SOUTH ISLAND TOURNAMENT

Southland Times, Issue 25549, 18 December 1944, Page 2

SOUTH ISLAND TOURNAMENT

DRAW IS ANNOUNCED Play in the South Island bowls tournament in Invercargill will begin with the singles on December 26. The pairs will be played on December 27 and the morning of December 28. Endeavours will be made to hold post-section play in both the pairs and singles in the afternoon. The fours will be played on December 29 and 30 and January 1, two games of 25 ends a day. On January 2 and 3 it is hoped to have post-section play in all competitions. The singles and fours will begin at 9 a.m. and the pairs at 8 a.m. Following is the draw:— SINGLES GEORGETOWN GREEN Section A.—J. Breen (R.S.A.) v. F. Mayhew (Te Rangi); W. Chaplin (Edendale) v. H. Manson (Opoho); J. Chatfield (Edgeware) v. R. A. Bagrie (Caledonian); W. Abbott (Kaituna) v. R. Dick (Southland). Section B—J. Blakeley (North-East Valley) v. C. Jackson (Northend); L. J. Smith (Georgetown) v. W. Stiglich (Portobello); H. C. Hartley (Opoho) v. A. Robertson (Meadowbank); N. W. McGorlick (Bluff) v. W. Wardell (Spreydon). INVERCARGILL GREEN Section A.—H. Cubitt (Southland) v. W. Miller (R.S.A.); T. R. Pryde (Te Rangi) v. E. H. Taylor (Phoenix); W. Blacklock (Meadowbank) v. H. Steel (Hokonui); C. D. McGarry (Edgeware) v. E. H. Ravenwood (North-East Valley). Section B.—R. Balch (Central Winton) v. J. Ure (Northend); W. P. Seelye (Kaituna) v. J. W. Stevenson (Ashbery); T. Falkinder (Spreydon) v. C. H. Mackay (Caversham); E. Sinclair (Georgetown) v. L. Newman (Bluff). SOUTHLAND GREEN Section A.—S. Brewer (R.S.A.) v. D. Andrew (Te Rangi); F. Shadrach (Leith) v. P. H. Edwards (St. Kilda); E. Foster (Waihopai) v. J. J. Davis (Kaituna); R. Cochrane (Ohai) v. A. Logan (Opoho). Section B.—G. Smith (Edendale) v. J. Sexton (Southland); J. Harvey (Winton Central) v. T. Genge (Meadowbank); H. Peterson (Bluff) v. G. Will (Caversham); I. Henry (Invercargill) v. A. Tillyshort (Portobello). R.S.A. GREEN Section A.—M. J. Sheehan (R.S.A.) v. G. Reed (Northend); M. McKenzie (Te Rangi) v. C. S. Turner (Kaituna); W. D. Hodges (Edendale) v. J. Harris (Meadowbank); R. Reid (Ohai) v. W. A. Jenkins (North-East Valley). Section B.—M. Campbell (Southland) v. A. Logan (Hokonui); W. White (Winton R.S.A.) v. S. Glover (Georgetown); C. Macguire (Leith) v. J. Coulter (North-East Valley); J. Barron (Waikiwi) v. J. R. Barron (Opoho). NORTHEND GREEN Section A.—C. Hamilton (Hokonui) v. C. Aslett (R.S.A.); M. H. Mitchel (Te Rangi) v. H. Miller (Kaituna); W. Hogg (Leith) v. R. A. De Lautour (Waihopai); S. Bolt (Portobello) v. H. Pope (Edgeware). Section B.—D. K. Johnston (R.S.A.) v. R. Kean (Meadowbank); A. G. Munns (Opawa) v. J. Hebditch (Southland); R. Smithies (Georgetown) v. J. S. Crawford (North-East Valley); G. Edwards (Caledonian) v. H. A. Wilson (Ashbery). z WAIKIWI GREEN Section A.—W. Spencer (R.S.A.) v. A. Morris (Meadowbank); J. Harland (Napier) v. G. Donald (Te Rangi); D. Jones (Opawa) v. A. J. Whitton (Ashbery); R. Allan (Northend) v. R. Taggart (Southland). Section B.—R. Hornby (Ohai) v. W. O’Brien (R.S.A.); W. S. Rennie (Christchurch R.S.A.) v. D. Martin (Invercargill); J. Miller (Edendale) v. L. J. Ireland (Kaituna); A. Hunter (Georgetown) v. D. Watson (Waikiwi). WAIHOPAI GREEN Section A.