687 qualify in national bowls

Press, 12 June 1978, Page 3

687 qualify in national bowls

■ The twenty-ninth national* lindoor bowls championships began at four Christchurch venues at the week-end with just on 4000 games in the section rounds of the* singles. The entry of 1995 was reduced to 687 qualifiers! . (three wins or better from* four games) and these will! resume play tomorrow after-1 noon to vie for a place in Wednesday night's final. Today- the pairs will get under way, with 1155 teams contesting the section rounds. Most of the favoured play- ] ers survived the singles section rounds, including the defending champion, Rod Fleming (Auckland), who ; had four wins. Winston McLachlan (South Otago), the beaten finalist last year,' also came through. Among those eliminated * were Noel Gray (Bay of Plenty), the champion fours . skip last year, and Keith ■ Mulcahy (Waikato), the: defending pairs champion. * ! The Horowhenua centre, which had a useful entry of [j 23, fared disappointingly,! i with only two of its number * qualifying: Mesdames Lil 1 Dempsey and Francis Gollo- j way. Wally Foster and the 1 other three members of last ’ year's runner-up four fell by f the wayside. Another surprise failure]* was Mary Crook (Bay ofij Plenty), who won the Truth*' Cup last year for the woman*! who lasts the longest in theL singles. She was narrowly] ] beaten in her last game by|i jOla Sullivan (Waikato), j Other notable nonqualifiers were Cath Thomp- 1 son (Waikato), who is a triple Australasian medal c holder, the Eccles brothers, i Ray and Jack (also Waikato), the Auckland veteran, j Jim Verran, and, in one of the biggest upsets, Thora; Telfer (South Otago). ' Mrs Telfer, a member of f the New Zealand team to t Australia, played well below her best form, winning only 1 one of her four games. < Charlie Kinzett (Marlbor* : ough) and his wife, Peg.h were other unexpected elimi-j i nations as were Ray Ellis i (Canterbury), Hori Warnes:* (Nelson), and two visitingi f Australians Noel Eva and* Phem Close. ; The experienced Aucklan-iJ der, “Sen” Smith, who isii

| seeking his fifth title, came : through with three wins, beating Robyn Smith, a i Canterbury competitor who had to beat Smith to qualify. , Smith’s wife, Kathy, had ■ three wins. Although two A. S. Pater|son Trophy representatives, | David Philpott and Bob Ludbrook, dropped out, Canter- | bury is still strongly represented. Among its leading players to qualify were Alt Williamson, Leon McLennan, Trevor Austin, Lloyd Bellis, Doug Stewart, Ora Bate, Marie Watson, and Doug Higham. Of the qualifiers 127 were unbeaten through their four games. Those with perfect records were. Ashburton: R. D. Chapman, R. H. McTague, E. M. McTague, D. Mayson, L. G. Butt. Auckland: S. Bishop. R. C. Coleman, I. Curtain, R. Fleming, K. Gash, .1. Logan. N. Monaghan. D. M. Parlane, A. J. Sims, B. O. Stewart. E. G. Taylor. A. J. W. Thomas. \V. Tinton. I. K. Wheeler, M. Wheeler, M. Wilson. Bay of Plenty: P, Clark, L. ; Pointon, B. Rickard. Canterbury: W. D. Adam. P. Anngow. K. Avis, O. Bate. N. S. I Benny, N. Burrow, E. Chaney [(Hornby W.M.C.I. R. M. Chiplin. K. Clavdon, M. Fraser, J. Gra ham. B. Gray, B. Hall. E. Hall (Garden City), P. B. Henry, P. Kerr, G. Lange. C. Lennon. L. G McLennan, B. McLeod. K. Marsh. T. Miller. S. Murch, G. Norris. V. Norris, Y. Petersen, V. Pope. B. Ross. A. Shankie. J. Simpson M. Boerlage, P. G. Boerlage. T. J. Boone, R. L. Beaton. D. J. Stewart, L. Stewart, P. Walker. D. Smyth. G. W. Thomas. N. W Tomlinson, N. Tomlinson, C Maule. A. E. Williamson. Central King Country: L. Bell N. Smith. Hawke’s Bay: D. Howlett, W. J. Legeyt. J. M. Manson. Hutt Valley: P. Robertson, A. H. Thomas. Manawatu: M. Brown, M. Mackay. J. Michie. Marlborough: P. Poole. Nelson: B. W. Beams. R. Buonocore. F. Newport, J. Persico, C. Ricketts, Mrs N. Ricketts. Northland: A. Came. North Wellington: A. Hercomb, M. Owen. North Otago: M. Proctor. North Taranaki: B. Banks, J. Walsh. Otago: O. Pearson, M. Brown., M. Collins, B. Craig, M. McCammon, I. Shanks. Southland: I. Burns, W, Kane, K. Russell. South Otago: N. A. McCaw, C. A. Benington, E. Melton. Taranaki: R. Beare. M. Wigley. Upper Hutt Valley: 1. Barr, jun., -J. Leitch. S. Leitch, E. Murray, S. Robinson. D. Bates. Waikato: M. Garmon sway, T. Garmonsway, M. Tocker, F. B. Whitechurch. J. Briggs, R. Frefan. J. Oliver. G. Pedersen. Wanganui: P. Deane. Wellington: K. Christensen, R. Gibb. R. M. Johnson. R. W. McDonald, E. Sellars, K. Sellars, K. Surridge, J. D. Taylor.