BOWLS

Press, Issue 22599, 3 January 1939, Page 1 (Supplement)

BOWLS

TWO TOURNAMENTS HELD CANTERBURY AND LINWOOD GREENS The Canterbury Bowling Club's New Year tournament was held yesterday, and three games of 21 heads were played In excellent weather. Three more rounds of 21 heads will be O, S‘ foliowms were the retults^--Hirurssasssj. v sassCodner Gordon beat Craw, Ka pll A e lihj Angus!* Spearman beat Maddren beat Worsley. Archer beat Hey, Besley beat Cook, Thomson beat Jggo. . Second Round— Thomson beat Besley. Marks beat IH?’^?T n »i« n b bMt Woragl Ck AMuf I hfe*'^“^ael Co y opel" g Maddren beat Bates. Spearman b T^md C Round-Madlfi e? beat Hey, Besley h beat Archer. Hag^^ e bea? b Cooper. drew Raphael beat Gordon Bates beat Angus Soearman beat Worsley. Maddren! Raphael, and Spearman won three games.

I.inwood Green Games Twenty rinks took part in the New Year tournament which was verv keen greens at Linwood. The re suhl of the B flrst day’s play were:First Round-Byan 23 be a t Young nev 29 beat Kershaw 16. Ramsay ?24* beat Wilson 17: Armstrong 22 beat Sp.osen Round-Sprosen 19 beat Travers q. Marriott lelcFf2^eH 2 |:*i beat oixmard 7 wfS 18 beat* Williams 12: Madsen 20 beat W.lS °Third Round-Ramsay 27 beat Burson 19.

CHAMPIONSHIP RETAINED BY DARROGjtf SOUTH CANTERBURY SINGLES TITLE [THE PRESS Special Service.] TIMARU. January 2. For the second year in succession E_ Darroch (Ashbury) has Canterbowling championship of South Canter bury. In a hard match played on _ the Timaru Club’s green on, norm as the final event of the South can "erbury Centre’s Chrishnas tournament he beat I, Maclaren (West End) by lo P °Play t ?n ls the final was Interrupted for nearly an hour by a storm' of hail and rain, which followed a sunny morning and which put the green under water. At tlie ninth head the scores were seven all, when play was suspended. After tnp resumption, Darroch led at the sev teenth head by 14 points to 10. and at the eighteenth head the lead was 16-10. Maclaren battled hard to turn the tables, but Darroch maintained his lead and won b> ResuUs Sl of P the day's post-sectional play W First s Round—Darroch ( Ashbury)lß. Evans (Park) 14; Maclaren (West End) 21. Taylor (Kia Toa) 15; Milne (Petone) 16. Tonkin (North East Valley) 15; Berry (Meadowbank) a bye. Second Round—Darroch 25, Berry 11, Maclaren 15. Tonkin 14; Milne a bye. Semi-finals—Darroch 23, Milne 5: Maclaren 19. Berry 13. Final—Darroch 16, Maclaren 15.