NEW PLAYING AREA

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LIV, Issue 9024, 2 November 1925, Page 6

NEW PLAYING AREA

OPENING OF NEW BOWLING AND TENNIS GREENS. I 1 The ideal weather of last week pie- j *, vailed on Saturday. lot tiie opening ui j the new howling green and tennis courts of tin; Tauparirua Club. The 1 official-, and members ol the club spared i no cif oiq lor the entertainment .ct their visitors, and are to be congratulated on the complete success widen attended the opening ceremony ol these plea-anily situated grounds. Nestling at the tool ot the hdl where j the Ninth. Awmiu abruptly ends at Devon]') irt Hoad, a large portion of . what was tormeriy marshy ground has. j or the energy ainl cnierprisc of tliej 1 tih'idU'js. been traustonued into a j quite picturesque spot. The (Tub has , been exceedingly fortunate in hating T amoug h- members some i cry ciqhu.-i----astio worker-, parricidai'l-i .Mr Geo. Walkin'. Jlr b;;- nursed and tended the playing area- and the surroundings in _ a manner that ito monetary recompense could reward. The result must be to him mo-r grariiying. n undoubtedly is to members, who speak in highly appreciative terms of the work Mr Walker has done. The bowling green is full-' r sized, and >n Saturday last proved 0 "hard and keen, and for a new green particularly true. Time and attention *” j should make it an ideal green. Three tennis courts have been put down, and the indications arc that they will be particularly well patronised. There is room for several more courts, ami more p 0 will n<> doubt have t> he put down at no a distant date. The ground.- were opened by Mr B. C. Dobbin- (on behalf of the Club), who said that many residents in tliar portion of the town had felt that the time had arrived when another A club in Tauranga was necessary, and out of that feeding the club had been 3d created -and tli o grounds formed. The clu'h was starting out with a very fair membership, and it was Cell that as •the town progressed, a greater number of people would he taking an interest ’ -in bowls and in tennis, and so the membership would increase. He referred in eulogistic terms to the work that had ' ■on done in transforming what, had been little ujore than a swamp, into a very pleasant snog The club could reasonably claim that in tiie bowling green there were possibilities of having one of the best greens in the North Island. Where so many had done so much it was difficult t° particularise, hub both Mrs Beale and Mr Geo. 'Walker wore deserving of special thanks re for The work they had done. Recognising that many ladies would like to play bowls, but were disinclined to go y to greens where there were so manv men. it was hoped to form a ladies’ -h club, with a nominal subscription of j ten shillings a year. The tennis courts were in competent hands, and it was pleasing to see so many young people, •anxious to play (he game, becoming members of the club. In conclusion Mr Robbins expressed 'his pleasure' at seeing so many visitors present, and apologised for the absence of Mr T. H j Phillips, President of the Tauranga 0 Bowling Club, who was unable to he present. He was glad, however, that ; So many members of that club had been j able to attend, and trusted there would B he many matches between the two B clubs. When the annual tournament of the Tauranga Club was held the Tauparirua Club would he only too pleased to render wlia?ever assistance it could. Mrs J. Bruce Beale then threw up the first jack, and Mrs Cyril Jordan hit the first 'ball across the nets, and the grounds were declared open. Play was then commenced and a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon was spent, afternoon tea being served by the ladies.