Organisers of
corner-to-corner bowls are hoping to follow the example of
twenty/20 cricket and attract new fans to the sport.
A trial proved successful in Auckland last year and
organisers made it a national event this season.
Most bowlers know of corner-to-corner as an informal game
that is often played once official competition has finished.
It offers players the opportunity to wind down and have some
fun.
As opposed to normal bowls, which is played end to end on a
bowling green, corner-to-corner is played diagonally across
the green and uses no jack. The goal is to play the bowl as
close to the corner of the green as possible.
Southern Region community development officer Jim Scott said
the corner-to-corner competition had helped promote bowls and
had been supported by registered bowlers and social club
members.
The regional ambassadors for the event in Dunedin have been
former international bowlers Terry Scott and Ken Walker.
"It is intended to be a light-hearted event," Terry Scott
said. "It is open to registered and social members in clubs
and has generated a lot of interest . It has become a
semi-social occasion."
The Dunedin finalists include Stewart McConnell (Kaikorai),
who won a bronze medal in the fours at the Auckland
Commonwealth Games in 1990.
Elimination events have been held by clubs over the past 12
weeks to find winners for the regional finals. A total of 100
clubs participated in the Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury
and Dunedin events, and the regional finals are being held
this month.
The regional finalists will travel to Auckland for the final
at the Point Chevalier Club on April 17. The Dunedin final is
being held at the North East Valley Club tonight.
• CORNER-TO-CORNER
Dunedin finalists
Bill Hinton (Andersons Bay), Gloria Barton (Balmacewen), Ross
Thomson (Fairfield), Barry Taggart (Forbury Park), Bill
Rutherford (Green Island), Stewart McConnell (Kaikorai),
Robert Ritchie (Leith), Laurie Moore (North East Valley, Joan
Evans (Outram), Ken Stewart (St Clair), Graham Stanley (St
Kilda), Dave Archer (Taieri), Jack Gibbs (Tainui), Bruce
Fuszko (Wakari).
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