—H. A. Bridgman (Southland) v. J, Rudolph (R.S.A.); G. C. Batcheler (Northend) v. J. Burleigh (Ohai); J. Murphy (Winton R.S.A.) v. A. McDougall (Caversham); C. B. Hay (Otago) v. S. R. Johns (Canterbury). Section B.—A. R. Wills (Te Rangi) v. A. Hall (Balclutha); T. Hickey (Edendale) v. W. Carswell (Southland); A. Israel (Kaituna) v. J. L. Bennett (Edgeware); A. H. Anderson (Roslyn) v. R. S. Stronach (Leith). TE RANGI GREEN Section A.—J. B. Doake (R.S.A.) v. A. L. Adamson (Northend); A. J. Rice ' (North-East Valley) v. J. H. Young (Southland); G. Moody (Kaituna) v. R. E. McNish (Canterbury); J. W. Thomas (Otago) v. A. G. Linn (Opoho). Section B.—R. Marshall (Georgetown) v. T. A. Robertson (Meadowbank); H. Dowland (Caversham) v. D. G. Anderson (Arrowtown); W. J. McKay (Roslyn) v. W. Anderson (Portobello); W. G. Lindsay (Otago) v. A. C. Millar (Northend). MAKAREWA GREEN A. Hagen (R.S.A.-) v. W. Kelman (Southland); F. Hinton (Te Rangi) v. J. Stewart (Waihopai); W. Robison (Northend) v. E. J. Ellery (Invercargill); E. J. Weir (Orepuki) v. P. A. Thompson (Waikiwi); F. Kynaston (Georgetown) v. E. Stout (Waihopai). PAIRS INVERCARGILL GREEN Section A.—A. Tilleyshort and W. Anderson (Portobello) v. W. Brown and T. Brown (Georgetown); J. Brownlie and A. Bennett (Mornington) v. W. Miller and J. Rudolph (R.S.A.); T. Falkinder and W. Wardell (Spreydon) v. J. Hepditch and J. Simpson (Southland); A. T. Hogg and A. Fenelon (Riverton) v. A. Tipene and L. G. Newman (Bluff); R. Stronach and W. Hogg (Leith) v. W. Woods and D. Watson (Waikiwi). Section B.—T. Genge and R. Keen (Meadowbank) v. W. Early and H. A. Bridgman (Southland); A. E. Taylor and H. Belcher (St. Kilda) v. A. Whitley and W. White (Georgetown); and S. Shirley (Invercargill) v. T. Stanley and G. Edginton (Bluff); J. Sullivan and H. A. Wilson (Ashbery) v. S. Smith and A. W. Castle (Aparima R.S.A.); T. Hickey and G. H. Smith (Edendale) v D. Kerr and F. Springford (Te Rangi) WAIHOPAI GREEN Section A.—G. Dunn and J. S. Crawford (N.E. Valley) v. B. W. Clark and V. A. Clark (Invercargill); G. Will and A. McDougall (Caversham) v. R. Rutherford and G. J. Hope (Te Rangi); J. A. Whitton and J. W. Stevenson (Ashbury) v. C. H. Poole and W. Robison (Northend); R. Balch and W. Balch (Central) v. S. Brewer and W. Spencer (R.S.A.). Section B.—A. Israel and L. J. Ireland (Kaituna) v. A. Hunter and A. McKenzie (Georgetown); R. Reid and R. Cochrane (Ohai) v. H. Ford and W. Burgess (Invercargill); H. Miller and W. J. McKay (Roslyn) v. G. Heyrick and S. Bishop (R.S.A.); J. Miller and W. Chaplin Edendale) v. H. Holliman and W. Kelman (Southland). NORTHEND GREEN Section A.—L. Lockhead and J. J. Davis (Kaituna) v. A. Sefton and A. Derbie (Invercargill); R. Potter and W. Leedon (St. Kilda) v. M. Mitchel and H. Chandler (Te Rangi); J. Robinson and M. Campbell (Balclutha) v. H. Peterson and N. W. McGorlick (Bluff); T. A. Robertson and W. Blacklock (Meadowbank) v. H. Pierce and J. Harvey (Central). Section B.—P. Bell and J. Marshall (Anderson’s Bay) v. J. Johnstone and R. Smithies (Georgetown); G. Whale and J. Hornell (Mornington) v. F. Hin-