THE SPORTING WORLD

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 38, 16 April 1948, Page 6

THE SPORTING WORLD

Week-End Matches On Whakatane Bowling Green: Competition Finals Loom Two bowling competitions, the Championship Pairs and the Junior Championship were brought to the final stages on Saturday on the Whakatane Club’s greens. Champion Pairs 4th Round: 2 Lifers, Smoljan a bye, Henderson defeated Loane. One Lifers, Mclsaac defeated Dixon, Good defeated Drube, Hayward defeated Howat, Littlejohn defeated Luxton. sth Round: Henderson a bye, Smoljan defeated Dixon, Good defeated Hayward, Loane defeated Littlejohn. 6th Round: Two Lifers, Henderson defeated Smoljan. One Lifers, Loane defeated Good. The draw for the semi-final next Saturday is:— One Lifers: W. McCarthy and C. Loane (s) vW. Compton and P. Smoljan (s). Two Lifers: S. J. McKenzie and W. S. Henderson (s) a bye.

Junior Championship Ist Round: T. Duley defeated D. McLay, C. Butler defeated E. Johnson, Stoddart defeated F. Cook. 2nd Round: Duley defeated Butler, McLay defeated Stoddart, Cook defeated Johnson. 3rd Round: Duley, a bye, Cook defeated McLay, Stoddart defeated Butler. 4th Round: Cook, a bye, Duley defeated Stoddart. Semi-final: F. Cook (one life) defeated T. Duley (two lifer). The final between Cook and Duley will be played tomorrow. Saturday Afternoon Games W. Smith, H. Harrison, J. W. Wilson, D. Anderson (s) 24, beat F. Gerring, R. Stewart, J. Hellyar, C. Hollis (s) 19; P. Campbell, R. Salmon, J. Thompson, A. Mclsaac (s) 28, beat W. Topp, J. Rutherford, C. Coates, E. Grant (s) 20; Lawrence, Leicester, G, Caisley (s) 24, beat Leishman, C. Head, W. Howat (s) 13; J. McCowan, R. F. Smith, C. H. White, G. Head (s.) 21, beat E. Johnson, J. Murphy, Rowsell, W. Harris (s) 15.

Open Tournament Results The last open tournament of the season drew a full green of bowlers, and some good bowling was witnessed. However, a very keen green and a tricky wind proved a trap for old, as well as new, players. The winning team in A Section was that skipped by A. Mclsaac with 6-2- wins. B Section honours were shared by teams skipped by W. Harris and R. Murphy.

Semi-final: Harris defeated Murphy, Mclsaac, a bye. Final: Lawrence, H. Harrison, G. Head, W. Harris (s) 6, defeated E. Bullot, F. Cockerell, J. Thompson, A. Mclsaac (s) 1. A feature of semi-final and final was the fine leading by Lawrence, a visitor from St. Helliers, Auckland, and a magnificent saving shot by W. Harris in the semi-final, when his team was five down.

Eastern Bay Championships

The Eastern Bay of Plenty bowling championships for the Forbes Cup and the Ferguson Cup are to be played at Taneatua on Saturday. Whakatane’s representatives in the Forbes Cup competition will be R. Spong, G. Head, A. Mclsaac and W. Harris (s). D. Anderson, Club singles champion, will be Whakatane’s representative for the Ferguson Cup.