BOWLING NOTES

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 21, 21 December 1932, Page 9

BOWLING NOTES

LEVIN’S SUCCESS. (By “Trundler.”) It rarely falls to the lot of one club to play for tho two leading trophies in tire Manawutu Centro on the one afternoon; still more rarely to win them. Vet such was the record of the Levin Club on Saturday afternoon. The strongest rink was sent to Feilding in quest of the Dixon Cup and Tucker Radges, and a well contested gamo saw tho Redding players lying a tie when the skips went to the mat on the 21st head. The Levin skip, Clements, played two excellent shots and Levin now houses tho cup and tho badges which accompany it. At Manawatu Club Channing skipped tho rink that opposed Kershaw for the Matison and Barr Cup. Another keen gamo saw Levin win on the last head. It was a most meritorious performance to annex two cups in the one afternoon. FLETCHER SHIELD. The spell of summer —the first this season —has been greatly appreciated by local bowlers. Greens are, generally speaking, in excellent order, and drawing well under the influence of the hot sun. It is rather unfortunate that so far this year there have been no matches for the Fletcher Shield. It is difficult to understand why some clubs fight shy of challenging Palmerston North tor its possession. It should not be difficult for Terrace End or Northern, for instance, to muster rinks. Failing this, the Terrace End Club, as the trustees of the trophy, might consider altering the conditions to provide for competition by two rinks aside —adopting tho principle employed in regard to the Ainslie Shield.

THE DOMINION TOURNAMENT. The draw is now available for the Dominion tournament. W. Bull (Levin) has drawn Section A in the rinks. E. Bary (Palmerston North) is in Section B. A strong opponent, should he meet him, will be J. Kerr, tho former Masterton player and now of Onehunga, who is prominent among first class Dominion bowlers. Also in the same section is J. B. Reid, the Lyall Bay skip who is well-known in Palmerston North. P. 0. Skoglund (Palmerston North), who is playing with his father, P. Skoglund (Stratford), is in Section C, in which also are F. Routley (Levin) and W. Feilding (Hataitai) who is bound to have a strong team. L. Arnott (Palmerston North) appears- in Section D with W. N. Tucker (Victoria), another player well-known locally; a promising northern skip in R. S. Higginbotham, formerly of Henderson and now of Mt. Albert, and W. A. Dee, of Nelson. There are no local or district rinks in Section Ein which is M. Walker (Auckland), last year’s winner. J. A. Nash (Palmerston North) is in Section F and H. L. Blighting (Hataitai), and J. Porteous (Wellington), A. T. Markman (Thorndon) and J. H. Trayes (Mt. Eden) are other skips who have been drawn in this section who will provide keen opposition. O. M. Christiansen (Terrace End) is in Section 11, in which .1. A. Dohertv (Kelburn) should play a big part. S. Mattar (Foxtou) is in Section I with W. Bremner (West End, Auckland) a Dominion champion, and G. S. Gordon (St. Johns, Wanganui). Local and district players in the pairs are: —P. Duncalf and J. Grant (Terrace End), J. Roach and E. J. Spencer (Shannon), F. E. Langellan and W. Bull (Levin), E. Bary, J. K. Patou and L. Arnott (Palmerston North). 0. M. Christiansen, E. J. Spencer, J. Grant, W. Child (Palmerston North). J. Roach, and W. Bull are competing in the singles.

R OTOR U A TO URN AMEN T. A sign of the times is apparent in tiro entries received this year for the Rotorua tournament commencing on February 6. in previous years the entries were so numerous that the club was compelled to close them at the end of October. For the 1933 tournament 43 have been received to date and the club intends receiving them until January next. The middle green at Rotorua is badly affected this year by the cockchafer grub. These insects bore into t lie turf with serious effect to the sward, leaving small holes. With the idea of getting rid of them, the caretaker Hooded tho green the other evening to a depth of one loot, and the efficacy of the treatment was shown by the large number uf insects which came to the surface to avoid suffocation. As they did so they were gathered in by children and men assembled for the puriio.se. Notwithstanding the grub, the green is in good order and will be playing well when the tournament takes place. It is difficult to understand why Palmerston North Clubs do not follow tlie examples of other clubs in protecting the edges of their greens, rii Rotorua no game of bowls is played without using scrim 12 feet by 6 feet on the edges of the lawn. In this way tho ends aro protected from wearing caused by excessive use. Tho experiment should be tried in Palmerston North. PAH lAT U A CLUB.

