Indoor Bowls Won By W. Trembath
Mrs N. Buckley almost caused a major upset when she reached the final of the champion-of champions indoor bowls tournament. After beating D. J. Stewart and T. Austin, both representative players In the preliminaries, she lost to W. Trembath after 13 ends, 7-8.
Eighty dub singles winners played off on Saturday.
A large field of 180 pairs contested the Farmers* Cup. .J. Rowe and Mrs Rowe both played consistent bowls to beat G. B. Champion and D. B. Cook in the final after the latter pair had finished an exciting semifinal against M. Lightfoot and Mrs Lightfoot. Results were:
Quarter-finals. —B. Stewart (Arawa) 8. G. N. Taylor (Somerfieid), 7; Mrs N. Buckley Avenue) 8, L. Randall (Woolston R.S.A.) 4: W.
Trembath (Spreydon) 10, Mrs P. McConaghey (Banks Avenue) 6 D. Beaven (Pines Beach) 14, Mrs M. Davis (Linwood) 5.
Semi-final. Trembath 9 Stewart 6; Mrs Buckley 13, Bea ven 6.
Final.—Trembath 4, Mrs Buckley 7. Farmers’ Cup P. Shearer 12, S. Robinson 3; N. E. Hocking 8. Mrs M Cheyne 5: Mrs R. Burney 8. E. Hall 7: Rowe 12. D. Griffiths 8; Mrs Lightfoot 13, J. Elcock 5: M. Berkley 8. B. Stewart 5: D. Watts 11, Trembath 8: Mrs Lightfoot 8. Watts 7: Cook 12. Mrs Burney 5: Rowe 9. Shearer 7; Berkley 9. Hocking 5.
Semi-finals. —Cook 13. Mrs Lightfoot 11; Rowe 11, Berkley
Final. —Mrs P. Rowe (L.) and Rowe 11, Champion (L) and Cook (s) 5.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31774, 3 September 1968, Page 6
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