BOWLING.

Shannon News, 8 February 1929, Page 4

BOWLING.

,*■ OTAKI WIN FEATHERS. jV' A rink, representative of Otaki — Palmer, Wilmot,- Pcaxse (s)--Igourneyed to Levin on Saturday to play pJevin—SherWoodf/- Brown, Bull, Suhan |s : (s)-rthe holders of the Kinniburgh £Featners. As usual the Levin rink well and - .scored five on the heads, then Qtaki scored two, on thejfcenth'head Levin had a substantial leatr; 10—4, then 14—7. On' next tb/eo heads Otaki scored 1 five, 1=14—12. On:the 17th- head the holders' I'-lead was three, 15—12, but on the next t",£our heads Otaki scored, adding six to u their total. They led by two on the H<2oth head. On the final head Levin one, leaving Otaki winner's of lithe trophy by one point, 17—16. 'some splendid play was and the game proved very •^interesting.

? MABLBOKOTOH v. OTAKI. f. Representatives of the Marlborough' (Picton and. -Blenheim)' visited ; ?f.OtaKi at the week-end and met representatives of the Otaki. Club. The *t green was in .good order, but a shower ft did not prove-beneficial. However, sun later came oU brightly and play- was witnessed; Otaki won 0,-two out of the three games played, the f. third- being drawn; j§ Following arc the scores; Otaki beting mentioned first in each case (25 heads): — ;...■'.■'. f- Freeman, Amyes,.*Bain, Penlington fy (s) v. Gregg, Jamieson, Chapman, £'Elvy (s), 22—22. This was an even If.contest- from- start to finish,, and on I-the thirteenth hcadfthe score was 15— £■ls, theri Otaki led 18—17, 19—18, 20— fe'l9,' 21— 19, then the'game ended, 22 $&. ■.> ' . . ■ | Cooksley, Nicolsoh, Noble, Pearse fe'j(s) s v. Brearley, Gleave, Nicolj Mitchell If (s), "This was another even j||- Contest; first one side then the other Scores were., even, on; the jp3f(hiTth, sixth", thirteenth,, sixteenth, W Nineteenth, 'and the twenty-second if'lfetfds. S ; V ; McGill, Palmer, Wilmot jh(s) v. Innes, Galliers, Watt, Haswell I* (s), 24 21. This proved as interest-i(-iitg as the preceding games, and fine |] heads were witnessed. Otaki went E'riway-with a fair lead, but the visitors ifsoon evened matters. On the ninth Ptfead- Otaki had the advantage of one, f$M, then 14—9, Ofaki lod 23—14 Wbifi the 19th head, finally finishing with plthree - to "the good. $ ~'Games: Otaki; two wins and a draw, one t draw and two losses. I'PflfttsV Otaki'64,, Marlborough 60. if' Mr. Haswell, on behalf of the heartily thanked the Otaki ff.Ciub- for hospitality which, WM: said, had been highly appreciated, l&.a'h'd all would take back with them |f pleasant memories of their visit. His js;t'ea-m has been beaten but still it had an even go. He considered the ||X>taki rinks much stronger than those ptHcy had met in Wellington. Mr. HasSwell' specially thanked Mr. Palmer for pljis. kindness to the ladies, who had motored round and entertained ai He trusted that" Otaki would W be>, well represented at the tournament; |"an'd..ins conclusion again thanked the had-been even better than that SfJaccorded them in other places. The Iff ", visit, had been one of the most pleasant IT'tHat the Centre players had had. pLv, "For They Are Jolly Good Fellows" |f-.'Mr; Brandon, on behalf of the Otaki 5 Club, expressed pleasure at the visit: l.o'f.the South Islanders, and was pleased £\a know all had enjoyed their visit. !?■ JEe was also pleased to see the good; li fellowship that had. existed between f, the various players/ 'Although the fr,'visitors had been defeated they had i: by no means been disgraced. Mr. Bran : t don stated that the Otaki rinks that V. journeyed to the Blenheim tournament §\last year had had a most enjoyable H' time and were looking forward to an|yother such trip at Easter. He,expressSTed pleasure at the visitors bringing |.,ladies with them and hoped in future %: Otaki would do likewise. |i "For They Are Jolly Good Fellows'' |\and "The More We Are Together" l^-'followed. p;. During the visit the Marlborough |;,players were entertained at luncheon &"and during' the afternoon enjoyed light The visitors later left l"by train for Wellington, en route to H'.their respective homes. \-'- ! .Thanks for the use of cbts are due to l : Messrs Pearse, Cooksley, and Palmer. % , SINGLES TOTTRNAMENT. I" |/- \i Saturday proved unfavourable for Ifbowls locally and several players who Kyisited' the green left without having Pa= game. Others stayed on and between {& sKo.wers managed to have interesting fcheads. One singles match was played, llYoung defeating Childs (5), 28—21. Pi-O'ißonrke, Freeman, Ainyes and Baxp.ter, will take part in the Veterans' Pgsmes at'Wellington on Wednesday.