BOWLS

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 83, 2 January 1929, Page 10

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WELLINGTON CENTRE TOURNEY RAIN AGAIN PREVENTS PLAY DOMINION TOURNEY: THE PAIRS DRAW In cloudy weather, which occasionally threatened to develop into misty rain, the Wellington Centre’s annual tournament was advanced to the semi-final games on Monday, Post-section play was commenced at 9 a.m., and three rounds of 25 heads weje played during the day, reducing the rinks to four. The result was :— First Round. Hale (Island Bay) beat Watts (H--taitai), 26—21. Duncan (Wellington) beat Young (Hutt), 2.6—12. Cooper (Karori) beat Gardner (Kelburn), 20—19. Naylor (Thorndon) beat Blake (HataitaD, 26—10. . Reid (Lyall Bay) won by default from Bcynon (Petone). . Glendinning (Wellington), a bye. Second Round. Hale beat Duncan, 16—14. Naylor beat Cooper, 24—11. Glendinning beat Reid, 19 —11. Fairway: beat Cooper, 25—9. Third Round. Fairway beat Hale, 25 —8. Naylor beat. Glendinning, IS—l7. Brighting beat Lowry, 21—9. Ori account of the rain which fell throughout the whole of yesterday morning plays was rendered impossible. In this predicament the final games had to be postponed until to-day. The draw for the semi-final games is as follow: — Fairway (Wellington) plays Naylor (Thorndon). Brighting (Hataitai) plays Stephens (Kelburn). These games will commence at the Karori Club’s green at 1 p.m. to-day. HUTT VALLEY TOURNEY SECTION PLAY BEGUN ' In spite of rather showery weather, the first and second rounds of the Hutt Valley bowling tournament were played on the Hutt Central and Petone greens on Monday. Section play was to have been continued yesterday on all grounds and post-section play at the Central green to-day, but owing to the adverse conditions rendering games scheduled for yesterday impossible, these will (weather permitting) be played to-day instead. The post-section play will be got off at a later date. Following are Monday’s results:— FIRST ROUND. Section A, played on the Petone green—Fisher (Central) 20, Allan (Petone) 19; Norris (Hutt) 20, Casey (Thorndon) 14; Forrest (Upper Hutt) 19, Bolton (Victoria) 18. Section B, played on Central green— Howatt (Central) 24. Goodwin (Upper Hutt) 11; Seddon (Petone) 23, Kennington (Hutt) 22; Levestam (Newtown) 24, Naylor (Thorndon) 17. Section C, played on Hutt green— McArthur (Petone) 23, Stone (Central) 13; Goodwin (Thorndon) 28, Davidson (Hutt) 18; Jones (Woburn) 22, Parker (Central) 14. ■ SECOND ROUND. Section A —Casey 24, Bolton 15; Forrest 17, Allan 16; Fisher 24. Norris 14. Section B —Levestam 24, Howatt 18,; Naylor 25, Kennington 16; Seddon 25, Goodwin 23. Section C—Stone 22. Davidson 16; McArthur 31,. Parker 11; Goodwin 31, Jones 20. SOUTH CANTERBURY TOURNEY By Telegraph.—Press Association. Timaru, December 31. The final stages of the South Canterbury Bowling Centre's Christmas tournament were reached to-day. The weather during the tournament has been very broken, the games thus being prolonged. The South Canterbury rinks was won by Park, a local rink, who defeated Timaru by one on an extra head. The play •was of‘a high standard throughout. The South Canterbury pairs was won by Efford and Morgan (Edgeware), who beat Winnington and Lowry (West End) by two on the last head. “A HAPPY NEW YEAR” GREETING FROM BOWLERS AT SEA. Y'esterdav morning Mr. S. M. Stone, president of the Dominion Bowling Association, received a radio message from Mr. John Scott, vice-president of the N.S.W. Bowling Association, who is journeying to Wellington by the Marama with a big team of Australian bowlers, Kvishing all New Zealand- bowlers the sappiest of New Years. The message . was replied to on behalf of the New Zealand bowlers by Mr. Stone.