BOWLING TOURNAMENT.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LI, Issue 9068, 14 April 1906, Page 5

BOWLING TOURNAMENT.

TARANAKI CLUBS IN HAWERA. SUCCESSFUL OPENING DAY.

j ' Brilliant weather favored the opening ,day of the Taranaki Bowling Tournament . on Friday. The previous week had been wet and wintry, so' that- the bright, warm «day was the more acceptable. The green ! was in good order, although ve>ry tender : in" consequence of the heavy rains, which had recently fallen. By ten o'clock the J seven competing rinks (56 players) were in attendance, and the tournament was 'opened by' the Mayor (Mr fi/i>bbiris)j who 'welcomed the visitors. Mr- J\ Paul,' New jPlymoufch, suitably replied) and offered a ifew words of seasonable advice- respectMng the green and -the treatment it; should f receive from bowlers. The Presidenti of the Hawefra Club (Mr Dingle) explained that owing to the shortening-, days it had been decided' to play 16 "heads to each "game. This, would'^nable ali ll th t e contests ; to be got off on Friday, 'Saturda!y" and 'Monday. As'tlie day- wore on the weather .continued to be glorious,- with, the result that a large mimb'er of spectators assembled "to view the proceedings. Mes..dajnes Dingle, Tait, Cow-ell, Christie, Sutjtotij R. Hicks and Foy, kindly furnished afternoon tea;, arid all present were generously entertained: Taken, as a wliole jthe' play generally' \^ias' excellent. 'The most exciting finish wtas <hat between. I&tzrpy and New Plymouth. The scoresi had been pretty even all through, and with one rink finished and the other one head to go New Plymouth was a point alhead When tlhe skips, Paul and Burnside, went up to play Fitzroy was lying one, making the aggregate scores equal and the head very difficult for Paul. Burnside with his first bowl drew a beauty, and though Paul made two excellent attempts hie failed to make any change, and Fitaroy notcJhed their first victory over the senior club. Another interesting' game was' tfoat between Stratford iand Opuwake and Pihama. The combined team had the advantage pretty well all through, Mason ; getting a big pull by scoring seven in one '. head. He had lain three or four, but, OurEis with a drive took out the nearest Stratford bowl, and in his second shot was an inch or two short with an attempt to save. With such a good lead, it now being 12 to 2 in tfa's rink, Opunake and' Pihama were in a strong position, and 1 played a canny winning game throughout, coming out witih a substantial margin j •to ihie good In good tianV Ihe three j rounds set down for the day were got oft", with the results given below: — i

THE RINKS.

For the purpose of reference in the results the rinks from each club have been designated A and B. Players were as follows: —

Stratford— A rink: P. J. Jackson, H. LI. Bdtts. R. Dingle and 0. M. Curtis (s). B rink : Osmond, J. D. Morison, G. Smart and A. K. Smart (s). Eltham—A. rink: Barnard, Keene, Bur ton and Hill (s)., B rink: De Lanney, Amoore, Routley and Carman (s). New Plymouth— A rink : H. Smart, H. Goldwater, A. D. Gray, and W. F. Hall (s). B rink: Morey, McK&llar, Bundle and Paul {&). Manaiar-A rink: C. Hill, A. Franklin, Lusher and W. Hill (s). B rink : Robertson, W. Franklin, W. Hair and T. Armitago (s). Opuna-ke and Pjhoma— A rink : Jeffries, Gray, Clough and Dudley (s). B rink: Lambie, senr., McHardy, W. Lambie and Mason (s). Fitzroy— A rink : Jackson, Johnson, Hill and Dempsey (&). B rink: Humphries, Guerin, Barry and Burnside (s). Hawera— A rink: Henson, Ogilvie, Foy and Dingle (s). B rink: Synie, Hicks, Cowell and Parrington (s). FIRST ROUND. Fitzroy (A rink) 19, Opunake and Pi-, haana (A rink) 10. Opunake and Pihama (B rink) 12, Fitzroy (B rink) 10. Totals: Fitzroy 29, Opunake and Plbama 22. Fitzroy won by 7. Stratford (B rink) 24, Eltham (A rink) 7. Stratford (A rink) 15, Eltham (B rink) 16. Totals: Stratford 39, Eltham 23. Stratford won by 16. New Plymouth (A rink) 19, Manaia (A rink) 12. ' . ltl New Plymouth (B rink) 15, Manna (B rink) 12. I Totals t New Plymouth 34, Manaia 24. New Plymouth won by 10. t Hawera stood out. SECOND ROUND. Stratford (B rink) 18, Manaia (A rink) Stratford (A rink) 18, Manaia, (B rink) 13. Totals : Stratford 36, Manaia 19. Skatford won by 17. Hawera (A rink) 22, Eltham (B rink) 9. Hawera (B rink) 22, Eltham (A rink) 10. Totals : Hawera 44, Eltham 19. Hawera won by 15. Fitzroy (B rink) 20, New Plymouth (B rink) 16. , , A Fitzroy (A rink) 14, New Plymouth (A rink) 17. • Totals: Fitzroy 34, New Plymouth 33. Fitzroy won by 1. Pihama and Opunake stood out." THIRD ROUND. Hawera fl3 rink) 18, Manaia (B rink) 14. Haweira (A rink) 22, Manaia (A rink) 12. Totals: Hawera 40, Manaia 26. Hawera won by 14. New Plymouth (B rink) 22, Eltham (B rink) 8. _, , New Plymouth. (A rink) 20, Eltham (A rink) 10. Totals: New Plymouth 42, Eltham 18. New Plymouth won by 24. Opunake and Pihama (A rink) 17, Stratford (B rink) 11. Opunako and Pihama (B rink) 18, Stratford (A rink) 11. Totals: Opunake and Pihama 35, Staratford 22. Opunake and Pihama won by 13. • Fitzroy stood out.

