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  <&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One</&>
  <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies</&>
  <&>Victoria University of Wellington</&>

  <&>side two</&>
  <&>1:19</&>
  

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      i can tell you now that after twenty four ends of twenty <.>al</.>
      twenty eight all

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      we're playing the last

  <WSC#MUC012:0015:SS>
      we're playing for a place in the semi finals

  <WSC#MUC012:0020:SS>
      here comes the bowl now er by pat bonham's number two

  <WSC#MUC012:0025:SS>
      this is trevor clopley

  <WSC#MUC012:0030:SS>
      it's on its way looks to be quite a good way to bowl on the
      backhand

  <WSC#MUC012:0035:SS>
      this could be shot itself

  <WSC#MUC012:0040:SS>
      has it got the legs

  <WSC#MUC012:0045:SS>
      has it got the weight

  <WSC#MUC012:0050:SS>
      has it got the grass

  <WSC#MUC012:0055:SS>
      that's what we're asking and sure enough she slides in for shot

  <WSC#MUC012:0060:SS>
      that's shot no doubt about it

  <WSC#MUC012:0065:SS>
      it is clopley that has the shot and pat bonham has the lead

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      it's twenty <.>all</.> twenty eight all playing the last end

  <WSC#MUC012:0075:SS>
      and now it's the turn of bill kane and allan nimmo his
      <&>2:00</&> number three has the bowl

  <WSC#MUC012:0080:SS>
      he's playing the forehand away from the clubrooms towards the
      road

  <WSC#MUC012:0085:SS>
      quite a good crowd in here too just having a look at this action

  <WSC#MUC012:0090:SS>
      this is high tension stuff playing the last end twenty eight all

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      whoever wins the end gets a place into the semi finals

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      it's on its way the bowl from allan nimmo from burnside

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      this <?>leg</?> <.>cu</.> breaking into the head quite well

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      has it got the rest

  <WSC#MUC012:0115:SS>
      no it just slides past

  <WSC#MUC012:0120:SS>
      it's definitely i think one shot one shot to pat bonham

  <WSC#MUC012:0125:SS>
      it is one shot

  <WSC#MUC012:0130:SS>
      i have a spotter out there right near the head and he's just put
      down his finger cos i said when you go out there pretend you're
      on the bill kane side and if you put your finger down it'll be
      one to pat bonham

  <WSC#MUC012:0135:SS>
      surely enough pat bonham has a shot

  <WSC#MUC012:0140:SS>
      twenty eight all playing for a place in the semi finals <O>tut</O>

  <WSC#MUC012:0145:SS>
      now making his way towards the mat is the number three for pat
      bonham

  <WSC#MUC012:0150:SS>
      it's gary francis so quite a burly character too

  <WSC#MUC012:0155:SS>
      bit like er bill bill um bill fiecken he's through to the semi
      finals

  <WSC#MUC012:0160:SS>
      now we <&>3:00</&> can see whether gary francis can play the the
      masterly bowl that can just catapult his side <,> further into
      the advantage

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      they have shot pat bonham from kia toa and now gary francis is
      on the move

  <WSC#MUC012:0170:SS>
      he's waddling up the pitch

  <WSC#MUC012:0175:SS>
      well up the rink

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      and now he's trying to <.>w</.> urge his bowl towards the head

  <WSC#MUC012:0185:SS>
      has it got the weight

  <WSC#MUC012:0190:SS>
      i don't think it has and it hasn't quite got the grass

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      and it just stops oh about er three feet but it's er jack level
      <,,>

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      so what er we can hear just in our effects microphone is bill
      kane saying to his number three garth swale

  <WSC#MUC012:0205:SS>
      if you can drag the jack just slightly we'd have one could have
      two

  <WSC#MUC012:0210:SS>
      garth swale tall player

  <WSC#MUC012:0215:SS>
      he's got the tea cosy hat you know the one that's got no brim it

