O’Connor bowled but
PA London New Zealand’s Danny O’Connor was blitzed oiit of the £70,000 ($NZ190,000) Embassy world indoor bowls championship at the Alexandra Palace in London yesterday. The Okahu Bay man was beaten in straight sets by the Irish title-holder, Jim Baker, the 1984 Embassy champion. | Baker, the No. 3 seed, who skipped Ireland tp a gold medal against New Zealand in the world outdoor fours final' at Auckland last month, took only an 'hour to demolish O’Connor 7-0, 7-3, 7-3. |i After the defeat of the former world outdoor: singles champion, Peter Beiliss, yesterday, the Palmerston North players, Phil Skoglund and Andy Seator, are left carrying the flag for New Zealand. !
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19880309.2.222.2
Bibliographic details
Press, 9 March 1988, Page 72
Word Count
113O’Connor bowled but Press, 9 March 1988, Page 72
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.