Eight Pairs Contesting Northland Championship

Northern Advocate, 18 March 1948, Page 6

Eight Pairs Contesting Northland Championship

EIGHT of the 15 c the Northland Bowling Centred pairs event which opened in pei club’s greens this morning. Last week’s rain and a hea playing surface on the heavy si< o’clock it had keened up and was

All games are being played over 21 ends, under the two-life system, and it is expected the title winners will be found tomorrow afternoon. All first-round matches were productive of excellent bowls from the cream of Northland’s pair-game exponents. Ruawai, Kaitaia, Portland and Dargaville came out on top this morning to retain their two lives. There were no runaway victories, and the later tussles promise to be full of interest. Portland started solidly against Waipu, chalking up G and 2 on the first two ends. Even scoring over the next 12 ends kept the board still eight in favour of the cement men. The tempo MJs unchanged to the 19th, when Waipu cried enough, with the difference still at eight. KAITAIA’S BIG WIN

Kaitaia had the most clear-cut win when it downed Whangarei, 25—16 They were 10-all on the 11th, but two fours in succession started the Far Northerners on a run that took them into a six-point lead when the 19th was reached.

They added 2,2 to take the game comfortably. Braithwaite, the lead, gets little practice in club bowls and has not participated in much tournament play. His steady and unruffled game was a big factor in the victory. W. Parker has previously annexed the title, and his form today showed that he will be hard to keen out.

The Kensington-Dargavilie clash at one stage looked like an overwhelming win for Dargaville. It led 16 —3 on the 9th. Kensington put on 3,1, 3, 1 to stop the rot, and on the 19th were trailing 21 —18. On the next it held two, but Roberts’ attempt to get the third counter in promoted an opposing bowl into shot. It had missed its chance, and Dargaville added 1,1, to clinch the game. EVEN SCORING

Even scoring right throughout the Hikurangi-Ruawai contest put the teams 16-all after the 19. Ruawai

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vy dew this morning made the de in the early stages, but by 10 3 drawing remarkably well.

added singles on the last two ends to take the game. Tail was holding shot on the last head, but his attempt, with his last bowl, to rest his opponent’s second for the two to tie, caught it on the wrong angle and wicked it into shot. Ten entires have come forward for the singles event, to be played at Kensington on Saturday. TWO TWO-LIFERS At the end of the second round Dargaville and Kaitaia were the only two-lifers. Whangarei and Waipu were eliminated. Results: First round: W. Brydon and W. Morris (Dargaville) 23, S. Blanshard and D. Roberts (Kensington) 18; F. Braithwaite and W. Parker (Kaitaia) 25, J. Johnston junr and J. Johnson (Whangarei) 1G: P. Colvin and A. Whitham (Portland) 24, C. W. Mojo and R. C. McLeod (Waipu) 1G; R. Finlnyson and F. Hart (Ruawai) 18, G. Ward and R. Tait (Hikurangi) IG. Second round: Kaitaia 22, Ruawai 8; Hikurangi 19. Whangarei 18; Dargaville 25, Portland 11; Kensington 21, Waipu 18.