WINTER BOWLING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 174, 25 July 1932, Page 14

WINTER BOWLING.

VISITING DAY ON* SATURDAY. THE CHALLENGE MATCHES. IRISH BOWLING FRATERNITY. (By TRUNDLER.) Bowlers were in luck on Saturday, as the rain that was threatening all day held oii" till just after 0 o'clock, thus leaving very pleasant conditions for all the friendly visits to other clubs that are now such a prominent feature iu winter play. Auckland and other visitors to the Carlton green saw unotuer interesting addition to the picture-gallery in the pavilion, Mr. .W. E. Arey presenting the club with an enlarged framed photograph of the club's l-inK who won the Jixecutivu Fours at the Easter tournament two years ago, comprising W. J: Bates, G. L. Gladding, J. «. Kilgour, W. E. Arey. Mr; Arey is one of a select lew bowlers who can play a far better game as skip than in any other position, and iu that tournament it was most noticeable that although the rink met with disaster as first arranged they did not lose a single game when they made him skip, so he remained in that position right up to the final win. The West End holders of the Edwin Stars shook off a challenge from Te Papapa, and this week they will meet W. J. Bates, J. C. Duncan, H. Kent, W. Perry (Carlton), followed by Sage (Mount Albert) and Letham (Ponsonby). Epsom visited Onehunga, seeking the Denison Pins, and at the tea adjournment they were leading by 14 to 7. On resuming the holders soon lifted their score to 15, but they made only one more point, while Epsom ran out as winners by 22 to 16. The teams in the challenge matches will be found iu another column. In the next round of the Denison Pins Epsom will meet C. S. Cave. F. J. Oatridge, J. H. Baker, J. Miller (Mount Eden), followed by C. E. Hardley (West End), J. Dick (Ponsonby), and J. C Duncan (Carlton). St. ] Helier's stood up to a very strong challenge from Otahulm for the Jordan Pins, and will again defend the trophies on the Onehuuga green, this week's challengers' being R. Buckle, T. H. Stringer, G. N. Sainty, R. T. Sheppard (Hillsboro , ), followed by Te Papapa.

In the very week when everyone will be wondering how the Irish delegates at Ottawa getting on' with the other British delegates it is very encouraging to receive from a good friend a copy of a Belfast paper of May 21, which clearly indicates that in the game of bowls the competitors in -Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State do riot recognise any political differences. No less than 96 rinks were playing for the Irish senior bowling cup that afternoon, four rinks each from 24 clubs, and another four clubs were playing four rinks each for the junior cup. In each section: there was a team of four rinks from. Dublin, and at half-time, when the paper, apparently .went, to press, the senior team were down, while the junior team were all square, two rinks being up •nd.two ,down. However,.there was some excuse for the senior, team having a-hard struggle, for in the -previous season they won the junior cup, and this year the bad luck of the draw put them against last year's winners of the senior division, so it must be assumed that they would still be, well down when the twenty-first head was played. I■'-' ' : ■. Unfortunately_ names do not always denote nationality, but it is noticeable that txith sides contain a lot of well-known Irish liames, and the third in one of the rinks for the junior cup is Mr. T. O'Kelly, probably a brother of Mr. Sean O'Kelly, who is leading the Irish delegation in Ottawa. v • ■ In these days of .political anxiety and economic distress', one cannot help thinking that the example eefc by the bowlers of the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland could be • vastly extended, with advantage to the whole world, for there ie no-game that is calculated to produce a more harmonious "atmosphere," as a preliminary to the discussion of serious subjects, than the game, of ibowle. It is the recognition of this feature that ie prompting the self-governing Dominions to press for the; admission of the United States to affiliation with, the International Bowling, Board, for the first obvious step towards the federation of the world an. the most sociable game in existence is the federation of the English-speaking world. .« • At a meeting of the International Bowling Board held on February 20 last, the representative of Australia moved that a recommendation be made to the annual meeting in July to rescind the decision of last annual meeting, and to admit the American Lawn Bowling ! Association to membership of the board. This was seconded by a representative of England, and supported iby another. The Irish, representative of South Africa moved..as an amendment that the statom' quo should remain, and that no other (recommendation should he made to the annual meeting to be Jield thie_ month. Thie was seconded by a representative of •'Wales, ; "and'was supported iby the representatives of Scotland, Ireland and Wales, bejng apparently carried, although'it does in the minutes. bt\"x ' .-'■• It ihay l>e remembered that atrthe Jastanimal meeting of the International .Bowling- Board the Dominion representative of South Africa drew attention'to'the-diffi-* eulty often experienced' ibyvthe Dominions in finding as their first representative';"* man who ordinarily resided-in' the Dominion (the second representative .is quite easy to get, as he may reside in Britain). So Mr. Snell suggested that : the. strict qualification should tffr. relaxed-regarding residence, so long, as the first representative was a. constituent member of.a.bowling club in the : Dominion ■ concerned. Coneideration was deferred' until next meeting.

The matter duly caine up again '.in February, and the condition* was modified, although not exactly as proposed I .-.lt .will now be competent for Colonial associations (which should read "Dominion," for none of the Colonies are admitted yet) "to appoint a first representative who had been in continuous residence in New Zealand, Australia, South Africa or Canada for a period of not less than ten years, and who continued to t>e a member of a constituent club of that .part of the British Dominions, but who was now resident in Great Britain." Thie inay occasionally suit' New Zealand very well, for it may not always be possible to find a resident of the Dominion to represent. us, and we could then fall back on a man like Mr. A. B. Barter, a former member of the Auckland Centre executive, who has been residing in England for the last. couple of years, whereas it is very doubtful whether be would have been eligible under the old conditions.