WEEK-END BOWLS
| THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, AUGUST, 8, 1985.
RECREIO "BLUES" RINK DEFEATED IN THE UPSET OF THE SEASON
By "TOUCHER”
One of the biggest upsets of the Lawn Bowls Open Championship season was seen yesterday in the third round of the Open Rink matches. Following up their recent brilliant triumph over the top Polleo combination of J. H. Goodman, G. Watts, Buster Hollands and Ken Bodle, the Craigengower Second Division cum novice four of Leo Silva, G. F. Santos, Robert Tay and P. K. Lau yes- terday eliminated the formidable Recrelo "Blues' quartet of A. P. Pereira, S. E. Souza, Connie Pereira and C. E. l'assos by 18-15.
his woods andį Playing inspired bowls, the feet with both winners held their opponents to Souza drew in two more shots, 5-5 at the end of the 8th head.both slightly short of the jack Twice In succession Tay tralled and about a yard off. The Jack against a count of three
and twu to give his side shots on euch head and
of 0-3.
two
lead
head. A! 9-6 <2) the 12th
a speela- skip P. K, Lau made cular drive in lake the jack into the ditch for a count two after his opponents drawn two close shots.
of
had
After evneeding a single on
In his first attempt, Tay trailed the jack about two feet for a count of two, leaving his opponents in a rather hopeless position with not a single back- wood,
Connie Pereira was short with his first wood and a little too Passos heavy with his second. made an excellent attempt with is first wood, but just failed to trail clean the Jack, which was sliced to one side, leaving still count of two agalest. He was just that shade narrow with his
13th head, when a succeeded in pushing up one of his own woods for the shot, the Recreio iwlers get into their, stride and scored three singles, and
wood, which
left his
a thren and another single onponents the winners by 18-15. the next live heads to regalo the lead of 13-12.
Passos was enther unlucky on the 19th ited. Presented fairly big one-foot target of jack and two jack-high woods, he just missed the jack in bolh his drives to take the jack bact for # count of four or five.
Lott added the fourth shot to 16-13 The the score make Reerein bewiers came back strongly with a twn on the 28th end head loght out the lust with the score standing at 15- 18,
A BLACK DAY
The losers held their own up to 7-11 on the 15th head when they cracked up to concede a mix, two singles and another six on the next four heads.
Laurel,
R. A. V. Lopes, E. R. Rosseet and C. R. Rosselet were in deadly. form against R. Traill. H. Ridalale, N. Harts Baker and R. Hetherington S much so that they were actually leading by 20-2 on the 14th a little head before relaxing towards the end.
At Kowloon, a brillant dis-
play by No. 3 George Madar 21-15 victory scored by D. C. was largely responsible for the Symonk, S. Ramchand, G Madar and F. Kermani over
Jolin
Pau, R. O. Baker, C. C. Mu and A. H. Sccmin.
LEAGUE GAMES
r
YOUNGEST EVER CHANNEL CONQUEROR
Cheered ashore by holiday-makers and her coach, Gus Ryder (white cap), Canadian schoolgirl Marilyn Bell, 17, touches land at Abbots Cliff, between Folkstone and Dover after almost sprinting the last 200 yards of her Channel swim from France.
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Marilyn, youngest ever channel conqueror, had been in the water some four-
Reuterphoto, teen hours. ----
Irish FA Forecasts Full
+
House For Britain-Europe
Match On August 13
Belfast, Aug. 7.
1
Empire Games Class Hop, Step, Jumping At North Borneo
Borneo Games
By "RECORDER"
The first over North Borneo Games--an. Inter- Territorial athletic meet promoted by the year-old British North Borneo Athletle Board-were held at Seria, Brunel, on July 31 and were featured by some Empire class hop, step and jumping.
North Borneo won both the Malcolm MacDonald Cup for the Men's Team Championship and the Sultan of Brunei's Cup for the Ladies' Team Championship. The Commissioner-General, Mr Malcolm MacDonald, presented the prizes.
