Giles in good touch
Ken Giles showed he was in good touch for the approaching South Island billiards championship in Christchurch when he beat the national champion, Dave Meredith, in a club match last week. Giles, with top breaks of 61 and 53, raced away to win by almost 200. Results of the fifth round were:— Premier: Hornby 3 (Houghton 235, Vessey 182, Templeton 222), New Brighton R.S.A. 0 (Kelley 199, Greaves 146, Hall 135); Woolston 3 (Maffey 178, Franks by default, Strong by default), Richmond A 0 (Kirkness 144); Richmond B 2 (Giles 352, Hallum 250, Daly 141), Hoon Hay A 1 (Meredith 165, Baker 183, Bailey 234), breaks: Giles 61, 53; Kaiapoi 3 (Burney 183, Wereta 199, Lilly 233), Hoon Hay B 0 (Baker 151, Ramsay 144, Carlsen 181). Points: Woolston, Hoon Hay A 11, Richmond B 10, Kaiapoi 9, Hornby 7, Hoon Hay B, Richmond A 5, New Brighton
R.S.A. 2. Reserve A: Post Office 2 (Thomson 176, Prebble 177, Dean 220), Riccarton 1 (Chrisp 237, Clark 165, Spiers 182); breaks: Chrisp 41; Richmond A 2 (Scott 252, Scammell 161, Davies 198), Hoon Hay 1 (Cookson 168, Daly 268, Mulqueen 185), breaks: Daly 55, Mulqueen 40; Richmond B 2 (McKay 197, Griffiths 134, Carter 192), New Brighton R.S.A. 1 (Orsbourn 192, Cooke 291, Flanagan 126). Points: Post Office 9, New Brighton R.S.A., Richmond A 8, Kaiapoi 7, Riccarton 5, Hoon Hay, Richmond B 4. C grade — Section one: Woolston 3, Hoon Hay A 0; Richmond 2, Kaiapoi 1; Hoon Hay C 3, Christchurch W.M.C. 0. Breaks: Lucas 24. Section two: Woolston 3, Hoon Hay B 0; Papanui 3, New Brighton W.M.C. 0; Kaiapoi 3, Richmond 0; Hoon Hay D 2, Post Office 1. Breaks: Smith 47, Sands 30, 29, Davis 22.
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