BOWLING
% EASTER RINKS
- PLAYVIN FINALS
Ideal conditions for bowling, in spite of the lateness of the season, enabled the .finalists in. the. Wellington Bowling Centre's Easter jinks tournament to make a good showing on the Kelburn green today; ' An entire ab-, sence of' -wind coupled with warm atmospheric, conditions made drawing accurate, and the excellent'- condition of the green ' allowed the players to ■give the full measure of their skill. :
The tournament was postponed on Easter Monday because of rain, arid three rounds of section play had to be decided' last Saturday. Seven rinks qualified for post-section play, from the four sections, and,six of these met for the first.games at 8.30 this morning, the seventh having a bye. .The clubs represented were Karori (2), Kelburn, Wellington, Hutt,. Lyall Bay, and Hataitai. Kelburn, Hutt, and Hataitai were eliminated during the forenoon arid the" four remaining rinks commenced the semi-final games at midday. The final is being played .this afternoon. , ■„ : . ..,..-'■'" . v
.' Playing conditions. and the standard sf t by the players in the tournament were reflected in the scoring. in the first games, all three being reasonably close. Armit's Karori rink had the best win with a margin of .eight-points against, the Kelburn- rink, skipped 'by T. Gray, but the- ends : were almost evenly divided. Lyall Bay and Hataitai played a close game throughout, the Bay team 'winning by one, point. , No fewer than six 4's were;-scored in this game.: Wellington won by thr.ee points from Hutt. after, a. close, .and evenlycontested game., Results are as follows:-?-: ,.. 1 ''._■■•..-'First'KoundL.■■■,'.■'■■'.'; Parsons, . Leadbeater,' Wilkinson, 'Armit (Karori), 23; S. Gray, Williams, Marris, T. Gray (Kelburn), 15. . Warner,. O'Gorman, P. Skoglund, T. T. Skpglund (Wellington), 20;.Taylor, Ferguson, Piper,. Baker ■ (Hutt), 17.. ' King, Marshall, McLean, Noad (Lyall Bay), 23; Rodgers, Charters, Ginger, McWhannell (Hataitai), 22. Wyatt, Dyett, Neilson, Gilbert (Karori) had a by o.'- . ' Semi-finals. Skoglund (Wellington) 22, ,Armit (Karori) 15. ■■■'': Noad (Lyall Bay) 23, Gilbert (Karori) IS. ; '
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue CXXIII, 10 April 1937, Page 11
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