Pressure by Otago

Press, 22 May 1978, Page 19

Pressure by Otago

The Canterbury representative j i indoor bowls team thrust back i a strong challenge from Otago . and retained the A. S. Paterson Trophy with a 33-15 victory in >! Christchurch on Saturday, t At the half-way stage Canterbury had a 16-8 lead but the i second round pairs were full of i drama. Down in all four with 3 only the last ends to play Keith i Becker, Bruce Gray and Lloyd Bellis fought well to draw their - games but the big fight came from another Canterbury pair,i t David Philpott and Barry Weir - in their game with John Bar- ’ row and Wayne Burton. f Weir was down 3-6 early and • then scored a single on the eighth end to narrow the gap i to two. When Weir went to l play his first bowl on the next ) end he was two down on the 1 head but he studied the shot carefully and finished holding I two shots at the back of the mat, i After a lot of grim compe- ; tition Burton killed the jack and ; ! j forced an extra end but Philpott, and Weir scored three more, on : . that to win, 10-6. The first round singles games I had been close but Weir’s fine; pairs effort told and in the second round Burton thrashed him, : 13-1 and the veteran Bob Lud- » brook, suffered a similar fate at - the hands of Otago’s Jim Wig- : } ley. Lloyd Bellis called on all > of his vast experience to hold]

out Harley Webster by a single point in yet another thriller and Bill Trembath also recorded a good win over Murray Wigley , 11-4. Canterbury was in an unbeatable position after the singles although both teams had scored 189 points at that stage. In the second round fours Becker thrashed Ban? Craig, 16-1, and Bellis cruised to an easy 11-3 win over Webster. The next challenge will be Golden Bay-Motueka at Kearneys Road on June 24. Results (Canterbury names, first/— Singles First round.—K. Becker 7. H. Webster 8; B. Weir 9, S. Burton 4; R. Ludbrook 11, M. Wigley 8;' D. Philpott 7, W. Paape 6; L. Bellis 9, B. Craig 8: B. Gray 11,| W. Burton 5; W. Trembath 8, J. I Wigley 11; Mrs M. Watson 8, J.! Barrow 9. Second round.—Becker 6, Craig' 8; Weir 1, Burton 13; Ludbrook 3, Wigley 16; Philpott 7, Barrow* , 5; Beilis 6. Webster 5; Gray 9 Burton 6; Trembath 11, Wigley 4; Mrs Watson 3, Paape 10. Pairs First round.—Becker 9. WebI ster 10; Weir 10, Burton 9; Bellis 8, Craig 6; Gray 6, Burton 5. Second round.—Becker 5, Craig .3; Weir 10, Burton 6; Bellis 5, ’ Webster 3; Gray 8, Burton 8. i i Fours 1 ■

First round,—Becker 9. Webster 8; Bellis 3. B Craig 8. Second round.—Beckei 16, Craig 1: Bellis 11. Webster 3. Final points.—Canterburx 33 games points <216 scored), Otago 15 (193).