BOWLING.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 29, 3 January 1927, Page 4

BOWLING.

NEW YEAR CENTRE FIXTURE

OPENED ON SATURDAY.

Tlio New Year rinks tournament in connection with the Manawatu Bowling Centro opened on Saturday under ideal weather conditions. Play was commenced about 9 a.m. on the Palmerston North and Takaroa greens on which the matches of the tournament (concluding to-morrow) are being played. TWenty-fbur rinks representative of practically every quarter of the centre are engaged, 12 rinks playing in Section A at the Palmerston North green and a like number in Section B at the Takaroa green. Three games of 21 heads were played on Saturday and at the conclusion of the day’s play several rinks in both sections had not met defeat. Mr A. Winsett is tournament secretary. In officially opening the tournament at the Palmerston Noi'th Green. Mr J. A. Nash, M.P., president of the Manawatu Bowling Centre, welcomed the players, specially expressing his appreciation of the presence of bowlers from as far distant as Dannevirke, Woodville and other more remote quarters of the centre. The fixture had, he mentioned, not been held last year by arrangement with another centre, but now that the tournment was re-instituted he had every confidence that it would go ahead. Mr Nash expressed the hope that the glorious weather conditions favouring the first day would continue, that players would enjoy the tournament, and that the best men would win. Detailed results of play on Saturday are as follow: Section A. First round.—Palmerston North, Brown, Bell, H. Fraser, C. D. Fraser (skip) 33, beat Shannon, Blackwood, Jones, Murray, J. Gagliardi (skip) 5; Northern, Barker, McHardy, Bennett, J. L. Arnott (skip) 18, beat Foxton, M. Newth, Jno. lioss, D. Christie, J. M. Thomson (skip), 12; Terrace End, Idoine, Madden, Wallace, P. Duncalf (skip) 18 beat Manawatu, K. McDonuld, Hunter, D. Jones, G. W. Corbridge (skip) 13; Manawatu, Preece, Page, Shand, J. Kershaw (skip) 24 beat Palmerston North, Howley, Robinson, Flint, C. Matlieson (skip) 18; Dannevirke, Beissell, Englebretsen, G. Rankin, J. Rankin (skip) 20 beat Northern, Young, Thirtle, Stuart, J. L. Cunninghame (skip) 19; Palmerston North, H. Griggs, J. McGregor, S. Bayliss, P. Morris (skip) 13 beat Feilding, Ross, Moore, Quayie, J. Henman (skip) 15. Second round.—Kershaw 22 boat Tromson 14; Duncalf 24 beat Arnott 11; Herdman 25 beat Cunninghame 14.; Morris 19 beat Corbridgo 18; Fraser 20 beat Matlieson 17; Rankin 21 beat Gagliardi 14. Third round.—Rankin 19 beat Matheson 17; Herdman 17 beat Corbridge 16; Fraser 23 beat Thomson 17; Kershaw 23 beat Duncalf 21 ; Morris 20 beat Arnott 14; Cunninghame 31 beat Gagliardi 15. SECTION B. First round.—Palmerston North, A. Aiken, W. Boon, J. Baton, G. G. Wilson (skip) 22 beat Terrace End, McGregor, Nicol, H. Snell, J. Davidson (skip) 21; Takaroa, Morgan, Tanner, Littlejohn, Tantrum (skip) 30 beat Dannevirke, Foot, Grunwood, Williams, Carston (skip) 16; Dannevirke, Tyler, McNicol, Osborn, J. S. Williams (skip) 25 beat Woodville, Horne, Foot, Pickering, G. Wardrup (skip) 19; Palmerston North, Rudkin, Hansel, Pickering, J. Collins (skip) 22 beat Northern, Dyson, Stevenson, Palmer, J. W. Teale (skip) 19; Palmerston North, Goldfinch, Ennis, Kerslake, W. Crump, (skip) 19 beat Terrace End, Christensen, Mafiatt, Johnson, E. Anderson (skip) 16; Manawatu, Davis, Gerrard, Broughton, J. G. Radford (skip) 33 beat Takaroa, Cooksley, Paul, Hine, A. Mortland (skip) 23. Second round. —Wnrdrop 21 beat Crump 13; Anderson 30 beat Mortland 15; Wilson 27 beat Carston 14; Radford 22 beat Davidson 12; Williams 27 beat Teale 17; Collins 27 beat Tantrum 13. Third round.—Crump 25 beat Teale 11; Anderson 22 beat Davidson 21; Carston 26 beat Collins 18; Williams 21 beat Tantrum 20; Wilson 24 beat Radford 16; Waldrop 24 beat Mortland 16.

WELLINGTON CENTRE’S TOURNEY. There was not a vestige of an excuse for any bowler playing a bad bowl in tho final game of tho Wellington eentre’6 annual rink tourney, played on New Year’s Day between the two Hataitai rinks, skipped by Fielding and Halliday, which had won through to the end of the five days’ play. Tho sun blazed from a cloudless sky and the wind, for once, was at rest. The result of tho game w'as as follows: Hataitai: Emerson. Cometti, Ardell, Halliday (s) 17; Haitaitai: Hunter, Wearne, Claridge, Fielding (s) 15. At the conclusion of the game the president of the centre, Mr S. M. Stone, congratulated the winners on their success, and the Hataitai Club on having so many rinks in the finals. Thro conditions had been splendid, and the teams had given a very fine display.