North Island fours final
PA Dunedin It will be an all-North Island final in the fours at the national womens bowls championships at Dunedin today. There was only one South Island team left in the last eight and Marge Hinton (Clyde) was eliminated in the quar-ter-finals by Nan Keating (Onehunga), 30-12. t But Keating, a fours winner in 1984, was no match for Rhoda Ryan (Matamata) in the semifinals. Matamata has a strong four which includes the World Bowls representative, Millie Khan, at lead. The team also includes New Zealand trlalists Zelda Clements and Adrienne Lambert Rhoda Ryan has twice represented New Zealand in World Bowls and won the fours title at Dunedin in 1981. Matamata started strongly in the semi-final with a four and a five on the first two ends and had a massive 19-4 lead after just 10 ends. Khan was leading accurately and gave the four the foundation of the early bowls. Ryan took a six on the eleventh end and led 28-4 after 13 ends. The game was finally called off after 17 ends with Ryan winning 33-5. The former international, Joyce Osbourne (Manawatu), took four hours, 30min. to beat Jan Cooper (Pakuranga), 2321, in the fourth-round game. Results:— Post section play, found four: D. Clements (Matamata) 20, T. Kidd (Matamata) 19; J. Osbourne (Manawatu) 23, J. Cooper (Pakuranga) 21; L. McLean (Northern) 31, J. Main (Thames) 7; S. Anderson (Onerahi) 29, T. Anderson (Linwood) 10; R. Ryan (Matamata) 29, J. Blay (Mt Pleasant) 3; P. Renison (Malta!) 20, J. Caddie (Mairangi Bay) 17; N. Keating (Onehunga) 27, P. Woodfield (Linwood) 11; M. Hinton (Clyde) 27, E. Burke (Northend) 17. Quarter finals: D. Clements 26, J. Osbourne 16; L. McLean 22, S. Anderson 16; R. Ryan 31; P. Renison 10; N. Keating 30, M. Hinton 12. Semi-finals: Ryan 33, Keating 5; McLean 20, Clements 16.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19890218.2.197
Bibliographic details
Press, 18 February 1989, Page 92
Word Count
310North Island fours final Press, 18 February 1989, Page 92
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.