Title-holder Among 10 Unbeaten Rinks

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31327, 25 March 1967, Page 15

Title-holder Among 10 Unbeaten Rinks

Ten of the 100 teams entered in the Christchurch Bowling Centre’s Easter fours tournament were unbeaten after the first three rounds were played yesterday.

The successful fours included Dixon (South Brighton), who won last year’s tournament.

The others were: Ditford (R.S.A.), Newton (Dallington), Yugovich (Beckenham), Smee . (United), Hanger (Spreydon), White (Linwood), Weaver (Rakaia), Cogswell (St. Albans) and Bateman (Sydenham). Section play will continue today and on Monday morning. On Monday afternoon and Tuesday post-section play will follow, with the final on Wednesday morning. Many Big Victories

The heavy rain on Thursday evening had slowed down the eight greens used yesterday and the teams more used to these conditions scored heavily. There were some large wins during the day and 30 points or more were not uncommon.

Dixon, one of the most consistent bowlers in Christchurch, had a close match against Dunn (Fendalton) before winning 18-13 in his first game; struggled hard to beat Trenberth (Christchurch), 2220, but was in complete command against Clark (Amberley), to win 31-13. McNab, another prominent bowler in the same section as Dixon, won his firit two matches, but then lost, 12-22, to Adams (Burnside) in the last game of the day. Brilliant Recovery

Ridden (Burnside) provided two of the best finishers of the day in his first two matches. Playing Roberts (R.S.A.) he was 9-20 down but with a fine burst of scoring gained three fours on consecutive ends and then a single on the last end, to win 22-20. In his next match he beat Lulham by gaining a two on with his last shot.

Having lost his two previous games Wallace (United) made some amends when he beat Roberts (R.S.A.), 38-9, to record the highest total of the day’s play. In one fantastic burst of scoring, Wallace’s team recorded 25 points on seven consecutive ends.

Pirrie (Dallington) had a convincing 33-4 win over Forman (Mona Vale) in his first match, was just as impressive beating Muir (S. Brighton), 27-11, but had a tense struggle with Hartmont (St. Albans) before losing 15-16. On the last end Pirrie, trailing by one shot, inadvertently burned the end with his first bowl. As the time limit was

up a rather surprised Pirrie had to acknowledge defeat. Section 1 First Round.—Doggett (Woolston W.M.C.) 19, Findlay (Amberley) 16; Ridden (Burnside) 22, Roberts (R.S.A.) 20: O’Halloran (Opawa) 18, Lulham 17; Hartmont (St. Albans) 17, Fletcher (Canterbury) 12, Malcolm (Halswell) 17, Muir (S. Brighton) 14; Connai (Fendalton) 21, Wallace (United) 13; Perrie (Dallington) 33, Forman (Mona Vale) 4. Second Round. —Forman 30. Findlay 6; O’Halloran 24, Malcolm 17; Ridden 22, Lulham 20; Fletcher 24, Connai 5; Perrie 27. Muir 11; Roberts 17 Hartmont 13; Doggett 23, Wallace 18. Third Round. —Lulham 23, Roggett 8; Fletcher 19, Findlay 11; Connai 26. Malcolm 16; Forman 19, Ridden 13; Wallace 38, Roberts 9; Hartmont 16, Perrie 15; Muir 20, O’Halloran 19. Section 2 First Round.—Roberts (Cashmere) 24, Donnelly (Elmwood) 7; Edmonds (St. Albans) 22, Sams (United) 17; Rickerby (Rice. Racecourse) 17, Lawson (Burwood) 16; Bennett (Fendalton) 26, Mahar (Papanui) 7; McLeod (Chrischurch (W.M.C.) 23, Sullivan (Woolston W.M.C.) 10; Moon (N. Brighton) 23, Flute (Woolston) 18; Leith (Sydenham) 29, Ellie (Linwood) 9. Second Round.—Lawson 23, Sams 18; Donnelly 15, Leith 13; Mahar 21, Flute 18; Sullivan 16, Rickerby 14; Roberts 24, Moon 14; McLeod 26, Ellie Edmonds 30, Bennett 7. Third Round.—Sullivan 27, Flute 8; Bennett 28. Ellis 7; Moon 25, Edmonds 18; Lawson 22, Roberts 18; Donnelly 17, Mahar 11; Sams 20. Leith 17; Rickerby 13, McLeod 10. Section 3 First Round.—Yugovich (Beckenham) 37, Larcombe (Opawa) 17; Thin (Woolston W.M.C.) 23, Young (Canterbury) 8; Dutton (Hatewell) 28, K. R. Smith (Canterbury) 16; Walker (Shirley) 20, Greenwood (Dallington) 18; Meurk (R.S.A.) 24, Wail (Elm. wood) 15; Miller (Linwood) 16, Barnett (St. Albans) 15. Second Round. Smith 33, Young 20; Dutton 21, Wall 12; Yugovich 27, Barnett 13; Larcombe 34, Meurk 15; Miller 20, Walker 16; Greenwood 33, Thin 10. Third Round.—D. Walker 29, Dutton 15; Greenwood 26. Miller 17; Thin 24, Meurk 6: Barnett 24, Young 22; Smith 26. Larcombe 13; Yugovich 22. Wall 17. Section 4 First Round. —Adams (Burnside) 23, Gundry (Morrison Avenue) 12; Trenberth (Christchurch) 22, Erridge (Opawa) 8; McNab (R.S.A.) 18. Turpin (Canterbury) 13; Dixon (South Brighton) 18, Dunn (Fendalton) 13; Bevis (Darfield) 20, Haggitt (Lincoln) 15; Clark (Amberley) 17. Scapens (St. Martins) 15. Second Round. —McNab 25, Erridge 19; Haggitt 15, Turpin 6; Scapens 24, Gundry 12; Bevis 16, Adams 15: Dunn 18. Clark 14: Dixon 22, Trenberth 20. Third Round.—Dixon 31, Clark 13; Turpin 13, Dunn 12; Tren-

