Khandallah four in bowls upset

Press, 6 January 1987, Page 32

Khandallah four in bowls upset

PA Wellington The composite four of a Khandallah bowler, Bob Barr, grabbed the limelight when it upset a team skipped by the singles winner, Ken Walker (Fairfield), 25-21, on the first day of section play in the fours at the national men’s bowls championship yesterday. Barr, a retired city council worker, joined forces with a former secretary of the Wellington Racing Club, Hal Meyer, a retired sea captain, David Millar, and a newcomer, Stewart Anderson, to beat Walker, who began the day with a 27-22 win over Whitby’s Bruce Ferrick. Barr’s win was the more meritorious for the way in which Anderson, who was a late replacement for the usual lead John Pollitt, coped against Ross Brown, who was Walker’s opponent in the singles final. Anderson, aged 25, only began bowling in November. Section play continues for three more days with

a new draw on Thursday night for winners of six or more games.

The pairs title winners, Peter Clark and Don McKillop (Whakatane), also had a shock when they failed to shake off the cobwebs of Sunday’s effort and went down, 1926, to a Vogelmoren combination. Clark still emerged with one win.

Rawhiti’s Nick Unkovich, who has won the national fours title on eight occasions, served notice that he is serious about winning another. He started the day with a bang, beating Miramar’s Peter Howat, 40-6, while Aramoho’s Peter Beiliss dished out a 42-5 hiding to a Tawa team.

The Okahu Bay four of Danny O’Connor, Rowan Brassey, Peter Thorne and Don Hooper had a discussion about their approach and ended up changing their order, Brassey taking over as skip and O’Connor as No. 2. The team emerged with two comfortable wins.

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four also came out well on top with wins by 34-19 over Hokowhitu and 26-16 over Johnsonville.

Victoria’s Taffy Owen managed to the maximum eight shots on one end in a 39-14 win over a Paekakariki team, after dropping its first game, 19-25.

A North East Valley combination which included Terry Scott (Cromwell), Terry Scott (North East Valley) and Jim Scott (Johnsonville) lost its first game but recovered later, while those with two wins included Maurice Symes (Hawera Park), John Leitch (Upper Hutt) and Eddie Irving (Hutt). Harry Purcell (Khandallah) runner-up in the finals of the Wellington open fours recently, also had two good wins, as did Hillsboro’s Nick Grgicevich and Northern’s Phil Skoglund. Spreydon’s • Bruce McNish, who won the fours in Wellington in 1983, was another to have a good day.