  <WSC#MUC012:0220:SS>
      just looks like a tea cosy

  <WSC#MUC012:0225:SS>
      what that does to keep the sun off his neck or face i don't know
      though i guess he looks nice in it

  <WSC#MUC012:0230:SS>
      here's garth swale

  <WSC#MUC012:0235:SS>
      he's on the prance the big man <,>

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      does bill kane like it let's just wait and see

  <WSC#MUC012:0245:SS>
      peering over his shoulder's pat bonham

  <WSC#MUC012:0250:SS>
      it comes into the head

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      it breaks now and it <&>4:00</&> just slides past

  <WSC#MUC012:0260:SS>
      that won't alter it

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      still one to pat bonham <O>tut</O>

  <WSC#MUC012:0270:SS>
      now pat bonham just gives his number three gary francis just a
      little bit of advice now because he has the shot

  <WSC#MUC012:0275:SS>
      pat bonham has the shot

  <WSC#MUC012:0280:SS>
      i look across at the scoreboard and i see the amazing sight of
      being twenty eight all after twenty four ends

  <WSC#MUC012:0285:SS>
      remembering it was bill kane that led by twenty to eight that
      was after twelve ends <,>

  <WSC#MUC012:0290:SS>
      it's been a been a draMATic fightback from pat bonham gary
      francis trevor clopley and also gavin spence

  <WSC#MUC012:0295:SS>
      and they fought back so far to level up at twenty eight all

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      and now the whole of the kia toa side is having a conference

  <WSC#MUC012:0305:SS>
      they've had the conference call on the head

  <WSC#MUC012:0310:SS>
      no charge to telecom and he's on his way back to the mat and
      that's gary francis number three

  <WSC#MUC012:0315:SS>
      he has one more bowl <,,>

  <WSC#MUC012:0320:SS>
      had quite a good christmas too he's on the mat now and he just
      er picks up his bowl

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      just gives it a bit of a rub i wonder if <&>5:00</&> it's got
      the cracker jack on it or not

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      might not have

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      and now he's ready

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      he's going to play the forehand

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      he's got the peaked cap the jockey sort of cap <,> the
      traditional bowler's cap really

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      short step out and very deliberate delivery

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      he's played the forehand

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      he's on the move up the rink so he obviously thinks it has a
      chance

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      he's sort of helping it along trying to gear it up trying to get
      it into third rather than just second

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      i think it's into third now they changed gear

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      but i don't think it's got the weight and sure enough it ends up
      short

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      short bowl but it could be in the track

  <WSC#MUC012:0385:SS>
      definitely one to pat bonham and now we have garth swale

  <WSC#MUC012:0390:SS>
      he's getting a bit of a conference call too and bill kane will
      be demanding the ultimate shot in bowls either the dead draw or
      the trail of the <.>w</.> <.>j</.> jack or the white <,>

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      just a fraction

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      definitely one to <.>po</.> pat bonham

  <WSC#MUC012:0405:SS>
      i don't think it's er too much to draw might be a couple of feet
      to draw shot which isn't a HUGE <&>6:00</&> task i wouldn't
      think

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      a player like olly duckworth of the old time when he was using
      his agates the woods he would have drawn it

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      or even ian roach

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      now he's not a bad bowler ian roach

  <WSC#MUC012:0425:SS>
      he might even get this one

  <WSC#MUC012:0430:SS>
      right <.>o</.> but let's watch the man in action

  <WSC#MUC012:0435:SS>
      it's garth swale plays the forehand

  <WSC#MUC012:0440:SS>
      he's on the move too

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      he's not too enthusiastic

  <WSC#MUC012:0450:SS>
      is bill kane enthusiastic no he's not

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      is pat bonham <.>ensu</.> thusiastic no he's not

  <WSC#MUC012:0460:SS>
      he gets hung up in the front and he does propel a bowl through

  <WSC#MUC012:0465:SS>
      obviously it must have been going reasonably close cos there was
      hands in the <.>h</.> head and sort of squeezing the rag

