BOWLING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 22559, 29 January 1937, Page 4

BOWLING NOTES

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Club secretariat, or those ra of the social activities of thou flubs, are invited to send along notices in reference to any club events. Inquiries relating to the rules of the gsme vnlj be welcomed. Correspondence to “ Draw ” must reach this office »ot later than noon on Tuesday each week.

fixtures. January 29.—Public Service tourna--111 February 13.-Elderly Bowers’Day. February 13.— South Otago Centro Pl Marc& 6.—Leads and seconds’ tourSouthed (H.rraway Shield), at Dunedin. March 6 and B.— Champion of champions singles. « . i March 11. Dunedin t. Central Otago, at Dunedin. March 13.—Adess Shield, nnk chamCentre, at Balclutha. March 13.—Dunedin v. North Otago, «t Dunedin. . , March 13.—Finals leads and seconds, at Dunedin. March 20.—Otago v. Canterbury KRedpath Shield), at Christchurch. March 25 to 30.—Easter tourney. Questions and Answers. “ Sunday.”—The point raised by you is easily settled by Rule 44, which states “ A jack or bowl, including a toucher, going above the level of the hank shall be dead 1 .” It must, however, he remembered that a toucher or the jack, if it is driven against the bank (the face of it) and conies to rest on the green within the boundaries of the rink, is alive. ” Tourney.”—The -question of : the method of play for the New Zealand Championships is decided each year at the annual meeting of the New Zealand Council usually held about- the first week in July. If you are keen to introduce a new system getypur club to suggest it to the Dunedin Centre in the form of a remit. It would, of, course, be necessary to give due notice of the remit. “ Toucher.”—The article sent in is of no value to the followers of. the game, so no good purpose would be served .in using it in this column.. Have posted it back to you. Thanks for kind regards. “ Miss Behave.”—Yes, there is a rule under which a. person (member of an affiliated bowling club) creating a disturbance such as described by you may 1 ho dealt with. It is Rule 45 of the Dunedin Centre, and is as follows: “ The Centre shall have the power upon inquiry to disqualify qr suspend, either temporarily or permanently, any member of a club affiliated to the Centre who may be found guilty.of unfair play, or of wilfully altering a bowl after it Las been stamped by any official bowltester of the Association, or of betting, on the result of a game in wheih he is a player, or of using profane, indecent, or improper lahsuage or otherwise misconducting himself. 'at; any Association, Centre, or club function, or during any game, or upon the property of any club.”, . Of course, it would be necessary ,to lay the information, : ;in. writing. _ otherwise it would not receive attention. Saturday Competition. Though the greens were in-good- order at the time of starting play last Saturday, it was only with difficulty that most of the games were completed, the heavy showers of the later part of the afternoon being most uncomfortable for all taking part in the competition games. Without doubt this is one of the most disagreeable seasons players have had to contend with. Rain, no doubt, is very necessary, but there appears to be very poor distribution this summer. However, there is all next year not touched yet. Logan Park and West Harbour are still holding their positions at the top of the ladder, both clubs having again secured full points, having now a total of 60 each, followed .by Balmacewen and North-east Valley each with 51 points, with Dunedin in fifth position with 42. Besides the two leading clnbs the Valley, Leith, and Opoho were the only other dubs to secure the full 12 points last Saturday. Fairfield; Waikouaiti, Taieri, Outram, Green Island, Brighton and Port Chalmers failed to add any points, and

the latter club has yet to gather a shield point for the season. There are now only four Saturdays available for shield play, so it looks like a certainty that West Harbour and I/Ogan Park will fight out the finish for the leading position of the present season. The dates available are January 30, February 6, 20, and 27. Leith put up a fine performance by defeating Roslyn in three sections and accounting for Brighton with the fourth. Opoho deserves congratulations on its -defeat of a Mornington section, the latter club’s rinks appearing on paper to be good sides. The baby club is making an excellent showing for its first year in the competition. Of those clubs who play five or more sections, the Dunedin Club is at the time of writing doing the best, and its position, fifth, must be pleasing to the members. Result of Saturday Matches, January

