PENNANT GAMES

Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 36, 12 February 1936, Page 7

PENNANT GAMES

CENTRE DECISION

COMPETITION ABANDONED

The senior pennant competition—the most important in the Wellington Bowling Centre—came to an end for the present season last evening when a meeting of the centre, by 11 votes to 10, decided to abandon the games because of the time lost through wet weather. The decision was reached after a brief discussion. There was an attendance of twenty-two members and the president of the centre (Mr. W. Gilbert) presided. Mr. Gilbert said the centre had been unfortunate regarding the weather and there were three postponed games and only two days available. It would be inconvenient to break into another Saturday and he considered they would have to abandon one round or the competition. Mr. S. Stone moved tnat the pennant competition should be abandoned. It was with regret that he did so, he said, as the competition was an important one, but he could not see how it could be continued without interfering with club matches and the champion-of-champions contests. Mr. H. F. Clark moved as an amendment that the sixth round should be cancelled and the rest of the' competition proceeded with. There had beet a great deal of broken weather during the summer, he said, but the autumn might be fine and the competition was too important to abandon if it could be continued. The amendment was lost by 11 votes to 10 and the motion was carried by 11 lo 10. "That means there will be no more pennants this season," a member said. "No more pennants," the president replied. SENIOR PENNANTS ONLX. A/ point of order was raised, -and Mr. Stone said his motion was only intended to apply to the senior pennants. Mr. B. Guise said that if the country pennants were to continue the country members should not have the right to vote the senior pennants' out. Mr. Gilbert ruled that the country members were quite entitled to vote. Mr. Stone said the country pennants were not necessarily affected by the weather that had held up the senior pennants and consequently should noi be stopped. Mr. Guise said the motion was that all pennants should be abandoned. The motion was: "That the pennant competition be abandoned," the secretary (Mr. L. McNabb) said. It was agreed that the country pennants should be allowed to proceed. It was also agreed that the junior pennants should continue. The Manawatu Bowling Centre wrote asking if the Wellington Centre could play sixteeen rinks on Wednesday, February 19, at Wellington. Mr. Gilbert said that he had asked the secretary to write inviting the Mauawatu players to come on the day mentioned. His action was approved. The question of arranging a similar maieh with the Wairarapa. Centre was referred to the match committee. A complaint was received from the Central Club that the Upper Hutt Club had played a man other than a junior in a competition. It was agreed that although the Upper Hutt Club had acted in good faith, the rule must be applied and the game forfeited: It was agreed that the Christchurch Centre should be asked to fix a date for the inter-centre match for the Barnett Tiki. , .. It was decided that the visit to the Otaki Centre should be postponed until the third weekend in March, if .suitable to the Otaki Centre. The selection of greens for the cham-pion-of-champions games was considered and-the following decided on:— Singles.—lsland Bay green. Pairs—Hataitai green.

Rinks.— Wellington green. It was agreed that an Easter tournament should be held, the conditions to be the same as for last year. An application for a returned soldiers' tournament on the Hutt green on February 27 was,considered and granted.