Barrington wins indoor bowls

Press, 19 June 1979, Page 24

Barrington wins indoor bowls

Clive Barrington won the right to represent Cante, bury in I the national final in Christchurch 1 on July 24 when he beat Jennifer urine, 11-8. m the A.N.Z. junior indoor bowls smiles competition at Kearneys Road during the week-end The W mdsor player got away to a great start in the final against Miss Orme and had a 9-0 lead after six ends. Miss Orme came back with a two and a single, but the game was virtually Barrington's when he scored another two and th« single and twos then managed b> Miss Orme were insufficient to bridge the gap. Twenty-two platers of the 57 entries made post section plat and Barrington was a little | lucky to sun h e his first roun< I match. He had to score a pos sible of four on the last end to)

• tie up his contest with Dean i Hunt and then win the extra i 1 end. M.ss Orme was up 8-2 after seven ends in her semi-final > against Sandra Henderson but in • the end won only 10-8, with Miss Henderson finishing • strongly. in the other semi-final, BarI rington was too strong for Owen Ditfort and scored almost i at will to win 13-3. Ditfort could only score on two ends. i Results:— Quarter-finals. —O. Ditfort 8, P. Barnes 7; S. Henderson 12, P. Lafferty 11; J. Orme 9, S. Calvert 4; C. Barrington 10, I. r | Kamo 5. Semi-finals: Miss Orme 10, Miss Henderson 8; Barrington 13, Ditfort 3. Final. — Barrington 11, Miss >| Orme 8.