BOWLS

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22594, 27 December 1938, Page 15

BOWLS

SOUTH CANTERBURY TOURNAMENT

QUALIFYING GAMES IN RINKS COMPETITION

[THE PRESS Special Service.! TIMARU. December 26. Rinks play in the South Canterbury Bowling Centre’s Christmas tournament started at Timaru to-day, three greens. Kia Toa, Park, and West End, being used by the competing teams. Thirty-six entries were received, including three from Dunedin, two from Christchurch, one from Oamaru, and one from Ashburton, Ram fell in the early hours of the morning, resulting in the greens being heavy when play began, but a strong north-east breeze soon dried them, enabling play to be carried out according to programme. . , Under the new system of play, all rinks with three wins qualify for post-sectional play. At the conclusion of the fourth round the following had qualified:— Four Wins—Parry (Waimate), Currie (West End), Maclaren (West End), Madsen (Opawa), Entwhistle (West End). Three Wins —Boulter (Fairlie), Hamlyn (Ashbury), Wallwork (Kia Toa), Thomson (Timaru). Ellis (Ashbury), Stewart (West End). All qualifying rinks will start on level terms in post-sectional play.

SOUTH CHRISTCHURCH PAIRS TOURNAMENT

DRAW FOR GREENS

The draw for greens for the.South Christchurch pairs tournament to-mor-row and Thursday, at 9 a.m., is as fol*°Sydenham Green—Munn. Elliott. Travis. Whyte, Ryan, Fox, Kay. Wormald, Drummond Iggo, Stoneman, Nesbit, ConneH, Day ’Rowe, Ramsay (Barrington), Calla Ba a rrln|?on ig G n reen-Hennessy. Ramsey (Shirley), Ives, Oakey. Wilson, Taylor, Lane. Besley, Slater, Howarth. Burgess, Hewison, Giddens, Ainger, Aizure, Ch The b rinks will begin at 8.30 a.m. to-day. Play in the South Christchurch bowling tournament, which was kegun yesterday, was postponed until to-day because of the rain during the morning. In the rinks section play will now probably be confined to one day, beginning at 8.30 a.m. to-day.