Bowls title to Weir

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33942, 8 September 1975, Page 14

Bowls title to Weir

Barrie Weir (Mount Peasant) played consistently to beat Lee Roberts (St Paul's), H-8, In the champion-of-champions Indoor bowls pairs final yesterday.,

He started brilliantly and seemed to have a virtually uni assailable lead when he was ahead, 5-1, after the third end, but Roberts came back well to level the scores at the half-way stage after a single, a two, and a single on successive ends. But Weir went back Into the lead with a line three on the seventh and a single on the eighth and Roberts’s only further scoring effort was a three on the ninth.

Tn the semi-finals, the St Paul’s combination of Roberts and Mrs Bev Morel were too good for Dick Alexander and Leon McLennan (Hornby Working Men’s Club), winning 8-6. The feature was the brilliant lead bowls of Mrs Morel. The other semi-final was a very one-sided affair. Weir and MrS Pat La Grosse beating Curly Beswick and Geoff de Ruiter (Alex Harvey), 9-4, after leading throughout. Norman Morris, the winner of the champion-of-champion singles title recently, was eliminated in

the second round by Charlie l Bishop in a very close game. Results were:— Quarter-finals. —Mount Pleasant 9, Windsor 5; St Paul’s 11, Fernleaf 4; Hornbv W.M.C. 6. Avonhead 0; Alex Harvey 10, Chis-; nallwood 8. Semi-finals. —St Paul's (L.. Roberts) 8. Hornby W.M.C (L. McLennan) 6; Mount Pleasant (B. Weir) 9, Alex Havey (G. del Ruiter) 4. Final.—Mrs P. La Grosse, B. I, Weir (Mount Pleasant) 12, Mrs; B. Morel. L. Roberts (St Paul’s) ; 8. FARMERS' CUP Leon McLennan narrowly beat: Keith Becker, the 1973 title winner. 9-7, in the final of the Farmers’ Cup pairs yesterday. McLennan led only 6-4 after I six ends, thanks mainly to a four | on the first end, and Becker I further narrowed the gap with! I a single on the eighth, but Me-' iLennan replied .strongly with | two on the ninth to make it ■ 8-5. After a lot of time was spent i studying the heads McLennan! scored a vital bowl on the: ’ tenth, and Becker was only able to chalk up singles on the final two ends. The semi-final encounter be-. I tween Mrs Thelma Jackson and’

(McLennan was very closely ’fought, and the latter only got I ahead on the final two ends I Keith Becker easily beat Morrie Dunn In the other semifinal, outplaying him over the (latter ends in particular ‘ For the second time over the week-end the selectors were [conspicuous by their absence. I Results:— ’ Fourth round.—L McLennan 111. Mrs P Fuller 6; Mrs T. Jackson 10, W. Trembath 7; M. Dunn 9, D. Thomas 6; K I Becker 9, G. Thomas 6. I Semi-finals.—McLennan 12. Mrs (Jackson 8; Becker 13, Dunn 4. Final.—N. Tomlinson and L. McLennan 9, M. Calgich and Ji. (Becker 7. Town team The following Town indoor bowls team has been selected to play combined Country at Kearney’s Road on September 110:— K. Cherry. R. Morgan, Mrs B. Immers. T. Clark (s.i; N. Hilton, A. Paulin. T. Rainey. L. J. Aslrtn (».); N. Morris. D. Hlgham, Mr, P. Fuller. M. W. Berkeley (•-•; 'Mrs E. McLennan. K. Avis. B. 'Gray, T. Thompson (s.>: Mrs B, Becker, Mrs D. Hunt, R. i Knighton. E. Chaney is.); Mrs D. : Henderson, Mrs D. Adam. W. J. Trembath. G. Forrester (Sj.