P. C. Gabuh, who last year | duced at least one athlete who became the first North Bornican
well-Joselton'
did very
to make the British Common- Gubuh, Sandakan's Liow wealth and Empire rankings in an athletic event, came through again on his last jump to tie his year-old best mark of 47 cat 4 Inches in the Hop, Step and Jump.
lip, Patrick Lim, Adina Abad and Fung Soon-sa;
Tawau's Erle Chin, Kota Belud's Ching Ah-ling and Kim-lal, Lim Mohammed Shaf, and Lahad Do u's Syed Rehmen."
to The G. S. Kler referred But not before he had been led over the early rounds by in the same man who took a four-
athlete to the socond Borneo
man North Borneo team down reach Empire ranking status, to the Jest Asian Games. His
Borneo Stum bin Dlau of Kota Belud, North
of 2 record who had led with 40 feet 114 minutes 0 seconds for the Hall inches.
Mile is the only pre-war Borneo it record still on the books and These two performances were seems that it is a record that achieved under poor run-up North Borneo athletes do not conditions and it will be in wish to break for reasons of teresting to see what Gabuh doodwill toward the GOM of and
Diau will be North Borneo athletics if Sium bin able to do in the Malayan AAA for lack of ability. Championships at Ipoh against
the
not
Tomasi Fijian soldier,
North Borneo is quite a huge Naldole, and the Singapore place, but is interesting to note record-holder, Tan Eng-yoon, that funds are readily raised to both of whom are in the 48- send teams to other towns on foot clase.
the island. The North Borneo team travelled to Seria by train to Weston and by sca Weston to Belait,
Roland Clark of Brunel beat 100 Gabuh in a 10-second Yards Dash, but this was wind- alded and will not be accepted as a North Borneo record.
For Recreio it was a, black
Int the week-end Lawn day yesterday. Their two only
Bowls League gumes, no up- other fours in the Rinks com-
zels were recorded Elrst Divi- petition
exision also made their
League-leaders Recreio C. da Silva, A. A. Guttesres
"Blues" retained their icac C. F. Remedios
F. and L
with
win a comfortable 5-0 Xavier bowed cut
the to
Indian Recreation Club IRC-FC combination of A. R. over
"Gold".
Northern Ireland's soccer fans have thrown aside their wait-and-see For u time it looked as if A. A Rahman, K. M. Rumfahn, R. M. V. Ribeiro and U. A. Rum. Secmin's
four, who
attitude to the Great Britain versus Rest of Europe soccer classic at Wind- 17-21,
G. A jahn by
sor Park here on August 13 and the Irish Football Association forecast a full reflected in the G. A. Noronha, 11thawn sgala Johnny Ribeiro Gutters, J. Noronha adn Jackie Noronha
house no matter who's in the "home" team. just edged out by the were KBGC four of E. Riddell. Kavanagh, P. Hughes and Mekelvic by 18-26.
and
On a lull-length head, Silva went through about five feet with his woods. "Spotty"
The now top-ranking four of Pereiru laid the shot about two J. Huosen, A. K. Minu, 1. All of the jack and and A. M. Omar of Indian feet in front
Club shot on the back- Recreation
were given feet some about drow
by two
gallant opposition
the second
handi
short of the Jack.
L M. Neves, R. Busa, F. Lee W J Howard before G. Santos, the winning No. 2, and
through about Ave | winning by 20-14. bo went
DAVIS CUP,
Australia Will Meet Italy In Inter Zone
Finals
Next
Week
Glen Cove, New York, Aug. 7.
20
his mal, Werc offer
were
going
some resistance. They were leading by 9-7 just refore the teu interval whea the crash came.
Cralgengower
given
At one time it inoked as though the fans were going to wait for the announce. ment of the Great Britain squad composition before applying for tickets. It was be Hleved that a large number would stay at home that day if Northern Ireland players were not well represented.
bea:
With
suves drawn shots against him, the first one about the jack,
Бестав Ivor Allchurch two feet away from
But draw still
IFA
have been sold and he secretary Bill seats and a fairly open
Diennon-who brought off a forecast a crowd of nearly suite to partnering Matthews. left, Seemin failed to get near:
by having the scoop
game 60,000 would jam the stadlum Centre-forward will be either Nat Lofthouse of England, Lauric ANXIOUS MOMENTS
allocated to Belfast to honour on the day of the game.
