Champion Rinks Bowling Reaches Finals

Chronicle (Levin), 23 March 1948, Page 4

Champion Rinks Bowling Reaches Finals

The Manawata Bowling Centre's champion of chaiiipions finks " tourney* reached the .final Stage in the three grades -on Saturday." Conditions for play wefe good and, although rain was threatening, it did not eventuate*. The senior competition was played. b.% Levin, . the intermediate at Woodville and colts at Shannon. The finalists in the colts will be Ward (Takaro) and PiSrard .(Shannon), in the intefmediate Boyes (Northern) and McGregor (Feilding),, and in the senior V. Taylor (Manawatu) and J. K. Paton (Palmerston. North) . The final games will be played on April 3 on greens to he determined later: . ' " « The Central Cluh was represent^- . ed in the senior sectiOn hy Bowater, Bennett, Clark and Irvihg (S), in the intermediate by Fenn, Capstick, Cooksley and Broadbent (s) and in the colts by Bagg, Beatty, L. Smith and Briggs . (s) . 'Levin's rinks were Barnes, Burnham, Hill'and Meads (s) in the seniors and Dumbell, Hansell, Ecclesfield and Boulton (s) iti the colts. . * The results were as follows - Colts

First round: Takaro beat Foxton 16 — 14;. Levin Central beat Oroua by default; Northern beat Manawatu 19—16; liokowhitu beat Palmerston Nor-th 24 — 9; Dannevirke, Shannon, Terrace . End and Woodville a bye. Second round: Shannon .beat Dannevirke 20 — 17; Woodville beat Terrace End by default; Levin Central forfeited to Takaro; Hokor whitu beat Northern 18 — 12. . r Semi-final: Shannon beat Hokowhitu 22—13; Ward beat Hardie\21 — !4. Intermediate First .round : Northern beat Palmerston North 37 — 6; Manawatu beat Takaro 22 — 16; Dannevirke beat Levin Central 22 — 13; Woodville beat Oroua 17 — 13; Pahiatua, Terrace End, Feilding and Foxton byes. Second round: Northern beat Manawatu 19—15; Dannevirke beat Woodville 27 — 10; ' Pahiatua beat Terrace End 19 — 17; Feilding beat Foxton 17—13. Semi-final: Northern beat Dannevirke 21—16; Feilding beat Pahiatua 25 — 15. Senior First round: Levin beat Takaro; Dannevirke beat Hokowhitu; Manawatu beat Oroua; Feilding beat Levin Central; Foxton beat ■ "Northern; Palmerston North beat Woodville; Terrace End and Shannon a bye. Second round: Dannevirke" beat ■ Levin; Manawatu beat Feilding; Palmerston North beat Foxton; Shannon beat "Terrace End. • Semi-final: Manawatu beat Dannevirke; Palmerston North .beat. Shannon.