BOWLS

Southland Times, Issue 24885, 27 October 1942, Page 3

BOWLS

TE RANGI WINS AT NORTHEND Five games without defeat gave a Te Rang! rink well-earned success in the | Northend Bowling Club’s Labour Day ] tournament yesterday. Hie rink con- i sisted of P. McCallum, F. Ayling, D. M. Andrew and G. J. Hope, all of whom participated in rink successes last season. Te Rang! met the Hokonui rink, skipped by D. F. Tait, in the final, and won an interesting game by two points. Hokonui held a good lead early hi the game, but good drawing by the Te Rangi leads, McCallum and Ayling, enabled Te Rangi to tie on the last head. An extra end was played and Te Rangi scored two shots and won the game and the tournament by 19 points to 17. Conditions for playing were fairly good, and in spite of a dead green some good bowls was played. The play was followed by an interested gallery of spectators, among whom were the veterans, Messrs J. H. Loudon, J. Holloway, W. Lillicrap and T. Pryde, all champions of other years. Mr F. Daubney was supervisor and umpire. Results of games were as follows: — SECTION A First Round.—Northend (G. Reid) 14, Te Rangi (L. Marshall) 10; Georgetown (R. G. Smithies) 23, R.S.A. (A. Dixon) 15; Northend (J. Cockroft) 17, R.S.A. (W. Spencer) 15; Te Rangi (G. J. Hope) 16, Bluff (N. W. McGorlick) 15. Second Round.—Reid 16, Smithies 14; Marshall 20, Dixon 14; McGorlick 22, Cockroft 16; Hope 19, Spencer 17. Third Round.—Reid 20, Dixon 19; Marshall 16, Smithies 11; Hope 16, Cockroft 10; McGorlick 17, Spencer 11. Section winners: Te Rangi (Hope) and Northend (Reid). SECTION B First Round.—Hokonui (D. F. Tait) 19, Northend (J. Ure) 13: Te Rangi (G. Donald) 20, R.S.A. (G. Tisbury) 19; Georgetown (A. McKenzie) 17, Northend (A. C. Millar) 15; Te Rangi (G. M. Frobarth) 18, Northend (D. M. Scandrett) 17. Second Round.—Tait 22, Tisbury 18; Donald 17, Ure 15; Frobarth 15, Millar 14; Scandrett 16, McKenzie 10. Third Round.—Tait 22, Donald 11; Ure 24, Tisbury 9; Scandrett 17, Millar 16; McKenzie 14, Frobarth 11. Section Winners: Hokonui (Tait) and Georgetown (McKenzie). Semi-finals.—Te Rangi beat Northend; Hckonui beat Georgetown. Final.—Te Rangi 19, Hokonui 17. WAIKIWI RINKS TOURNAMENT The Waikiwi Club’s rinks tournament attracted a full green of rinks from all of the city clubs, and at the end of a successful day in good playing conditions a Georgetown rink skipped by R. L. Taggart, of Southland, won from H. Halligan’s Waikiwi rink. Halligan’s rink was the only rink to go through section play undefeated. Three rinks tied in the other section and in the play off Taggart’s rink beat both the Te Rangi rink, skipped by E. G. Freddy, and the Waikiwi rink skipped by C. Watson. Mr H. Irwin was green supervisor and umpire. Following are the results:— SECTION A First Round—Te Rangi (Froggatt) 21, Northend (Bath) 7; Georgetown (Taggart) 18, Invercargill (Gardner) 7; Southland (Brown) 15, Waihopai (McKay) 7; Te Rangi (Preddy) 17, Waikiwi (C. Watson) 16. Second Round—Gardner 12, Froggatt 11; Taggart 17, Bath 16; Watson 15, Brown 10; Preddy 21, McKay 12. Third .Round—Preddy 19, Froggatt 10; Watson 16, Bath 14; McKay 20, Gardner 15; Brown 16, Taggart 14. Fourth Round—Froggatt 21. Brown 8; McKay 21, Bath 10; Watson 9, Gardner 8; Taggart 18, Preddy 12. Section Winner: Georgetown (Taggart). SECTION B