  <WSC#MUC012:0470:SS>
      but i still think that pat bonham would have won

  <WSC#MUC012:0475:SS>
      pat bonham does have one and now the ultimate pressure in bowls
      surely

  <WSC#MUC012:0480:SS>
      there's two bowls left for each player

  <WSC#MUC012:0485:SS>
      two bowls for bill kane two bowls for pat bonham

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      and they have the chance of changing the direction of this match

  <WSC#MUC012:0495:SS>
      and is it a direction into the semi final <&>7:00</&> tomorrow
      or is it a direction into the bar and drown the sorrows

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      we'll find out shortly

  <WSC#MUC012:0505:SS>
      what a great game

  <WSC#MUC012:0510:SS>
      twenty eight all playing the last

  <WSC#MUC012:0515:SS>
      he picked up a four on the twenty fourth

  <WSC#MUC012:0520:SS>
      remembering on the twenty third end it was bill kane that led by
      twenty eight to twenty four

  <WSC#MUC012:0525:SS>
      superb bowls from the kia toa four meant they picked up a four
      and made it twenty eight all

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      and now we watch the drama here at taieri and it's been a
      dramatic sixteen days well fifteen days one day to go

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      and on the fifteenth day one of these great players is going to
      make an exit from the fours and a quick trip home and one is
      going to go through to the semi final

  <WSC#MUC012:0540:SS>
      so let's watch the lefthander and that's pat bonham from kia toa

  <WSC#MUC012:0545:SS>
      he's playing his forehand the lefthander

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      quite a deliberate sort of stance deliberate delivery

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      he's standing still on the on the mat he just walked off a
      couple of paces so i don't think he's absolutely THRILLED with
      the prospects but i think he might be going towards the back
      just to get a bit of protection if the jack comes back

  <WSC#MUC012:0560:SS>
      and it must <&>8:00</&> have been good enough because er number
      three for the kia toa side gary francis does clap his hands

  <WSC#MUC012:0565:SS>
      i can tell you now that er the alton four are through to the
      semi <.>fina</.> the alton four are through to the semi final

  <WSC#MUC012:0570:SS>
      as bill kane makes his way towards the mat and let's have a look
      at that game

  <WSC#MUC012:0575:SS>
      jeff hawkin was the skip

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      alistair hurley was the namesake and

  <WSC#MUC012:0585:SS>
      jeff hawkin is the winner jeff hawkin alistair hurley mike
      sutton and rex ainsley have beaten bruce ballinger of marewa

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      so it's the jeff hawkin alton side that goes through

  <WSC#MUC012:0595:SS>
      now let's get back to the competition between now pat bonham and
      bill kane

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      so here's bill kane's first bowl

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      it's on its way he's got weight he's running towards the head

  <WSC#MUC012:0610:SS>
      it's a probing shot trying to probe out the shot bowl

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      and he doesn't do anything at all and he's still one down

  <WSC#MUC012:0620:SS>
      the PRESSURE mounts on the player from invercargill bill kane
      big bill

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      and now the pressure is on pat bonham

  <WSC#MUC012:0630:SS>
      he has the luxury of <&>9:00</&> knowing that he has the shot
      but what he does know is that bill kane has the last bowl

  <WSC#MUC012:0635:SS>
      bill kane could change the game with his last bowl and that's
      the quandary now that pat bonham finds himself in

  <WSC#MUC012:0640:SS>
      i was told when i walk up the rink like that with my hands in
      the pockets to take your hands out of your pockets son but he's
      walking up

  <WSC#MUC012:0645:SS>
      he can afford to cos he's got all the pressure and i've got none

  <WSC#MUC012:0650:SS>
      so i put my hand in one pocket

  <WSC#MUC012:0655:SS>
      so going up towards the head is pat bonham

  <WSC#MUC012:0660:SS>
      he has the hands in the pockets and he's just worried what he's
      going to do

  <WSC#MUC012:0665:SS>
      is he going to try and play a bit of protection in front of the
      jack that would make a little bit of sense cos he was in front
      of the jack would mean then it would make bill kane's job harder
      or will he go to the back just to protect

