Veteran skips into fours final

Press, 12 January 1987, Page 36

Veteran skips into fours final

_ Wellinnton The final of the Rothmans bowls championship fours today will be between teams skipped by of Naenae. Baldwin, with a win in the pairs in 1971 and the fours in 1972 and 1974 behind him, ranks as favourite ahead of the Naenae four. However, yesterday it was the host centre’s hope which created the most interest, coming from behind in two classic encounters to beat first Peter Beiliss’ Aramoho four 25-23 and then Whakatane’s pairs champion skip Peter Clark 27-26. In the quarter-final, Beiliss, aiming for a crown to add to his singles titles of 1981 and 1986, looked well placed when up 11-0 after eight ends. But Heald picked up 19 shots on the next 12 ends, including four on the thirteenth, and five on the sixteenth. Over the same period, Bellis took just five, all in singles. - The game went into an extra end tied 23-23, Heald claiming the win with two shots after putting the jack into the ditch and forcing Bellis into an impossible attempt . to place his last bowl on the edge of the green. In the semi-final, the game looked over for Naenae when down 10-21 after 15 ends but turned the game around completely with 16 shots over the next seven ends. Baldwin, whose No 3 John Murtagh, the national coaching director, today will chase a national championships gold star having featured in Baldwin’s three previous triumphs as well as winning the 1980 singles,

a s »= game sewn up. Post-section play in the fours at the Rothmans men’s national championships at Victoria Club, Wellington. Third round: Tom Berney (Wainuiomata) 27, Peter Millar (Hutt) 26; Howard Fuller (Seatoun) 19, Phil Skotfund (Northern) 16; George Shaw (Buckland’s Beach) 25, Bin Kane (North End Invercargill) 14; Laurie Penn (Wanganui Services) 29, BUI Fleming (Northern) 11; Rowan Brassey (Okahu Bay) 34, Ross Ryder (Levin Central) .12; Kevin Gallop (Blenheim) 26, Graeme Galvin (Titahi Bay) 11; Dave Baldwin (Paritutu) 33, John Corbett (Park Avenue) IS; Murray George (Epsom) 31, Charles Batchelor (Northern) 20; Terry Puklowskl (Feilding) 23, Rex Holmes (Titahi Bay) 18; Mick Heald (Naenae) 23, Ivan Kostanich (Hillsboro) 14; Brian Barker (Havelock North) 31, Don Wadsworth (Stoke) 26; Peter Bellis (Aramoho) 25, Brian Gibson sen. (Johnsonville) 11; Vic Sellars (Northern) 27, Des Stead (Castlecliff) 20; Kerry Clark (Johnsonville) 27, Peter Brookes (New Plymouth R.S.A.) 26; Eddie Irving (Hutt) 23, Arch Taggart (Tawa) 20; Peter Clark (Whakatane) 27, George Benevenuti (Naenae) 26. Round four: Fuller 25, Berney 22; Penn 22, Shaw 21; Brassey 33, Gallop 17; Baldwin 31, George 18; Heald 24, Puklowskl 21; Bellis 25, Barker 24; Sellars 21, Clark (Johnsonville) 19; Clark (Whakatane) 22, Irving 16. Suarter-finals: Penn 22, er 21; Baldwin 28, Brassey 27; Heald 25, Beiliss 23; Clark (Whakatane) 24, Sellars 15. Semi-finals: Baldwin 28, Penn 10; Heald 27, Clark 26.