BOWLS Eight Fours Qualify In Easter Tournament

Press, Volume C, Issue 29478, 3 April 1961, Page 7

BOWLS Eight Fours Qualify In Easter Tournament

Eight fours, by winning all six games have qualified for post-section play in the Christchurch Bowling Centre's Easter fours tournament. which was continued on Saturday. The first three rounds were decided on Friday and another three on Saturday. There are 13 lours with five wins, and they require to win one of the two games to be played today if they are to go forward. Nineteen fours have four wins. They will have to win both games today if they are to qualify.

On Saturday the gusty wind made accurate drawing extremely difficult and for a bowl to finish within five feet of the kitty was very good. Bowling was difficult on the town greens, but it was much worse on the Rangiora green. The wind there was the deciding factor as to who had the shot. When the wind got behind the bowls they started to increase their pace and usually finished up in the ditch or else well over in the next rink. Bowls were sent away with good force to fight the head wind, but when they started to die and take the turn into the kitty they started to swing back up the green and often came back as much as nine feet. In spite of the difficult conditions. two fours came through the day at Rangiora with three wins. Possible Qualifiers The greatest interest will today probably be in section D at the United green. In this section there are no six winners but four have five wins and two have four wins.

Powell (Christchurch) with five wins will in his first game meet Evans < Fendalton», who has four wins. Evans will be striving hard to win his first game and then should have a good chance of winning his second. Should Powell go down to Evans in his first game he should qualify by winning his next.

Henderson (Elmwood) is the luckiest of those requirings wins today to qualify for in both his games he meets fours with no chance of going forward. A great game should be seen between Deavoll (Sydenham) and Gallagher (United* in the first game of the day. Both these skips have five wins and one must qualify at the end of this game. Whoever loses still has a good chance of qualifying, for both these skips meet in the final game a four now out of the running. Connelly W.M.C.) will have to play well, for although he is meeting fours with no chance, both his opponents could cause an upset and Connelly wants both games to qualify. Section A will also be very interesting as there are five fours with four wins. Each of these fours will have to win both games to go forward. It is possible that none may succeed for they are meeting one another, and also playing Yugovich (Beckenham). who has already qualified with six wins. With the draw as it is for the last two games, it is possible for three of the four-winners to qualify, but they will have a very hard task. In section F. Gray (Elmwood) has already Qualified with six wins and the only other skip with any chance is Anderson (Linwood) with four wins. Anderson will not have an easy passage, for he will meet strong skips in Dailey (Fendalton) and Roberts (Cashmere). T. Wallace. (United), the .winning skip of this tournament last year, is now out of the running as he has lost too many games to allow him to qualify. Results were:— FENDALTON GREEN Section A Fourth Round.—Rennie (Fendalton) 16. Fox (Linwood i 15; Dalj’ (Elmwood) 10. Woodward (Sumner> 9; MacLachlan (Mona Vale) 16. Flute (Redcliffs) 15; Andrews (United) 15. Findlay (Amberley) 12; Hartley (St Albans) 20. Gundry (Morrison Avenue) 13; Yugovich (Beckenham» 31. Hibbard (Christchurch W.M.C.) 11. McNab «R.S.A.) 23. Jones. A. (Christchurch). 13 Fifth Round.—Gundry 16. Flute 14; Fox 21. MacLachlan 6; Findlay 30. McNab 15; Rennie 13, Jones 9: Woodward 22. Hibbard 15: Daly 20. Andrews 15: Yugovich 27.'Hartley 21. Sixth Round.—MacLachlan 18. Hibbard 12; Hartley 17, Rennie 9: Yugovich 16. Andrews 7: Daly 18. Gundry’ 12: McNab 22. Flute 3; Jones. A. 19. Fox 6: Findlay 23. Woodward 9. MONA VALE GREEN Section B Fourth Round—Barron (Sydenham) 23. Jones 'Leeston) 13; Ashton (Canterbury) 17. Glendinning (St. Martins) 16; Dolan • Burwood) 23. Colley (Riccarton) 14; Bond (Papanui) 16. Wallace (United) 14; Blakeway ' Fendalton) 28. Rule (Linwood’ 11: Newton (Dallington) 20. Hovell lOpawa) 10; Fairbrother ■ Fendalton) 16, Taylor (ChristchurcK) IJL

