BOWLING TITLES Runanga Players: Still In Singles And Pairs

Greymouth Evening Star, 10 February 1947, Page 8

BOWLING TITLES Runanga Players: Still In Singles And Pairs

(P.A.) WELLINGTON, Feb. 9. 1 ghe influx ’of. new l)lood into the ' post-sectippal play of the‘singles antj i fours TQrnpetitii?ns. is a feature of the thirty-rSecorib snnusl championship’ tournamept of the New Zealand Bowling; Association at Wellington. The only player left in both singles and pairs is E. P. Exelby (Frankton junction)', who, although a topline player,- has never shown such brilliance as he has this week. No former singles champion is included in the six players remaining in the singles, although F.' White, Runanga, is a skip of champion fours. R. Haworth (Canterbury), who skipped the winning pair in. 1936 and .the winning four in. 1935 and 1937, has still a chance of annexing the pairfe a second time;..., j. Armstrong. (Runanga), No. 3 of the present champion four, is still in th’e pairs. The only two-lifers left are W. Freeth (Maitai) in the singles, and Martin and Williams (Edgeware) in the pairs. The fifth day of the tournament brought brilliant bowling weather. > Exelby’s Chances Although his. performance in the pairs on the Thorndon green brought Exelby • many supporters for the singles, he has a long way to go in the first flight of bowlers —he did well at the. national tournament in Dunedin. He; would; have to dispose of Anton (Helensville) and White (Runanga) before he could meet. Freeth, who won a great following lasi week. Even then, the winner would be confronted by either Vella (Onehunga), who was fifth in the singles last year, or by T, T. Skoglund (Otahuhu), whose form, is giving his admirers increasing confidence. When the singles play started on Saturday morning the field contained three two-lifers and 17 onc-lifers. The two-lifers were Skoglund, Freeth and Buchan (Balmacewan). Draw for Singles The draw for post-section, play in the champion singles, to be arranged as opportunity offers, is that Anton plays the winner of White and Exelby, and that the winner plays Freeth, the only two-lifer left, and Vella plays Skoglund. Accommodation at the Thorndon green was inadequate for the crowd which attended to see the two-lifers contest their section of the pairs. This section was dominated by Martin and Williams (Edgeware), who are the only two-lifer pair left. Williams is one of the most consistent skips in Canterbury, and has been the champion of champions in Christchurch twice. Throughout the day it had been thought that Hawkins and Exelby might prove invincible, but again Williams achieved victory by 21-18. Among the one-lifers on the Hutt green, J. Marwick and L. Lambess (Whangarei) were the only ones to come through. In this section _ an Onehunga four were in opposition, T. R. George and F. Livingstone, the former New Zealand singles and fours champion, going down before their team mates, J .W. Macklow and IL A. Robertson, 23-21. CHAMPION SINGLES Karori Green First Round. — Two lifers: Skoglund (Otahuhu) 21, Buchan (Balmacewan) 12; Freeth (Maitai), two lifer, 22. Murdoch (Otahuhu) 16, One-lifers: Hindle (Balmacewan) 16, Gee (Hutt) 12; W. C., Franks (Balmoral) 17, Evans (Omarunui'i 12; Clinkard (St. John’s) 21, Smee (Okato) 13; /Vella (Onehunga) ,19, Giles (United) 11; Goodacre (Napier) 16, Marsack (Ponsonby) 11. Second Round.—Freeth 20, Skoglund 15. Two-lifers: Anton (Helensville) 24, Hazlewood (Lyall Bay) 16; Hindle 16, Franks 15; Vella 20, Clinkard 18; Buchan 17, Goodacre 14 Third Round.—Vella 25, Hindle 7; Skoglund 19, Buchan 14. Champion Pairs Two-lifers. —First round: Wilson and Turnbull (Haitaitai) 21, Bird and Russell (Newtown) 20; Hawkins and

