AROUND THE GREENS

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33776, 24 February 1975, Page 5

AROUND THE GREENS

. F. Lees beat E. R. Rolton m the singles final at Canterbury and the pairs has gone to A. Murray and R T. Bailey (s). In the final, Bailey beat his uncle, A. G. Bailey, whose lead was the new South Island Rugby, selector, M. J. Dixon, 17-16. On the deciding end A. G. Bailey picked up the kitty with his last bowl, but it hit another bowl and came for-' ward to leave R. T. Bailey with the shot. R. T. Bailey is also the champion fours skip. In the final his team of J. D. Liley, w’ho led extremely well, A. G. Bailey and Murray came away towards the finish to beat H. Fletcher’s team of 1.. Stowell, L. Thomas and F. : Forrester. J. Weir won the colts with two lives. Ellesmere retained the Arthur Rose Cup when it beat Canterbury 119 points ! to 97. D. Colville’s team won the club’s February Sunday tournament, with W. Boyd (Papanui) runner-up. * « M. L. King has won the singles at Woolston W.M.C. and he did so without losing a life. In his final game he beat A. Radford in a close! contest. King is having a good l year; he still has a chance: in the pairs, triples and fours. Woolston W.M.C. has some good colts this year, with none more promising than R. McCammon, who won the colts title with two lives. One of the club’s bestknown bowlers, M. J. G. Robson, recently underwent a heart operation in Dunedinl and according to reports he is progressing satisfactorily. * * * H. Scrimgeour’s team of L.

i Scurr, B. Eder and J. Pulley: : has won the fours champion- > ship at Rangiora. It beat the I team of K. Stickle, R. Steven- • son, A. Henderson and E. Wayland (s) in the final. In ■ the colts final, G. Adamson i '< beat O. Sollitt. St L. Moody came from 18-19 down on the twenty-second I end to beat W. Fitchett, lasti ’ year’s winner, 21-19. in the colts final at Linwood. The winning teams at the monthly triples tournament at Linwood were: A. Martin,; J. R. Saundercock and P. L. Remi (Hornby); N. Williams, B. P. McManus, A. Deane (South Brighton); and F. ' Finnie, G. Smith and E. D. Farmer (Papanui). * * * L. Streeter and J. Collie, who had previously relieved each other of a life, met ini' the final of the colts cham-i pionship at Cashmere and it was Streeter who took the' title. He led early, but Collie fought back to level at 16-16 before Streeter regained control and went on to win; by seven points. The defending pairs cham-j; pions. H. Kent and R. Speer,; had to fight hard to retain j ( their two lives when they met A. Betteridge and L.:j Bradbury in a semi-final. Bradbury led nearly all the way, but fell behind when he dropped a six on the I eighteenth end. Even on the < final end Bradbury had the 1 three he needed for victory 1 until Speer played the per- i feet shot with his last bowl. < Speer now meets R. Mad- < | sen, a one-lifer, to decide 1 the championship. ‘ t *** . 1 J. Tappin, partnered by at second-year bowler. O. Tom- i

ilinson, scored a surprise win in the pairs at Papanui. In i the final he beat B. F. j McGowan, whose lead was ; E. Ambrose, 21-20 after the game had gone into a threeiend playoff. There was also a very! close finish in a semi-final of the fours, J. H. Gill beatting R. C. Ritchie by one after Ritchie had just failed! to move the kitty far enough for four shots with his last; bowl. Gill will play A. KJ i Browning, who took his ; first life, in the final, but; unfortunately Browning is ■ going overseas and his team! will have to obtain a substi-; 8: 6: tj: J. Robinson, whose lead is I ;T. Maher, and T. Payne, who! is partnered by L. Avis, the j pairs finalists at Edgeware. In the semi-finals, Robinson ;beat G. Whyte 21-11 and Payne came from 12-18 down! to beat the title-holder, R.| Spear, 20-18. j However, Spear will not go j empty-handed. He took the; j fours title when he beat J. I i Spiers 22-13, a four on the! (last end taking him clear. ; Other members of the wih!ning team were R. Low, M. ! O’Connor and D. Gowans. # # * The last “Around the Greens” contained two errors, neither of which was the fault of the contributor. It was J. Pulley, not J. Rowe, who had unsuccessfully contested six finals at Rangi- ; ora; and the fours match at Barrington between K. Scott! and H. Gibbons was a semi-; final, not the final. How-; ever, they will meet again; in the final.