BOWLING

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 137, 27 February 1918, Page 9

BOWLING

CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS SINGLES

WINS FOR HATAITAI AND KELBURN Under distinctly unsatisfactory conditions a start was made with the "champion of champions" singles tourney on tho Hataitai Club's green yesterday afternoon. A howling northerly gale blew furiously throughout the afternoon from a variety of angles, making it exceedingly difficult to judge either green or strength. At times one coidd see that a fair green was taken, but a squall would arrive and force the bowl to nra clean against the bias and finish yards away from the jack. On other occasions a player would allow . for the wind, and the non-arrival of the gust would see the bowl travelling I right across the green to the vicinity !of the jack in the next rink. Two games m the.first round were to have been played, but owing to Te Hiwi's representatives failing to show up Gray, of Kelburn, won by default. The other game was between Young, of Hataitai, and Paul, of Seatoun, which was won by the former by 24—19 after what was not a had game at all in the circumstances. On tho thirteenth head Young had drawn ahead '(18—12), hut .three heads later Paul had pulled up level (18 all). Young managed to push a couple of bowls nearer the jack on tho eighteenth head. Paul scored a single in the next head (20—19), and on the twentieth head Young ended the gamo by getting all four bowls into scoring positions. Tho tournament will be continued today at 9 a.m., on the Hataitai Club's ! green. If the gale does not abate there ! will be some reputations going a-beg-I ging. The draw for to-day's play appeared in yesterday's Dominion. ' THE ROTORUA TOURNAMENT. The Rotorua tournament grows in popularity, each year. .There were 21 /•inks shut out from the tournament this month, and it'is said that there were as many howlers on the bank a3 there were on tho greens. It is understood that the authorities contemplate putting down another greenmaking three in_ all—to cope with the gradually-increasing demand. SEATOUN CLUB. The following will represent the Seatoun Club against Petono next Saturday:— _. u Away—Williamson, Taylor, Carey, H. M'Gire (s.). .- ,' „ rl rr Home—AVyatt, J. Bradley, Or. HBradley, Meston (s.). Hill Pins, v. Khandallah, to-day-Alagill, Heath, M'Lennan, W. P. M'Girr (s.). ■ Hataitai teams for Saturday will he —V. Petone "Municipal," at Hataitai—Brown, Bolland, Gvles, Martin \a.); Kean, Bennett, Blake, Johnson (s.). /