ALLDAY TOURNAMENTS PLAYED BY BOWLERS

Wanganui Chronicle, 24 October 1950, Page 7

ALLDAY TOURNAMENTS PLAYED BY BOWLERS

Mid-Week Fours Wednesday Next, Pennants Saturday All Day tournaments were played by City bowling dubs yesterday. In fine, calm weather, with greens tending tu sharpen up a bit, players spent an enenjoyable day. Next Wednesday the mid-week fours are to star # t. There have been largei entries this year than last, indicating increasing interest in this inter-club contest. Next Saturday senior and junioi pennant fours are to be started. The draw will be arranged tomorrow. This competition is also better supported this year than last. Results of yesterday’s all-day tournament play: Gonville Out at Gonville the winning team comprised I. Keats, A. Gurney and A. Whyman (skip). The runners-up were: Brooking, Foster and Tinney (skip). Cosmopolitan A good day’s bowling was enjoyed by members o£ the Cosmopolitan Club. The winning team was Baird, Bigham and Holden (skip). The run-ners-up Brown, Nalder and Thurston (skip). St. John’s The tournament at St. John's re suited in a tie between a team skipped by Kirk and another skipped by Houn. sell. In a play-off of five ejtra ends Mounsell beat Kirk by five to four. The personnel of the winning rink was: Hadfield, McGruer and Hounsell. The runners-up were: Braddock, Hawkins and Kirk. Wanganui East Wanganui East Bowling Club teams to play the Wanganui Bowling Club on Wednesday are:—At home: A. Gray, R. Benefield, J. Caldwell, L. Tate; J. Robertson, K. Scott, A. Bellringer, W. Raine. Away: J. Fitzgerald, T. Bamber, W. McKernan, S. Gaunt; H. Ward, J. Bourke, R. Bell, A. Benefield. R.S.A. Yesterday 40 returned servicemen enjoyed an all-day tournament on the “St. Kilda” progressive fours system. The weather was perfect and the green In good order. The winners were: Skips, W. J. Browne, 4% wins; threes, E. Merewether, 41 wins; two’s, R. Haggerty, 4 wins; leads, G. Connell, 4 wins.

Wanganui

Sixteen fours played at the Wau ganui Club's green, where, for the first time so far as that club is concerned, progressive fours were playea instead of the usual plan to keep the originally arranged fours togethei. The winning players in the respective classifications were: A. V. Martin (skip), M. Greener (three), A. E. Thompson (two) and G. Hamilton (lead) Hamilton secured 4i wins, Thompson and Greener both five. Martin and. J. Patterson tied with four wins as skips, necessitating a play-off, which Martin won. Those who took part voted the day a great success. St. Kilda cards were .used to facilitate movement for players from four to four, as the bell rang at the end of each time limit.