EASTER BOWLING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 87, 13 April 1933, Page 10

EASTER BOWLING.

COMMENCING TO-MORROW.

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS.

TOURNEY AND CLUB MATCHES

The usual Easter programme of bowling tournaments will commence to-morrow, the usual autumn fixture of the Auckland Centre being the largest, with a record entry of 152 rinks. The official contest, the executive fours, has attracted 26 rinks, of which section A, comprising 12 rinks, will be located at the Ellerslie green during the three days of section play, and the 14 rinks in section B will play at Epsom.

The 74 rinks in the Easter fours will play on a different green each day, the first day's play for the respective sections being at Hillsboro', Remuera, Auckland, Grey Lynn, Mount Eden, Onehunga and Te Papapa.

The 34 rinks In the junior fours are divided into three sections, and these will play to-morrow at Papatoetoe, Mount Albert and Rocky Nook respectively, each section playir.g on the other two greens on Saturday and Monday respectively. There are 18 rinks in the first-year fours, and one half will play on the West End green on each of the three days and the other half at Balmoral. Any special inquiry during the three days of section play, such as an appeal from a decision of the umpire upon the laws of the game, may be referred to the tournament committee, whose headquarters will be at the Auckland green on Friday, Grey Lynn on Saturday and Mount Eden on Monday. . . All section winners and section ties will assemble at the Carlton green on Tuesday morning at 8.30. In the Easter fours these will go forward on equal terms, whether absolute section winners or only section ties, and post-section play will be ■ conducted on the sudden death principle. Last year 14 rinks qualified in the eight sections, and as there are only seven sections this year, it is very unlikely that more than 16 will qualify. In that case three rounds on Tuesday will again complete this contest, except for the final. In the other threo events any ties will have to bo played off first at Carlton, as only the actual section winners will go forward to post-section play. These should all finish on Tuesday, given fine weather, thus meeting the wish that the tournament should not extend longer than the usual Easter vacation, which for a great many people will end on Tuesday evening. While this record tournament is taking place in the city, the usual provincial tournaments will take place at Cambridge and Whangarci. and the executive of the New Zealand Bowling Council have also granted permits for a large number of tournaments all over the Dominion. _J^ ro " bably the largest of these will be at Dunedin, comprising singles, pairs and rinks. Fixtures for Saturday. Although 14 greens will be required for the second day's play in the Easter tournament, most clubs will also have something arranged for those of their members who are not competing in the centre s tournament, and the following are the principal fixtures: —

Auckland—Section B. Easter Fours; also Club Tournament. Avondale —Buckle Fours. Balmoral—Section B, First-year Fours, also Ordinary Draw. Buckland —Rink Tourney. Buckland's Beach —Holiday Tourney. Carlton —Ordinary Draw. Devonport—Ordinary Draw. j Edendale —Ordinary Draw. Ellerslie —Section A. Executive Fours. Epsom —Section B, Executive Fours; also Club Percentage Fours. Glen Eden—Ordinary Draw. Grey Lynn—Section C. Easter Fours. Hali.vburton Johnstone —Ordinary Draw. Henderson —Club Tourney. Ilillsboro' —Section E, Easter Fours; also Ordinary Club Games. . Mangere—Combined Tourney with Ota-

Mount Albert —Section A, Junior Fours. Mount Eden—Section D, Easter Fours; also Ordinary Draw. ' Onehunga—Section G, Easter Fours; also Ordinary Draw. Otahuhu — Combined Tourney with

Mangcro. Papnkura—Progressive Pairs. Papatoetoe— Section C, Junior Fours; also Ordinary Draw. Ponsonby—lnter-club, v. Remnera. Remuera— Section A, Easter Fours; also Inter-club, v. Ponsonby. „„„„. Eockv Nook—Section B. Junior Fours, also Club Competitions. - St. Helier's— Ordinary Draw. Draw." Tnknnuna—Club Tourney. . Te Papapa—Section F. Easter Fours. Waitemata —Club Tourney. „„„»„ West End—Section A, First-year Fours. UNIQUE TUSSLE. Quite a unique performance wasrecorded on the Tonsonby green in connection with the handicap pairs competition. Graham nml Maxwell Walker. Jan., met Piper and Rec. Somervell in the sixth round, and after a keen struggle won by one point. Tn the final these two teams met "fn™. and at the end of 21 heads.had registered a tie This necessitated a replay of the garni"-, but on Monday night, at the end of 21 further heads they were again a tie. Now thev hare to play another full 21 heads, and if they tie again it has been suggested one of the skips might bo shot so as to get It finished. ONEHUNGA CLUB. Fourteen teams competed in the Onehunga Club's tournament, which was played yesterday in one section and resulted: —Leask, Jones, E. J, Gatland, J. Kerr (Onehunga), 5 wins; Green, Harlock, Flowerday, Livingstone (Onehunga), 4 wins; Kerns (Onehunga), Allen (Remuera), Donaldson (Grey Lynn), McAlister (Onehunga), 3 wins; Hunt (Ponsonbv), Lowe (EUerslie), McKendricb (Onehunga), Hollier (Mangere), Clark millsboro') Richmond '■ (Epsom), Gosling (Onehunga)^.2 wins; Lundon (Devonport), 1 win. Kerr's rink won outright. MOUNT ALBERT CLUB. A pairs tourney was conducted by the Mount Albert Bowling Club yesterday, 16 teams participating. Section A was won by Puddle and Hosking (Grey Lynn), with 4 wins and J. loss, and section B by Hawke and T. Maxwell (Mount Albert), with 5 wins. The final will be played after Easter. i' ROTORUA COUNTY CUP. A strong Putaruru rink skipped by the South Auckland singles champion, E. Hollard, visited Matamata and defeated the holders of the Rotorua County Challenge Cup. Hollard required and got three on the last head to win. The rinks and scores were : —Paxton, Pearee, Delargey, Hollard (Putaruru) 21, v. A. J. Young, J. W. Simpson, W Crabb, J. Were (Matamata) 20.