WEEK-END BOWLING

Opunake Times, 6 April 1948, Page 4

WEEK-END BOWLING

OFFS Cl A L CLOSING DAY TWO COMPETITIONS Two competitions were played at the Opunake Green over the week-end, the Open Cucumber Stakes on Saturday and the Honey Competition on Sunday. Good bowling- was witnessed in both series, the Cucumber Stakes drawing good entries with representatives from several Taranaki Clubs. Five rounds of 8 ends were played in this series, Bocock’s rink (Kaponga) being the winners with 5 wins. Billing (Waitara) and Clarke (Rahotu) tied for second with 4 wins, and in the olay-off Billing won 5-2. The honey competition, 3 games of 8 heads was won by -I. Moron’s Rink with 3 wins, Baylis being next with 24 wins. The Presdent, Mr. A. C. Hickey, in declaring the green closed in the afternoon, congratulated the officials on the successful season just completed and thanked bowlers and all who had assisted the club during the year. Mr. Hickey also advised members that the green would be levelled, rtesown with grass and topdressed, the work to commence next Saturday, and all members available were asked to attend. He also thanked Mr. Leatherbarrow for his donation of honey for the afternoon’s tournament. Open Cucumber Stakes Results of the Cucumber Stakes were as follows: Ht. Round: Clarke 10 beat Morton 2; McGaughey 7 drew with Shields 7; Bocock 12 beat Mischefski 6; Baylis 8 beat Tito 6; Hodge 9 beat Hay 7; Hamilton 6 beat Sinclair 3 ; Trotter 10 beat Leatherbarrow 8; Billing 10 beat Riley 3. 2nd. Round: Hodge 13 beat Hamilton 4; Sinclair 15 beat Trotter 4; Leatherbarrow 8 beat Billing 6; Clarke 10 beat Riley 6; Morton 7 beat McGaughey 4; Bocock 10 beat Shields 5; Mischefski 4 beat Tito 3; Hay 9 beat Baylis 5,

3rd. Round ; Bocock 13 beat Riley 9: Tito 13 heat Morton 9; Hay 12 beat Siddells 1; Mischefski 9 beat Hamilton 6; Baylis 15 beat Trotter 4; Billing 13 beat Hodge 9; Clarke 9 beat Sinclair 7; Leatherbarrow 8 beat McGaughey 6. 4th. Round: Billing 7 beat Mischefski 6; Baylis 14 heat Clarke 8; Hodge 9 beat McGaughey 6; Bocock 12 beat Sinclair 4; Tito 14 beat Leatherbarrow 3; Riley 11 beat Hay 3; Morton 12 beat Hamilton 5; Trotter 17 beat Shields 2.

Fifth Round: Hay 15 beat Sinclair 5 ; Leatherbarrow 11 beat Hamilton 1; Riley 7 beat Trotter 5: Billing 14 beat Morton 5; Clarke 14 beat Shields G; Mischefski 12 beat McGaughey 5; Bocock 15 beat Baylis 8; Tito 8 drew with Hodge 8. Summary

Bocock (Kaponga) 5; Clarke (Rahotu) 4, Billing (Waitara) 4; Hodge 34; Leatherbarrow, Hay, Baylis, Mischefski 3; Tito 24; Morton, Trotter, Riley 2; Hamilton, Sinclair 1; McGaughey, Shields I Honey Competition

The following is the summary of the honey competition series. Sorenson, Barraclough, Siddells, Moron (s) 3 wins; Harding, Shields, Julian, Baylis (s) 24; Michelson, Tilley, G. King, Leatherbarrow (sj 2; C. Riley, C. King, Radicli, Jenkins (s) Johnston, Young, Quinn, Hick"v (s) 1, Heather, Wallis, Drought, Sinclair (s) 1, Alhon, McKenzie Pickering, Riley (s) 1 ; Crawford, Hammond, McLaughlin, Alger (s) 0.