Trevor the 75th anniversary
"There was some disappoint-Reilly of Scotland or of his Cricket Club
ment
when Walter Winter- Ford of Wales. The British icte Association-reported that all
will
probably be the anxious some
bottom (permenent England flank
manager) was named to weakest link in the team because team
top-class of the 'shortage of in look after the British cloven preference to our own Peter left-footers,"
Ireland's Jimmy McIlroy of Doherty. Now all the fans are confidently awalling the an-Englund's Roy Bentley may get nouncement that Danny Birnch-the inside-left job with Billy be Lidfell of Scotland, strongest flower (of Tottenham) will
contender for the left-wing de- named captain.
his veteran ranking these days.
fairly comfortably on all three
were
inoments by Kowloon
Bowling
Green Club, but got
through
rinks to maintain their
1/2-
point distance from the Recreio
"Blues."
third
came
Kowloon Cricket Club, the contenders for the tle, out worst in the week's games among the three teams. Police Recreation On the tricky Club green, they dropped 1 points to the policemen, were actually rather unfortunate In not having gained one point in this match.
and
more
Ken
Hong Sling's four ed Bodie and his men all the way to win comfortably by 24-10.
Benny Goodman's four fully deserved their half point in their close gume against Tommy Baker's four. They were lead-
Australia won a 4-0 victory over Japan in its Davis Cup tennis Inter-Zong semi-final today when Rex Hurtwig beat Atsushi Miyagi in the first match 3-6, 6-0, 6-3, 9-7, and rain washed out the second match with Ken Rosewall ing by 17-12 at the end of the lending Kosel Kamo 3-1 in the first set.
18th head, when the KCC four rose up to the occasion by scor three heads.
Australia will meet Italy next week-end at Philadel-Ing five chols in the remaining phin in the Inter-Zone Finals with the winner to challenge the Cup holder, USA, ut Forest Hills on August 26-28.
grass
court at
for
the Singles
his
Kowloon
CERMAN TENNIS
Larsen Beats Skonecki For Singles Title
Vladimir
The feeling is strong that at least two more North of Ireland
If Matthews and Liddell are. stars playing for English clubs both selected they will be the should be also included," an IFA sole survivors of the great 1947 team which won 6-2 at Hamp- official said.
|den Park, Glasgow,
DISAPPOINTED. FANS
The steadily rising standard of North Borneo athletics was day's per- formances. It may be said that
with North Borneo is now on a par Malayu, Singapore and Hongkong in athletic strength were the latter three territories to depend on civilian rather then mixed civilian and Services talent.
Other winnĊTS WETE:
THE CHAMPIONS
from
A 14-man North, Borneo team is competing in the Malayan AAA Championships.
UNIVERSITY GAMES Holland Beats Belgium 1-0
At Soccer
San Sebastian, Aug. 7. Tirs International Univerally Students Games, which have attracted a world wide entry, ` 120 Yards High Hurdles
wore declared open today at a Henry
10,4 Chiu (Brunei),
Anoeta nt the ceremony
San Just outside Vault-A. 0.
Yapp Stadium (Brunei), 10 feet 3 inches.
Discus ThrowEric Chin
100 feet Borneo),
seconds.
Pole
(North
inches.
Ladies' Cunninghamt seconds,
880
100
Yards-Tham Slow-kal (Sarawak), 2 mins. 10.2 secs.
High Jump-Raymond Lim (Sarawak), 6 feet 7 ins.
Ladies High. Jump--Adina Abad (North Borneo), feet 234 inches.
220
Sebastian,
The only competitive event on today's programme was a foot- ball match in which Holland Yards-Dolly beat Belgium by one goal to nil (Brunei), 12.2after a blank first half.
of 10 nations Representatives have already gathered here and they paraded each headed by girl wearing Basque dress, Hamburg, Aug. 7.
