Women’s Bowls Pairs Qualify For Post-Section Play

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28823, 18 February 1959, Page 6

Women’s Bowls Pairs Qualify For Post-Section Play

Playerg jn the second day ol section play In the pairs of the New Zealand Women’s Bowling Association's national championships had little to complain about. The greens were running fast and the little wind that was blowing had no effect on the bowls. At the end of the fourth round there were 12 fours which had qualified for post-section plav and there were another 40 with three wins whicti required to win only one of the last two games tp go forward. Of these, 25 won the second game of the day to qualify and for the last game there were 41 pairs with three wins, but all of these could not qualify because in some cases three-winners were meeting. Mrs Rewcastle (Shirley), who when a member of the Alexandra club won the pairs title at Dunedin in 1954, was eliminated on the first day with three losses. Mrs Tricker (Middlemarch), who as a member of the .Lower Hutt club won the pairs in 1955, was pressed very hard throughout and only managed to qualify by winning her last game. There were several local, pairs, who were given very little choice, but they surprised their critics by qualifying when others thought, to have a good chance were eliminated. The pairs to quality, with their wins, are:— Six Wins \ Mesdames Nankivell (Woolston)-, Dailey (Shirley), Stevens (Maungatapere), Gaudin (Paekakariki). Five Wins Mesdames Taylor (Opawa), Roulston (Awamoa), Barron (Mornington). Palmer (Shirley), Exton (Heathcote),' Lawless (Kaikorai), McKenzie (Woolston). Sangwell (Riverside), Strang (Middlemarch), Skilton (Maungatapere), Smith (Kalapoi). Boles (Auckland), Lees (Spreydon), Pirrie (Dallington). Avery (Barrington), Pierson (Marewa). Keen (Hampden), Surridge (South Brighton), Butterworth (Tepapapa). Pour Wins Wilson (Omarunui), Murray (St. Albans). Cayzer (Mornington). Vaughan (Opawa). Middleton (United). Penfold (Berhampore), Orchard (Shirley), Robinson (Kurow), Inwood (Kalapoi), Tricker (Middlemarch). Hill (Terawhitl), Young (Auckland). Gow (Spreydon). Giles (Belfast), Davis (Rlccarton), Bromley (United), Taylor (Palmerston South). Jarvis (Otago), Falrlle (Spreydon), Wilson (Meadowbank), Stanton (Woolston). Doak (Ashburton), Whale (Mornington), Nicol (Merewe). Glbbe (Unwee*). Thuv-

iow (Rangiora), Hamblyn (Riverside), O’Brien (Waverley), Kelliher (Kurow), Wilkie (Lower Hutt), Berryman (Mornington), Leith (Caversham), Douglas (Opawa), Noblett (Berhampore), Mahan (Barrington), Gillespie (New Plymouth), Boote (Riccarton), Stalker (Lincoln), Anderson (Kaikorai). and Reaby (Burwood),

POST-SECTION PLAY Following is the draw for postsection play, commencing at 8.30 a.m, on the Opawa, Sydenham and Shirley No. 1 and No. 2 greens:— Shirley No. , 1 .—Mesdames Boote (Rice. Racecourse), Vaughin (Opawa). Roulston (Awamoa), Taylor (Opawa), Barron (Mornington), Wilson (Meadowbank). Stanton (Woolston), Cayzer (Mornington), Nicol (Malewa), Stalker (Lincoln), Douglas (Opawa). Leith (Caversham), Palmer (Shirley). Gauden (Paekakariki), Stevens (Maungatapere) (bye).

Shirley No. 2,—Mesdames Bromley (United). Pierson (Mawera), Hill (Terewhiti), Middleton (United). Tricker (Middlemarch), Lawless (Kaitoa), Orchard (Shirley), Sangwell (Riverside), Davis (Rice. Racecourse), Murray (St. Albans). Penfold (Berhampore), Inwood (Kalapoi). Skilton (Manugatapere), Robinson (Kurow). Nankivell (WoolSurridge (Sth. Brighton). Opawa.—Mesdames Butterworth (Tepapapa), Noblett (Berhampore), Gillespie (New Plymouth), Mahan (Barrington), Dilley (Shirley), Hamblyn (Riverside), Taylor (Palmerston South), Whale (Mornington), Doak (Ashburton), Boles .(Auckland), Smith (Kiatoa), Thurlow (Rangiora), Exton (Heathocte), Fairlie (Spreydon), Wilson (Omaranui), Reaby (Burwood).

Sydenham.—Mesdames Avery (Barrington), Lees (Spreydon), Keen (Hampden), Gow (Spreydon), O’Brien (Waverley). Pirrie (Dallington), Wilkie (Lower Hutt), Jarvis (Otago), McKenzie (Woolston), Gibbs (Lincoln), Berryman (Mornington). Giles (Belfast), Strang (Middlemarch), Kelliher (Kurow), Young (Auckland), Anderson (Kaikorai). —Advt.