BOWLING

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 168, 12 April 1939, Page 2

BOWLING

EASTER TOURNAMENTS The_ progressive, pairs Easter tournament held at the Opotiki Bowling Club’s green resulted as follow^:- — Leads: Bilkey and Bowles.. Skips: Stuart and Stevens. The lamb competition played on the Opotiki Citizen’s Club’s green resulted! in a win Tor the following rink: O’Connor, Bodman, Chat-field, Creaglu. A progressive pairs tournament was played on tlie Citizen's green, on. Easter Monday, the result being:—-Win-ning leads : Nosworthy and Madsou.Winning skips: Frew and Griffiths. -■ In the Citizen’s Club’s president’s pairs semi-final Bowles and Foy 22 beat Shaw and! Borrie- 20.. Other games played on the Citizen’sgreen resulted : „ Whifielcl, Payne, Chatfield 23 v. Webb, Madd'ren, Mansell 7.. Noswothy, Frew,-J. Tabb, Craig 12 v. O. Tabb. C. Tabb, Creagli, Griffiths 19. Bilkey, .Teplison 22- v. Taylor,. Rao 17. GISBORNE TOURNAMENT Two teams from the Opotiki Bowling Glub took part in' the Burton Cup bowls tournament held at Gisborne during the Easter holidays. The members of the teams were:— G. S. Moody, J. T. Clark, G. Hathaway, F. J. Short (skip). M. O. Kidd, R, A. Hedley, G. Dawson, C. Gordon (skip). Short’s team played in tlie A. section and Gordon’s team in the O. section. lii tlie first round -Short’s team 2-1. beat Robinson (P. 8.) 15. 2nd. round: Short 10 lost to Elliott 22. 3rd. round; Short 26 beat Rothwell 19. 4th. round: result not available. sth. round; Simcock 15 beat Short 13. 6th. round!: Short 19 beat Riddell 16. 7th. round: Short 22 beat Bennett 20. Sth. round; Short 26 beat Falconer 21. Bth. round: Short 20 beat Crawford 18. Gordon’s Team.—lst. round : 3ferry (Taneatua) 28 beat Gordon 17. 2nd. round; 25 beat iSomerveil 23. 3rd. round: Jenkins 31 beat Gordon 16.. Sth. round; Gordon 27 beat Molony 6.6th. round: Ritchie 25 beat Gordon 22, Gordon 27, beat Campbell 16. Sth. round!; Gordon 29 beat Pyke 9. 9th. round: Sinclair 14 beat Gordon. 12. At the close of section -play two Gisborne teams led the A. section, with 7 wins and 2 losses, while three teams, including Short’s had 6 wins and 3 losses. Two Gisborne teams lead in the B. section with 7 wins and 2 losses, while Sinclair (Gisborne) lead in the C. section with 8 wins and 1 loss. Gordon’s team was in fourth position with .4 wins and 5 losses.