BOWLS TWO-DAY TOURNAMENT AT NEW BRIGHTON

Press, Volume C, Issue 29402, 3 January 1961, Page 3

BOWLS TWO-DAY TOURNAMENT AT NEW BRIGHTON

As part of the New Brighton Centennial celebrations the New Brighton Bowling Club conducted a two-day tournament on Saturday and Sunday. The eight rinks accommodating 16 fours were used and the green was running very fast and true. Three games to a time limit were played each day and where two fours drew no extra heads were played. Only one four came through unbeaten, this being the United combination of K. Donaldson. K. Sams, Ponsford, V. V. Gallagher. Ponsford, a visitor from Dunedin, skipped the four to success.

The Sydenham four, W. Bowden, D. Barron, H. Deavoll, A. Ij. Smith were the runners-up with only one loss. Here again the skip stood down in favour of another player when Deavoll took over the role for all games. At the conclusion of the tournament the president of the New Brighton club, Mr F. Mitchell, said that this was the first occasion that the New Brighton Club had run a two-day tournament and he felt that as it had been such a success it should be carried on each year. He thanked all those, who helped him in the running of the tournament. Mr Mitchell then presented the

United four with their trophies as winners. The runners-up, Sydenham, received second prize. Results were:— First Round—K. Ritchie (South Brighton) beat F. 800 l (New Brighton); T. Burgess (South Brighton) beat J. Moon (New Brighton): H. Hirst (New Brighton) beat J. McNab (R.S.A.); A. Nottingham (R.SA.) beat G. Smith (New Brighton)- W. Weaver (Linwood) beat S. Snedden (Linwood); R. Vinten (Opawa) beat Hoskins; V. V. Gallagher (United) beat J. Simpson (St. Martins); A. D. Smith (Sydenham) beat R. Pirrie (Dallington). Second Round.—Hirst beat Moon: 800 l beat G. Smith; Snedden.beat Ritchie; Burgess beat Hoskin; ’Galiagher beat McNab; Pirrie bea’, Nottingham; A. Smith beat Weaver; Simpson beat Vinten. Third Round. —Snedden beat G. Smith; Hoskin drew with Hirst; Gallagher beat Moon: Pirrie beat Bool; A. Smith beat Ritchie; Simpson beat Burgess; Vinten beat McNab; Weaver beat Nottingham Fourth Round.—Gallagher beat Hoskin; Pirrie beat Snedden; A. Smith beat G. Smith; Hirst beat Simpson; Moon beat Vinten; 800 l beat Weaver; Ritchie beat Nottingham; McNab beat Burgess. Fifth Round.—McNab beat Nottingham; Simpson beat A. Smith; Burgess beat Pirrie; Weaver beat Vin terr; Hirst beat G. Smith; Gallagher beat Ritchie; Moon beat Bool; Hoskin beat Snedden. Sixth Round.—Burgess drew with Weaver; Gallagher beat Nottingham; Vinten beat Bool; A- Smith beat McNab; Pirrie beat Simpson: Hirst beat Snedden; Hoskin beat G. Smith; Ritchie beat Moon.