TE RANGI RINK’S SUCCESS

Southland Times, Issue 23648, 25 October 1938, Page 13

TE RANGI RINK’S SUCCESS

NORTHEND BOWLS TOURNAMENT GEORGETOWN BEATEN IN FINAL 1 The annual Labour Day rinks tournament conducted yesterday by the Northend Bowling Club was won by a rink from the Te Rangi Club, which beat Georgetown in the final by 24 points to 13. Sixteen rinks from city and country clubs took part. The weather was ideal for bowling, but the green was on the heavy side and fine drawing was not easily mastered. There was much good bowling nevertheless and during the section play some closelycontested games were played. A.young rink from the Nightcaps Club was the only rink to go through the final half of the section play without a loss. Other section winners each lost one game. In the semi-finals Nightcaps was beaten by Georgetown, and Te Rangi beat Edendale, last year’s winner, after being three down on the last end. Some strong rinks were put out of the running in the early rounds. The Northend Club, with five entries, failed to reach the semi-finals. The youngest rink of this club, skipped by A. C. Millar, played exceptionally well, however, and qualified for a section tie. Te Rangi’s success was a popular one, it being the first time since the inception of the tournament in 1932 that a rink from this club took part in the final. Similarly, the Georgetown rink (runner-up) was a finalist for the first time. It was also the first tune that either a Northend or an Invercargill Club rink did not play in the final. Rinks from the Hokonui and Edendale Clubs put up good performances, particularly T. Hickey’s Edendale rink which beat strong Te Rangi and Northend rinks and appeared to have the winning Te Rangi rink beaten up till the last end. The winning rink comprised F. Holloway (lead), L. Marshall (second), G. C. Batchelor (measurer) and M. McKenzie (skip). All played steadily throughout the day. ■ In the final game Te Rangi opened the scoring with a five. Georgetown equalized the scores on the next end and took the lead with a two on the third end. Both links played well and the scores were fairly even for eight ends. On the ninth McKenzie (Te Rangi) took the kitty through to the ditch and scored a six. From then on Te Rangi kept in the lead and won fairly comfortably. Both teams were applauded for their good bowling. Mr J. E. Taylor was supervisor and umpire. Following are the results:—

SECTION A , First Round NORTHEND (G. Hunt, S. Whittaker, J. McMullan, A. C: Millar) 21 beat HOKONUI (C. Hamilton, F. Murray, A. Johnston, D. F. Tait) 11. TE RANGI (F. Holloway, L. Marshall, G. C. Batchelor, M. McKenzie) 22 beat R.S.A. (A. Dixon, C. O’Toole, G. Jones, J. A. Taylor) 16. TE RANGI (F. Springford, R. Dunwoodie, G. M. Frobarth, T. R. Pryde) 21 beat NORTHEND (J. Greer, T. D. Pearce, G. L. Swift, W. Reid) 12. EDENDALE (G. Smith, W. Chaplin, C. Hall, T. Hickey) 18 beat NORTHEND (C. J. McEachran, H. R. Morton, A. V. Keast, S. C. K. Smith) 11.

SECOND ROUND Tait 14, McKenzie 13. Millar 17, Taylor 16. Pryde 15, Smith 13. Reid 22, Hickey 12. THIRD ROUND Taylor 16. Tait 15. McKenzie 21, Millar 9. Hickey 17, Pryde 15. Smith 18, Reid 13. SUMMARY Wins Losses TE RANGI (McKenzie) 2 1 NORTHEND (Millar) 2 1 TE RANGI (Pryde) 2 1 EDENDALE (Hickey) 2 1 HOKONUI (Tait) 1 2 R.S.A. (Taylor) 1 2 NORTHEND (Smith) 1 ( 2 NORTHEND (Reid) 1 2 SECTION TIES McKenzie 10, Millar 5. Hickey 8, Pryde 5. SECTION WINNER McKenzie 21, Hickey 20. SECTION B FIRST ROUND HOKONUI (J. Ritchie, I. W. Martin, A. D. Crawford, F. G. Parsons) 20 beat NORTHEND (J. Hannan, F. Daubney, F. Farquhar, J. Ure) 15. GEORGETOWN (S Dalton, J. Robinson, A. McKenzie, R. Taggart) 20 beat R.S.A. (J. Coughlan, H. Lang, D. Davies, W. Miller) 17. NORTHEND (W. J. McKitterick, J. A. Wesney, T. Snow, D. M. Scandrett) 19 beat EDENDALE (J. Botting, G. Dempster, E. Scoular. G. Frame) 9. NIGHTCAPS (J. Duncan, A. J. Brown, J. Burleigh, M. P. Lyng) 19 beat GEORGETOWN (T. B. Hayden, T. McFarlane, V. H. Drummond, J. Anderson) 6. SECOND ROUND Taggart 17, Parsons 13. Miller 23, Ure 16. Anderson 22, Frame 10. Lyng 21, Scandrett 15.

THIRD ROUND Parsons 18, Miller 13. Ure 22, Taggart 14. Lyng 15, Frame 14. Scandrett 27, Anderson 15. SUMMARY Wins Losses NIGHTCAPS (Lyng) 3 — HOKONUI (Parsons) 2 1 GEORGETOWN (Taggart) 2 1 NORTHEND (Scandrett) 2 1 R.S.A. (Miller) 1 2 GEORGETOWN (Anderson) 1 2 NORTHEND (Ure) 1 2 EDENDALE (Frame) — 3 SECTION TIE Taggart 8, Parsons 4. SECTION WINNER Taggart 20, Lyng 10. FINAL TE RANGI (F. Holloway, L. Marshall, G. C. Batchelor, M. McKenzie) 24 beat GEORGETOWN (S. Dalton, J. Robinson, A. McKenzie, R. Taggart) 13. TOURNAMENT WINNERS Following are the winners of previous tournaments conducted by the Northend Club:— 1982.—W0n by Invercargill (R. Hunter’s rink); runner-up, Northend (S. Smith’s rink). 1933. Won by Northend (S Smith); runner-up, Invercargill (R. Hunter). 1934. Won by Invercargill (R. Hunter); runner-up, Waihopai (P. C. Mills). 1935. Won by Invercargill (R. Hunter); runner-up, Northend (S. Smith). 1936. Won by Invercargill (H. L. Hay); runner-up, R.S.A. (W. Miller). 1937—W0n by Edendale (T. Hickey); runner-up, Northend (D. M. Scandrett). GEORGETOWN CLUB A progressive pairs tournament was conducted by the Georgetown Bowling Club yesterday. Good entries were received and competition was keen. In the leads section four players tied with tiie same number of wins and in the skips section two tied. The prizes were divided. Following were the winners:— Leads. —T. Brown, R. H. Wesney, E. Clent, J. Holmes. Skips.—A. Parfitt, J. Stewart.