SIDELINES

Press, 19 February 1986, Page 42

SIDELINES

CHANGES IN PUTTING styles have been noticeable among several prominent Canterbury golfers in recent times. The success of Canterbury’s top amateur, Brent Paterson, with his reverse-handed grip, has led to others adopting a similar technique on the greens. James Angus, though, made a change of a different nature. In the DB Export Challenge Gold Trophy competition at Shirley last week-end, Angus (Russley) played right-handed to the greens then putted lefthanded. The switch in putting sides was certainly not detrimental to his game. He had the best round of the 36-hole event, a two-under-par 71, and finished the competition with an 8m birdie putt, one of four in the round. THE CANTERBURY Bowling Centre made an almighty blue when it failed to provide its junior team with a coach or manager for the recent zone eliminations in Oamaru. The team travelled on the same bus as the seniors, and seats were found for wives of officials. However, the juniors were left to look after themselves and they were not alone in believing that their narrow defeat could have been turned into victory if they had had their coach, Duncan White, on hand to advise them. Unfortunately White, who has put a lot of work into developing junior standards, was not asked to accompany the team. STILL ON BOWLS, the centre selectors have delayed the announcement of the senior team to contest the national final of the Rothmans event in Christchurch the week after next The team which was successful at Oamaru, along with six or seven other players, have been invited to a practice at Woolston W.M.C. this evening, which indicates that changes might be made.