BOWLING.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 232, 1 October 1925, Page 18

BOWLING.

TOURNAMENTS ARRANGED. THE BRITISH VISITORS. ißy TRUNDLER.) l! is rather difficult to keep track ot; all the clubs whicli are holding a tuiirnameiit on Labour Day. for their name is legion. For many years the largest on that day has been at Carlton, and this year their list its already practically full, the entries bring so representative as to be almost like a Centre tournament. Two or three places aro still open, reserved for players who nominated early, but have not "decided whether they can enter," and as soon as they are settled the drayi' will be published. Having regard to the changeable weather in October, it has always been a gamble whether the Labour Day tournaments would come off at, all, whereas later on in the season the weather is much more suitable for an enjoyable fixture. It is therefore very satisfactory to note that the example of Remuera is to lie followed during the coming summer, and several clubs have already decided to utilise January 1 and 2 for a two-day tournament, two splendid holidays which hitherto have been almost ' wasted, or else used for two separate tournaments, so short that nobody" could enjoy them very much. By making it a two-day fixture, however, there is ample time for six rounds, and then everyone participating is perfectly satisfied, and the finals can be played on the following Saturday, or earlier if the sectionwinners prefer. Remuera announced last year that they were repeating their very enjoyable tournament during the coming New Year, and a similar announcement has already been made by Ponsonby. Onehunga. Grey LyDn. and Mount Albert. Grey Lynn and Mount Albert made fucli a success of their monthly Wednesday tournaments last year that they are repeating their programme during the coming season, from November to May. Onehunga have instituted a similar scheme, and as they are opening earlier than usual this year, on October 10, they are making their first tournament, on the following Wednesday, October 14. for which the list is already nearly full.

A Successful Skip. The final in the last Onehunga tournament, between Carlton and Mount Albert, was played last week, resulting in rather an easy, win for the former: J. Keesing, M. Gordon, M. Duffin, C. F. Warren 28, v. J. P. Mason, J. Dann, B. Allsopp, G. Clark 14.

This win for the veteran Carlton skip is the fifth of a successful series that have come his way this year, the first being the New Year , tournament at Remuera, which his team won with what was probably the most sweeping victory that has ever taken place in a local tournament. Most of the six rounds were well contested at first, but .Carlton came away 'with such a brilliant display that in not one of them did they have to play the laat head, while two matches were abandoned several heads from

home. The semi-final was fairly close, but in the final they got all over their opponents. On that occasion the winning team consistecLof G. Leitch, M. Gordon, G. Wrightson, C. F. Warren.

Mr. Warren has naturally received a ; good many congratulations during the : last few days in connection with his fifth win for the year, for he has been "knock- j ing at the door" for many years without much success in pulling it off. Probably his most exasperating experience has been at' Rotorua, where his team were runners-up three times. However, he does not seem very downhearted, and will no doubt be at Rotorua again next February. The British Visitors. There is no news of the departure of the Naldera from London, bringing the British bowlers to Australia and New Zealand, so it has to be assumed that this vessel got away safely, as" there is no intimation of any of the P. and 0. steamers being delayed. Apparently the only doubt will be as to when they reach Auckland. The . original itinerary arranged by Mr. Orchard provided that they should leave Sydney on Wednesday, December 9, and this would give them six days and a-half in' Auckland. However, it was pointed out-that the steamer time-table had been altered Bince Mi. Orchard's days, and that it would leave Sydney on Friday,' the llth. It would not make much difference when they arrived, provided that their date of departure was similarly pushed on, but when it was found that they would have to leave New Zealand before the Rotorua tournament the Dominion Bowling Council recast the itinerary, making them leave Sydney on the 10th. This would cut a day of their proposed stay in Auckland, and another half day was cut off the other end of their visit, by making them leave for Rotorua on the morning of.Monday, the 21st, instead of leaving for New Plymouth in the afternoon. It is a mystery to know where they got their, information from, for there has been no arrangement for a steamer to leave Sydney for Auckland on the specified date, and the latest is that there is no steamer leaving for Auckland during that week at. all.

It would therefore appear unwise to make! nny arrangements until something more definite is known about the move-'■ments-of the steamers, but it is probably not too soon for the Auckland Centre to point ;out that four days in Auckland and eight days in Wellington would hardly fit in with the fact that there are twice as many bowlers, and more- than twice as many clubs in -Auckland as there are in Wellington, most of whom will be anxious to entertain these distinguished visitors.