Early points help Earl to victory
Twelve points over the first five ends gave Dave Eari and Peter Lafferty a winning break over Noel Tomlinson and Alec Mcßeath in the final o£ the Canterbury indoor bowls pairs title at Kearney’s Road on Saturday. Tomlinson scored seven points near the finish to reduce the deficit to two, but Earl scored another single to start the last end three ahead. However, Tomlinson killed the jack and was six points behind Playing the extra end, on which Earl scored a single to win, 17-10. The semi-finals resulted in Earl beating Laurie Stead 8-6 on an extra end, while Tomlinson and Blue Duncan had a tight game, Tomlinson winning, 11-9. Results:— First round: R. Ellis 8. R. Shacker 7; N. Tomlinson a, J. Dekker 4; I. Reed 7, Mrs C. Payne 5. Second round: Mrs N. Sykes 7, P. Sepie 3: B. Chapman 16, V. Norris 3; D. Earl 11, J. Kennewell 3; J. L. Stead 9, Mrs O. Bate 8: D. Williams 9, R. Ellis 7; N. Tomlinson 14, S. Reed 8; B. Duncan 6, D. Thomas 4; Mrs M. Tomkies 6, A. Mac Kay 5. Quarter-final: Earl 5, Chapman 4; Tomlinson 12, Mrs Tomkies 6; Stead 6, Williams 5; Duncan 8, Mrs Sykes 2. Semi-final: Earl 8, Stead 6; Tomlinson 11, Duncan 9-
Final: P. Lafferty, D. Earl 17; , A. Mcßeath, N. Tomlinson 10. The Town team to play Com- : bined Country for the Crew Cup i at Amberley on September 5 is:— i D. Hunt. Mrs J. Liley, P. Kerr, B. Weir (S.); Mrs V. Calrney, H. Wilson, L. Dunston, G. L. Barnes i (S.); A. Roberts, G. G. Adam, J. Granger, D. Thomas (S.); Miss J. . Orme, Mrs D. Henderson, Mrs L. Mclntyre, Mrs I. Gale (S.j; W. Mclntyre, G. Lange, D. Earl, K. Becker (S.); Mrs D. Marsh, Mrs M. Berkeley, N. W. Tomlinson, G. Gaspar (S.).
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