BOWLING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 20671, 19 December 1930, Page 14

BOWLING NOTES

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TOURNAMENTS. - Dunedin (pairs), December 25-27. Timanri Christmas. - Alexandra, Christmas. ■Southland, New Year. „ Auckland (Dominion Association), January 12. „ . Dunedin (mixed pairs), February o. . Dunedin, L.8.A., February 17. ■ South Otago, February 28. ; ' THE CHRISTMAS PAIRS. - Players are asked to note that on Christmas Day the second game will starti at 2 p.m., instead of 1.45. The Crams do not commence running after the dinner interval till 1.30, and it would have beep impossible to get to pome greens by 145. This means that players will have ample time to enjoy their Christmas dinners at home, as ;the first game finishes at 10.45. No afternoon tea will be provided on Christmas Day, but morning and afternoon tea will be available on Boxing Day. ■ Gnsenkeepers are asked to note that the rinks are to be 15ft wide during the tournament. ■ The decision of the centre executive to play on only four rinks of the greens selected for play is a wise one, and should bo popular with the players who have entered and also those who have not entered and yet would like to have a friendly game on their own green during the holidays. Players will remain on the green for both days, thus obviating the necessity of taking their howls away after the first day’s play. The entries totalled 80, and the following greens will b© used:—Otago, Caversham, Mornington, St. Kilda, Roslyn, Kaikorai, West Harbour, St. Clair, Valley, and Balmacewen.

"I extend the season’s greetings and 'good wishes to all bowlers and readers of this column.

The following table shows the results of, last Saturday’s interclub fixtures and the total points gained by each club: —

' *Dunedih-v. Outram.—Rain stopped play after about six heads were played. ■' Concerning those unfinished Saturday Jnterclub matches, the following resolution was passed by the centre executive Oh Monday evening:—“ That the whole Of the unfinished games be abandoned •iid played later if necessary, the first came to be. the fixture set down for. November 15.” This means that all games set down for November 15 are to be replayed if necessary, and that *ll the unfinished games of November 28 are also to be replayed if necessary. : As was expected,: the Taieri v- Caledonian four-rink contest this week proved a good game, the win going to Taieri; but it was not anticipated that Caledonian would succumb to Caversham the following night in three rinks, the other making a tie of it. The result of these games makes the final of this section hard to pick, as there are Several in the running. i-'Tho following are the results of the [Wednesday matches to the end of the *irth game on December 10 (but there |Ue quite a lot of games still to be played to'make the table complete) : . Points. 1 Taieri ... 24 Anderson’s Bay ... ,22 •- (Javersham 18 Kaikorai ... ... 18 ’■v West Harbour 18 St. Clair ... 15 Dunedin ... ... 12 " Roslyn ... ’ 12 Balmacewen ... ... ... 12 Caledonian ... 12 £ North-east Valley ...' ... 8 Otago ... ... ... 6 ■p Leith' 3 ' ' ’ Morningtou ... '’The mixed pairs tourney being arranged by the D.L.B.A. for February S 'is evidently appealing to both saxes, it only by reason of its novelty, for J hoar of fifteen , entries from one club •nd a dozen from each of several others. 'An entry of eighty pairs is aimed at. A. similar event was played at Balelutha last Saturday, attracting thirty |ntries, and proved most enjoyable.

The entries 1 for the dominion tournament commencing at Auckland on January 12 are a decided advance on those for the tournament here last January, and the treasurer should be pleased. Rinks number 148 (against 90), pairs 234 (176), and singles 272 (176). ,

■The D.L.B.A. fund in aid of the new Logan Park green will benefit considerably as the result of a gala day arranged on Wednesday by the Green Island Club. There was a good attendance of local and town ladies, and rink and other competitions made many opportunities for sociability and fun. A rink of Methodist ministers visited JJaversham on Wednesday_ for a friendly ’game, and as the opposition was not very strong a.good win was registered. There was plenty of _ fun and banter, *nd a return game will be played next week.

; About thirty bowlers attended the Roslyn Methodist Church last Sunday evening at the invitation of the Rev. H. Ryan, a popular member of the Kaikorai Club. In his sermon he spoke pf the cleanliness and hospitality of the game, and 'trusted that it would continue so. Mr F. Jones’s solo was inuch appreciated.

The Auckland papers report that Professor Maxwell Walker is practising singles assiduously just now in readiness for the dominion tournament. He is the only bowler who has won the dominion singles three times, yet he has never skipped the winning rink.

X hear that a well-known skin in the meat trade promised each of his rink members a leg of lamb in the event of a win the other. Saturday. His players were wearing a sprig of mint in anticipation, and they duly won.

The champion Roxburgh rink last jweek successfully resisted the ninth challenge for-the Jolly Cup, a Pembroke nnk. making the long journey in vain.

• The delivery of the bowl on its discs has been the cause of much argument in New Zealand. It appears that a Skip had little possibility of obtaining the winning shot on the last head with his last bowl, as the head was badly blocked up. Ho realised the difficulty of , notching a win, and intentionally delivered his bowl on the disc side Straight up to the head. He got the

shot, thus placing the opposition team out of that tournament. The Auckland Centre executive has approved the drafting of a rule prohibiting the use of a bowl being deliberately delivered on the disc sides. ' The Dominion Bowling Council has pronounced against the inclusion of the rule. There is nothing in the Australian or British laws that can prevent a player from delivering his woods in any unorthodox style: still, it is obvious that no governing body, when the laws were made, ever thought that it was necessary to specially make a Jaw on this question. There are one or two points connected with .the jack and the mat that are not generally known; probably it would bo correct to suggest that about many of the minor points there is great ignorance (writes ‘Skip”). On all greens there are pegs to mark the distance of 66ft from the banks. These can be taken only as a rough guide. Should the mat, for instance, be placed fairly forward on the green they can he used only to help the skips to decide the length, which must be not less than 66ft from the front of the mat. Again, should the jack be thrown into the ditch, or short of_ the required minimum, the opposing lead may exercise all the privileges of the man in charge. Ho has not only the right to throw the jack himself, he may shift the mat, to suit his own pleasure, to any point between the 6ft and 20ft laid down by bw. I have rarely known a lead exercise his prerogative on this point. It is worth making a note of it all the same, because there are often occasions when an alteration in the length of the head is desirable. In the opening head the rule is absolute; the . mat must be placed about 6ft from the ditch. Rule 32 decides that.

; Club. W. L. Pts. Tl. liornington ... ... 3 — 12 52 Kaituna 3 1 9 42 [Taieri 1 1 6 42 (West Harbour 2 — 12 42 Caledonian ... 3 2 7k 40| Otago 3 — 12 40 Fairfield — 1 — 36 Dunedin* 5 —. 10 34 Green Island 1 2 4' 30 Hoslyn 2 2 6 30 Eaiiorai 1 2 4 28 N.E. Valley 2 1 4 28 Ba.hnacewen ... 2 2 , 6 27 Caversham ... — 4 — 24 St. Clair 3 1 9 24 Outram* — — ’ — 24 St. Hilda ... — 5 — 19i Anderson’s Bay — 3 — 12 Fort Chalmers ... 1 1 6 12 Leith ... — 4 — 9