BOWLING

Evening Star, Issue 19840, 13 April 1928, Page 13

BOWLING

[By Measurer.] .

The local Easter tournament just concluded was the most successful formany years past. The singles, played on the Thursday, were decided in beautiful weather "and finished right off in die one day without any hitch whatever. On Good Friday the first stages of die rinks competition were played without interruption, though an occasional light shower caused apprehension. Then, after rain on Friday night, the weather on Saturday was perfect; so it was on Monday and Tuesday for the final stages. The arrangements made by the executive were complete, and not a grumble has come my way—a rather unusual experience. The victory of J. J. Read (Anderson’s Bay) in the Easter singles confirmed the impression given by tils work as skip of the winning Adess Shield rink. He is evidently in form just now. In the singles contest he was drawn in a pretty warm section, having to defeat in . turn J. Howland (St. Hilda), W. Anderson. (Dunedin), and R. Aitchison (Caledonian). To win his green lio had to put down T. Mackic (Taieri). In post-section play his next victim was J. Tonkin (North-east Valley), who is very hard to beat at any time. W. Foster (Caledonian) looked like running away from him in the semi-final, and was actually 7 up with four heads to go. Read got over this difficulty by scoring 2,1, 2, and 3, which was a great performance against so strong an opponent. In the final he met J. Marshall (Dunedin), and won this game rather easily. Altogether a fine performance by the Anderson’s Bay player. . . In the pairs competition there were manv fine games played. The winners, F. Lambeth and A. M'Donald (Balmacewen), were always steady and occasionally brilliant. They teamed well with a perfect understanding, which moans a lot. • Tim leading of Lambeth generally was precision itself, with the result that oftentimes the position was easy for his skip. M'Donald was there when he was wanted. He played a lovely trail for six shots against J. D. Smyth (Dunedin), and did the same in the final game, when their opponents were clnbrnates—T. R. Himlle and W. Morrison. This latter pair must be considered as unlucky at the Easter tournaments, for they were runners-up in the same event Inst year. If they get right there in 1029 nobody will begrudge them their win. _ There were some fairly “warm” combinations in the rinks competition, and chance decreed that nothing soft should get into the section balloted to play on Roslyn green, where tennis skipped by Sanders (Kaituna), Brackenridge (St. Hilda), Yeitcb (West Harbor). S. Hutchison (Dunedin), Tyrrell (Roslyn), and Tillie (Caledonian) strove against each other. But the actual winner did not come from any of these. The two rinks left in the final came from Caledonian and Leith Clubs, I kipped by W. Wyatt and C. C. Rnwlinson respectively. So evenly were they matched that a tie resulted after twenty-one heads. A further game of sixteen heads was played, and in this the Caledonian men had the advantage. It was a good win for Wyatt and his men. The skip played consistently well, and his third player, Beatson, was of great assistance to him; while Cox and Chapman (lead and second) did specially well for young players. Rs.wlinson’s supporters were A. Rawlinson. J. Moore, and W. Kinaston. This rink from the baby club put down some doughty opponents on its way to the final, ■ and its success must encourage Leith members generally. * The results of the three conipetitions show how hard it is to pick winners at bowling. There were many betterknown players than Read in the singles; Lambeth and M'Donald made a first appearance as tournament winners; and Wyatt also_ appears as a winning tournament skip for the first, time. This should encourage unknown or unfancied players to try their luck either singly or in combination when next Easter tournament comes round, and make the Dunedin gathering a representative, enjoyable, and profitable venture.