CURLING IN OTAGO CENTRAL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16753, 22 July 1916, Page 5

CURLING IN OTAGO CENTRAL

Tv o enthusiastic heal cmlers—Messrs R S. Bl.uk and () 15 ilk - — with lad}' friends, have |ii-t ict"iMorl fiom d 4ioi t holiday on tho ioo .it Konirh Uidgc The dam is situated withal a stono'.s throv. of the Ot'irrhua Railway Station and hotel, and as it k noli over 100 Y.uds in length, and nearlv that dktaneo .idoss. it, oflei"- <i surface which would delight the, cje of anv keen cuilcr or skater. Tho centie portion is reserved for tho " retiring game. - ' and the skaters eiiclo round tho outside. The ice was in excellent older. and friendly games with tho local eurleis wor« md'ilged m ovoiv day, while skating bv moonlight had quite a fasc n.vt'on' of it> own. The local curlers were much pleased with the -\kit fiom theii town brethren, and as Mr Black is an ovprcsidont of the Now Zealand Culling Piovnce, they availed themselves of his presence to hold .1 euileis' cotnt. at which five candidates wore initiated in dip and anc.enl form. On Wcdnrsdav two rinks of cutlers motored over fiom Naseb, and tried toti-clu*-ion« with the local men. After two hotlv contested Raines victory rested with tho local team, as will bo scon from the follow inir scores: — R. Dai Imp- O Brown. .T. White. J Bkek well, P. Darling (Hoii°n "Ridge, 2]) beat A Brown. .7. Fi.i*or, R. L Fi mc.s. \. F. Brown (Marvototo 151; R. S Black TI E Brown. (/ Bilk F. Ilniiex (Bough Ridg". 18) 'ost to Rev \Y Drake. A. V ikon. J. \ Xoriie, R C. Peebles (Mount Ida, 21}. Ia

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