Fifth Round.—Blakeway 33. Colley 7; Jones 18. Dolan 16: Fairbrother 14. Bond 12; Barron 20. Taylor 16; Ashton 19. Newton 8; Wallace 19. Glendinning 15; Hovell 26. Rule 15. Sixth Round —Dolan 14. Newton 11; Rule 18. Barron 12; Wallace 18. Hovell 13; Blakeway 20. Glendinning 6; Colley 15. Fairbrother 12; Taylor 15, Jones 13; Ashton 17. Bond 12. ST. MARTINS GREEN Section C Fourth Round. —White (Christchurch W.M.C.) 21. Gillovic (Woolston W.M.C.) 8: Jones (Fendalton) 19, Miles (Kaiapoi) 15; Greenwood (Dallington) 20. Watson (Halswelli 15; Langley (Canterbury) 19. Haworth (Beckenham) 15; Snedden <Linwood) 17. Roffe (Spreydon) 13: Smith. A. P. (Rangiora) 20. Howard (Sheffild) 7; Anticich (New Brighton) 17, Smith. A D. (Sydenham) 15. Fifth Round.—Roffe 20. Greenwood 19; Watson 20. Gillovic 16; Smith A. D. 20. Langley 14; Howard 21. Miles 15; Jones 14. Haworth 12; Snedden 16. Smith. A. P. 12; White 17. Anticich 16. Sixth Round.—Howard 21,: Watson 14; Snedden 15. White 11; Smith. A. P. 18, Haworth 13; Jones 21, Roffe 13; Smith, A. D. 19. Greenwood 10: Gillovic 17. Anticich 11; Langley 24, Miles 18. OPAWA GREEN Section D Fourth Round.—Connelly (Christchurch W.M.C.) 21. Gallagher (United) 17; Bell (St. Albans) 18. Anicich (Avon) 10; Powell (Christchurch) 27. Williams (R.S.A.) 15; Giles (Belfast) 13. Heaton (Mona Vale) 12; Deavoll (Sydenham) 16, Dickson (Linwood) 15; Evans (Fendalton) 21, Henderson (Elmwood) 16. Fifth Round. —Deavoll 25. Heaton 9; Connelly 17. Dickson 10; Evans 22. Giles 9; Henderson 22. Pow ell 9; Gallagher 25.. Anicich 8; Bell 21, Williams 18. Sixth Round.—Dickson 24. Giles 8; Henderson 22, Deavoll 14; Gallagher 20, Bell 7: Evans 18. Anicich 15: Williams 19. Heaton 3; Powell 17, Connelly 10. UNITED GREEN Section E Fourth Round. Rennie (Christchurch) 17, Steans (Ricearton) 10; Roberts (Fendalton) 16. Burnip (Edgeware) 15; Besley /Sydenham) 19, Pirrie (Dallington) 18; Kean (Woolston) beat Simpson (St. Martins) by default; Turpin (Canterbury) 22. Sarney (Avon) 21; O’Halloran (Opawa) 33, James (Linwood) 6. Fifth Round.—Kean 21. Sarney 16: Turpin 17, Steans 11: Simpson 21. O’Halloran 8; James 14. Pirrie 8; Rennie 20. Roberts 8; Besley 17, Burnip 14. Sixth Round. —Simpson 18. Turpin 16; Sarney’ 23, James 15; Rennie 24, Burnip 7; O’Halloran 17, Roberts 15: Besley’ 27, Kean 10; Pirrie 22. Steans 10. SPREYDON GREEN Section F Fourth Round.—Fiecken (Tai Tapu» 16, Roberts (Cashmere) 12; Anderson (Linwood) 17, Simpson < Rangiora) 13; McNally (Shirley) 25, Coop (Kaiapoi) 11; Edward (Spreydon) 18. Dailey (Fendalton) 16; Croat (Beckenham) 16. Neame (Woolston W.M.C.) 14; Gray (Elmwood) 23. Hogg (Christchurch W.M.C.) 17. Fifth Round.—Dailey 32, Croat 8; Roberts 23, Neame 18; Hogg 16. Edward 10; Gray 18. McNatty 17; Fiecken 21, Simpson 8; Anderson 20, Coop 14. Sixth Round. —Neame 21. Edward 18: Gray 22. Croat 17; Anderson 18. Fiecken 9; Hogg 21. Simpson 13: Dailey 14. Coop 9; Roberts 15. McNatty 14. RANGIORA GREEN Section G Fourth Round. —Dale (Burwood) 20. McClelland (Riccarton) 16; Williams (St. Albans) 17. Worsdell (Sydenham) 10; Delahunty (United) 26, Cooke (Avon) 9: Weaver (Linwood) 21. Shivas (Mona Vale) 12; McKendry (Dallington) 22. Leggat (Fendalton) 11; Hall (Elmwood) 24, Ayson (Christchurch) 5. Fifth Round.—McKendry 16. Shivas 15; Dale 22, Leggat 6; Ayson 21. Weaver 16; Hall 26. Cooke 20; Williams 24. McCleland 4; Delahunty 19, Worsdell 13. Sixth Round.—Leggat 15, Weaver 14. Hall 11. McKendry 8; McClelland 20, Worsdell 14: Williams 14. Ayson 12, Delahunty 15, Shivas 10; Dale 23, Cooke 5. CHRISTCHURCH WORKINGMEN’S GREEN Section 11 Fourth Round. —Smee (Fendalton; 19, Palmer (Canterbury; 11; Martin (Dallington) 24. Dewar (Riccarton) 11: Jones (Opawa) 21. Chivers (Christchurch W.M.C.; 8; Bennett (Linwood) 22. Douglas (Edgeware) 17: Barnett (Woolston) 19, Finnie (Sydenham) 10; Newell (Barrington) 18, Clegg (South Brighton ) 14. Fifth Round. —Finnie 22. Bennett 13; Barnett 25. Since 20; Douglas 17, Clegg 16; Chivers 13. Newell: Dewar 20. Palmer 4; Martin 20. Jones 15. Sixth Round.—Barnett 23. Douglas 11: Newell 15. Finnie 14: Martin 21. Palmer 6; Clegg 17. Dewar 10; Bennett 21. Jones 12; Smee 33. Crivers 4-