GOLF

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 246, 16 September 1929, Page 11

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AUGUST BOGEY. The August bogey competition, previously postponed on account of weather conditions, was played on the Hokowhitu links on Saturday. W. Robertson. who won the previous competition, was again successful, with a card of one up. Detailed results follow : A Grade.—W. Robertson (7), one up; H. Seifert (10), all square; L. Seifert, junr. (2), one down; L. H. Thompson (6), two down; T. Stubbs (8), two down; J. J. Stevenson (11), two down; T. Louisson $-2), three down. B Grade.—J. P. Stubbs (14), all square; G. P. Madden (16). two down; R. W. Priest (18), two down; P. Barraud (14), two down; W. McGillivray S, two down ; F. Bendall (13), three n; J. Thomson (13), three down. FEILDING v. MANAWATU. During the week-end a friendly match was played between the Feilding and Manawatu Clubs. Half the games were played on the Feilding course and the others at Hokowhitu. The weather was perfect and made for an enjoyable day’s outing. The results of matches played at Feilding were as follow, Feilding players being mentioned first: Four Ball:—Parkes and Thompson 0 v. Buist and Hansel 1; Sutton and Hassell 0 v. Hay and Spencer 1; Coppock and Billing 1 v. Stevenson and Wimsett 0; Foster 1 v. Bendall 0; Short and Kingston 0 v. J. P. Stubbs and Priest 1; Harding and Saywell 1 v. Sinclair and McKegg 0. Each side won three matches. Singles.—Sutton 1 v. Buist 0: Coppock 1 v. Hay 0; Foster 1 v. Stevenson 0; Short 0 v. Bendall 1; Gray 0 v. J. P. Stubbs 1; Harding 0 v. Sinclair 1; Hassell 0 v. Spencer 1; Billing 0 v. Wimsett 1; Saywell 0 v. McKegg 1; Kingston 1 v. Priest 0; Thompson £ v. Hansel £. Palmerston North 6}, Feilding 4£. Matches at Palmerston North resulted as follow, Feilding players being mentioned first: Four Ball.—Stichbury and Carmine 0 v. Ekstedt and L. Seifert, junr. 1;

Graham and Fair 1 v. Rapley and W. L. Fitzherbert 0; Salmond and W. Seifert 0 v. Swainson and E. G. Sim 1; Giesen and N. C. Harding 1 v. Winks and T. Stubbs 0; Pettigrew and Tingey 0 v. R. P. Abraham and Raven 1; McCorkindale and Dixon J v. H. Petre and H. A. Hamilton £. Palmerston North 3£, Feilding 2£. Singles. —Stichbury 0 v. Ekstedt 1; Carmine 0 v. L. Seifert junr. 1; Graham 0 v.. Rapley 1; Fair 0 v. Fitzherbert 1; Salmond 1 v. Swainson 0; W. Seifert 0' v. E. G. Sim 1; Giesen 1 v. Winks 0; Harding 0 v. T. Stubbs 1; Pettigrew 0 v. R. P. Abralram 1; Tingey ov. Raven I; McCorkindale 0 v. H. Petre 1; Dixon 1 v. Hamilton 0. Palmerston North 9, Feilding 3. MATCH AT FEILDING. A bogey match was played at the Feilding links on Saturday. In the A grade Pettigrew and Fair tied, 4 up, and in the B grade R. L. Harding and Foster tied, 1 down. NEW ZEALAND COUNCIL. The annual report of the council of the New Zealand Golf Association states that the revenue for the year was £1163 17s lOd, comprising subscriptions from clubs £1139 and interest on deposits £24 17s lOd. Tho ordinary expenditure was £IO4O 16s Id and the steamer and train fares and hotel accounts of the Kirk-Windeyer Cup team which visited Melbourne in July £199 16s, making the total ex-, penditure £1240 12s Id, which was £76 14s 3d in excess of the year’s revenue. After providing for this deficit there remains a surplus of assets of £209 8s 2d at the close of the financial year. “Our team which played New South Wales for the Kirk-Windeyer Cup at Melbourne, Messrs. Sloan Morpeth, T. H. Horton, J. L. Black and Dr. K. Ross, although not successful in regaining tho cup, put up a performance of which New Zealand golfers will doubtless feel proud, and Mr Morpeth is also to be congratulated upon winning the Victorian amateur championship and in reaching tho final in the Australian amateur. During the year ended twelve clubs joined the association and’one resigned (due to having merged with another club) making the