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Peace Shield Bowls
For the first time, a Wairoa rink won the Gisborne–East Coast Bowling Centre's Peace Shield tournament held early in January. L. Galbraith's rink defeated the Gisborne team skipped by C. Attewell, 26–24, in a final which produced some good bowling.
The Shield.
The finalists Wairoa (top), L. Galbraith, E. Wills, M. H. Tonkinson and H. Muir; and Gisborne (bottom), D. Cranswick, R. Sinclair, C. Attewell, and R. Waterson.
This shot, taken of the Kahutia greens, with Kaiti Hill in the background, shows the two skips watching a head in the final.