BOWLING

Hutt News, Volume 2, Issue 34, 30 January 1930, Page 2

BOWLING

HUTT VALLEY TOURNAMENT

WON BY NEWTOWN RINK

CENTRAL RINK RUNNERS-UP,

Postponed on several occasions on account of bad weather, the final games in the Hutt Valley's "New. Year rink tournament Wiere played on the Petone Club's green in perfect weather on Saturday afternoon. Owing \to the rain which felithe evening before, thiere was just a nice little grip on the green, but there was plenty of draw and the turf -was. in good order. '. '. . <

The results of the games were as fol-

low.- —

JSTewtowii—Webster, Davis, Bobbins Levestani (s), 25;. Wellington-—Dalrym-ple, Thomson, Hodd, Duncan (s) 15. • '.■■■■/ FINAL. ■ ■■- ' ■ .

Newtown.—Webster, Davis, Bobbins, Levestam (s) 24; Central—Dunderdale, Badcliffe, Nicholson, Fisher (s) 21.

In the semi-final game there was no questioning the result when viewed) from "halfway, .the card /showing _ 12 —3 in Newtown's favour. Levestam and His very sound rintj. simply outplayed the | Wellington -bowlers all .••through by superior drawing and placing. Wellington only scored on eight of the tw<enty-one heads. "After' the nineteenth head the score was 25—9.. .

The final game was most stoutly fought. With the score 9 —l ,in Newtown's favour after the fourth head, it looked very much as though the game was going to be another runaway victory, but Fisher and his/men . stuck ;Ur their guns, and scored on six of the following eight heads ending the break with four shots, due to a trail of thejack by Fisher. This made the score 13—12 (Newtown up). On the next head Newtown snuggled all round the jack and lay four, which. Fisher failed to shift. Newtown bagged another two on the next head and again it. seemed that • Central was ''down by the head and sinking, ". but with two on the fifteenth anai a lucky si± the score became 2Q aH with four heads to go. The six was due "to a drive by Levestam who wished to shift Central's two shots or burn, the head, but instead of doing that, he cleared Ms own woods out and left only enemy bowls'round the {jack. This was, sensational! Newtown, however was not, to be denied. Each man drew in close with deadly monotony, and though a couple of heads were burnt in the effort to win, Newtown-notched singles on the eighteenth and nineteenth heads and two on the twentieth. Fisher and Nicholson tried hard to secure another chance, but only scored a singleshot on'the last heact 'It was a game full, of* incident "and good to watch, but on form New.-- --; town's win was deserved1. 'This »is the second occasion on whico a Newtown rink skipped by Levestam has won this tournament. They cam* through -to win in 1928; a Thorndon rink (skipped by Qoodwin) won, last

year-; and now Levestam scores, again.

At the conclusion of the game Mr "W. Pawson (a member of the Wellington Centre), after apologising for the al* sen.cc of the president of the centre (Mr H. Mayer), congratulated the winners on their well-earned victory. It was not the ending he had hoped to see- —(Laugh-, ter)—but nevertheless Mr Levestam and his merry men were to be congratulated on winning the tournament a second) time. The game had -resembled the New York Stock Exchange in that it was full of fluctuations and in a like measure it had kept the whole of Wall Street (the bank) excited. They were pleased to see how well the tournament was supported by the city clubs. They had entered nine rinks. He hoped it would be/eighteen next year.

In conclusion Mr Pawsbn called for cheers for, the winners and runners^up.