The Paliiatua Club bad a big afternoon last "Wednesday. A rink from the Oroua Club played for the Takaro Cup, and a visit was received from six Woodville rinks, including one whose mission was tlie Gosling Stars. The latter match was rather interesting as Petherick, tho skip of tlie Palriatua rink, has l>een transferred to Dannevirk© and this was the last chance lie had of defending the stars. Ho was matched against Horne, but won very easily. Petherick will be sorely missed by Pahiatua on account of bis fine play, bis keen sportsmanship, and his genial disposition. The 'Pakaro Cup was a great match. After the twentieth head the score was sixteen all. When the skips went to the mat on tho twenty-first head Oroua lay two good shots. With his last bowl Kersbaw, the No. 3 of the Rahiatua rink, who was skipping in tlie absence of Hodd, drew a, perfect shot, and the Oroua skip failing with his last bowl, Paliiatua retained the cup, 17—16. In the club games, Paliiatua won four and lost two, getting ail aggregate of 109 to 81. There was rather a coincidence in these games. h • Britland’s rink scored ten singles, total ten; W. Britland scored ten singles also, hut added a two at the finish, making his total twelve. Those were tlie two games lost. Paliiatua has a decided acquisition this year in Mr McCawe, the postmaster. He hails from tlie West Coast of the South Island, but shortly after the beginning of last season was taken ill and could not play again. This year lie is plnying exceptionally well. He skipped rinks on Pahiatua’s visit to Oroua; at Woodville for the Runhine Pennants, and again last Wednesday, and on all three occasions secured decisive wins. VETERANS’ VASE MATCH. TERRACE END BEAT NORTHERN. A Terrace End Bowling Club rink made a successful challenge to North-

ern for the Veterans’ Vase, yester-! day, wresting the trophy by 19 points to 17. Tire mutch was played on the Northern Club’s greens, and the rinks were: Terrace End (Knowles, Toogood, Ashton, Thomas): Northern (Newton, Johnston, R. Stallard, Hod- i der). j 'Hi© challengers early established a lead and at the twelfth head had aj margin of eight points. Thereafter : tlie holders reduced the lead and had j a chance of retaining tho trophy on | tlie last head, but Thomas’s rink proved superior by the close margin stated. MATCH AT WOODVILLE. Six rinks from the Terrace End Bowling Club visited Woodville on Saturday last, and played an inter-club match. Woodville won four games, while Terrace End accounted for two. On the aggregate Woodville won by 125 points to 101. Detailed scores are as follow, Terrace End players t>eing mentioned first: —Andrews, Mills. Munro, Johnson (skip) 10 v. South, J. Morgan, Bly, Mules, (skip) 21; Hanley, Knowles, Davidson, Duncalf (skip) 26 v. Forbes, Knowles-Sinith, Notlier, Horne (skip) 19; Ashton, Bee Pearce, Snell (skip) 15 v. Bibliy, McCormack, Elder, Curry, (skip) 16; Morris, Simpson, Childs, Moffatt (skip) 12 v. Nelson, Rawson, Norman, Nicholas (skip) 30; Wallace, Evans, Pearce, Ekersley (skip) 17 v. Tennont, R. Morgan, James, Pickering (skip) 20: Toogood, Stewart, T&lsby. Wood (sl/jp) 21 v. C. Smith, Off wood, Grinlinton, Aim (skip) 19.

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