AROUND THE GREENS

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32220, 12 February 1970, Page 11

AROUND THE GREENS

The Christchv. centre team to play a leuin representing the Ashburton subcentre in the annual match for the Langley Cup at Rakaia on Saturday is:— W. J. Cole, H. E. Brandon, C. T. Lascelles, M. S. Robinson, G. J. Cotton, J. Dolan, H. B. Moore, R. C. Ritchie, W. .1. Gogswell, C. Till, H. R. Pool. C. Rhodes, J. Owen, J. C. Stapleton, F. Cornelius, J. Donaldson. W. J. Keen. B. M. Rice, S. G. McKenzie, J. Roberts, G. E. Anderton, E. S. Foster, E. D. Alexander, F. L. Murray. E. D. Farmer, J. P. Delahunty, W. A. Muir, W. Hanger, K. Perry. R. A. Wilkinson. V. V. Gallagher, W. Brough. Burwood Club K. Andrews, a former New Zealand Rugby League representative, skipped the winning team in the club's championship pairs. His lead was W. Harpur. In the final they beat P. Reardon and B. Wilson (s) 21-11. The scores were even after seven ends, but then Andrews gained a winning break by scoring on the next four ends. Wilson narrowed the gap with a three on the eighteenth end to- be only seven points down, but Andrews made sure of the title with a three on the nineteenth end—after which Wilson conceded the game. C. B. Hill, who is lead for M. J. Sealby, one of the two unbeaten skips in the open pairs championship which will be decided on Saturday, won the club’s singles title.: In the final Hill played some; superb draw shots in the: latter stages to beat Wilson,: who thus finished runner-up! in both the pairs and the singles. The colts final was a very; exciting match, last year’s winner, C. F. S. Watson, ; staving off a strong challenge by E. S. Wilson to retain the title. Watson still had two lives and Wilson one before the pair met. but Wilson came from behind to snatch victory. 18-17, at their first! meeting. In the second match Wat-: son had a three-point advan-i tage. starting the twenty-first end, but Wilson played a fine running shot to put the kitty, into the ditch and score three | points. Watson, however, was not, to be denied and with steady drawing he won the extra end. The winner of. the president's fours competition was G. Bromley, V. Pulley, C. J. Mobbs and G. F. Roberts (s). Fendalton Club C. S. Peate and R. A. Croft (s) won the final of the club's pairs championship ji when they beat last year’s! winners, T. Lock and S. Beddington, tn one of the ■ best club finals played on the ; Fendalton green. After six ends the scores were 5-5, but Beddington went ahead 8-5 on the seventh 1 end when Croft took out his own third counter when ’ attempting to trail the kitty ’ with his last bowl. With all four competitors ' drawing well the heads were 11 very tight. After 12 ends the 1 scores were level, 9-9, and'; after 16 ends they were still ' deadlocked, 12-12. On the seventeenth end,' Croft drew the shot with his last bowl and on the next four ends Peate struck a ' purple patch of form to give 1 his skip two shots on each head. On the twentieth end with Croft leading 17-12 and holding two shots on the head, Beddington drove unsuccessfully with his first bowl. He, repeated the effort with his next bowl and this time put ' the kitty into the ditch, to which he had the three closest counters.

However, Croft drew in-i iside Beddington with his last) delivery and the last end; I began with Croft comfortably; ahead, 18-12. Croft added! ranother single on the last end to win 19-12. I In the semi-finals of the! club’s fours, M. Hintz beat! ! J. Crombie 28-9 and H. 800 l beat Lock 24-22. An extra; end was required before Bool] emerged victorious. The teams for the final are A. Warden, B. Cropp, C. Gibb and Hintz and H. Robertson, T. Ridley. P. Large and 8001. The singles championship has reached the quarterfinals. All are one-lifers. The draw is:— G. Bennett meets i Crombie; 800 l meets Large; J. Pickles meets G. Thomson: Croft meets Hintz. The final of the colts cham- , pionship between R. M. ! Brooke and V. Thomas was 'a most exciting encounter.! The scores were level after; ,21 ends and on the extra end! Brooke had a “toucher” with' his last bowl after Thomas | had drawn two shots very’ iclose. In the junior singles C. L. , Griffiths meets R. S. Smith [■ to find an opponent for N. D. i Armstrong in the final. |i