the inst whore Germany, America's top-ranking tennis
Games were held, headed the player Art Larsen annexed the
parude and the other.notions German Singles title of the
Cham-
Gabul represented were Japan, South International Tennis
Long Jump-P. C. A majority selection of Irish the Stateless
this "feeling" which It was
soccer wilters and (North Borneo), 20 feet 104 Korea, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, pionships over
Egypt, Holland, Britain, Israel, officials Skonecki, by caused some disquiat among the newspaper Pole,
produced this inches,
Luxembourg. Yards Patrick Lim Italy. Jamaica, the score of 3-0, 0-3, 7-5, 0-8 soccer administrators here. At club
New Zealand, Portugal, Saar, one, time the team was scheduled "possible" Rest of Europe selec and 6-3,
Beard tion:
(Yugoslavia); (North Borneo), 23.8 seconds,
Javelin
Throw Aloysius Switzerland, United States and Larsen pulled out his whole to be announced on June 18tic
(Austria) and Marche
feet 5 Spain-Router. (Hungary); bag of tricks to win the title.leaving the organisers plenty of HGhapp Bozsik
Sibidol (Brunei), 158 Ho befuddled his opponent time to attract the ticket up-
(Germany) and inches. with amazing
Ladies' Long Jump returns of applications and they were afraid Liebrich parent
winners. Larson hit drop the present three-week gap be- Cajkovsky (Yugoslavia); Schinf-
Puskas shots, and scored passing shots tween selection and game time fino (Italy), Kocsis, Hidegkut Cunningham (Brunei), 14 foet
(Hungary)
and 3 inches,
440 (Republic of
Yards-Chin Kim-loi within inches of the delines. wouldn't give the disappointed and
Tommy Eglinton His loba raised the chalk on fans time to cool off,
But, as the official said, "Real Ireland).
(North Borneo), 54.0 seconds. the base lines,
Although Schiaffino plays fans will always take advantage
Ladies' 220 Yards - Dolly 20.0 (Brunei), Skoneekd played
inside position Cunningham form. With his powerful service of seeing the top stars in action normally in an
i was thought he couldn't be seconde.
En-lip One Mile Liew and the and forehand drives, coupled whether or not there are local
left out of the team with his natural fleetnes of men playing."
in al-breaking Blanchflower, anyway.
the "Three (North Borneo), 4 minutes 55 up of most certain of scisction on his Terrible Magyars"
un secends, W3S
Shot Put Aloysius Sibidol ds the thinkable. Eglinton was named recognised record own
(Brunei), 41 feet 0 inches.
440 Yards Relay Brunel, 45.2 seconds.
well
foot, just failed to hold Larsen In the long 'five-wel struggle.-- France-Presse.
Singapore's Lim For Colombo Motor Race
best and most-polished wing with a great deal of shrugging. helf in British football.
-United Press. Who will take the old with The selectors have on Wolvor. unenviable task as hampton have a date in Russia and Bert Williams, Billy Wright
Phim
It was in the third rink that KCC could have got their other
but for the point,
spectacular huel
Hoad clinched the| Lew Australia
staged by H. B. recovery best-of-five series with Japan by against Italy.
Dewar's four
Don against "I haven't made any decision Phillips KCC four. Down by winning the first three matches,
Was dis- sald. "I to today's play was little more yet," he
16-23 at the end of the 17th thure an exhibition. Rain hatt appointed with Hartwig's tem
the Police four under- Interrupted the Hartwig-Miyagi perament today on the court, but bead,
went some dramatic rejuvena- well satisfied with match for a half-hour but the veins. Let's hits say that tion A their bowls to chalk up
the Nassau stroking. Country Club still was playable. three men are in the running for two twos, a four and a three to
just win by 20-25. the Singles versus Kaly. But Rosewall and Kamo had "I'll say this: there is more
SECOND DIVISION been playing only eight minutes likelihood of a change in the two when another and harder storm weeks between Italy and the
In the Second Division, Tal- US (assuming we beat Italy) captains,
their broke and the two
also retained for this week against koo Club
table Icad at the head of the Harry Hopman for Australia than
Bar Italy."" or Tackichi Harada for Japan,
Translated, that would in- with a 5-0 win over conferred with referee Julian
Cricket Club. W. B. Brown's Myrick and agreed that thedicate Hoad may play against
four gained a comfortable 24-14 formal
score for the matches Amerien but not against Italy.
for Austraila, Hoad practised on a side court win over ft. S. Capcol's four should be 4-0
Efter
some good after-tea with one inateh incomplete due today.
"I didn't see him so I don't bowling. to weather.
