BOWLING

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 231, 30 October 1940, Page 8

BOWLING

LABOUR DAY TOURNAMENT PLAYING UNDER DIFFICULTIES The stamina of the members of the Whakatane BoAvling Club is A r ery much above the usual, if the Labour Day tournament is any indication. As readers Avill doubtless remember, rain fell rather heavily from, about 2 o'clock on—but, in the fashion of Drake, the local boAvlers continued and the last boAvl ran just on 6 p.m. As teams aa'cic eliminated players rushed for the club-house —and shelter, but some returned to the scene Avcaring oilskins and sou'-Avest-ers and holding brollies as an overhead protection. Players also clad themselves to meet the conditions although thigh-boots Avere noticeably absent. It might perhaps be thought that the heavy rain Avould affect Arisibility but anj' handicap in this respect Avas offset bv the fact that the bowls Avhorled Avater skywards as they travelled and their courses Avere easily determined. The lads stuck it out manfully, saying, "What of the Aveathcr: the game must go on" and, the games going on, the following Avere the results: — Dines, Mathews, Francis, Burgess (s) 4% Avins; BigeloAV, White, Healy, Sloane (s) 4% Avins; Otley, Salmon, Turpin, Mclsaac (s) 1 Avin; Ballard, Bath, Hollis, Luxton (s) 4% Avins: Cole, Bell, Bridger, Graham (s) 3% Avins; Oswald, Drube, Creeke, at (s) 4 Avins; Shapley, Smith, Pearson, Loane (s) I wins; Berg, Boon, HayAvard, Hooper (s) 2 Avins. Burgess and Sloane played the semi-final, Sloane Avinning 3-1. The final, lietAveen Sloane and Luxton, saAV a victory to the former, 3 J O. Ml* C. Loans made the presentations. Saturday's Play. Competitions on Saturday resulted:— Rand, Butt, Francis, Loanc (s) 26, beat Berg, Dines, Turpin, Baxter (s) 13; Creeke, Otley, Marsh, Graham (s) 23, beat Wilson, Shapley, Tippett. Sloane (s) 22; Hollis, Boon Healy, Burgess (s) 29, beat Johnson, Nicholson, Hayward, Chamberlain (s) 21; Derricott, Dixon, Shaw, Comer (s) 23, beat Butler, J. Bell, E. J. Bell, Howat (s) 12; Drube and Pearson (s) 27, beat Smith and White (s) 17.