Women’s bowls ends in flourish

Press, 28 March 1979, Page 38

Women’s bowls ends in flourish

With four finals to be played, the Christchurch Women’s Bowling Centre will wrap up its season with a flourish at St Martins today. Most interest for a start will centre on the first-year players’ championship, which has two entrants remaining — Gwen Carter (Fendalton Women’s) and Ora Bate (Kaiapoi). Mrs Carter still holds two lives, while Mrs Bate, a prominent Canterbury indoor bowler, must beat, her twice to take the title.

There will be special interest in Mrs Carter, for if she is successful she will complete a remarkable family triple. Her husband, Frank Carter, won the Christchurch men’s cham-pion-of-champions singles title this year and their 15-year-old son, Chris, won the men’s colts championship. Mrs Carter played very well yesterday, as she had to to beat B. Immers (Papanui), 18-16, on an extra end and then A. Wise (Hornby), 21=15. Mrs Bate earned her place in the final when she gave a most impressive display to overwhelm the other last one-lifer, Peg Woodfield (Linwood), 21-6. The first-year players’ final, or semi-final depending on the result,, will begin at 9 a.m. as also will the

semi-finals of the champion? of-champions triples. In one semi-final, Lex Kimber (Linwood), who has already won the pairs championship this season, will meet Branda Dailey (Cashmere) and Beryl Logan (Shaw Avenue) will play Alice MacFarlane (Burwood). In the quarter-finals yesterday, Mrs Kimber beat Daphne Young (Papanui), 20-12, Mrs Dailey beat Agnes Anderson (St Martins), 24-20, Mrs MacFarlane got home in the tightest finish, 20-18, against Elsie Brown (Spreydon) and Mrs Logan accounted for Nancy Hawes (Beckenham), 22-10. While it might not have pleased her and her team, Mrs Brown’s loss was a relief for the organisers, who are now able to continue the champion - of - champions fours, which was interrupted part way through the semi? finals by last week's rain. These semi-finals will resume at 10 a.m. with Mrs Brown playing Lorraine Carson (Woblston) and Rita Hobbs (St Martins) confronting Alice Sinclair (Woolston W.M.C.). Also beginning at 10 a.m. will be a semi-final of the inter-club championship, another victim of last week’s rain. The semi-final is between Morrison Avenue and Christchurch-Richmond, with the winner going on to play Linwood in the final.