SPORTS NEWS AND COMMENT

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 81, 4 January 1950, Page 5

SPORTS NEWS AND COMMENT

Bowling

GOOD AGAIN SINGLES CHAMPION

The Whakatane Bowling Club’s Singles Championships have concluded, C. W. Good again lifting the honour with a comfortable win over H. A. Burgess in. the final game. Good, who has been club champion four out of the last five years, again well deserved his win this year, after losing one life in the second round of the championships. The Smith Stars changed hands when the holders, 'S. McKenzie, G. Oswald, E. Bullot and H. Pearson were defeated by a comfortable margin by a team skipped by L. Berg. Details: —

Smith Stars: G. Dr ay son, S. Shapley, D. Butler, L. Berg 20 v H. Pearson, E. Bullot, G. Oswald, S. McKenzie 9.

Wally Smith Stars: R. Stewart, R. Spong 20 v Atkinson, C. Loane 14. i

Other games: McDonald, Compton, Anderson 23 v Morgan, Rev. Rankin, Bell, Pearson Ilf Dawson, Campbell, Coates 23 v Cook, Hutchinson, Drube 19; Smart, Sims, Hovpt 20 v Richardson, Grant, Smoljan 19. On Boxing Day the club held a threes tournament which was won by P. Smoljan, J. Hutchinson and W. Compton. The full rinks tournament held the following day, was won by R. Murphy, C. Pearson, J. Graham, P. Breckon.

SATURDAY’S CLUB GAMES

Whitehead, Cook, Coates, Grant (s) 22 v A. Dawson, Jarrett, Shapley, Pearson (s) 17; Richardson, Stewart, Drube, Jensen (s) 17 v Smart, Compton, Dyett, Walker (s) 13; G. Dawson, Drayson, Caisley, Dixon (s) 22 v Campbell, Cantrell, Smoljan (s) 17; Bridger, Bullot, Sims, Anderson (s) 21 v R. l A. Smith, Bell, Carling, King (s)' 17.

NEW YEAR CLUB TOURNEY v

Section winners: Smoljan’s and Hunt’s teams 5 wins each. Final winners: Whitehead, Rutherford, K. Walker (Ponsonby) and Smoljan (s) 11; runners-up, Campbell, Kildare, George, Hunt (s) 9. Yesterday’s final result on the Whakatane green: R. F. Smith, A. Kildare, C. W. Good (s) winners, C. McDonald, J. Black, P. Smaljon runners-up.