BOWLS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17229, 8 April 1930, Page 4

BOWLS

TE KARAKA CLUB Tho season’s bowling at Te Karaka lias practically finished, ns all the club competitions—except the colts with one game to play—aro now finalised. In the colts singles, Aloore has to play Graham, and a victory gives him the pride ol place among the juniors for the season. The club fours was finalised fin it this year. Mills, Moore, Bell and Avid annexing the coveted position. Tho champion singles honor went to J. Murray after a very strenuous round of games.

The pairs competition for the Goodman Gup has just I>ov»ii completed and resulted in H. Lougher (skip) and Ik Barclay (lead) gaining the premier position. This competition proved very even and interesting. No less than four teams in the A section tied for first place. Tho play-off resulted in Groggau and Graham heating Bell and Marker. Lougher and Barclay' heat Buckingham and Sutton. The section final hetween Rougher and Grcggun was a splendid game. Rougher required two to tie on the twenty-first head, and although down on tho head succeeded in carrying the jack for two and a lie. In the pen-ultimate head, Greggan lay one until Rougher displaced the shot and lay lour with his last howl. Greggan essayed to hum the head and did suet cod in removing two, hut strived tlie jack and left Rougher the winner by a narrow margin. The R section was won hv Walton and MoGrannaiGan. bctli of whom played good howls t brought ul the section play and emerged without a loss. Jn the final, the leads were evenly matched, hut Rougher was slightly better than Wat lon, particularly i i firm shots, with which (Lougher gained a 4 and 2 at a timely stage of the game. Rougher moved away quickly ;it the start, lmt was gradually overhati ed by Watton, until, at the fourteenth head, the score was 12—-11, hut the renftoi Lougher scored well and ran out the winner with a few to spare.