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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30056, 14 February 1963, Page 8

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Fixtares arranged for tide week areas follows: Today: All-day toarnaaeent at Cashmere: night toarnament at Beckenham. Saturday: Christcharch Centre’s open three bowls pairs cempetitton (third day); repleeeatathra natch between Christeharch Centre aad Ashburton at Bakate far Langley Cap; all-day towraamenta at Allenton (Todd Cap) aa£ St. Albans. Sanday: Toaraanents at Cantor* bary. KaiapeL Opaw*. Bakaia, Bedeliffs. Soathbridge, Sheffield, and St. Albans. Monday: Night

tournaments at Beckenham and Sydenham. Tuesday: Night tourna mento at Cashmere and Bedeliffs. Wednesday: Secretaries-treasnren at United; night tournament at Kaiapoi WJH.C.

K. G. Murray (skip) and J. P. O'Halloran (lead) have won the Opawa Bowling Club's championship pairs. They contested the final against R. Jones (skip) and R. CressweU (lead). On Saturday, 14 teams contested the annual contest for the Munns Memorial Trophy. The event was won by R. Madsen (skip). A. Maclachlan (third), S. Oates (second), and L Sellers (lead).

The forty-second annual inter-borough match between the Sumner and New Brighton Bowling Clubs was played at Sumner on Saturday. New Brighton won on the aggregate by 166 points to 145. Scores, with Sumner skips first, were: Williams 22, Davis 20; Tuck 21, Nico Ils 24; Goodfellow 23, Ford 20; Bamford 16. Bisman 18; Robinson 15, Bowman 26; Fox 17, York 27; Christie 20, Gray 11; Idle 11, Atkinson 20.

C. L. Spearman (skip) and D. Keane (lead) have won the Returned Services’ Association Bowling Club's pain championship from A. B. Nottingham (skip) and F. Foy (lead). Spearman and Keane led all the way and ran out comfortable Vinners with the score at 25-9. L McDonald has reached the final of the singles championship and will play the winner of the semifinal match between A. Archer and C. L. Spearman.

Congratulations must go to the Linwood Bowling Club's colts for winning the Christchurch Centre's colts competition for the Robinson Shield. It was the first time that colts from the Linwood Club had ■won the trophy. Members of the successful team were: M. Fade, John Anderson, R. Sutherland. A. Jones, J. Pycroft, M. Preston, N. Peters, M. Robertson.

A very creditable performance was given by S. Porter (skip) and A. Black, who won tire Linwood Bowling Club’s pains championship. Onigjinelly Porter was partnered with the former Canterbury representative, K. Willtie, but after the first few games W ilkie became ill and was taken to Burwood Hospital. Black then took over Wilkie’s place in the team tor the remaining games with absolute success. They beat the father and son combination of J. Anderson and J. Anderson in the final alter a close game. Wilkie is still in hospital. The club’s singles champion has now reached the semi-final stage. Porter and S. Snedden, a former winner of the New Zealand singles championship, appear to be the likely finalists.

A surprise win was recorded in the South Brighton Club’s pairs championship by two of the newer members, L. Harris (skip) and W. McDowell (lead). They won handsomely, beating T. Dixon (skip) and D. Heller (lead) in the final, 23-18, and finishing the competition with two lives intact.

Rain did not preverut the completion of the Burwood Bawling Club’s pairs championship this week. In soggy conditions. R. L Rossiter and J. A. Dale (skip) defeated R. K. Andrews and B. P. Wilson (skip). Fortunately they were not required to pilay the last end. S. E. Lawson, who competed with reasonable success in the Christchurch Centre's open singles competition, has still got two lives left in the dub singles championship. There are four players left in the oompedtion, one being H. G Ledgard, a former Canterbury representaitive. The dub

colts cbampionehip wee wjn by P. Reardon in a good final against D. Knight Winner* of the Elmwood Bowling Club'* tour* championship were H. R. Pool (skip), F. R. Cullen, L. R. Bowbyee and F. B. Wright They defeated E. R. Ray (ekip). A. R. Griffin. J. C. McDonald and D. V. Pearce by 21 point* to W. Jh the naira championship J. Howden (atop) and C. Smith (lead) defeated A. R. Griffin and A. H. Henry (atop) by IB pointe to 14. The final of the •inglee championship between A. R. Griffin and A. Gray will be held thia evening. Griffin baa reached the final in ail throe championabipe. The South Britton Bowling Club'* new £4OOO concrete block pavilion, which ha* been erected in the South Brighton Domain next to the existing green, is now nearing comptetaon and i* expected to be in full use by April. it is 100 ft by 50ft in aiae and ha* window* th* frail length of it on both aide*. Provmon for three rinks of big bowls on a «sftmart i* being made tor indoor competition during th* winter. Th* money tor th* pavilion was rarised mainly by donation* and much of th* construction work wa* dona by voluntary labour. At th* end of the reason, th* present pavilion will b* put up tor aale.

Th* sbuqbl contest bttween the Sumner and New Brighton Clubs, which has now been held 43 times, will in future be known ss the Colin Priest Roeebowl Contest, according to the secretary of the Sumner Club (Mr F. L. Alexander). He said that Mr Colin Priest, whose mother was reputed to be the first European born in Sumner. had given the trophy, thus cementing another tie of the already strong bond of friendship between the two old seaside eluba. Mr Priest to a member of the New Brighton Club.

Singles matches in the Opawa Bowling Club's championships are now nearing the final stages. R. Allison has reached the semi-final. D. Vaughan, K. Murray, and R. Madsen have yet to play to decide who will meet Allison in the final. It was unfortunate that C. Rowe had to withdraw from the singles because of ill-health, as he still had two lives left. Had he continued, he would undoubtedly have been hard to beat. I. Sellers beat R. Green, 25-12, in the final of the colts' championteip, fin-

ishing with two lives intact It was the second time that Sellers had met and beaten Green in the championship.

The Cashmere Bowling Club's championship matches have now been completed. A. S. Drayton. N. V. Burtt. C. Madsen, and W. H. Down (skip) defeated E. Jackson. L. G. Jones, J. Henderson, and A. S. Roberts (skip) in the final of the rinks championship. The pairs was won by J. Malloch and E. Rosewall (skip) in a good final against N. V. Burtt and W. H. Down (skip). Burtt, who featured in all finals, beat H. Kent in the final of the singles championship. Kent, who won the club colts’ championship in the last two seasons, showed excellent form throughout.

With the green playing well, R. Medlock, a first-year player, came out winner in the Halswell Bowling Club's colts championship with two lives intact. Medlock, with B. Templeton (skip), also won the club pain championship. Runners-up were J. Steven and'T. Sheridan (skip). The singles and fours championships are now nearing completion, new members being prominent in both events so far.

The final of the Barrington Club’s pairs championship was played recently between two of the club's most experienced skips, A. Blakeway, with A. Morris as lead, and H. Gibbons, with M. Robinson leading. Very few points separated the teams at any stage throughout the game and the struggle for supremacy was undivided at the completion of the twenty-first end. Blakeway had preferred shorter ends and was fortunate in winning the toss for the extra end. Four extra ends were necessary before finally Blakeway held the winning shot. He had burned two of the extra ends while his . opponent had burned one. This game will long be remembered by a good muster of club members. Blakeway has scored a "hat trick’* in the pairs final, having also won this competition for the two previous seasons with Morris also as lead last year. The colts competition has been won at Barrington by J. White, who was also the winner last season.