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I 22 Thursday, August 26, 1976 Ottawa Journal WMWmilUIIUIIUIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIimillllllUllirullllM Politics on greens JOHN HENDERSON By MARCEL SCHNOBB Journal Sports Staff Lawn bowling has been accused of many things, such as being a sport for the aged, on the cheap, and unimaginative but despite these half truths, it does live dangerously. Here is an international sport, governed by the International Bowling Board, which includes Rhodesia, South Africa and New Zealand, for starters. Other full member countries are Ireland, Australia, Canada, Scotland, U.S.A. and Wales. And If you like to court international trouble how about' these for associate member countries: Israel, Malawi, Kenya and Zambia, the last three, familiar protesters at the recent Montreal Olympics.

Not to mention the Disabled Olympics at Toronto. The other associate members are Japan, Hong Kong, Papua, Fiji, New Guinea and Western Samoa. The man on the hot seat trying to keep peace and tolerance among these nations in order to continue international lawn bowling is John Henderson, the former Montrealer who was elected president of the International Bowling Board in February of this year at Johannesburg during the 1976 World Bowls championships. John, twice a Canadian champion and a medal winner in U.S. and world competition, who now resides in Vancouver, threw out the first bowl to launch the 1976 Canadian championships at the Elmdale Club last Sunday.

Last night, he attended the awards dinner at the Chateau Laurier and brought greetings to the IBB to the players, executives and guests. "The next World Bowls are sched uled for Melbourne, Australia in 1980 and the Australian lawn bowling body wants all 22 nations competing but we don't know how fast developments in Rhodesia and South Africa will affect the games," said Henderson. "The South Africans would sub- stltute world championship for World Bowls in order to get around some of the problems but it won't change anything. Also, Rhodesia wants some sort of assurance from the Australian government that no country will be excluded from participating. To complicate matters, the man who will succeed me as president of the IBB is N.

E. Sum-mersgill of Rhodesia. Since he will be head of the IBB at the time of the World Bowls, the possibility exists that he will not be allowed into Australia." "Unfortunately, we cannot separate sports from politics but because of the overwhelming cost of staging International events, we must have government help. Take for instance the unsatisfactory performance of the U.S. athletes in Montreal.

The final conclusion was that the athletes and sports bodies need U.S. federal government help if they are to compete in the future on a par with Iron Curtain countries." explained Henderson. Henderson points out that the Canadian calibre of play has fallen drastically in recent World Bowls and he sees the need of Canadian players, men and women competing against the best in the United Kingdom on a regular annual basis if the standard is to improve. "Since we have not enough money to sponsor this kind of a tour, it means government help." (Bill GrltmhawCP-Journal) Jane Bell the Ontario champ, who won the national singles title; Peggy Sung, the Alberta singles winner and finally Jack Bridges, president of the Canadian Lawn Bowling Council. The national Lawn Bowling Championships wound up on the greens Wednesday morning and at the Chateau Laurier last night with both executive and national champs attending.

From left to right are Jean Black Canadian Ladles Lawn Bowling Council president; Alberta loses two national honors Peggy Sung finished in a four-way tie to give Alberta a shot at the singles crown and a pair of bowlers representing Medicine Hat, Pauline Schann and Audrey King, shared the top rung with Manitoba and British Columbia after seven rounds of regular play. Peggy Sung took 19 ends to defeat Nel Hunter, of North Vancouver, 15-10 while On- By MARCEL SCHNOBB Journal Sports Staff Ontario and British Columbia lawn bowlers ganged up Wednesday morning on Alberta to prevent a sweep of the three championships by the oil province. Tuesday night, Alberta's Sue Kintor, Frida Munro and Dolly Stirling of Calgary won the triples championship. Hong Kong's gift to Canada, would rally and finally pull it out. A single on the 13th and a steal for two on the 14th ended the match and gave Ontario the title.

In the pairs playoff, British Columbia drew the bye. Winnipeg's Mary Leah and Peg Copeland jumped into a 5-0 lead but the Alberta pair took over on the third with a four and stole the next four ends to rack up six more shots. Manitoba gave it a final shot in the abbreviated eight-end but could count only one and Alberta advanced into the finals against the British Columbia pair of Isabel Appleby and Barbara Crick of New Westminster. While the score was dif- tarlo's June Bell needed only 13 to dispose of Molly Knox of Montreal Westmount 15-4 in sudden-death playoff. However, Mrs.

Sung's beautiful draw game. abandoned her against June Bell and she fell behind 10-0. The Ontario provincial champion who skipped her Woodstock entry to the Canadian triples title in Vancouver last year, ran away with the match. Mrs. Sung got on the scoreboard with a deuce on the eighth end and closed the gap with another two on the ninth but gave up two to Ontario on the 10th to faU behind 12-4.

Threes on the 11th and 12th gave the gallery hope that the Hong Kong champion SlIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllUllllIIIIIIlllllllllllllllIllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllIItlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltinilllllllllllllllrK Lawn bowling final linescores ferent, the outcome was the same as In their regular round robin meeting. B.C. won that match 21-14. Yesterday's final score was 13-3 for the New Westminster color bearers. British Columbia won six of the eight ends.

Police Olympics Area policemen will have their work cut out for them this weekend and it won't be in attempting to nail down speeding cars or criminals. Instead, a large group of KCMP, Hull, QPF, Aylmer and Gatlneau and Hull police will don their sweatsuits and participate in the annual Police Olympics. There will be shooting events and ball games on Saturday but the opening grand parade will commence, Sunday at 10:00 a.m. from- the CEGEP on Cities des Jeunes. If anyone wishes further information they can contact Andre Simard at 770-9111.

Senators even up Ottawa Senators evened up their best of five Ottawa-Carleton Intermediate fastball final at one game apiece, Wednesday, with an overwhelming 15-0 win over Winnnlng pitcher Denis McConnerey led the Senators with a home-run while Brian McMillan was the loser. Game three of the series will be played Sunday at Brewer Park. Game time is 8: 00 p.m. Singles semi-finals 111 003 021 000 102 Oil 115 000 110 100 211 010 200 010 100 212 220 121 115 Oil 000 002 000 0 4 Guaranteed 25,000 Miles Final Alberta B.C. Ontario Quebec Alberta Ontario Alberta Manitoba B.C., 000 000 022 033 0010 211 212 100 200 1215 a Pairs 004 311 1010 410 000 01 6 bye.

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