ROUND THE GREENS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 292, 11 December 1941, Page 7

ROUND THE GREENS

WANGANUI BOWLING ACTIVITIES NOTES AND COMMENTS. Up till yesterday afternoon only 18 teams had entered for the Wanganui Bowling Centre’s Christmas tournament. As entries were not due to close until 10 o'clock last night it :s expected that the number will be greatly augmented. A Castlecliff Club rink now holds the Keesing Cup, having won it fro*.-. Wanganui Club recently. • • • • The fourth round of the Cosmopolitan Club's full rink competition will be played on Saturday. The draw for the second round of the pairs and singles competitions was posted last week and members are urged to finalise these games as soon as posI sible. I There are numerous other centre ■ tournaments in the offing, notably I during Christmas holidays, at North 1 Auckland. Auckland. Wellington , South Canterbury and Buller, while New Year has been chosen by South I Auckland. Bay of Plenty. Gisborne. • Wairarapa, Taranaki. Manawatu. Wellington and Southland. If the recent spell of fine weather holds until after the holidays the greens for the Christmas tournament will be in great order. Congratulations are extended to the Wanganui East rink which was successful in lifting the Hum Cup from St. John's (holders) this week. i Auckland Singles Title. The well-known Canton player G. A. Deare added another win to his long string of victories by taking the open singles title of the( Auckland Bowling Centre on the Carlton green last week, his opponent being another Carlton Club representative. L. G. Donaldson. The finalists met twice :o decide the issue. Deare s defeat rn the first meeting did not eliminate him, as he held two lives to Donaldson's one. and another game was necessary. Prior to meeting Donaiuson, Deare met Livingstone in two successive games, winning them both. Livingstone was not up to the form he displayed on the preceding day. The elimination of Livingstone narrowed the field to Deare and Donaldson, the latter having defeated Tyndall in the sixth round. In the second meeting between Deare and Donaldson the drawing powers of the two players were exhibited to the full. However, both failed badly when attempting 1 shots faster than a draw. Especially was this so in Donaldson's ua<| his • running shots being very poorh exr- 1

outed. Had he been in any way successful in these shots he might #isliy have won. Deare did not at tempi many run shots. He was successful m only one effort at a vital stage, as Donaldson was rapidly overtaking him. He was 4 down on the 12tn. head, when he drove at the bunch with its last bow l, which w as fortunate enough to lie the shot. St. John's Club Notes. The draw for the Gordon Pairs has been posted in the Pavilion, this being on the two life principle. The handicap singles draw is also posted and this is on the sudden death or one life principle. Thirty pairs are in the Gordon Pairs and the handicap singles drew 67 entries. The A pairs is now reduced to 5 pairs. Herd and Carrad have two live? and Shaw and Beneiield, Downey and Clinkard, C. S. Brown and Falconer. Moss and W. D. Harris have one lire. In the A singles D. J. Armstrong. Herd and Mac Kay, have two lives. R. Armstrong. Benefield, Brass, Fal-

coner, Glover and Gilbertson have one life. The sixth round draw is not yet made. In the B pairs Woods is the only skip with two lives, the one lifers being Ashwell, Lee, Mew. and D. Taylor. Those undefeated in the "B" singles are Ashwell. Colmer and Lee, and ttw winner of the Shaw - McCormack game, one lifers being Aitken. Ansell. Anderson. Campbell, E. Taylor. Wanganui Club. The Wanganui Club will play a further round of its full rink competition on Saturday. Good progress has been made in the “A” singles competition and only three are left in. W. J. Stone is the only two-lifer, having beaten J. Goodey, a one-lifer yesterday afternoon. Gonville Club. Following are the results of the mid-week full-runk competitions played on the Gonville green:— Harris. Edwards. Berryman. J. Smith 15, v. Martin, Naumann. Banks. Russell 12; Copley. Fisher. Brown, Thurston 14, v. Sherriff. Laird, Chsi* holm. Piper 10: Alien. Tinney. Bloinfield, Durrant 8. v. Hoar, J. Healey, Hoar. Hunwick 18: Kirk. P. Anderson. Carline 19. v. Fyfe, Sharpe Puddle 14; Beard. Hendra. Richard*j 13. v. Stewart, Davy, James 10.