Top couple
After finishing runner-up last year the husband-and-wife team of Derek and Marion Thomas went one step better at the week-end and won the annual hus-band-and-wife Canterbury indoor bowls title.
In the final they beat Bill and Lilas Mclntyre, 14-8, after leading, 6-1, at the completion of four ends. The winners of the 1976 and 1978 titles, Bruce and Vai McLeod, were beaten ini the quarter-finals but John
and Beryl Dishington, who beat the McLeod’s, were themselves eliminated by the Mclntyres in the semi-finals. Results:—
Third round: L. Roberts S, J. Purchase 3; M. Pitcairn 15, J. Graham 1; B. McLeod 13, N. Catermole 5; L. Mclntyre 9, B. Becker 6; G. Lange 7. B. Higham 6; T. Miller 7. J. Liley 6; D. Thomas 15. L. Miller 6; J. Dishington 12, J. Burrows 5.
Fourth round: Dishington 11, McLeod 4; Thomas 11. I.ange 4; Roberts 5, Miller 3; Mclntyre 6, Pitcairn 5.
Semi-finals: Thomas 9, Roberts 7; Mclntyre 9, Dishington 6. Final: Thomas 14, Mclntyre 8.
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Press, 20 August 1979, Page 3
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