BOWLING.

Gisborne Times, Volume LV, Issue 6274, 30 December 1921, Page 2

BOWLING.

PEACE! SHIELD TOURNAMENT.

The Gisborne Bowling Club’s greens on January 2 and 2 will he the venue of the third tournament for the Peace Shield. The competition will on this occasion be conducted under the auspices of the newly formed local centre, instead of, as formerly, under the joint control of the Kahutia and Gisborne Club executives. The memorial shield was the outcome of a voluntary effort on the part of all local howlers, at the close of the war, and was first won in 1920 by a Gisborne team skipped by W. J. MacDonald. On the last occasion of competition, the shield was won by a Kahutia rink, skipped by J. Newton.

There are sixteen, teams entered of which eight are from the Gisborne Club, five from Kahutia-, two from Poverty Bay, and one from the Strangers. The entries are as follows: — Gisborne Club: Doolan, Gambrill, Mahoney, and Miller (skip) IJird, Trumanl, Stephenson, and Nasmith (skip); Hooper, Zaehariah, A. S. Seymour, Hueston (skip); Wildish, Micliie, Holmes, Thelwall (skip); Gibbs, Russell, Halford, Horne (skip) ; *E. Adair, T. F.‘ Crawford, Armstrong, Sinclair (skip); Short, Grieve, Maude, Craig (skip) ; -J. T. Witty, Clarkson, R. Robertson, Kyme (skip)Kahutia: Mcllroy, O’Donnell, Butler, Roth well (skip); Power, Eaton, C. Somervell, Newton (skip); Atkinson, Taylor, Martin, Sawyer (skip); Harding, Clarke, Wilson, Flavell (skip); P. Muldoon, E. Robertson, R. Muldoon, Spiers (skip). Poverty Bay: Ashton, D. G. Robertson, Jenkins, Allan (skip); Wilkinson, G. T. Bull, Munns, Coutts (skip). Strangers: Leslie, Brown, Paltridge, Sidcbottom (skip). In the tournament any. team with as many wins as any section winner gains admission to the final. The draw has been made as follows: A SECTION. First day — first round: Miller v Hueston; Horne v Nasmit-li; Rothwell v Spiers; Newton v_ Allan. Second round—Miller a - Newton; Hueston v Roth well; Horne v Allan; Nasmith v Spiers. Third round —-Miller v Spiers; Hueston v Allan ; Horne v Itothwell ; Nasmith v Newton. Second day—fourth round— Miller v Allan; Hueston v Nasmith ; Horne v Spiers-; Roth well v Newton. Fifth round—Miller v Nasmith; Hueston v Horne; Roth well v Allan ; Spiers v Newton. Sixth round —Miller v Horne; Hueston v. Newton ; Nasmith v Rotliwell ; Spiers v Allan. B SECTION. First day—first round: Thelwall v Coutts; Craig v Sinclair; Kyme v Flavell; Sidcbottom v Sawyer. Second round: Thelwall v. Sinclair; Craig v Kyme;' Sidebottom v Cbutts; Flavell v Sawyer. Third round—Thelwall v Kyme; Craig v Sawyer; Sinclair v Siebottom; Flavell v Coutfcs. Second day—fourth round—Thelwall v Craig; Kyme v Sinclair; Sidebottom v Flavell; Sawyer v Coiitts- Fifth round—Thelwall v Sawyer; Craig v Sidebottom; Kyme v * Coutts; Sinclair v Flavell. Sixth round—Thelwall v Flavell; Craig v Coutts : Kyme v Sidebottom'; v- Sawyer.