The game in the two other know how well he played," said
rinks, however, was extremely Hopman.
well-contested LEGITIMATE COMPLAINT J. B. Baxter's four just had matchless The Australians will practise edge out Divechs and his men that extra on the last head to
pore racers is being sponsored again probably on Tuesday be who went into the last hend
Lim is hopeful of winning the make up the line, fore they go to Philadelphia.
race for sports cars (unlimited). They will stay at an air-condi-with a one shot lead over W. J, Howard, succeeded in scoring a
which is decided over ten laps tioned hotel there.
two to enable Taikoo to come
of the mile and 627 yards. weather," through with a clean sheet,
chrouft-Undied Press, HOW THEY STAND First Division
After the matches, Harada caid he was satisfied with his team's showing.
ot
EXCELLENT TEAM
friends "My tennis expert tell me that we will have an excellent team in a couple
und that Kamo and years Miyagi
most promising players. It was no experience for WE
"I
are
on
YOUTH SPORTS FESTIVAL
--Dolly
Chataway Switches Brewery Job For Commercial TV
London, Aug. 7. Chris Chataway, the British international runner and holder of the World Three-Milo record,
into la going
commercial here television, due to start next month, preparing and read- ing news bulletis,
* shall
Two Titles For
World Table Borneo News and Sabah Times, night.
concerned
Ladies' 440 Yards Relay North Borneo, 58.0 seconds,
not ba One Milo Relay North Borneo, 3 minutes 45.3 seconds, with any sports programmes, no
will I have anything to do with THE KLER INFLUENCE the endorsement of products, as this might affect my amateur A columnist in the North status as a runner," he said to- commenting on the Games, said, "Of the North Borneo team, the Chataway said that his new lads and lasses from Sandakan job would not mean an inter- Warsaw,
did brilliantly and this was Aug..7.
in ruption of his tracks onrere.- sect Rozeanu no small measure Mrs Angelica
due to the that he hoped to run in next (Rumania), World Champlon foot, that the livewire sports- year's Olympic Games at Mel- quality for the has spent bourne "If Inn) 21-14, 21-13, 21-14 in the some time
appear to be certainties.
Jack Kelsey of Arsenal and Tennis Champion
The
1.
and Dennis Wilshaw won't be available. Ston, Matthewo the ght wing and John Charlca
right Singapore, Aug. 8.
intre-forward One Singapore driver and one at contre-hall or centre-t motor cyclist will participate in the Colombo road races to be
Wales seems the best bet for held in Ceylon on August 21.
the goalkeeping position. Lim Pang-ham, Singapore's Champion racing motorist will fight back is almost certain to drive his much modified MGTC come from Scotland with Roger Byrne of England well-fancied and veteran motor cyclist
half
could be either Bertie Women's Singles Final of the Borneo was well represented in [He' added: "I do not think, GY-45.
Edwards of England Blanch-
International Youth Games
#Jesselton affair, but it will be much time in the future for com Doubles Final Mrs seen that the team which went poulions as I have done and my comprised of Appearances will therefore have Elliott beat to Serts was Gradisova stad E. Kroupova athletes from Sandakan, Lahad to be curtalled." ET ALER L
Chataway at present works for The attack is likely to cause (Czechoslovakia): 21-17, 21-14, Datu, Kold Belad, Tawau and
Jesselton. And each town pro a brewery Chins, Mada Spécial. 21-12 Rattar most trouble,
G.
Douglas Frank will ride his for the loft back post; Loft beat Miss Helen Elliot, (Scotsman, EIN. D. DEL North British team."
The trip for these two Site. Peacock⋅ of Ireland or Duncan Table Tennis tournamon athletics, have been 100, much of however, that I will, have as tomorrow at Forest Hills and by 20-10, while J. Kinniburgh, by the Singapore Motor Club. Bower and Charles will probably here todas
We expect hot smiled Hopman.
Hopman indicated ho felt think my boys perhaps Hartwig had a legitimate com-Rec. glues. were a bit nervous at playing plaint on the calls of the lines- the famed Australians, but man. they did their best, and aure they will be belter next time."
I'm
"The Japanese did well," said Hopman. "After all, they had had almost no play before they metus. Italy will be much tougher for (uś " because the Hallanes have had a series of
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"I thought one or two of the shals had bounced two or three times," he said, "but I sta da not like the temperament leo. Hartwig showed on the court.” Hartwig-wore a bandage on the middle Anger of his right har,
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Just protection," he matches against strong Europeon | said, "Į. havo a callous there opposition.
O, and without a plaster protec "The Italian Doubles : teeth is tion 1 got a very painful blood very good and
the Single Bilater untermath." players are emotional, Inspira
flon types who cars raise them How took a few golf shota relves to a very high pitch for efter his imonia practice today a big: match,"
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