THE DAY'S RESULTS.

Hawera 2 games, 2 wins. Fiteroy 2 games, 2 wins. ' Stratford* 3 games, 2 wins, 1 loss. L New Plymouth 3 games, 2 wins, 1 loss. ■ Opimake and Piliama 2 games, 1 -win, 1 loss. Manaia 3 games, 3 losses. Jiltham 3 game*, 3 losses.

THIS MORNING'S PLAY

The first roiuid was continued this mornins 1 , scores at time of going bo press : . Opimake and Pihama 17, Hawera 14. Manaia 19, Eltham 16. Sfratford 22, Fitzroy 19.

MEETING OF BOWLERS.

There was a good attendance at the j'Firfe Brigade Hall on Friday" evening, Mr Wi Dingle (President of "the Hawera; fGlub)'iri- the' chair. The Chaawnam exipj^dned tha,t. the^ purpose of th#;meetjng was to consider what, action would, be" taken in connection r wjth M tjhie tournament' nexb year. ""* r ' ' ' r '"" -' ■" 1 Mr Paul (New Plymouth) thought the tournament' should be made an annual fix ' iture. There had been a- lot of- enthu; tsiasm that day; and- the present tournament would; do Hawara a lot of good. a He thought the time might be altered so ; that the. tournament would fall earlier in' 1 the season and 'at a time when a Sunday* j 'would ni>t' intervene. If it were decided'to hold 'the tournament at New P^yiKbii^li' 'next year the New^PlymouthvClubf'wJWild^ <be glad to conduct the affpir alongi'the 1 • same lines: as Hawera. had- done, although tliey could not possibly be more hospit,.al>ile.

A motion, affirming the desirability of' 'forming a Taranaki Bowling i&ssokiation, was "carried on the mortonof Messrs-Dingle and Paul. .' The representatives of Opunake, Manaia and- Mtibani,, while agreeing tihat an. Aseo- . ciation ; . should, be formed, pointed out tfoat ,they haii no authority tfli qprnmit their Jclnps to'tSiie Bropo»t . . Mr X Hill . (Fitefoy) movedi and Mr ' sekjonded; litet- ma? n«M?'four'nkmpnt' He' heldvik N«w'ftymbttjai.—Carriedl • • - . r- ■:■• . t> T. i ■i After some discussiojni ifr y?a§Fagoceed[ ' tliat? ■^e.^ Kyn^utbi ,»!}» <%&y u fß%, next? X§ar'a tfl[Usna^n|s ( on .^fttj^? lin f% ' A'i'to tlie'tiS^'at wffico^if' tournament 'wiU'be,.Heia flfe New'#lylkout;fr'Gfffls wtf co'mmunica#' With; €hie'''Wrieiaai elsabV associated aiids decide according, to I3ie advises received

Mr Paul moved a vote of thanks to the Hawe?a- people for their hospitality. The tournament had Deed carried out in a most satisfactory manner. Mr 'Dejnp&ey, seconded the motion, saying, he was nuicS struck with. l3ie exceedingly gctod' arrangement®. The motion was <<arried by acclamation. ' Mt Dingle acknowledged the compliment, and -the meeting then rose.