Four-rink Championship. The section play in this competition is drawing to a close, and next week will see the conclusion of play in both sections. In section A St. Hilda looks like coming out on top, though it will have a hard tussle with the Moraington team. In section B, Dunedin has to play West Harbour nest Wednesday. The former so far has won all its games, while the harbourites have one loss against them. If Dunedin should win it will carry off the honours of this section, but if it loses then there is a possibility of two or three clubs tieing The final of the four rinks will be played on Saturday, February 13, on a green yet to be selected. The game will be of 21 heads and no time limit. Last year the finalists were St. Hilda and Dunedin, and a sensational game ended in a win for the “ saints ” by one point. Will these two clubs play off the final this year? The position of clubs at the end of the seventh round is given hereunder :

Wednesday Matches. The, position of clubs at the end of the fifth round is given hereunder: —

Leads and Seconds Tourney. A correspondent signing himself “North Ender” writes: “Last week you made some comment on the Wednesday players playing in the Saturday matches. You do not say anything about the players who play in the fourrink championship and Saturday matches and all the tournaments, and the clubs who enter one rmb when they could put in three rinks. If the Wednesday players are blocked on the Saturdays, the membership of some clubs would dwindle away, and some clubs could not afford to lose members who pay their subscriptions.” Our friend has certainly made a huge mistake, as “ Draw ” in his remarks was trying to protect the Wednesday player, and he would be pleased if “ North Ender ” would just read the note he complains of again. The poster for the tourney for 1937 is now in circulation, and entries will close with Mr Hanning, the centre secretary, on Wednesday, February 24. The first series of this tourney will commence on March 6, and will be continued on March 13.

Narrow Bowling. Some few weeks ago the writer dealt with this subject, and after watching a fair amount of play since, has seen no improvement. In my last note I mentioned that about 90 per cent, of the bowls delivered in rink games observed were played narrow of the centre line (I mentioned then the bowls of the first three players). It appears that the majority of players play away from the jack instead of playing to it. To a great extent this is due to carelessness, and the bad habit can, wiih a little perseverance, be overcome, with advantage to the player. In a very recent issue of the Sydney ‘ Referee,’ our friend “ Boomerang ” deals with this same point. Every howler, he says, in every bowling community must admit to playing hundreds of bowls narrow on both hands. Most, would play thousands inside 10 years, with no value in nearly every case. What, therefore, is the prime reason for playing narrow bowls? The principal cause is the misplacement of the feet in the stance and the fact that many players let their body take control at the moment of delivery, and they then lose control of the footwork. On" many occasions the writer has sat and -watched throughout att afternoon’s play, and is surprised at the number of players who shuffle and almost fall at. the point of delivery, the very moment when the body should be steady to make a clean delivery. Almost every one of these players who offends in the way described could, with a little attention and practice, overcome this frightful error. A point to remember is that if a rink is drawing Bft from the centre, then the bowls must be sent off from the mat so that at the bowl’s greatest drawing point it will be travelling over that Bft mark, or thereabouts. It should also be quite easy to remember that it is better to play to the jack than away from it. It is more profitable to your side if you play to the jack. You try it and_ see for yourself. (More on this question later in the season.) Central Otago Notes. Since writing my last notes there have been two games played for the Captain Jolly Memorial. M. Paulin, of Clyde, was defeated by 21-17 by H. Wilkinson’s rink, A. Stephens playing third on this occasion; while last week -R. M'Namara (Ranfurlv) was beaten 27-17 when the Cromwell rink was once again in its' original composition—S. Fletcher, A. Stephens. L. Jolly, H. Wilkinson. The next challenge is from another Ranfurlv rink; then comes Bannockburn; T. Sunderland (Alexandra), .J. Provan (Alexandra), following in that order. T. Sunderland beat W. Hewitt in the final of the Alexandra Club’s Dewar Cup singles by 31-18. It was a good game, with Sunderland drawing accurately. These two players have monopolised the wins in this competition, having won it three times each. The second round of the shield fixtures commenced on Saturday, with the following results: — J. Timmings (Alexandra) 21, L. Jolly (Cromwell) 13; E. Marslin (Alexandra) 15, Dr Austin (Cromwell) 18; T. Sunderland (Alexandra) 13, H. Wilkinson (Cromwell) 21; W. Hewitt (Alexandra) 22, W. Fraser (Cromwell) 22; J. Gardner (Alexandra) 22, J. Ritchie (Bannockburn) 16; J. Provan (Alexandra) 15, N. Paulin (Clyde) 20; J. Parsons (Bannockburn) 16, J. Davidson (Clyde) 30; A. Campbell (Bannockburn) 18, P. Edmonds (Clyde) 21; A. Sedan (Roxburgh) 24, D. Nicol (Cromwell) 15; T. Henderson (Roxburgh) 12, E. Jolly (Cromwell) 23: T. Dunlay (Roxburgh) 8, R. Campbell (Millers Flat) 32; A. Alexander (Roxburgh) 12, A. Stuart (Millers Flat) 28. The position of the clubs is now: — Millers Flat 12 points, total 48; Alexandra 5, total 45; Clyde 12, total 34; Cromwell 7, total 34; Roxburgh 3, total 30; Bannockburn 0, total 28. Clubs have now made a start to find their singles champions.^ The rink championships have to be played at Roxburgh on February 27, when there should be the strongest combinations ever got together in Central. Cromwell and Millers Flat should be particularly strong, with Clyde and Alexandra knocking.

