WITHOUT BIAS

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 21, 25 February 1942, Page 8

WITHOUT BIAS

ON THE LOCAL BOWLING GREENS

CHAMPIONSHIPS BEING CONTESTED | i The annual championship events; have been started on the local greens. Entries this year, while not quite up to standard in numbers, are quite good under the existing circumstances and some interesting games should result. W. Baxter (singles), W. Howat and L. Llttlejorn (pairs) will be defending their titles and are playing in good form. The Aperne presented by Mr Alf. Hayter goes with the singles title and the newly presented Frank Nicholson Memorial Troiphy presented by Mrs C. Thomas is held by the! winner of the Junior Chmpionship singles. Games so far arc:— Singles-: Littlejolin 18 v Sloane 20; A. G. King 24 v Burgess 22; Mclsaac 23 v Luxton 9; Baxter If) v Bullard 17; Oswald 22 v Henderson 12; Hayward 21 v Canning 23; Mclsaac 21 v Oswald 17; Littlejolin 22 v Luxton 17; Henderson 17 v Burgess 1G: Canning 21 v Marsh 13. Pairs: Creeke and Marsh 21 v Cartali and Baxter 20; Drubc and Dixon 11- v Pearsom and King 24; Tippett and Luxton 16 v Bullard and Burgess 23: Mclsaac and Chambers 20 v Salmon and White 23; Cole and Sloane 20 v Healy and Grant 17; Shapley and Canning 12 v McLeod and Francis 21; Henderson and Hollis 16 v Hayward and Loane 22;, McLeod and Francis 10 v Pearson and King 27; Howat and Littlejolin 16 v Creeke and Mar,sli 18; Oswald and Shaw 14 v Howat and Littlejolin 24; Shapley and Canning 20 v Drubc 1 and Dixon 17; Pearson and King 14 v Cole* and Sloane 16: Oswald and Shaw 22 v Currah and Baxter 13; Tippett and Luxton 12 v Cole and Sloane 21; Chambers and McTsaac 19 v Hayward and Loane 19. Junior Singles: McKenzie 16 v Dereconrt 11; Jackson 30 v Grace 11; O'Rourke 21 v Wilson 10; vill 26 v Bennett 7; O'Rourke 21 v McKenzie 16; King 18 v Jackson 16. Bennett 25 v L. King 19. Week-end Tourney Jackson, Oswald. Marsh, Hollis 4 wins; Smith, Creeke, Bell, Mclsaac 5%; Bennett, Salmon, McLeod, Sloane 1%; Shapley. Henderson, Hayward. Howat 5: McMillan, Dixon, Francis. Loane 5%; Grace, Bath, Patcrson. Luxton 2; Otley, Drubc, White, King 2; O'Rourke, Healy, Currah, Littlpjolin 6; McKenzie, Pearson, Burgess. Baxter 4^. Stars Match O'Rourke, McLeod, Littlejolin and Hollis successfully defended their title to the Stars against Bullard. E. J. Bell, Burgess and Howat 22-17. Ordinary Draw Following were the results of games played in the draw: Bennett, McMillan, Canning, Francis 10 Murphy, Derecourt, Pearson, Marsh 28; Jackson, Otley, Bigelow, Creeke 18 H. L. King, McKenzie, Salmon, A. C. King 26; Shapley, Drube, White '19 Dixon, another, Healy 13 Grace, Darvill, Chamberlain 17 Wilson, Smith, Hellyar 23. Percentage Fours j The next (fourth) Percentage Fours game will be played on Sat-j urdav next. j