CENTRE BOWLS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19897, 27 March 1939, Page 8

CENTRE BOWLS

THREE TITLES DECIDED SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIPS H. SHORT WINS SENIOR The Gisborne-East Coast Bowling Centre’s singles championships, which were decided on the Kahutia green on Saturday, were won by H. Short, champion of champions, C. Horne, intermediate champion, and C. Hands, junior champion. None of these players was a centre champion last season, but Short was the winner of the senior title in a previous season. The games aroused much interest amongst bowling enthusiasts and there were many spectators. Saturday’s play marked the conclusion of the centre championship competitions for the season, the honours being divided among the clubs as follows:—Gisborne, champion of champion fours and intermediate pairs and singles; Kahutia, intermediate fours and junior singles; Poverty Bay, champion of champion pairs; Tokomaru Bay, champion of champion singles. . . _ , , -Th'e-eonclUding games--on Saturday resulted: —■ ' ' * CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS Fourth Round A. Slight, Poverty Bay, 24, v. J Park, Gisborne, G. H. Short, Tokomaru Bay, a bye The players eliminated in the first three rounds were W. McGrannaehan, Te Karaka, V. F. Hurlstone, Tolaga Bay, and L. Moore, Kahutia. Semi-final Slight, Poverty Bay, one life, 17 v. Short, Tokomaru Bay, two lives, 12. Final, Short, Tokomaru Bay. 13, V. Slight, Poverty Bay. 12. INTERMEDIATE Final C. Horne, Gisborne, 23 v. J. Robertson, Kahutia, 17. Horne came through the day’s play without losing a game. Three rounds of play preceded the final, and in these games R. Moore, Tolaga Bay, and J. Graham, Poverty Bay, were eliminated. JUNIORS Third Round W. Peet, Wairoa, 20 v. A. Forrester, Tokomaru Bay, 12. C. Hands, Kahutia, 1G v. A. Tome, Poverty Bay, 9. R. Smith, Tolaga Bay, a bye. Tiic player previously eliminated was F. Wickens, Gisborne. Fourth Round Hands, Kahutia, 18 v. Smith, Tolaga Bay, two lives, 17. Wairoa, a bye. Semi-final Smith, Tolaga Bay, 15 v. Peet, Wairoa, 13. Kahutia, a bye. Final Hands, Kahutia. 10 v. Smith, Tolaga Bay. 13. TE KARAKA GLUE Week-end games on the Te Karaka bowling green resulted as follows: Roosters Competition. —Clay-den and Bull 28 v. Manuel and A. Buckingham 21. Club Handicap Singles.—H. Buckingham (5) 21 v. A. Buckingham (sc.r) 20. Floodlight Bowls—R. Brown and Bull 21 v. P. and A. Clayden 18. Ordinary Games. —Green and Luttrell 1G v. Hay and Keane 15; Manuel and McGrannaehan 20 v. H. and A. | Buckingham 19; D. Brown and Mrs. (Green 1G v. Taylor and Mrs. Taylor I 1 An -invitation has been, received from fhe Kahutia Ladies’ Club for a ladies’ team to visit Gisiborne either on Tuesday or Thursday, play to commence at ,2 p.m. Any players wishing to take part should- notify fho secretary, Mr. C. Bull.