23. W W . -3 * a • S £ o h-3 o & jj a Club. Logan Park ... 2 — 12 60 West Harbour ... 2 — 12 60 Balmacewen ... 3 i 9 51 N.E. Valley ... 4 — 12 51 Dunedin ... 3 3 6 42 Roslyn Kaituna ... 2 3 4| 40| ... *1 2 2| 38| Caledonian ... ,.. 2 3 4136 Fairfield ... — 1 — 36 Kaikorai ... *1 1 4 36 Leith ... ' ••• ... 4 — 12 36 Opoho ... 1 — 12 36 St. Clair _ ... ... 2 2 6 36 Waikouaiti ... ... — 1 — 36 Caversham ... *3 1 7i 33| Mornington ... 2 2 6 33 Otago ... ... ... 1 2 4 32 St. Kilda .... ... 3 3 6 32 Taieri ,.. ... ... — 2 — 30 Anderson’s Bay ... 1 3 3 27 Outram ... — 1 — 24 Green Island ... — 2 — 18 Brighton ... — 1 — 12 Tainni ... 1 2 4 12 Port Chalmers ... — 2 — — *One section Caversham v. Kaituna not finished. . *One section Kaikorai t. Kaituna not finished.

,—Section A. Wins. Losses. St Kilda ... ... . 6 1 Mornington . 5 2 Balmacevven ,.. . 4 3 Caledonian ... ... . 4 3 Caversham . 3 4 Kaituna . 3 4 Leith_ . 3 4 Taieri . 3 4 Anderson’s Bay ... . 2 6 Otago . 2 5 . , —Section B. — Dunedin . 6 — West Harbour ... . 6 1 N.E. Valley ... ... ,, . 5 1 Kaikorai . 3 3 Roslyn ... . 3 3 Green Island . ... • • . 2 3 St._ Clair ; . 1 4 Tainui ... . 1 i 6 ! Logan Park . — 6

Club. _ Kaikorai ..• Wins. Losses. Points. 4 1 24 Balmacewen 7 3 21 Caversham ... 14 6 21 Logan Park 3 2 18 Taieri 3 2 18 Roslyn 8 7 16 Anderson’s Ba; North-east Va' ley 7 8 14 7 8 14 Leith 9 11 134 Dunedin 6 9 12 Otago 3 7 9 Tainui 3 7 9 West Harbour 14 6