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"Champion Of Champions" Decided

The senior, intermediate, and junior champions of the nine bowling clubs in the Poverty Bay-East Coast bowling centre met each other on the Gisborne club's greens recently to decide who was to be champion of champions.

The finals of the tournament were played in poor weather the following weekend.

In the senior section, F. I. Faram, Te Karaka, claimed the title when he defeated G. W. Harris, United Services, 22-9. Intermediate player T. Bluck, Wairoa, defeated J. H. Rutherford, Gisborne, 23-14, and junior first year player, D. McKenzie, Kahutia, beat E. De Suza, Gisborne, 16-11.

All three winners won their titles for the first time.

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Junior finalists D. McKenzie and E. De Suza play to a tight head.

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Senior champion F. I. Faram watches play with some of the spectators

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D. McKenzie ponders on his next move

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E. De Suza.."Oh, no!!!"

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G. Harris contemplates

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Senior finalist G. Harris plays a bowl, watched by his opponent F. Faram

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Intermediates Bluck and Rutherford approach their head.

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Mr B. Pegler, president of the P.B.-E.C. Bowling Centre, pins senior champion Faram's badge and bar on his blazer lapel.

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Intermediate champion Bluck receives his badge and bar

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Mr Pegler congratulates junior champion McKenzie on winning the title in his first year of bowling

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