  <WSC#MUC012:0670:SS>
      i think he should perhaps be in the running so that at least
      then it gives bill kane the chance of getting hung up on the way
      through to the head

  <WSC#MUC012:0675:SS>
      just reviewing the score twenty eight all twenty eight all
      playing the last end

  <WSC#MUC012:0680:SS>
      whoever wins this end will get a berth into the semi finals
      tomorrow in the blue ribbon event of new zealand bowls the bank
      of <&>10:00</&> new zealand championship fours <,>

  <WSC#MUC012:0685:SS>
      lot of people here just watching this match

  <WSC#MUC012:0690:SS>
      i'm sure that er as i look across towards the area of
      entertainment most of them have given away the entertainment

  <WSC#MUC012:0695:SS>
      they're going to watch the entertainment on the greens and
      here's the turn now of pat bonham

  <WSC#MUC012:0700:SS>
      this could be his last bowl of the tournament if he plays it
      incorrectly or it could be a bowl which'll catapult his side
      through to the semi finals <,>

  <WSC#MUC012:0705:SS>
      takes a deep breath

  <WSC#MUC012:0710:SS>
      you'd need to too

  <WSC#MUC012:0715:SS>
      you can understand why peter ballis is involved in
      transcendental meditation because at a moment like this i think
      you need to relax

  <WSC#MUC012:0720:SS>
      just wipes a little bit of sweat from his hand the lefthander

  <WSC#MUC012:0725:SS>
      he's going to play on the backhand

  <WSC#MUC012:0730:SS>
      i think he's going to try and put this bowl just in the running
      so it'll give bill kane a further obstacle to winning the semi
      final er quarter final get into the semi final

  <WSC#MUC012:0735:SS>
      so here's pat bonham

  <WSC#MUC012:0740:SS>
      he's delivered his bowl on the backhand for him the lefthander

  <WSC#MUC012:0745:SS>
      just stutters up the rink a little bit

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      stops

  <WSC#MUC012:0755:SS>
      he's on the move again

  <WSC#MUC012:0760:SS>
      stops again has another look at the bowl <&>11:00</&>

  <WSC#MUC012:0765:SS>
      remains like a statue as it just winds its way towards the head
      and gets in towards the running

  <WSC#MUC012:0770:SS>
      and i think it was a reasonable sort of bowl not too many
      applauses although i did see gary francis pat bonham's number
      three say yeah that was quite a good shot

  <WSC#MUC012:0775:SS>
      the ultimate pressure in bowls is now on bill kane

  <WSC#MUC012:0780:SS>
      can he deliver the bowl that will put the side of garth swale
      allan nimmo and mark cowan through to a semi final berth or is
      this bowl going to be doomed for the north end side

  <WSC#MUC012:0785:SS>
      the forehand

  <WSC#MUC012:0790:SS>
      it's on its way

  <WSC#MUC012:0795:SS>
      it's a probing shot

  <WSC#MUC012:0800:SS>
      probing in the white

  <WSC#MUC012:0805:SS>
      down on his haunches is pat bonham having a look as it as it
      probes towards the head

  <WSC#MUC012:0810:SS>
      has it got the result

  <WSC#MUC012:0815:SS>
      it has got the result

  <WSC#MUC012:0820:SS>
      he has the win

  <WSC#MUC012:0825:SS>
      what a fantastic bowl from bill kane

  <WSC#MUC012:0830:SS>
      he catapults the north <.>i</.> end side the north end side into
      the semi final with the ultimate bowl on his final delivery

  <WSC#MUC012:0835:SS>
      and out goes pat bonham in goes bill kane to the semi final

  <WSC#MUC012:0840:SS>
      what a fabulous performance by <&>12:00</&> bill kane the big
      fella from north end

  <WSC#MUC012:0845:SS>
      he's in the semis and pat bonham is out of the competition
      <&>12:03</&>
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