BOWLING

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 30, 5 February 1927, Page 23

BOWLING

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FULL PROGRAMME

REMAINING GAMES

BUSY TIME AHEAD

There will be a very full programme ahead of the bowlers of Wellington from now on until the end of the season. Last week saw the Wellington Centre team win the Barrett Tiki againt Christchurch Centre, and to-day the Wellington and Christchurch Clubjj are playing the annual popular "friendly bowl" fixture. Matches with Marlborough and Manawatu have yet to be played, the programme of Pennant and shield matches has still some distance to go, while there is the visit of the New South Waleß team to prepare for. Champion of champion matches have also to take place, so that, taken all round, it will be seen that there is still a busy time ahead. There are still a couple of rounds to get oH in. the section play of the Pennant and shield games, and it may also be necessary to play some of the games postponed at the beginning of the season owing to rain. Post-section play will probably carry the competitions well on toward the end of March. It must be admitted that up to the present the season has been very successful. During November and December high winds and overcast skies marred the pleasure of afternoon play considerably, but with the exception of the first couple of Saturdays the centre programme has been kept well up to time. If the same could be said of all club games, some club officials would be wearing happier smiles. Rotarian Bowlers. Eotarians and bowlers have much in common. They belong to that great ■craft of good fellowship'where service before self is the guiding principle. There are some principles, of course, which are difficult to adhere to strictly, and it may be that some wives waiting for the belated homecoming of their errant trundler husbands have very decided opinions 'about the selfishness of their worst halves. ' However, all bowlers are not Botarians, but many Botarians are bowlers, and so that they may get- to know one another more closely they will shortly have the opportunity of striking up : acquaintance on the bowling green. -At this week's luncheon of the Botary Club Botarian Spring-, hall suggested that five or six rinks of Botarian bowlers might be made up to play an annual match against' one of the local bowling clubs. Eotarian Norwood thought the idea feasible,!and suggested that this year a match might be played against his club (Victoria). This was enthusiastically agreed to, and Botarian Springhall was deputed to find the rinks and toss down the gauntlet. When the match comes off let everyone wear his badge or else pay the usual fine. Discs on Bowls. It is high time something was done to comjpel players to v have the discs on their bowls properly marked. Annoyance and delay are often caused on account of it being necessary for a measurer or skip to have to distinguish the ownership of bowls of similar appearance, but which bear no marks of identity.- When an "inquest" is being conducted on a difficult head a skip must often feel like inflicting something akin to marks of violence on those owners of bowls who have neglected to have some sort of ornamentation engraved on the discs. This applies particularly to rubber bowls, some of which it is impossible to distinguish without close and prolonged' examination. The writer has even seen players doubting the ownership of their own bowls because they could not tell them from those belonging to players in the opposing team. This is farcical and is a condition of affairs not tolerated in tournaments. If not in. tournaments, then why in club or interclub matches? Because of the quaint lettering or other | embellishment it bears, it is better for j a bowl to be the subject of an amusing soubriquet, appropriate or otherwise, discreet or indelicate, rather than that it should be allowed to xoam up and down a green unhonoured, unknown, and, by those who question its legitimacy from the' drawing point of view, unwanted. Successful Veterans' Day. As the president of, the Centre (Mr. Stone) remarked when distributing the medals to the members and the successful rink on Wednesday, Veterans' Gala Day is growing in popularity every year. The fixture has been running for four years now and the pleasure of participation in the matches is always keenly anticipated by the elderly bowlers, many of whom still retain their pristine prowess in the art of wooing kitty, whether by the gentle draw or the effacing of other suitors by the aggressive drive. This year's games were all well contested and there was an. exciting finish to the play. At one stage it looked as if the Wellington rink, skipped by Mr. Neil M'Lean, would carry off the honours by compiling the highest score, though there were other rinks who were also scoring well, to the discomfort of their opponents. After the 17th | head had been played there were at j least four rinks from other clubs in j the running and excitement ran high. But it so happened that Mr. Galliej who was skipping another rink from the Parent Club and playing well, too, suddenly came to light with a 5, 4, and a_ 3, and put all others out of the running, winning by a comfortable j margin. South Australian Visit. At the last meeting of the Dominion Bowling Association executive a letter was received from the secretary of the South Australian Bowling Association stating that, acting upon the invitation of Mr. A. J. Parker (an Auckland player who recently visited Australia), a team would be organised to visit New Zealand next March. In view of an invitation having been officially extended for a paTty from South Australia to visit New Zealand during the 1927-28 season, it was moved and seconded that a resume of the letter from South Australia be sent to Mr Parkei-, and that he be asked for an explanation of the contents. The president and secretary were instructed to draft a letter to be forwarded to the South Australian Association, pointing out that, while the executive was still fif 3i iQo3, of o the tow takinS Place during the 1927-28 season, if arrangements had been commenced for organising the tour at would be pleased, to welcome them to New Zealand next, March. The secretary of the New South Wales fowling Association wrote inforniins the executive that a party consisting of eighteen men and ten ladies would am 76 i nifew Zealand in the latter Part of February, further details to be supplied as soon as possible.