DRAUGHTS
GARDINER TAKES TITLE
(By I'elearaph—Press Association.}
CHRISTCHURCH, December 30,
The New Zealand centennial draughts championship tournament concluded today. The new champion is J. Gardiner, of Nelson, who, with a total of 20 points, was two ahead of the runner-up, G. A. Brown. The new champion won the {itle previously in 1903, 1908, 1914, and 1928. Brown has been champion on six previous occasions.
The handicap tournament was won by W. Davis, Wellington. J. Gilhooly and F. W. Graham, Dannevirke. were runners-up.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19401231.2.23
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 157, 31 December 1940, Page 5
Word Count
82DRAUGHTS Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 157, 31 December 1940, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. 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.