Bowls contest restored

Press, 13 June 1978, Page 6

Bowls contest restored

r ! There will be two Saturday 1 1 morning inter-club competitions i for junior bowlers next sum- , mer, the Christchurch Bowling • Centre decided at its meeting | last evening. • The delegates voted overwhelmingly for a return to the original Robinson Shield conditions, which limit the competition to first and second-year players. | In addition, a new competition will be introduced to cater for bowlers with up to five vears • experience and there will be no limit on the number or teams each club can enter in this event. ' ’ There was some confusion • • over the Robinson Shield vote ■ Most delegates were obviously r; only interested in the experi- .; ence clause, but some wondered about other original conditions, ■( such as the number of entries i ■ I from each club. ; Mr W. R. Wilkinson recalled that before the conditions were • changed in 1961 to accommodate • ■• players beyond two years experience, the Robinson Shield! j games had been played at night.! it was left to the competitions; committee to determine what; I conditions would apply. j The establishment of two com-; petitions was preferred to the; j alternative of one unrest ricted I | competition for all bowlers of j ! up to five years experience. i In another alternative vote, • j the length of games in the Newl Year triples and the champion-of-champions triples was set at 18 ends. The alternative was 16 ends. Clubs will be encouraged • to play their triples championships over 18 ends as well. The two longest-serving dele-’ gates, Messrs 3. R. Smith (RaI kaia) and S. G. C. McKenzie (Methven), were thanked for ; their contributions to the sport and wished well in their retire- ; ments. The meeting spent consider- | able time discussing the remits; • for next week’s annual meet-! ing of the New Zealand Bowling, I Association, in Wellington. '

t| Mr P. H. Rose found he was s not without support when he -(criticised the number of remits i relating to amendments to plavijing laws. ‘ “I used to play this game and -1 enjoy it when there was nos(where near as many laws. There -(was no need for an umpire. ijNow we have new laws being • • added all the time and then >; amendments to them. And then r; there are amendments to the >; amendments. The whole thing is getting out of proportion." said ’! Mr Rose. •; Mr Wilkinson also had his (backers when he forcefully gave i his views on the differential .; system for finding qualifiers t ; when singles and pairs cham- ■ pionships arc played under the I' section method. The method »; was used for last season’s Do- >. minion tournament and seems likely to be retained next siWn I mer. ’: "It is silly to say bowlers are "happy with the differential sy--•jtem, because they’re not," said •J Mr Wilkinson. “You know it • and I know it, the only reason • for it was to meet the conveniI ence of administrators. “There is only one wav for all ! players to get a fair deal under i the section system and that is I for section winners and equal I section winners to qualify. There is no need then for differentia's ;to be considered." said Mr Wil- ! kinson. His views found some sym- ; pathy with the N.Z.B.A. couhcil- • lors. who indicated that the?. j too, would favour such a • scheme, although they could net see it being introduced for the coming season.

Golf.—The rookie phenomenon (Nancy Lopez, destroyed tha field , tn the twenty-fourth Ladies Pro- | fesslonal Golf Association chan- : pionship at Ohio, winning a record-tying fourth consecutive 1 victory by a six-stroko margin, 'over Amy Alcott,