THREE DAY TOURNEY

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 199, 5 January 1942, Page 8

THREE DAY TOURNEY

whakatane bowling club BETTER WEATHER CONDITIONS The three day tournament for the Thomas Francis Cup held annually at the various club centres throughout the Bay of Plenty was held, this year at Whakatane and in spite of benzine and travel restrictions attracted an entry of 14 teams. The greens were in splendid condition and in spite of adverse weather conditions played remarkably Avell. All games were keenly contested and some excellent bowling was seen. Mr S. McLeod, the president of the Bay of Plenty Bowling Centre, in a brief opening address welcomed the visitors wishing them good bowling and hoped that the best team would win. At the conclusion of the tournament Mr McLeod .presented the Cup and trophies to the winning rink, skipped by Mr A. E. Manning, Te Puke, and congratulated both the winners and runners-up (A. C. King, Whakatane) on their wonderful performance, in going through their sections unbeaten. Results were as follows:— Round 1: Black, Lawn, Marsden, Hunt (Taneatua) 12 v Boon, Bigelow, Berg, Marsh (Whakatane) 21; Francis, Hollis, Currali, Loane (Whakatane) 21 v Hay, McDowell, Butt, Bertram (Rotorua) 13; Palmer, Cooper, Knight, Freeman (Te Puke) 17 v Bennett, McMillan, Divon, Drube (Whakatane) 14; G. Spratt, Chester, A. E. Spratt, Manning (Te Puke) 21 v Henderson, Luxton, Burgess, Littlejohn (Whakatane) 15; Bridger Caisley, Baxter, Sloanc (Whakatane) 23 v Creeke, Bullard, Paterson, King (Whakatane) 25; J. Bell, Thomas, E. J. Bell, Mclsaac (Whakatane) 16 v Smith, Salmon, Hellyar (Whakatane) 25; McKenzie, Foster, Rae, Moody (Taneatua) 27 v Burt, Oswald, McLeod, Howat (Whakatane) 11. Round 2: Sloane 23 v Howat 17; Moody 20 v Mclsaac 10; King 30 v Marsh 7; Hunt 26 v Drube 13; Littlejohn 20 v Freeman 12; Manning 19 v Loane 16; Hellyar 19 v Bertram 16. Round 3: King 28 v Drube 19; Manning 26 v Hellyar 13; Mclsaac 20 v Littlegohn 10; Sloane 21 v Freeman 15;, Howat 26 v Marsh 13;. Bertram 22 v Moody It); Loane 27 v Hunt 16. Round 4: Manning 24 v Bertram 20; Marsh 18 v Drube 17; King 27 v Howat 17; Hellyar 18 v Moody 15; Littlejohn 18 v Loane 16; Freeman 31 v Hunt 16; Sloane 28 v Mclsaac 11 Round 5: Manning 29 v Moody 17; Drube 22 v McLeod 12; Littlejohn 27 v Hellyar 7; Hunt 26 v Sloane 10; Bertram 33 v Marsh 15; Loane 24 v Mclsaac 22; King 22 v Freeman 19. Round 6c Manning 27 v Drube 7, Howat 24 v Freeman 23; Loane 24 v Hellyar 18;, King 28 v Hunt 18; Mclsaac 23 v Bertram 8; Marsh 26 V Sloane 12; Moody 25 v Littlejohn 16. Summary A Section: King 6 wins 0 losses; Marsh and Sloane 3-3; Freeman and Hunt and Howat 2-4; Drube 1-5. B Section: Manning 6 wins 0 losses; Loane 4-<2; Moody, Littlejohn, Hellyar 3-3; Bertram, Mclsaac 2-4. Final: Manning 30, King 14. As round seven would make no. difference to the results in the section play it was abandoned and another small tournament was inaugurated to lill in the day. Results: — ; A Section: Burt, Thomas, Mclsaac, King % win; McMillan, Creeke, Marsh, A. E. Spratt 3; Berg, Bigelow, Knight, Rae 1; Palmer, Healy, Burgess, Chester 4%; Bennett, Boon, Luxton, Manning 3; O'Rourke, J. Bell, Foster, Loane 2. B Section: Dixon, E. J. Bell, Cham bers, Hunt 2 wins; Salmon, White, Francis, Freeman 3%; Drube, Paterson, Hellyar, Littlejphn 2 1 /2; McKenzie, Bullard, Hollis, G. Spratt 3; Cooper, Lawn, Currah, Moody 1; Smith, McLeod, Marsden, Howat 3. Final: Freeman 10. Chester 3.