ON THE GREENS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 50, 28 February 1940, Page 15

ON THE GREENS.

CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS.

TAtrKAJSGA TOnUTAMENT.

COJIBINATIOX OF TWO CLUBS

(By TRUXDLER.)

The postponed third rouad or" the peanut competition will now be played on gatiffday week, March 9. Lastseasoa {here ww J- 11 interval ot three weeks between the two Saturdays reserved, for and the final, but this year Jfee interv u was reduced to a fortiiucht. The lanztwe official jrathertiws next Satwill be at St. HeliersT where the g t a fii at' r-he Auckland City Council, Harjeor Boiii-'l, IVwer Board and other local todies will meet m a friendly tournament. present indications sngjiest that sr>tne tfebs w "i" 1 h'ive difficulty in finding their in t'"me for the champion of Jjampione tourney on March 12. unless tley give some louse* by default. Across the Harbour. results:— Stanley.—The remaining match in the maud menticned last week resulted in the title-holder A. Hkehen, defeating "W. G.

S£&»2?£i£** *. three who Tears,, and while the w mm if. Collins, who lifted the tit'e tour r~J» w>. a»d bm al«, bin ™"2* hopin? to play this evening but this did not present the .next round from befni V7T* e mxmer "-oold net the bv e i i° a Moada J r afternoon, and .althongh Donaldson was in front all the • W *. a T' ? resourceful Bremner eet to work I at tne business end of the game, and won

by 21 to 19. This leaves Brenner still aa i e^f 9i *° m * et tile wiatt « , «€ Wynyard aaid Brown on the firefr convenient evening.

In t»e Prsvine*. The two annoat tournaments at Botorua, rmkj3 and pairs, probably larger owing to each, being always over-subscribed, receive such vide publicity that two other provincial tournaments are apt to be overlooked. These are the rinks at Tanraxf-a, always held between the two Rotorua. tournaments in February, and the rinks at Cambridge durins Easter, followed by a scratch pairs tournament commencing on the Tuesday, for those who fail to qualify ia the rinks. As the section pfay has to be completed in three days at Easter, as compared with t'oor days m Rotorua. it suits best to work the_ Cambridge Mctiros with 34 rinks. against! 5.3 at Rotorua, and there never -<eems to be any difficulty in obtaining a fall entry. The Tanranga tournament is equai'.v popular. Hitherto it has been an invitation tournament, limited to 18 rinks for maar years, but snusequently increased to "J7. This year, for the first time, it was conducted a» an open- event, and the use or three srreens enabled 42 rinks to be accepted. It eeexns a splendid idea for the parent club to join forces with the Tauj ranga South clnb, in order to accommoj date so many. The present intention is for [the younger club to construct two new I greens, still more central.

This year'e tournament was again representative, the 42 rinks comprising 15 from

die local centre, 13 Auckland, 12 from. Sooth Auckland, and one each from Gisborne and Waaganui. The Gisborne rink was. skipped by ECro'wley who first came under notice when he began to visit Auckland with his two eons, when they irere all menabane of the Tauranga club.

Brifltrtmff in Cartton Rink. The ftna] has often been won by an Auckland rink, and tdiis year the winners were J. Proud, A. M. Elliott, H. L. Brightiog, E. E. Roberts (Cariton), Brighting being the well-known Hataitai champion who has competed *o often in Dominion Eouniamente in Auckland. The game was all the -more interesting from the fact that the other skip was E. Tamblyn, known in Auckland as a Dtmedm member of the New Zeai.iad Bowling CounciL nntfl. he moved to «i yeara where he has won the club championship three times. He was supported by J. A. Guinnees, A. ■T. Mirrieleee and H. Lewis, and Roberti* had 6 on the board with the firiet live ends the local rink were a to 6 at nine ends. 7 to 8 at twelve, 9 to 10 at sixteen, and then the visitors scored three threes and a single, to w* by 20 to 9without playing the 21st. The actual play w-as close until the fin*! runaway, every head being altered several times t and, although each ol the eight players did hie share, a noticeable feature was that in tte

Srst fire of the eJgitt aeons made by T*ar»n«a, TamWyn hioaadf bad aetCled tne matter. A lazge ctrde «C bowEng firiends wonld learn -with regret of the death of Mr. W. T. Smith, one of tfce oldest members of the Epeom dub. He waa preedeat as Ion? ago as the 1913-13 aeaaoa. aad K-ieit champion in 1911, wiaeins tb* title again is 1913. Darin* later reaim he had not competed ia tnnmanunfar, hat bad maintained .in active interest ia the game, and had been one of tile eiab'e delegates a≤ recently a* 1938. Last «f Ctas Cksaf tasaaips. Rocky Xook.—The finaliata met yesterday afterncKm. W. H. Keatler defeating W. H. Tongae by 21 to li in » game that ■trenn all the way too much in favour of the winner to become As. the loser ia a two-lifer they maet meet agaic, bat this will not be till early nexc ■aretfc. There will be some «nrprise and certainly a jjreiit deal of pleasure at the intimation that 13S entries have beeu received for the open pain tournament of the Auckland Centre, to commence next Tuesday oa 17 greens in the city and suburbs. This is easily a record nuriber since this tournament was '.Mt'tuted in 1925, the previous highest entries three years ago, when W. Best and J. I. ; Griffiths (Ponsonby) woa from 106 pairs competing. The present title-holders are E. Jury and L. Jury (Ponsonby). who defeated in the final last year S. Harris and R- J. Allely, from the same club.