BOWLS WITHOUT BIAS

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 114, 7 February 1935, Page 14

BOWLS WITHOUT BIAS

Barnett Tiki Match

(By

Armada.)

The match this year for the Barnett Tiki between the Christchurch and Wellington Bowling centres will be played in Wellington on Saturday week. On that day seven rinks will come to Wellington to defend the trophy. A visit by the Wellington centre to Otaki is being arranged for February 17. Thorndon Club.

The two leading teams in the “Roses,” the rinks championship of the Thorndon Club, skipped respectively by H. P. Perry and Hutton, met last Saturday. Hutton won by, a fair margin. In this competition Thomson and. Smith have two lives each, and Hutton, Nancarrow, Watt and Waters one life each.

The final of the junior singles was played recently. Osivin defeated Reid 21-10. The game was most closely contested, the men being neck and neck until the last two heads. The competition is for first-season players, and for novices the play was stated to be especially good. Levin to Visit Kelburn.

A match between the Levin Bowling Club and the Kelburn club is planned for next Wednesday. The former expects to send six rinks to the city on that day. On March 2 Levin will visit Otaki. Karori Club Competitions.

The champion rinks competition of the Karori Bowling Club has reached the final. Gilbert has beaten Adams and Crawford has beaten Armit. In the final Crawford, who has two lives, will play Gilbert, who has one life. The pairs and singles are being played well up to time. Those left in the pairs are Adams and Field, Crawford and Neilson, Burn and Townsley, and Gapes and Parsons, each of which pair has one life.

In the singles Gilbert and Adams are left in with two lives each, and Thom, Gapes and Grant are left in with one life each.

Tria/ngular Coaitest. Next Tuesday teams from the Wellington and Hutt clubs will leave for Wanganui, where the following day they will play the Wanganui club for the Duthie Cup. Electric Mowers.

Several bowling greens in Wellington are now being mown by electricity and those responsible for the conditions of the greens are enthusiastic over the innovation. The Thorndon. club recently purchased an electric mower following the experience of the Lower Hutt club with one. It is similar, in general design to a hand mower, cutting an 18-inch swath with its ten-bladed cylinder. The motor is mounted on top of the machine in the centre and revolves the blades via a short belt. The motor does not propel the mower, but supplies all the energy for cutting the grass. The machine is pushed along by hqnd, a long flexible wire being trailed behind for the current supply.

At the Thorndon club the opinion is definitely held that the sward is better when cut with the electric mower. The machine cuts equally well at all speeds without vibration. The greenkeeper has to adapt his method of mowing to allow for one of the disadvantages of the electric mower, the wire, and keep the wire trailing on the part of the green he has mown go as not to run over the cable. The green can be mown in almost as short a time as by hand, and it is anticipated that when the greenkeeper has become used to the new machine it will be done even faster. However, the real advantage of electric mowing is said to be in the quality of the work. NEW ZEALAND SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP. The Blue Riband of Ndw Zealand Bowls was won tills year by Mr. A. Engebretsen, of the Napier Curb, who proved to be the outstanding player of the tournament. Mr. Engebretsen plays with HENSELITE BOWLS, the most perfect bowl. made. Inspect the latest shipment at Briscoe, E W. Mills and Co., Hunter Street, Wellington.— •P.B.A.