BOWLING

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 152, 30 June 1938, Page 5

BOWLING

THORNDON CLUB

There was a- large attendance of members at the annual meeting of the Thorndon Bowling Club last evening. Mr.'M. J. Casey presided. Welcoming the members, Mr; Casey spoke of the successful season just past, and the sound financial position of the club. The report was adopted. Club certificates won throughout the year were presented as follows: — Champion singles, A. W. Cullen; champion pairs, V. M. Edgar and D. G. Munro; champion rinks, A. W. Cullen, R. C. Watson, M. J. Casey, P. W. Smith; junior singles, N. H. G. McFarlane; Jensen handicap singles, P. W. Smith; club pairs, J. E. Perry and W. J. S, Dunlop; club rinks, "Roses," C. N. Kerr, F. W. Grainger, R. C. Brian, and S. E. Lambert.,

Officers elected were:—President, Mr. H. J. Wynne; secretary, Mr. A. H. de Tourettes; treasurer, Mr. W. F. Jensen; auditor, Mr. A. V. Allen; committee, Messrs. J. M. Gibson, G. Johnson, A. J. H. Nancarrow, J. E. Perry, A. R. Porteous, F. J. White; sole selector, Mr. G. Johnson. LYALL~iAY CLUB The following officers were elected at the annual meeting last night of the Lyall Bay Bowling Club:— President, Mr. G. H. Noad; secretary, Mr. S. McLean; treasurer, Mr. H. Overend; directors, Messrs. J. N. Brackenridge, A. Raven, S. Rankine, and F. Faulkner; auditor, Mr. H. Willis; deledate to the Wellington centre, Mr. F. Hazelwood; sole selector, Mr. A. McLean; midweek selector, Mr. J. Tasker. HATAITAI CLUB The report of the Hataitai Club, to be presented at the annual meeting tonight, states that the active membership is 108, and that the year ended with a credit balance of £21.

Owing to the unusually dry season and prolonged play the green showed signs of wear earlier than usual, with the result that it was closed for play on April 2. Action was immediately taken to prepare the surface for sowing, and with the able assistance of greenkeepers from other clubs, the sowing was a success. The continuance of the fine weather had caused the grass to spring up in a most satisfactory manner, and there was every prospect of a magnificent green for next season's play.

In accordance with the resolution passed at the last annual meeting, the green was opened for play on Sunday afternoons, commencing on November 14. At first there was a fair attendance of players, but towards the end of the season interest slackened, and in accordance with the resolution passed at the last annual meeting, the matter is to be reviewed at the annual meetings