Entry of 23 Fairs in Women’s Open Bowling Tournament

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22852, 24 January 1949, Page 6

Entry of 23 Fairs in Women’s Open Bowling Tournament

Representatives of the Heretaunga, Port Ahuriri, Havelock North, Otane and Gisborne Riverside clubs are to contest the open pairs tournament being held under the auspices of the East Coast Women’s Bowling Centre in Gisborne this week. Twenty-three pairs have entered.

The programme provides for section play tomorrow and on Wednesday on the Riverside and Poverty Bay greens and for post-section play on Thursday on the Riverside green. Play is to commence at 9.20 a.m. daily. Section play consists of three games on each of the two days and pairs with four wins or better will qualify for the postsection stages.

Messrs. S. McKenzie and E. E. Sovervell have been appointed as umpires. The tournament secretary is Mrs. C. Mackay, Riverside club. The draw follows: A SECTION First Day, Poverty Bay Green First Hound.—Mesdames Evans and Mackay (Port Ahuriri) v. Mesdames Burch and Gilgren (Riverside) ; Mesdames Forbes and Fischbach (Riverside) v. Mesdames Burge and Martin (Heretaunga) ; Mesdames Lay and Baker (Havelock North) v. Mesdames Watts and Powell (Riverside) ; Mesdames Lloyd and Davy (Riverside) v. Mesdames Harris and Humphries . (Riverside): Mesdames Grigg and Wilson (Riverside) v. Mesdames Ballantyne and Blair (Riverside). Mesdames Kelly and Coker (Riverside), a bye. Second Round.—Mrs. Gilgren v. Mrs. Powell; Mrs. Humphries v. Mrs. Wilson; Mrs. Mackay v. Mrs. Blair; Mrs. Baker v. Mrs. Coker; Mrs. Fischbach v. Mrs. Davy; Mrs. Martin, a bye. Third Round.—Mrs. Humphries v. Mrs. Baker; Mrs. Gilgren v. Mrs. Coker; Mrs. Martin v. Mrs. Wilson; Mrs. Fischbach v. Mrs. Blair; Mrs. Mackay v. Mrs. Powell; Mrs. Davy, a bye. Second Day, Riverside Green Fourth Round.—Mrs. Davy v. Mrs. Blair J Mrs. Mackay v. Mrs. Humphries; Mrs. Fischbach .v. Mrs. Baker; Mrs. Coker v. Mrs. Martin; Mrs. Wilson v. Mrs. Gilgren; Mrs* Powell, a bye. Fifth Round.—Mrs. Fischbach v. Mrs. Mackay ; Mrs. Coker v. Mrs. Powell; Mrs. Baker v. Mrs. Davy; Mrs. Gilgren v. Mrs. Martin; Mrs. Blair v. Mrs. Humphries; Mrs. Wilson, a bye. Sixth Round.—Mrs. Mackay v. Mrs. Baker;' Mrs. Davy v. Mrs. Martin; Mrs. Poweil v« Mrs. Wilson; Mrs. Blair v. Mrs. Gilgren; Mrs. Fischbach v. Mrs. Coker; Mrs. Humphries, a bye. B SECTION First Day, Riverside Green First Round.—Mesdames Turbitt and Short (Riverside) v. Mesdames Neil and Nicol (Port Ahuriri) ; Mesdames Crack and Robertson (Riverside) *v. Mesdames Galloway and Hanna (Riverside); Mesdames Shadbolt and Holden (Heretaunga) v. Mesdames Hardacre and Sinclair (Port Ahuriri) ; Mesdames Priest and Griffen (Otane) v. Mesdames Ingram and Robertson (Heretaunga) ; Mesdames Doak and Vesty (Heretaunga) v. Mesdames Henderson and Patty (Riverside); Mesdames Corbett and Elliott (Riverside) v. Mesdames D. Watts and Ivess (Riverside). Second Round.—Mrs. Robertson (Riverside) v. Mrs. Robertson (Heretaunga) ; Mrs. Ivess v. Mrs. Patty; Mrs. Short v. Mrs. Hanna; Mrs. Vesty v. Mrs. Sinclair; Mrs. Elliott v* Mrs. Holden; Mrs. Griffen v. Mrs. Nicol. Third Round.—Mrs. Patty v. Mrs. Sinclair; Mrs. Robertson v. Mrs. Vesty; Mrs. Griffen v. Mrs. Elliott; Mrs. Short v. Mrs. Ivess; Mrs. Robertson v. Mrs. Nicol; Mrs. Holden v. Mrs. Hanna. Second Day, Poverty Bay Green Fourth Round.—Mrs. Robertson (Heretauranga) v. Mrs. Sinclair; Mrs. Griffen v„ Mrs. Short; Mrs. Robertson (Riverside) v« Mrs. Elliott); Mrs. Patty v. Mrs. Hanna; Mrs. Holden v. Mrs. Ivess; Mrs. Nicol v* Mrs. Vesty. Fifth Round.—Mrs. Griffen v. Mrs. Vesty; Mrs. Robertson (Heretaunga) v. Mrs. Ivess; Mrs. Nicol v. Mrs. Holden; Mrs. Short v. Mrs. Elliott; Mrs. Robertson (Riverside) v« Mrs. Patty; Mrs. Hanna v. Mrs. Sinclair. Sixth Round.—Mrs. Nicol v. Mrs. Patty; Mrs. Elliott v. Mrs. Sinclair; Mrs. -Robertson (Heretaunga) v. Mrs. Hanna; Mrs. Robertson (Riverside) v. Mrs. Ivess; Mrs. Short v. Mrs. Vesty; Mrs. Griffen v. Mrs. Holden.