Kensington Bowling Tourney Attracts Large Entries

Northern Advocate, 3 January 1939, Page 3

Kensington Bowling Tourney Attracts Large Entries

The Kensington Bowling Club’s .pnnual full-rinks tournament compenced yesterday under splendid iveather conditions. ! The greens were fast, and good bowling was witnessed, a number of thp games being very closely contested. The tournament ,this year has attracted rinks from the majority of the Northland clubs from as far south as Helensville. President’s Greetings.

Prior to commencement of play, the president of the Kensington Club, Mr E, G. W. Tibbits, extended a welcome to the visitors, and in doing so, wished them the complimdnts of the season. At the end of the first day’s play, after three rounds of 18 heads, quite a number of teams were in'the running, and the fourth and fifth rounds produced " some exciting : games, asthose teams which were welTxip were playing particularly good bowls ih order to be at the lop of the tree after ■ the last round; ■; , Extra Head Played. Some of the games in the first round were very evenly contested and attimes an extra head had to be played, to decide the winner. Results are.—

Round One: Wilson 22, beat Roberts 17; Boag 17, Dickey 15; Moore 22, beat Campbell i; Jones 21, beat Stark 10; Brydon 26, beat Wilding 10; Ferguson 22, beat Barnard 5; Miller 21, beat Monk 12;/Piggott. 16, beat Tibbits.. 10; Whitelaw 24, beat Taylor 9; Phillips 26, beat Curtis 5; Orr 18, beat' Davey 11. r; <■ vL

Round Two: Phillips 18, beat Wilson 17; Orr 17, beat Boag 16; Curtis 17, beat Taylor 10; Tibbits 28, beat Campbell 11; Miller 15, beat Wilding 13; Whitelaw 25, beat Davey 10; Brydon 16, beat Jones 14; 'Ferguson 25, beat Moore 7; Stark 23, beat* Monk 13;Barnard 14, beat Piggott 13; Dickey 19 r beat Roberts 14. Round Three: Wilson 20, beat Dickey 17; Whitelaw 22, beat Roberts' i 5; Curtis 23, beat Orr 9; Barnard 20, - beat Moore 15; Davey 25, beat Taylor. 7; Piggott 21, beat Campbell 11; Stark 21, beat Wilding 17; Ferguson 19, beat' Tibbits 17; Miller 24, beat Brydon 6; Monk 20, beat 'Jones 11 ;r Phillips 16,beat Boag -15, : ' Results of the fourth round were:—

Wilson 18, beat Taylor 17; Phillips 22, beat Dickey 20; Whitelaw 22, beat Ofr 16; Ferguson 15, beat Campbell 14; i Miller 19; beat Jones "7; Wilding 19, beat Monk 7; Brydon 19, beat Stark 7;r Tibbits 17, beat Barnard 7; Boag 18,' beat Roberts 17; Moore 20, beat; Pig--gott 16; Davey 18, beat Curtis 15. i Section winners were under:— . B. R; Miller,: Whitelaw, Phillips, Ferguson. . 1 - --1 <