Moffat gets singles spot

Press, 15 January 1986, Page 3

Moffat gets singles spot

Morgan Moffat, the runner-up to Peter Beiliss, in the singles at last week’s national bowls tournament in Christchurch, will have •further chances to prove himself in the singles role in the next month. Moffat has been named as the singles player in the Canterbury team for the zone eliminations of the Rothmans inter-centre tournament at Oamaru on February 1 and 2. In the past he has been the fours skip.

The team has undergone a number of changes, although there is only one player new to the event. He is Warner Barber, who will be the lead in the four.

Travis Coup, who was the regular fours skip before Moffat came along in the

late 19705, has been recalled to fill this position. Coup, in fact, was a member of the only Canterbury team to win the national final, in 1970.

Sonny Calder (Linwood) has been recalled also after missing out for the last four years.

The full team is — Singles: M. Moffat (South Brighton). Pair: Bernie Johns and Ken Watson (both Linwood). Four: Warner Barber (Papanui), Sonny Calder (Linwood), Graham Stanley (South Brighton), Travis Coup (Kaiapoi). The Canterbury Country team has been named also, and it is.—

Singles: Bob Patterson (Southbridge). Pair: Alister Keith (Hinds) and Bill

Honeywell (Allenton). Four: Bob Mitchell (Darfield), Sandy Keith (Hinds), Leon

Jones (Southbridge), Morris Nairn (Leeston). Along with the seniors, the juniors teams to play their zone elimination at Oamaru on February 1 and 2 have been named.

Canterbury.—Singles: D. MacFarlane (Redcliffs). Pair: S. Godfrey (Woolston Park) and W. Stanbury (Woodend). Four: L. Tredinnick (Christchurch-Rich-mond M.S.A.), G. Lock (Papanui), J. Flint (Fendalton), B. Chinnery (Rangiora). Canterbury Country.— B. McLaughlin (Kirwee). Pair: I. Lowery (Leeston) and L. Mintrom (Darfield). Four: W. McGuire (Southbridge), B. Gardiner (Waikari), R. Hickman (Rakaia), K. Richardson (Allenton).