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Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25736, 23 February 1949, Page 3

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WEST COASTBULLER TOURNAMENT CHRISTCHURCH TEAMS PARTICIPATE From Our Own Reporter WESTPORT, February 22. The West Coast-Buller Women’s Bowling Centre's annual tournament opened at Westport on Monday, and representatives of all West Coast clubs and, others from Nelson, Christchurch, and the North Island took part. Play is being held on the Westport R.S.A. and Westport Club s Br, f?ie S Mayor of Westport (Mr J. M. Robertson) welcomed the visitors to the Buller district. Mr J. M. Fairbairn, president of the Buller Bowling Centre, and Mrs W. D. Wilson, president of the women’s combined centre, also welcomed the visiting players. At the end of two rounds Mrs Alexander's four from Cobden, Mrs K. Mara’s, Mrs P. Morgan’s, and Mrs L. Smith’s fours from Westport had won both games in section A. In section B Mrs Britten’s (Sydenham), Mrs I. Reid’s (Westport R. Mrs Murray’s (Seddonville), and Mrs Knowles’s (Blackball) fours had each won two games. Results, with abbreviations: R.S. (Westport Returned Services). W. (Westport), S. (Sydenham), B. (Blackball), N. (Ngakawau), D. (Dunedin), 81. (Blaketown), Sp. (Spreydon), R. (Reefton), M. (Millerton), Rn. (Runanga), C. (Cobden), Sv. (Seddonville), Nl. (Nelson).

SECTION A Westport Green First Round.—Mesdames Alexander (s), Paterson, Geary, Anderson (C.) 32, Mesdames Longstaff (s), McEnany, MarfMpn, Sheard (Bl.) 22; Mesdames Hennessy (s), M. Crowley, 'Crowley, Philpott. (Sp.) 28, Mesdames Warwick (s). Barrow, Laing, Boote (D.) 14; Mesdames Graham (s), Jenkinson, Pinn, Williams (Rn.) 30, Mesdames Gilbert (s). Cook, Barnes, Cane (N.) 17; Mesdames K. Mara (s), N. Sutherland, Piercey, Ballantyne (R.S.) 27, Mesdames Kearns (s), Duff, Evans. Harvey (R) 14; Mesdames Smith (s), Colvin, A. Neill, I. Neill (R.S.) 29. Mesdames Hawes (s), Foster, Williams, McKenzie (W.) 21; Mesdames P. Morgan (s), P. McDonald, Seaton, J. Paul (W.) 30, Mesdames F. Fox (s), McGovan (M.) 14; Mesdames Wootton (s), Simpson, Brown, Todd (Rn.) 26. Mesdames Irwin (s), Audson, Devlin, Warcup (Woburn) 23. Second Round.—Alexander 24, Fox 7; Warwick 22, Wootton 19; Longstaff 31, Gilbert 15; Mara 34, Hennessy 15; Hawes 42. Graham 13; Morgan 27, Kearns 25; Smith 42, Irwin 11. SECTION B -Westport Green First Round.—Mesdames I. Reid (s), Gough. Glenn, Payne (R.S.) 22, Mesdames McLean (s), McGirr, Crossan, McMillan (C.) 12; Mesdames G. Goldie (s), Smith, Ellis, Petersen (R.S.) 31, Mesdames Levy (s), Murray, Henderson, Black (N.) 9; Mesdames Murray (s), Mulholland, McIndoe, Corby (Sv.) 26, Mesdames Taylor (s), Ashton, Rhind, Jackson (M.) 17; Mesdames Knowles (s), Brown, Williams, Walklin (B.) 26, Mesdames Armstrong (s), Radcliff, O’Neill,’J. Armstrong (Rn.) 17; Mesdames Freeman (s), Whitwell, Burn, Johnson (Nl.) 21, Mesdames Foreman (s), Hill, Galagher, Wills (R.) 10; Mesdames Knight (s), C. Sara, J. McNally. S. Stacey (W.) 22, Mesdames W. Wilsom W. Spence, J. McGreevy, A. Golding (R®.) 19; Mesdames Britten (s), Adcock, —Spearman (s) 22, Mesdames Brown (s’, Tinning, Scurr, Hesliri (D.) 18. Second Round.—Taylor 27, McLean 18; Wilson 25, Brown 19; Reid 30. Armstrong 17; Britten 34, Goldie 10; Knowles 24, Freeman 21; Murray 27, Levy 13; Foreman 26, Knight 18. CHEGWIN MEMORIAL SHIELD AT BECKENHAM An all-day competition for the Chegwin Memorial Shield at the Beckenham Bowling Club’s green recently resulted in a win for W. Hay. G. Cotton, E. H. Barton, and A. Carrell. The shield is in memory of the founder of the club.