Berkeley wins bowls singles

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33520, 29 April 1974, Page 7

Berkeley wins bowls singles

Brilliant drawing was the I ! feature of the final of the i Canterbury indoor bowls I singles championship played between M Berkeley (Linwood i Avenue) and J. Fallen (Horn- t by W.M.C.) at the Kearney's t Road hall yesterday. Berkeley was down 1-5 after}! four ends, but picked up three; points on the next two ends to I trail Fallen, a former Otago I, i representative, by one at half-1. 'wav. ' The next two ends were shared j j in singles and Berkeley levelledl [ the scores with a single on the , ninth. Fallen regained the lead I, , with yet another single on the ' , tenth end. but Berkeley, play- ‘ ing a perfect bowl which trailed I the jack, scored two on the•, , eleventh end and a single on! the last to win, 9-7. The experienced Berkeley had to withstand a determined challenge from his semi-final oppon- ' • ent. D. Earl (North Canterbury), 'before winning 11-10. Fallen, however, had an easy ■lO-3 victory against Mrs K. ; Kiesanowski fArawai. in the . other semi-final. I Mrs Kiesanowski. who won the Ethel Logan Memorial Trophy . for the woman progressing the ' . furthest in the championship. 1 had earlier accounted for a former double winner. J. A. - Burrowes. The defending champion. L,'l

Bellis was eliminated early by a previous title-holder, L. G. McLennan, who won 12-5. ' Berkeley had a fine first-round match with P. Shearer. Afterseven ends Barkeley led 3-2 with i two ends drawn. Of the 365 players who | entered the championship. 118! qualified for post-section play. ; Results were:— i Third round: L. Mayhew JO,; IH. Seales 3; B McLeod 11, 1..} ; Roberts 4; D. Earl 8. M. Gugich i 7; R. Ludbrook 12. T. Rhodes 5; |L. McLennan 8. R. Dyer 7; N. Hilton 8. E. Chaney 7; J. A. Buri rows 8. T. N. Austin 6; T. RowI sell 8. J. Dishington 4; M. Hen- ; derson 11, W. T. Brown 10; Mrs IK. Kiesanowski 10. A. Briden 9:i ! V. Norris 14, T. Thompson 4; i |G. L. Barnes 13, J. Smyth 7; ,1. Fallen 11. C. R. Ward 4; M. | Berkejev 8. J. A. McPhee 7; A. Quirke 11, R. J. Watkin 9; 8.l Stewart 12. E. E. Ashby 4. Fourth round: Mrs Riesanow-: ski 8. Burrowes 5: Ludbrook 8. Mayhew 7; Earl 10. McLeod 3:, Henderson 13. Rowsell 6: Berke-' ley 9, Quirke 8: Hilton 8,, Barnes 5; Fallen 7 Norris 5; McLennan 6, Stewart 5. Quarter-finals: Mrs Kiesanowski 6. Hilton 4; Fallen 12, McLennan 2: Berkeley 8. Ludbrook 3; Earl 11, Henderson 4. Semi-finals: Fallen 10. Mrs I Kiesanowski 3; Berkeley 6, Earl 5.