INDOOR BOWLING

Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 115, 16 May 1936, Page 6

INDOOR BOWLING

NEW ZEALANDERS' TOURNEY

One of the features of this season's indoor bowling in Wellington will be the tournament for rinks made up of New Zealand-born, players. The tour? nament is' to commence on Monday evening at the Winter Show green, and the executive extends" a hearty invitation to all bowlers to be present at the opening. The Mayor will be present and will send up the first bowl. Mr. Gilbert, president of the Wellington Bowling Centre, will also be present. ■ The competition promises to be keenly contested, and "from the many entrants.it is proposed by the committee to choose five rinks to represent Wellington against "the world." Games in sections A and B are to be played on Monday night, and games in sections C and D are to be, played on Wednesday night. • The draw for the first round is as follows:— Section A. —First round: Wilson (Newtowri) plays Gray'CKelburn; Edwards (Island Bay) plays Fletcher (Hataitai); Russell (Indoor Bowling) plays Welsh) (Hataitai); Mills (Johnsonyille) plays Jones (Victoria); Ryan (Porirua), a bye. Section B.t—First round: Boyes (Victoria) plays Osborn (Island Bay); Urwin (Petone. Central) plays Paton (Seatoun); Bedell (Island Bay) plays Warwick (Newtown); Woolley (Hataitai) plays Smith (Lyall Bay)'; Him-' mock (Porirua), a bye. Section "-'. C.—l First Round: Nickolls (Ind.oor Bowling) plays Martin (Hataitai); Glen (Island Bay) plays Bland: (Hataitai); Johns (Eastbourne), plays Naylor (Thorndon); Bonner (Lower Hutt) plays Brackenridge (Lyall Bay); O'Neal (Wellingon), a bye. • : Section D.—First round: Hunt (Hataitai) plays Conder (Lyall Bay); Sheasy (Porirua) plays'Estall (Island Bay); Parry (Indoor Bowling) plays Nelson (Petone Central);' Duncan (Island Bay) plays Lock (Khandalalli) •■ Watts (Victoria), a bye,