RECORD ENTRY FOR GREYMOUTH BOWLS

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33453, 7 February 1974, Page 10

RECORD ENTRY FOR GREYMOUTH BOWLS

(From Our Otcn Reporter) GREYMOUTH. The West Coast Bowling Centre has received a record entry of 100 teams for its diamond anniversary tournament, on greens in and around Greymouth this week-end. There will be section play over three days on the Greymouth (headquarters), R.S.A., Karoro, Blaketown, Cobden, Runanga and Hokitika greens.

Teams with six wins in the nine I rounds will go forward to post-' section play, which will start on Tuesday. Among the entrants are teams from Otago, North Otago, South Canterbury, Canterbury. Buller, Nelson. Wairarapa arid Manawatu. As expected West Coast , has the most entrants but there . is also a large Canterbury contingent. , The various centres are repre- . sented as follows:—

West Coast (39 teams).—R.S.A. 8 teams; Blaketown, Karoro 6; Hokitika 5; Dunollie, Greymouth 4; Cobden 3; Blackball, Dobson, Runanga. Canterbury (33). —Linwood 5; Cashmere, Edgeware, Rangiora, Spreydon. St Albans 3; Richmond 2; Canterbury. Beckenham, Fendalton, Mona Vale, Opawa. Papanui, Redcliffs. Sheffield, St Martins, Sydenham. Nelson (17). —Maitai 5; Stoke, United 3; Motueka 2: Bright-

Iwater, R.S.A., Ngawhatu, Rist aka. i Buller (3).—Westport; R.S.A. 2. I Wairarapa (2). — Featherston. I Greytown. 1 Central Otago (2).—Ranfurly, Roxburgh. Otago (I).—Caversham. North Otago (I).—Oamaru R.S.A. South Canterbury (1). — Pleasant Point. I Manawatu (1>. —Shannon.