BOWLING

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 29, 4 February 1925, Page 6

BOWLING

VETERANS 1 DAY

A HAPPY GATHERING.

Veterans' Day, inaugurated last year by the Wellington Bowling Centre, was celebrated at the Wellington green this afternoon under weather conditions wh lch could not have' been improved upon. Ihe greens also were in excellent playing condition, and altogether the afternoon, socially as well as from the bowling point of view, was most enjoyable. Entries were received from eighteen teams Wellington, Newtoln, ,lOnT do "' Ploneer, Island' Bay, Veteri T n' yn t ? ay ' Vlct°™. Petonc, Karori, Lower Hutt and Otakfciubs being re-: ™T\ « V Xt was simple and dennite. Players this afternoon were '0 years of age or older, but bowline seemingly makes for that jaunty air and outlook-the veterans stepped lively. SL klu.e the aggregate age per rink at 300 the ■ grand total readied well beyond the 5000 mark. Bowling is a young man's game, but the outlook, not M,,a Se> ls tho important factor. ihe president of the Wellington Centre (Mr. S. Potter) extended to the visitors a hearty welcome on behalf of the centre. . Most of those taking part, he remarked, had played at tlfe first; Veterans Bay last year, but some who were then present were to-day absent. „.f wo of those -were the late Mr. H. Winnie, of Petone, a member of the winning rink last year, and the late Mr. M. Murdoch, of the Thorndou Club. Ihe late Mr. J. Gamble, also of the lliorndon Club, was another popular and respected bowler who had passed away since last year's Veterans' Day. The younger players, said, Mr. -Potter owed a great deal to the veterans, for it was they who had pioneered the game, and had laid the foundations upon which the game of bowls had been developed to the standard which it had reached to-day. He wished all an enjoyable bowW and social afternoon. The president of the New Zealand Association (Mr. F. Meadowcroft) also addressed the bowlers briefly, expressing his pleasure at seeing so many present, and the hope that 1926 and- many more years would see the same faces back again. .. . . • Mr. Potter has presented four gold medals for the members of the winning rink. ' . During the afternoon musical numbers were given by Avery's Orchestra, and afternoon tea was dispensed on behalf of the centre by Mesdames Potter, Brinsden, Salek, and helpers,' the tearoom being brightly decorated with flowers and streamers.