BOWLS

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25227, 4 July 1947, Page 4

BOWLS

BECKENHAM CLUB Officers elected at the annual meeting of the Beckenham Bowling Club were as follows:—patron, Mr C. Boon: president, Mr W. Craig; vice-president, Mr E. Barton; secretary, Mr S. Lorking; assistant secretary, Mr T. Ford; treasurer, Mr E. Bromley; delegate to the Christchurch Bowling Centre, Mr H. Taylor; general committee, Messrs J. Annand, J. McCormick and J. Stapleton: selector, Mr T. Watts; match committee, Messrs J. Annand, F. J. Dann, and C. J. Forbes; publicity officer, Mr E. Barton; coaches, Messrs T. Watts, J. Annand, and J. Stapleton; green superintendent, Mr T. Watts. Winners of the competitions last season were as follows:—champion singles, J. W. McWhirter; champion pairs, F. Haworth and J. Lyell (skip); champion fours, F. Bearne, R. Ogier, E. N. Bromley, and A. Carroll (skip); colts’ championship, J. Gibson; Chegwin championship, W. Stephenson. D. Hanna, H. Summerton, and J. Morrison (skip); president’s rinks, J. Archibald. W. Calvert. A. Woodsford. and T. H. Watts (skip); handicap singles, J. Gibson; handicap pairs, R. Knight and K. Little (skip). elmwood’ club When it was reported at the annual meeting of the Elmwood Bowling Club that the club would have a new green next season, it was decided to extend the membership from 90 to 140. Officers elected were as follows:—patron. Sir R. Heaton Rhodes; president, Mr J. J. Hall; immediate past president, Mr H. M. Taylor; vice-president, Mr N. J. Armstrong; secretary, Mr Newman Hall: treasurer, Mr S. Balfour; assistant secretary, Mr p. Nicholson; auditor, Mr A. R. Jordan; delegate to the Christchurch Bowling Centre, Mr G. Macdonald: general committee, Messrs E. N. Roberts, T. W. Robson, F. Wardell, L. Willis. W. O. Horman, and H. Hobbs; selection and match committee, Messrs E. N. Roberts, D. Nicholson, and R Featherston: greens committee, Messrs E. J. Hatherley, T. H. Patton, and G. Macdonald; social committee, Messrs C. Crawford, H. Ford, J. D Emmett. T. H. Patton, R. Round, C. Hobbs and R. Henderson; coach, Mr G. B. Heley.