CANADIAN BOWLERS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 855, 26 December 1929, Page 13

CANADIAN BOWLERS

BIG, WELCOME PLANNED AT WHANGAREI From Our Own Correspondent Wll AN G ARE I. Wed nesday. Whangarei lias been honoured by being the first centre chosen to entertain tho Canadian bowlers and it is anxious to give tho visitors first impressions which will reflect credit on the Dominion. In co-operation with the principal local bodies, ilie North Auckland Bowling Centre has arranged a fine programme to entertain the visitors. A cable received in Whangarei today states that the visiting party will not be as large as at first reckoned. There will be 28 bowlers and nine women. Mr. J. llardley is to accompany the tourists as the r€*presentative of the New Zealand Bowling Council.

Upon their arrival in Auckland by the Rangitata, the Canadians will be met by Mr. T. 11. Steadman, secretary of the North Auckland Centre, who will escort them to Whangarei. A civic reception will take place at 4.30 p.m. next Tuesday, and after tea there will be a big function at the Whangarei greens, where the visitors will meet representatives of all northern clubs under electric light.

SPECTACULAR ENTERTAINMENT The itinerary for tho following day will combino sightseeing and sport. At eight o’clock, the party will set off for a big picnic and Maori reception at Whangaruru, which is situated on a wild and beautiful section of the East Coast. Here a. number of native items are to be given, including, it is hoped, an old spear dance by the only living exponent. A great “kapa Maori” is in preparation, and native chiefs will welcome the palefaces from the land of the redskin. A novel thrill, which not many of the escorting party will have seen, will be provided on the way home. Several expert tree climbers will give an exhibition of their hazardous calling upon some tall kauris in Croft’s Paddock, Kaimamakau. Arriving back in town between two

arul three o’clock in the afternoon, tb« Canadians will play seven full rink trs matches \vi:h representatives of th« North Auckland clubs. On the following day. bowlers from Northern Wairoa will escort the visitors through tho W’aipoua Forest WAITEMATA CLUB following are tho results of club competitions held by the Waite natu Howling C1»:H: Leonard Memorial Handicap Singles (second roundK—Tarrant boat l\tv»os, Aspden boat Kerry. Brook boat Fla volt. Robertson boat Williamson, lluls. boat Cadness, Dent beat Bush. Johnston boat Fraser. Brow no beat Swindail. Met,ill beat Currie, Blackledge boa t Stesxart, Hurley won by default. Rogers won by default. The following teams will represent Waitemata, Bowling Club in a match with Rocky Nook on Saturday:—At Rooky Nook: Brennan. Swimi.u!, ston; Brook. Simpson, Lethbridge. Tarrant; Whitehead. Corrin, Heath, Kerry, Copeland, Smith. SUtwelL At Waitema ta: Davidson, Dent. Rogers, Davies; Bear. Elston. Hillam. McFhuil; Jones, Aspden, Browne. Hurley; Shepherd, Hulse, Campbell, Burrows. ELLERSLIE CHAMPIONSHIP Following arc the results of the third round of tho champion singles competition played by members of tho Ellerslie Bowling Club: White, 26, v. 11. K. McKenzie. 6; McDermott. 27. v. F. Wright, IS; Sykes, 20, v. Lynch, 19: A. McKenzie. 20, v. Henry, 11; Westbrook. 23. v. Toy. 22; Arthur, 16. v. Patterson. 14: Gollan. 23, v. Bolton, 11; Slyes, 19, v. McKevie, IS; Coppins, 20, v. Diggins, 16; llay, IS. v. Marklow, 0; Ogle, 20, v. Cooksey. 16; DU V son. 23, v. Bow, 15; Osborne, 25, v. Joll, 7; Crosher, 21, v. McLeod, 17. ROCKY NOOK TEAMS Following are the teams selected to represent the Rocky Nook Bowling duo against Waitemata on Saturday in club games:— At Rocky Nook.—T. Jones, J. Lewis. O. Blakey, R. Fagleton; J. Austin. R. Laing, W. White, W. Gribble. At Waitematat H. Baxter, W. Rutledge, W. Alder, J. H. Bouskill; H. Turner, L. Kent, W. Bain. W. Williams.