BOWLING.
THE ROSS MEDALS.
Some little time back, when Mr John Ross, of Sargood, Son and Ewen, was present at t_e ladies' day of the Christchurch Bowling Club, he offered to present the club with four gold medals, to be competed for in a rink match amongst the members of the club. Each one of the winning rink was to receive a medal. Ten rinks entered for the medals, and the contest at last narrowed itself down to two rinks, skipped respectively by C. Jackson and L. B. Wood. The final was fought out on Saturday afternoon, on the Christchurch green, when there was a large number of spectators. The result was a win for the former by four points. The following were the rinks and the scores:— Dr. JOowne* C. R. _____ton J. O. Moore J. R. Jakins 0. Cuff H. N. Nalder O. Jackson (skip) 22 L. B. Wood (skip) 18 The scores at the seventh head were— Jackson 7, Wood 6; fourteenth head, Jackson 12, Wood 11. At the close of the match there was a gathering in the pavilion. The President of the Club (Mr J. C. Maddison) requested Mr Henry Thomson, as one of the oldest members of the Club, to make the presentation of the medals to the winner. Mr H. Thomson congratulated the winning rink on securing such handsome medals, and pinned them on. The medals are of gold suspended from a light-blue ribbon and bear the following inscription:—"Presented by Mr John Ross to the Christchurch Bowling Club, March, 1898." On the other side is a space for the name of the member of the rink. Tbe health of the winners was duly honoured, and Mr Jackson responded on behalf of his rink. The health of the losing rink was also given, which waß responded to by Mr L. B. Wood.
The President proposed the health of Mr John Ross, the donor of the medals, expressing the thanks of the Club for his handsome donation.
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Press, Volume LV, Issue 9990, 21 March 1898, Page 5
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332BOWLING. Press, Volume LV, Issue 9990, 21 March 1898, Page 5
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