i Canterbury Club s The final of the club’s ' 1 championship pairs will be 1 1 played this Sunday between ' • L. Thomas and R. Bateman ' (s) and F. Forrester and H. ■ ' Fletcher (s). The two teams 1 met in a semi-final with Bate--1 man winning 22-17 1 1 In the singles champion- • jship T. Steele beat W. Cook - land then went on to beat ■ -i Fletcher in a semi-final. On 1 ! the other side of the draw ■ ;W. Blackie was surprisingly ! ' beaten by W. C. Thomson, ] who now plays G. H. Hum- ; phries to find Steele’s oppon- • 'lent in the final. ! | D Clements beat the I: ■ former All Black. L. M. John-! ■son. to enter the semi-finals; ' of the intermediate singles.; 1 On the other side of the draw;' i F. Brebner beat C. Ashworth;' ' and A. Murray beat A. Dow-;; 1 ling. The final of the colts competition between F. Pickering 1 and L. Stowell resulted in a ' draw. 20-20. The match was ' I replayed with Pickering win- ’ :l ning 17-14. ' O. Turpin and C. Ashworth ■ are leading on points in the ! I Gordon pairs, a weekly drawn ’ pairs competition in memory • ;of Mr L. Gordon, a former ] president of the Canterbury • club. : A. Harvey and J. Petre are; leading another weekly pairsj] competition, the Delargey;' Chickens. which attracts mostly retired members. Mr! P. Delargey was a member of f the club and he left a bequest in his will to cover trophies ;f for the event. $ Cashmere Club [ a The club's success in the . Manning Cup competition was ‘ a just reward for consis- j. tency as it has regularly s finished in the first four in recent years. The colts championship was ■ s won by M. Courtier, who con-; t . vineingly beat H. Goldsmith ■,. in the final. Once he had' v assessed the pace of the> 0 green Courtier played steady | c bowls and allowed his oppo■nent little chance to get into j the game. c The pairs championship!} was won by J. Lewis and 1. Bradbury (s), but not before they had had one of their jr two-lives taken from them! c by the other finalists, E. :j Heineman and A. F. Roberts (s). !t The first match was marked: by some good bowling by all 11 four competitors with Roberts lr the dominating figure Begin-! I ning the last end Roberts led) by three points and at the if change-over he had one shot ! on the head. With his last!S bowl Bradbury rested the ■ c jshot bowl and held three, butlc

I then Roberts drew second (shot with his last bowl and iso clinched the match. In the second match Roberts began well with a four on the first end, but then Bradburyfought back to go clear and although Roberts finished [Strongly Bradbury kept ahead ’by two points. Lewis was the outstanding figure with some ;fine leading under difficult conditions. Bradbury joined the Cashmere club only six years ago and this was his second championship victory, the first being the fours in 1966. The last remaining twolifers in the championship singles, F. Fiecken and G. Crossen, met recently with Fiecken winning on the last end. Linwood Club J. P. Anderson, who reIcently won the 1970 open Singles championship, gained further laurels last week When he won both his club’s 'fours and pairs titles. In the fours he had with him B. Smith, B. Sansom and J. E. Smith and in the' final they beat F. G. Burgess, C. Corley, J. McDonald and E. Greenwood (s) 16-11, Anderson saved his team on a number of occasions, the most notable, perhaps, being on the twentieth end when Greenwood led 15-11 and had six shots on the head. With his first bowl Anderson killed the head and on the replay he scored a single. This is the third successive year that Anderson has skipped the club’s champion four. Anderson was partnered by B. J. Smith in the pairs and in the final they beat B. J. Sansom and W. White (s) 21- Last year Anderson won the pairs title with his father, J. J. Anderson, as lead. After seventeen ends Anderson led White 20-11, but with a five and two singles on the next three ends White still had a chance beginning the final end. Anderson drew one shot on the last end, but he had an anxious moment when White narrowly missed taking the kitty back to where he had three bowls resting. B. J. Smith won his second successive colts championship when he beat J. Thompson 22- in the final of this event. Thompson was also Smith's opponent in last year's final. In the semi-finals Smith beat O. Evans and Thompson beat C. Jones. Edgeware Club The club’s champion pair for this season is L. H. Boot and D. E. Wood (s). In the final they had a comfortable win over C. F. Quickenden and W. Winterboum (s). Wood’s toughest game in the final rounds was against A. J. Charteris. who had as his lead W. D. Paul. The scoring was close throughout before Wood won 23-20. In the singles championship Winterbourn is still a two-lifer. In his most recent match he beat J. A. Hayward. There are still four one-lifers remaining in this competition. The colts champion is D. M. B. Gowans. In a keenlycontested final he beat V. E. Mabey ¥ * ¥ Forty-five clubs will be represented in the champion colts competition which begins this Saturday on the; Woolston W.M.C. and Lyttelton Watersiders’ greens. i Representatives of the following clubs are asked to report to the Woolston W.M.C. green:— 9 a.m.: RS.A.. Canterbury,. Redcliffs, Rangiora. Linwood, Papanui W.M.C., Sydenham, St Martins, United, Christ-: church, Sumner and Christchurch W.M.C.

10.30 a.m.: Leeston, Papanui, Edgeware. Oxford, Dallington, and Opawa. 12.45 p.m.: Cust, New Brighton, Lyttelton Water■siders, Kaiapoi W.M.C., Elm- ■ wood, Imperial, South Brighton and Belfast. 1 Lyttelton Watersiders’ I green:— 9 a.m.: Hornby, Burnside, 'Fendalton, Beckenham, Mt Pleasant, Barrington, Morri-' son Avenue, Amberley, Mona Vale, Akaroa, Shirley, Burwood, Riccarton W.M.C. and Cashmere. 10.30 a.m.: St Albans, Woolston, Spreydon, Lincoln and Kaiapoi. The open pairs competition will continue on Saturday at the Christchurch W.M.C.’s green, beginning at 8.30 a.m.