BOWLING.

Hokitika Guardian, 31 March 1923, Page 2

BOWLING.

PA IRS TOC RX AMENT

On t’ne Bowling green yesterday a progressive pairs tournament was drived. The green was m very good order considering the recent wet weather and the day being fine and sunny a verv vdeasant day was spent The winners'among the skips proved to be Mr \ B llovd. who won all Ins games', while Mr T. NV. Bruce proved tlio winner of the- leads, a ic with -Mr E. c. Adams, each having one IOSS 'SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP. WON 11Y -MR BAIN. The finals of the singles championship were also played during the day. On Wednesday In-t \Y. \\ ilson defeated J. Bain by 20 to 10 in the first round. This was completed yesterday dnriim the morning when Bain beat Benjamin by 22 to 11, Stevenson beat Wilson bv 17 to 11: Wilson beat Benjamin 17'to 10; Bain beat Stevenson bv 2-1 to 17, ami Beniamin beat Stevenson bv IS to 10, after a tie on the last bead. This left Bain and Wilson with two wins each, and Benjamin ami Stevenson with one win each. ' The final was played during the afternoon between Bain and Wilson, and after a very close finish J. Bain proved the winner and singles chain, pion lor the year by IS to 10. Bain wont with 11 jzood lend tiud on the 9th head was 12 to 8. Ih e " Milson gradually improved bis position till on the 20th head the score was 10 all The la.-t head saw Bain place his second ball three-inches behind the pick. Wilson with bis two last balls drove, the fourth shot hitting both the Jack and kitty, but the luck was urrainst him for kitty rebounded off one of his own halls, and Bain lay ’wo, and had won a very interesting game bv two point-. Cheers for the winner, nlid for ihc runner-up were heartily given, the winner being coiigraMfrWted on bis success, which is parliv'jgprly notable u* he has only been pi Tying bonis for three or four season# In addition to being singles champiAT the winner is entitled to hold the Tmmcau Cup, the handsome silver cup presented for competition by the late Mr M illiam Duncan.‘ The following is the ii-t of -ingles championship winners since the inauguration ol the coin pet i t ion : 1909- . Downey. ]OIO-1 i —A. B. D. Crawford. 1911- T). Stevenson. 1912- —D. Stevenson. 1918- —D. Arilell. 1911-1 —D. Stevenson. 1 p|l r>— I). Stevenson. 1910- P. R. Stewart. 1917-1* —G. IT. Blank. 191**19—D. Stevenson. 1919- —A. E. Benjamin. 1920- —J. X. Nalder. 1921- D. Stevenson. 1922- —J. Bain. An interesting piece of bowling history recently came to light during the visit of the Auckland bowling touring team’s visit to Taranaki. The Auckland Bowling Club was the first in the North Island and has celebrated it.\ diamond jubilee. Thirty-seven years ago the second club in the Island waa formed at New Plymouth, and the members became so enthusiastic that they were hardly ever off the green, and when they received a visit from teams from the Auckland Club a few months after they were formed in 1856, they beat their visitors by 114 to 112, w hich was considered a marvellous performance for so young a club. A return match was played a year later in March, ISS7, at Auckland, and again the New Plymouth team won by SS to 79.