CROQUET CONTEST

Taranaki Daily News, 13 February 1935, Page 8

CROQUET CONTEST

EVENT COMMENCED AT HAWERA. RESULTS OF OPENING GAMES. Good progress was made with the opening games of the South Taranaki Croquet Association’s eighth annual tournament, which commenced on the Hawera and Park lawns in ideal weather on Monday. Ninety entries will cause play to continue all this week and probably into next week. All the South Taranaki clubs are well represented and it is expected competition will be keen. The greens are rather tricky owing to the dryness of the season, though they are in splendid order considering recent conditions. Prominent competitors are A. J. Gibbs, Patea, who holds the North Island and South Tarariaki championships, and J. M. Clague, Taranaki champion, who is defending his title. Before the start of play on Monday Mrs. A. V. Tait, Kaponga, president of the association, extended a welcome to players assembled at the Hawera lawns. Good progress was made yesterday. In the handicap doubles one semi-final was decided. Mesdames Masters and Lester. Patea, defeated Mrs. A. Murdoch and Miss Tait, Hawera Park, after the latter pair had created a surprise by defeating A. J. Gibbs and Mrs. Maxwell on Monday. J. M. Clague won his third round game in the handicap singles. A start was made yesterday with the championship events. Results of play on the first two days were:— Open Championship Singles. Section 1: Miss Washer beat Mr. Exley 26-19. Women’s Championship. Section 1: Mrs. Stevens beat Mrs. Instone 26—11. Section 2: Mrs. Winks beat Mrs. Snowdon 26—23, Mrs. Hey beat Mrs. Snowdon 26—10. Intermediate Championship. Section 1: Mrs. Thrush beat Mrs. King 26—19, Mrs. Brocklebank beat Mrs. Syme 26—5, Mrs. Brocklebank beat Mrs. Murdoch 26—19. Section 2: Mrs. Hillock beat Mrs. Jackson 26—10, Mrs. Long beat Mrs. Williams 26—24. ' Section 3: Mrs. Spragg beat Mrs. Stephenson 26—24. Section 4: Miss Tait beat Mrs. Butchart 26—15. Handicap Singles. First round:. Mrs. Stevens (Hawera) beat Mrs. Butchart (Stratford) 21—17, J. M. Clague (Hawera) beat Mrs. Hillock (Stratford), 26—1, Mrs. Ward (Okaiawa) beat Mrs. Shearer (Okaiawa) 26—22. A. J. Gibbs beat Mrs. Syme 26—20, Mrs. Snowdon - beat Mrs.' Johnstone 26—15, Mrs. Buist beat Mrs. Williams 26—15. Second round: Miss Thomas beat Mrs. Maxwell 26—15, Mrs. McKay beat Mrs. Clague 26—24, J. M. Clague beat Mrs. Buist 26—13, Mrs. Ward beat . Mrs. Cunningham 26—18, Mrs. Long beat Mrs. Lester 26—15. Third round: Miss Thomas beat Mrs. McKay 26—23, Clague beat Mrs. Ward 26—17. Handicap Doubles. First round: Mesdames McKay and King (Hawera) beat Mesdames Spragg and Jackson (Park) 26-19, A. J. Gibbs and Mrs. Maxwell (Patea) beat Mesdames Campbell and Syme (Hawera) 26—9. Second round: Mesdames Hey (Park) and Thrush (Okaiawa) beat Mesdames Ward and Shearer (Okaiawa) 24—22, Mesdames Instone and Vine (Manaia) beat Mesdames Hillock and Butchart (Stratford) 24—20, Mesdames Winks and Buist (Hawera) beat Mesdames Snowdon and Long (Manaia) 18—16, Mrs. A. Murdoch and Miss Tait (Park) beat J. M. Clague and Mrs. Stephenson. (Ha- , ■wera) 26—17, Mesdames Masters and Lester (Patea) beat Mesdames Stevens and Williams (Hawera) 26 —22, Mesdames Brocklebank and Summerfield (Stratford) beat Mesdames Johnstone and Rae (Okaiawa) 26—21, Misses Washer and Thomas (Okaiawa) beat Mesdames McKay and King 26—19, A. J. Gibbs and Mrs. Maxwell beat Mesdames Clague (Manaia) and Cunningham (Patea) 21—19. Third round: Mesdames Masters and Lester beat Mesdames Winks and Buist 26—8, Mesdames Instone and Vine beat Mesdames Hey and Thrush 26 —20, Mrs. Murdoch and Miss Tait beat Gibbs and Mrs. Maxwell 26—19. Misses Washer and Thomas beat Mesdames Brocklebank and Summerfield 26—19. Mrs. Murdoch and Miss Tait beat Gibbs and Mrs. Maxwell 26-19. Semi-final: Mesdames Masters and Lester beat Mrs. Murdoch and Miss Tait 26—6. PATEA BOWLER HONOURED. PRESENTATION TO MR. WHITE. Mr. R. G. Scown, president of the Patea Bowling Club, presented Mr. W. White, greenwarden, with a handsome bowl bag on behalf of members on Saturday. Mr. Scown referred to the amount of work done by Mr. White to make the green one of the best in Taranaki. Messrs. P. Bourke, C. Sheahan, W. Paterson and A. E. Wainwright endorsed the president’s remarks. Mr. White replied. The health of Mr. P. Bourke, who had done well in the Dominion bowling championship singles, and Mr. W. T. Lamb were also drunk. The club singles matches resulted as follows:White 20 v. Glenny 17, Bourke 21 v. Glenny 17, Sheahan 21 v. Scown 17. ‘SHE LOVES ME NOT.” BING CROSBY AGAIN. Paramount’s laughter-and-song picture “She Loves Me Not” comes to the Hawera Opera House to-day, with Bing Crosby and Miriam Hopkins in co-star-ring roles, and Kitty Carlisle featured. The picture also boasts a supporting cast of exceptional talent, including such seasoned players as Warren Hymer, Lynne Overman, Judith Allen, George Barblei and Vince Barnett. The story depicts the escape of a night-club dancer from the scene of a Philadelphia murder, her concealment at Princeton University and her subsequent entry into motion pictures with a wild fanfare of publicity, and at the same time develops a tender romance between Bing Crosby, as a student, and Kitty Carlisle, as the Dean’s daughter. “She Loves Me Not" features several brand new tunes by Rainger and ’Robin, and Gordon and Revel, including “Love in Bloom” and “I’m Hummin’, I’m Whistlin’, I’m Singin.’” PORT OF PATEA. Feb. 11:—Arrived: Motor-vessels Kapunui .and Inaha. High water to-day, 6.9 ajn., 6.33 p.m.