Around The Greens

Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33382, 14 November 1973, Page 10

Around The Greens

Entries for the Dominion! i tournament in Christchurch * ijust after Christmas are 46 idown on the 2700 received when the tournament was! last held in the city four' years ago. North Island entries have i increased by 44. but those I from the South are down by 90. Waikato, 66 to 110. Auckland 195 to 216 and Taranaki 24 to 43. are the 'North Island centres with ■the largest increases. In the South Island. 'Christchurch has dropped from 1180 to 1135, South ■Canterbury 128 to 88. South Otago 52 to 32 and West ; Coast 40 to 23. , It is thought that the I Commonwealth Games may explain these figures — some North Islanders contesting the tournament and then staying on for the’ 1 Games and some South Is-1 landers forgoing the tournament in favour of being in 1 Christchurch for the Games. ( Sji # S$ The Christchurch centre (this week confirmed the ap- ,< pointment of a panel of I coaches who will be the J local coaches under the new-, instituted national coaching ! scheme. 1 I The four for Christchurch ,< jare W. R. Wilkinson, B. W. I Sinclair, T. W. Dixon and C.jl T. Bateman and, in the sub-' (centres, B. P. MacManusjt (North Canterbury), A. G.l< M. Elstob (Malvern), K, !< Robinson (Ellesmere and R. |1 L Lindsay (Ashburton). I The panel will work under I.

Ithe direction of the nations) Icoach (Mr J. N. S. Flett, of (Auckland), with the local chairman being Mr J. A. iMoloney. I He ♦ | Two teams finished with [four wins in a recent Sunday tournament at Mt Pleas* ■ ant and in the play-off, the Sumner team of R. Johnson. IE Tomlinson. T. Wood ano N. Poole (s) beat the United 'four of J. Crow, C. Gordon, M. Wells and 1. Andrews (s) E. Murray (Linwood) was successful in a week-day triples tournament staged by the club. He was partnered by A. H. Hughes and E. Greenwood. * A J. W. Cook’s team of A. Moore, L. Donnelly and K. R. Smith won the first allday open tournament at (Fendalton this season. It I was the only team to win tail four games. A Gray's team was second and W. Ditford’s third. :[t s;< sk The president's fours at jCashmere has been won by IH. Archer’s team of I. Me A (lister, R. Michael and B .Flack. It went through the I five rounds undefeated. Second place went to the team of A. Lawn, T. Evans, R Roberts and H. A. Purves (s). I Skips to record wins in ■the first round of the (championship fours were G. Crossen, F. Fiecken. R. Wilkins, A. Purves, N. Burtt, W. ■ Murdoch, H. E. Taylor. L. Dones. R. Speer and A Rob