berth 19, Bevis 10; Scapene 16, Erridge 15; Adams 22, McNab 12; Gundry 24, Haggitt 14. Section 5 First Round.—Gray (Elmwood) 33, Smith (Linwood) 18; Latham (N. Brighton) 21, Bashford (Burwood) 15; Bateman (Sydenham) 22, Cox (Barrington) 10; Dailey (Fendalton) 15, Polson (Cashmere) 12: Cogswell (St. Albans) 23, Delahunty (Riccarton W.M.C.) 10; Weaver (Rakaia) 23, Rule (Christchurch W.M.C.) 14. Second Round.—Bateman 23, Latham 10; Cogswell 35, Cox 7; Weaver 27, Smith 8; Gray 33, Delahunty 4; Polson 29, Rule 11; Bashford 22, Dailey 15. Third Round. —Polson 26, Cox 15; Rule 16, Dailey 9; Bashford 15. Delahunty 12; Weaver 19, Latham 12; Bateman 13, Gray 12; Cogswell 19, Smith 17. Section 6 First Round. Williamson (Shirley) 20, Brown (Opawa) 12; Graham (Christchurch) 16, Rhodes (Halswell) 11; Newton (Dallington) 18, Ashton (Canterbury) 12; Fox (Beckenham) 21. Leitch (Fendalton) 13; Ditfort (R.S.A.) 20, Hoult (United) 14; Mclntosh (St. Albans) 16, Heaton (Mona Vale) 7. Second Round.—Newton 16, Graham 14; Ditfort 15, Ashton 12; Mclntosh 21, Brown 8. Williamson 24, Hoult 9; Heaton 20, Fox 18; Rhodes 18, Leitch 7. Third Round.—Ashton 24, Fox 17; Leitch 15, Heaton 14; Rhodes 31, Hoult 8; Graham 19, Mclntosh 9; Newton 20, Williamson 10; Ditfort 26, Brown 16. Section 7 First Round.—Cox (Burnside) 33, Cooke (Avon) 11: Le Roi (Morrison ave.) 20, Rowe (Opawa) 16; Nottingham (R.S.A.) 19, Bailey (Canterbury) 15: Hanger (Spreydon) 28, Barnett (Dunsandel) 4: Smee (Fendalton) 20, Glendinning (St. Martins) 13; Anderson (Linwood) 18. Hansen (Christchurch) 15. Second Round.—Rowe 19, Nottingham 18; Smee 17. Bailey 13; Cooke 30. Hansen 17; Glendinning 23, Cox 7; Barnett 23, Anderson 14; Hanger 17, Le Rol 10. Third Round.—Barnett 17, Bailey 11; Hanger 13, Anderson 6; Glendinning 22, Le Roi 9; Rowe 30, Hansen 10; Nottingham 21, Cox 13; Smee 32 Cooke 9. Section 8 First Round.—Newton (Tai Tapu) 23, Brown (Cheviot) 12; Bills (Christchurch W.M.C.) 26, Colville <St. Albans) 17: Giles < Rice. W.M.C.) 24, Barnes (Elmwood) 11; Watson (Halswell) 21, Brown (Rangiora) 18: White (Linwood) 21, Smith (N. Brighton) 16; Southward (Beckenham) 21, Humphries (Canterbury) 16. Second Round.—Bills 23, Barneg 16; White 32, Giles 17; Newton 27, Southward 14: Smith 24. Brown (Cheviot) 10; Humphries 18, Brown (Rangiora) 10; Colville 14, Watson 11. Third Round.—Brown (Rangiora) 18. Giles 16; Humphries 19, Watson 12; Colville 20, Smith 9; Southward 17, Bills 8; Brown (Cheviot) 13, Barnes 9; White 23 Newton 20.