BOWLING.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19986, 22 July 1930, Page 7

BOWLING.

s CHRISTCHURCH CENTRE. ANNUAL REPORT. AAeotdiaa to the afttoAl r e P ort of * h ® Chrifltchtirch Bowling Centre, to ba presented . ii.v -tinual oiMuQS next Monday night, 1 nUC 6£ 33. Sailed tojAe .Centre ?78r« for th 9 nth« Elm wood and Hiccarton Racecourse OJxTba wem granted .filiation early in the -ear and tlirre is a prospect of another two Sute joining up during the approaching season. Ho year commenced with a credit fcjianoe- in the current account at the National Bank of £l6 17a 5d and ended with • balance ef£36 4s 8d and liabilities of £lB Ms Bd. In the Post Office Savings Bank the sum of £l3l 4s stands to the credit of the Centre. The outstanding feature of the Mason wa# the visit of tho Canadian bowlers, tmder the' captaincy of Dr. Krupp. Two games of six rinks were arranged to be played on the United and Sumner greens respectively. Vory complete arrangements were. for the entertainment of the players, bat in the game at the United green play fad t«» be abandoned after a few heads, ■ owing to heavy rain. On the following day • it was found,, after inspection, that tho flumner green could not be prepared for J>lav in the afternoon, and the United green (' again requisitioned, and thanks to the - Officials oi that club, who at very short k noiice had the green in splendid order, a I *ery pleasant game resulted in a win for & the lo«ftl team by a narrow margin. Ihe ,f l annual interpiwvinoial -miteli- against.-Ot ago was played at Dunedin on March 6th, and jesuUed in a win for the eouthemers by ' 900 points to IC9. The annual fixture with tho South Canterbury Centre for tho Steans - Corn ••was- played in. -Tiraarci -oii-Saturday, . 1 December 7th. After a keenly-contested. , game the local team proved the victors by 173 ' points to 170. . The niatch With the ■Wellington Centre for the Eatnett Tiki was played on Friday, /Jtuiuanr 10th. . Northern Centra 1, down seven rinks, the match being played .. ; <«n the Canterbury Club's .green, wh»(& Was ' ~3a flwt-olftflß older. The Christen arch Cintre tioved to be the winners. Next year this tI - Mvui will bo played in Wellington and '?-* Ssw(rfteJ alternately in the two centred. A 'fS '«w foriolierly bowlera was inaugurated duxM 'ln the past season, and in every way was ntneed success, No fewer 6T f bowlers took part in the gaines. ittge age was 75*8. Messrs S, Manid A. D. Dobson were the oldest preach being 88 years of age. It was by tho Centre last year to intro-four-rink championship for evening The entries were disappointing, ag tsa clubs entered,' but it was agreed ued with the competition, in the hop* much bigger- ontry. would be forthnext' seasoij. The Edgeware ana Clubs tied ijl the sectional games, the play off . the former proved to pe umxs and were awarded • .the chsm* p certificate. Twenty-six clubs, «g* pa \H rinks, entered fo» the Saturday w< ttnrp«tition. Thf United Club *Sis» > Tho «ingf«i 4n» played sCtapelwKh green, which wa» in very ww b»tw«eiitWiM.Wliwa B. WWI# < ffiihlerburv). Bowling of J, byboth pHyeri, *ne iqnaeji dposMtW proving the victor by a W«S MnBHIMI « tlu «*> *•» Sl»y»d ,«l green, the winBrown, D. McKr«'1 8 - Thotaion - , runners np. H. A< Walker, and J. (m|y|wppidel. The preliminary *«» played on the ' JWWSISRIhe Anal on the Canttr- , ®n*f'(rafffiSmt'HMoen being H. T. Muifr* •** H. E..8. Wataon .<fon»idsraii<?» the lateof U rinfcf for jg. m» quit? aatla'a^ 2S"i i. mw conditions exi»tea ' ' HWWBtmt tfc fc>Ud»?», and all those taWn? {&?. 3$ 'WJ' taoimnaent thoroughly en-oyed ," - Cl"MretT Club was the, offleial fc. IW' tt *a« hero that the pojt<«|l«Ml games were played, Th« rinh- from the Christchorch C'ub Barton, A. Dey, W. T. Smollie, tofir 'skip), the runners up being JMjj R BiddinKton, J. Brackenf W. Uilner (skip). Spreydon. For three jwagons the entries for this M tjave been tho same, vi«., "• «»' of the iihield proved again to from the Canterbury Club, skipped C. Smith. The badges are held by w the Hiccarton Hacecoiirse Club, ue clubs took a keen interest in 'towy colta' shifild competition, a W, of. entries being received. An Bw of games was won by the d ShirUy rinkn, and in th® play MCr were victorious, and are thcre>!dew of the shield and Leggo gold