Fiji’S Pineapple Cup

L. F. Garnett This Year’s Winner

11HE famous Pineapple Cup was com peted for on the Suva Bowling Club’s ' green for the 23rd time, during the August Bank Holiday week-end ! The handsome Silver Cup. in the shape of a gigantic pineapple, was presented to the Suva Bowling Club in 1928 by the ipacific Biscuit Company of Suva.

With the Cup, which the winner holds for a year, is attached the Singles Bowl ing Championship of the South Seas, and

is open for competition to players resi dent in Fiji, Tonga and Samoa.

This year L. F. Garnett of Suva, won the final game from J. Taylor of Rewa.

There were 21 entries-, bowling clubs in Fiji only being represented. During the 23 years that the competition has been in progress, sixteen individual players have been successful in winning the Cup:— S. J. Pickett, Levuka—three times.

C. C. Clark, H. H. Adcock. ,R. W.

Steward, L. F. Garnett, of Suva, and Graham Smith of Vatukoula, have each won the Cup twice.

Other winners have been: R. C.

Wilson, Ba; W. Thompson, Lautoka; G. L. Perks, E. C. Dobell, S. W. Meeks, A. W. Goodfellow, W. E. McGowan, C. H. Came, J. B. Stinson and R. V.

Thomas, all of Suva, once each.

The games in this year’s contest were witnessed by a large number of local and visiting spectators, in ideal weather, and some first class bowling was demonstrated by the competitors.

The Pineapple Cup.