G. W. Melvin and J. Galloway. Surprises in Auckland club ehampionships were the defeat of J. H. ed in Hamilton last week by Earl McCready. Londos was at Honolulu at the time, on the first part of a honeymoon during which he was to defend his title in Australia and possibly in New Zealand. As McCready was a likely opponent for Londos, the British Empire champion is naturally disappointed that the prospects of a match have now definitely vanished. Incidentally, McCready expressed the view that wrestling would not suffer a setback as a result of the war. All enthusiasts should maintain their interest, he said, because entertainment and sport assisted towards maintaining the morale of the people. It was good advice.

Young and W. Davidge for the Titirangi title. Charlie Galloway was the conqueror of Bill Davidge. They’re certainly a great family of golfers these Galloways; Charlie has a brother, Jack, professional in Hamilton, another brother Jim, professional in Whangarei; his cousin Tom is professional at Rotorua, another cousin has been Canterbury amateur champion on several occasions whilst his uncle, J. R. Galloway is the well-known professional at Palmerston North. COURSE RECORD Playing on the Maeranui golf course, Napier, Aubrey Dyke, professional created a course record with a score of 69. Dyke was playing for the first time with a new set of “Crackshot” woods made for him to his specifications by Gerald Melvin, golf club maker, St. Andrews Golf Club, Hamilton. ** Promising Schoolboy A promising schoolboy in the Rugby code is Owen Gibson, of Hamilton Technical College who plays on the wing for the College first fifteen. Gibson is an engineering student and besides playing Rugby for his school he has represented it as a sprinter and has clocked some fast times. In Wednesday’s match against Otahuhu Technical High School, Gibson was often in the picture and before halftime had scored two spectacular tries. Notwithstanding a wrenched shoulder and arm sustained as the result of a heavy tackle early in the second spell, Gibson carried pluckilv on to score a third try by fast following up. He plays with plenty of dash and makes use of all his speed whenever an opportunity occurs. Though only 16 years of age he has begun well and should be prominent in wider Rugby circles within the next season or two. ed-\Yfal