BOWLING TOURNEY

Hokitika Guardian, 16 February 1933, Page 7

BOWLING TOURNEY

YESTERDAY’S PEAY

STEVENSON’S RINK IN FINAL

The tournament was continued, yesterday uncler mixed weather conditions. ,-uxer a nne morning following' yesterday’s storm tne greens rollea out wonderfully well and were a- surprise to visiting bowlers. There were two showers during the morning, that drove players to the pavilion, but only ,a- quarter of an -hour was lost. The -aifceriioon was fine and the green got faster as the day wore on, pla-y----ill o' perfectly in the later hours /'yesterday. The pairs competition was started aaid at 4.45 p.m. the sixth round of Section B. of the links was completed and ,Section A. ties were played to a final, Page and Mercer leading in the Section-. In Section B. Stevenson led with 5 wins, and there were four ties for four wins for the second place. One round of these ties were played leaving Madsen - and Knight- to play to-day to decide who shall fill the other position. There was a large number of visitors to'the green during the afternoon and play was not concluded till 7.20 p.m. a large gallery staving on to the finish.' The following were the additional .'results yesterday:

RINKS

SECTION B. The sixth round resulted;—,/ Stevenson (Hokitika) 15, - Maltar '(Lyttelton) 10. Whibley (Grey) 17, Armstrong (Runanga) 0. Peek (Grey) 15, -Craw (Canterbury) 13. Madsen (Christchurch) Id, Morgan (Heathcote) 14. Knight ( Westport) a bye. SECTION WINS. Stevenson 5 Whibley 4 Peek 4 Madsen 4 Knight 4 , Armstrong > 3 Morgan c 3 Craw 2 Mahar ... ,-1.. The -section ties (4) first round'were played and resulted: Madl-fen 8, Whibl|ey 7. . Knight 9, Peek 4. SECTION A. The section ties resulted : . G. Wilson beat Breeze. Mercer a bye.’ Second play off :—■ ■ Mercer 7, Wilson 6. Page and . Mercer are winners of Section A.

PAIRS SECTIOtJ A. Round I. Coombes 17, Mercer 16.

Armstrong 12, Whibley 11. Logan 18, King 8. Page 13, Hansby 12. Unwin 13, Wilson 7. Round 2. Coles 15, Logan 7. Armstrong. 14, King 12. Round 3. Mercer 19, Hansby 12. Whibley 14, Coombes 10. Page 14, Unwin 12. Round 4. C01e, 5 21, Armstrong 4. Coombes 21, King 15. Whibley 13, Hansby 10. Mercer 9, Page 8. Round 5. Unwin If, Logan 12. SECTION B. Round 1. Dunlop 19, Shannon 9. Round 2. Benjamin 15, Robertson, 11. Southward 17, Huddleston 13. Fleming 15, -Smith 10. G. D. Wilson 15, Head 14. Round 3. Robertson 11, Shannon 10. Head 10, Benjamin 9. G. D. Wilson 13, 'Smith 10. Round 4. Fleming 15, Southward 8. Dunlop 39, Huddleston 18. Round 5. Head 9, Shannon 8. Dunlop 1-5, Robertson 11. Benjamin 14, Smith 10. Southward 11, G. D. Wilson 6. Huddleston 16, Fleming 10.

WEST COAST CENTRE ANNUAL MEETING OF DELEGATES. The annual meeting of delegates of the West Coast Centre of th e Dominion Bowling Centre was held last evening. Present Messrs James Ring (Greymouth) in the chair, W. G. Scott (Waiuta), F. D. Whibley (Reefton), J. Mo&sop (Runanga), A. E. Benjamin (Hokitika), with A. A. Adams, hon. secretary. The minutes -were read and confirmed. A -quantity of inward correspondence was dealt with. The (balance -sheet showed , receipt-' including credit . balance . £ls .13s 4 d totajled £3l 10 s 4d. Payments totalled £6 3s 3d. The cash funds total £67 3s Bd.—Received .and adopted.' Following a discussion.on the questjor of new Tides, raised by th e G re y Club, being drawn up, it-was'resolved ..to defer consideration to a special meeting to be held in July, Copies of the suggested rules to be circulated : to delegates tor consideration of Clubs.

The invitation of the IRunanga Club to hold the annual' tournament ,at Runanga -commencing on the' second Monday in February 1934, on the usual -conditions was accepted. It was reported that the annual tournament was in progress- and running satisfactorily in spite of weather. The chrtii'maft congratulated the*-tournament secretary on th e excellent d'Dtw.for play.

ELECTION OF OFFICERS. The election of officers resulted as follows >—'Chairman, Mr James Ring (reelected) ; secretary and treasurer ? deferred ; auditor, Mr J. Pearson. Mr Adams signified his inability to continue to act as secretary. General regret was expressed, and a ve r y hearty vote was passed for his valued services during the past four years. SINGLES CHAMPION. Entries were received as follows: J. J. Breeze (Hokitika), F. I). Whibley (Greymouth) and N. Leach (Runanga), 'Reefton and Waiuta not entering contestants. It was resolved that play take place on Hokitika green on 'Saturday commencing at 9 a.m. The draw wa® madr as follows; —Whibley v. Leach, Breeze v. Whibley, Leach v. Breeze. The meeting then terminated.