First Round—Waikiwi (Halligan) 16, Waihopai (Morrison) 12; Waikiwi (Thomson) 17, R.S.A. (Butler) 11; Invercargill (Derbie) 23, R.S.A. (Lang) 12; Waikiwi (Ward) 20. Georgetown (Perks) 12. Second Round—Morrison 27, Derbie 7; Halligan 24, Thomson 20; Lang 17, Ward 10; Perks 17, Butler 14. Third Round—Morrison 22. Butler 14; Halligan 31, Lang 24: Thomson 19, Ward 15; Derbie 26, Perks 5.

Fourth Round—Halligan 14, Butler 10; Lang 14, Morrison 13; Derbie 17, Ward 14; Perks 17, Thomson 14. Section Winner: Waikiwi (Halligan).

Final—Georgetown (A. Hunter, D. Russell, W. Marshall, R. L. Taggart) 10, Waikiwi (B. Sivwright, S. Coster, E. Watson, H. Halligan) 9.

PAIRS TOURNAMENT AT GORE

A successful pairs tournament was conducted by the Gore Bowling Club on the Gore and Hokonui greens yesterday. Conditions were ideal, the weather being fine and the greens being in splendid order. AU Eastern Southland clubs were represented and players were also present from Invercargill. Competition was keen throughout the day and there were many closely contested games. The tournament was won by Carolyn and A. Tinnock, who beat G. McQuarrie and A. J. Clearwater in the final. The final was played on the Gore green in the evening and it was a keenly contested match, Tir.nock winning by 20 points to 15. Following are the detailed results: — GORE GREEN Section A

First round: Bochel and W. Scobie 13, A. Wallis and C. Hamilton 10; G. Frame and W. Chaplin 15, R. Jones and I. W. Martin 9; H. Graham and W. Stewart 15, Eunson and W. Moir 12. Second round: Chaplin 13, Mair 9; Stewart 12. Wallis 11; Martin 18, Scobie 17. Third round: Martin 12, Stewart 10; Wallis 20, Moir 12; Chaplin 22, Scobie 16. Section winner: Chaplin with three wins. Section B First round: Wilson and Thomson 19, Ibbotson and Milligan 17; Shields and Bishop 23, Hamilton and Calder 12; Carolyn, and Tinnock 11. Irwin and Crawford 9. Second round: Tinnock 13, Calder 10; Milligan 19, Crawford 12; Bishop 15, Wilson 8. Third round: Bishop 21, Crawford 15; Tinnock 20, Milligan 10; Calder 25, Wilson 7. In a playoff for section honours Tinnock beat Bishop. HOKONUI GREEN Section C First round: Harley and Brown 14, A. C. Steel and Mackie 12; McMath and F. M. Murray 16, Terry and Thorn 10; McQuarrle and A. J. Clearwater 15, Garrick and McDonald 9. Second round: Murray 16, McDonald 11; Clearwater 19. Mackie 12; Thorn 21, Brown 13. Third round: Clearwater 16, Thorn 5; Mackie 10, McDonald 9; Brown 12, Murray 11. Section winner: Clearwater, with three wins. Section D First round: D. Hom and E. Terry 25, Hodge and Miller 12; Anderson and Hall 23, Bogue and Burns 3; H. H. Brown and A. Wilson 12, Johnston and Preece 9. Second round: Wilson 20, Burns 14; Terry 15, Preece 8; Hall 21, Miller 8. Third round: Hall 13, Preece 12; Wilson 14, Terry 13; Miller 14. Burns 13. Hall and Wilson each secured three wins and in a play-off for section honours, Wilson was successful. Semi-finals: Tinnock 18, Chaplin 16; Ciearwater 15, Wilson 13.

Final: Carolyn and Tinnock 20, McQuarrie and Clearwater 15.