Indoor bowls Triples to Brown' team

Press, 6 October 1980, Page 20

Indoor bowls Triples to Brown' team

Arch Brown and his team of, Kath Sycamore and Joan Ham-1 rnond enhanced the tine record; of the Avonhead club this sea-: son. when they won the Canter-' bury champion of champion in-i door bowls triples on Saturday, j Andy Paulin. Dave Gardiner: and Reg Cairns, of Shirley Boys'. High, were the runners-up. ■ Brown sealed the final on the' seventh end when. 6-2 up. he; played a fine drive to take out; Paulin's two close shots, and running through scored a four.; A single on tlie eighth end and; two on the ninth end put thei

• title bevond doubt. Paulin con-' 'ceded bn the tenth end. Both semi-finals, were closely! : fought. Brown, holding a one-: 'shot advantage on the seventh! lend over Betty Higham. scored a two on the last to win his] semi-final 10-7. Paulin held a; 'slight advantage throughout lo 1 : beat Jeannette Lennon 8-5 in: ' their semi-final. | j A disappointing feature of: ; this last event of the indoor) bowls season was the default byj I many club's representatives. | J Results:— i Eight mats.—A. Brown 9, S.,

! Hegan 8: E. Horsncll 7. N. TomI linson 6: P. McLaughlin 14. W. ! Gaines 4; B. Higham 11. F. Donaldson 8; J. Lennon 8. Kemp >7; D. Baker 9. B. Hall 6; R. Millar 13. E. Stephens 5; A. Paulin i 7. A. Shepherd 6. I Quarter-finals.—Brown 13. llorsi nell 7; Higham 8. McLaughlin '7: Lennon 13, Baker 3; Paulin ,; 10. Millar 6. Semi-finals.—Brown 10, Higham i 7; Paulin 8. Lennon 5. : Final.—Arch Brown. Kath | Sycamore. Joan Hammond 13; I Andy Paulin, Dave Gardiner. Reg , Cairns 4.