Exelby (Frankton) 17, Percy and Fredericks (Karori) 11; Hulston anqi Haworth (Canterbury)- • 23. Holder arid Pilkington (Manawatu) 10; Martin arid Williams (Edgeware) 27, Adams and Lacey (one-lifers)' (Avon-Stratford) 12. Second Round. —rExelby 22, Turnbull 11, Williams 20, Haworth 18; Brighting 23, Russell 17; Fredericks 27, Pilkington 15. Third Round. —Williams 21, Exelby 18; Fredericks 16, Brighting 12; Haworth 20, Turnbull 19. Hutt Green One-lifers. First round: Marwick and Lambess (Whangarei) 21, Keys and McAneny (Wellington) 17; Payne and Morris (Frankton) 21, Hinchclifte and Vitella (Nelson) 15; Hillhouse and Armstrong (Runanga) 24, Paton and Jack (Wanganui) 18; Cairns and Gleeson (Papatoetoe) 24, Carston (Dunedin) 17; Tucker and Sherwood (Seatoun) 21, Parkes and Pepper (Waverley) 10; Hobern and Arnold (Maitai) 23, Glover and Halligan (Blenheim) 19; Burd and Barrow (Seatoun) 18, Pepper and Wadsworth (Upper Hutt) 14; Macklow and Robertson (Onehunga) 23, George and Livingstone. (Onehunga) 21. Second Round.—-Lambess 21, Morris 14; Gleeson 24, Armstrong 14; Arnold 25, Sherwood 23; Barrow 24, Robertson 20. Third Round. —Lambess 31, Gleeson 15; Barrow 26, Arnold 13. Fourth. Round.—Lambess 21, Barrow 12. Karori Green First Round. —Brace and Foster (Manawatu) 16, Smith and Clark (Ashbury) 13; Manning and Benson (Balmoral) 26, Doogan and Reece (Island Bay) 10; W. Christian and Reid. (Masterton) 17, Pepper and Armstrong (St. John’s) 14; Yugovich and Henry (Sydenham) 19, Todd and Fleming (Newtown) 18; Boon and Cullen (Thorndon) 23, Robinson and Somervell (Poverty Bay) 11:Hampton and J. R. Healey (Gonv’lle) 20, Clark and Ewinf, (Stratford) 12, Faulkner and Webb (Paeroa) 20, Tucker and Sorenson (Carterton) 18; McCormick and Squire (Hawera) 21, Davidson and Blenkarne (Stanley Ba Second Round.—Benson 19, Foster 12; Reid 22, Henry 14; Healey 29, Cullen 16; Webb 23, Squire 20. Third Round. —Reid 19, Benson 11; Webb 20, Healey 19.

Haitaitai Green First Round.—White and Plummer (Wanganui) 25, Swinerd and McGregor (Tauranga South) 18; Thomas and Thomas (Ohakune) 20, Rendle and Bond (Frankton) 18; Fuller and Fuller (Waitara) 18, Sinclair and Brough (Thorndon) 9; Lineen and McCullough (Carterton) 19, James and Rolls (Featherston) 18; Howse and Reid (Lyall Bay) 24, Stubbmgs and Campbell (Masterton) 17‘ Langlands and Johnson (Gisborne) 25, Clark and Martin (Haitaitai) 7; Virtue and Clinkard (Carlton) 19 Armstrong and Kay (Shirlev) 20; Edmunds and Hill (Edendale) 24, Denman and Bromley (Plimmerton) 17. Second Round.—Thomas 20, Plummer 19; McCullough 17, Fuller 16; Johnson 21, Reid 13; Kay 23. Hill 14. Third Round. —McCullough Thomas 15; Kay 15, Johnson 14. Fairhall Wins Cobden Singles Title The Cobden Bowling Club’s singles championships were concluded during the weekend in fine weather. The green was in perfect playing order. E. Fairhall, who won the rinks championship last year and again this year, outplayed .his opponents to win the singles championchip. The following are the results of the weekend play: Championship singles: Thomson beat F. W. Smith; Fairhall beat Alexander; Fairhall beat Thomson. Championship pairs: Bennett beat Upton; Gunn beat F. W. Smith; F. W. Smith beat J. Howat; Gunn beat Bennett.