BOWLING NOTES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 119, 16 April 1930, Page 7

BOWLING NOTES.

THE EASTER TOURNAMENT. COMMENCES ON FRIDAY. (By “Trundler.”) The annual Easter tournament of the Manawatu Bowling Centre Tjvill commence on Friday, section play concluding on Easter Monday. Post-sec-tion play will commence on Tuesday, and provided more than four teams qualify the tournament will conclude on Wednesday. Should each section be won outright then the tournament should end on Tuesday. The probabilities of this happening are generally remoto. This year there aTe 46 teams completing compared with 38 in 1929, 54 in 1928, 48 in 1927, 44 in 1926 and 56 in 1925. The entries have been divided into three sections of twelve and one of ten. In Section A are Wardrop (Woodville), a winner of the tournament in recent years; 11. Nash (Palmerston North), who was third in 1928 and 1929; C. Norwood (Victoria), who is a most consistent supporter of the tournament; Stone (Petone Central) and Neilson (Masterton). Section B includes Crump (Palmerston North), winner in 1927; Slinn (Lower Hutt),- Hall (Carterton), Reid (Lyall Bay), another good supporter of the local tournament, who invariably reaches the post-section play, Skoglund (Palmerston North), runner-up last year, Marten (Waipulcurau) and Bolton (Victoria).. Last year’s winner, Ramsay (Palmerston North) is in Section C, in which also g,re Fisher (Petone Central), Monks (Levin), who renectly held the Manson and Barr Cup, Conder (Island Bay), another good supporter of the tournament, who was number three for D. Munro tho year he won, and Brackenridge (Victoria), winner in 1928. Section D has Fenwick (Northern), a former well-known Waikato skip, Southbridge (Runanga)—the first time the writer believes that a team from this part of the Dominion has competed at the local tournament—Noad (Lyall Bay), who won the New Year pairs tourney, Porteous (Wellington), who was number three for E. J. Hill when he won No. 1 Rotorua tournament this year, Bary (Palmerston North), Johnson (Terrace End), who has a fine record this season in Dixon Cup matches, and G. Hart, a wellknown Carterton skip. The sections appear to have been , well drawn and very keen and interest- , ing games should be witnessed. The j ram of last week has worked a wonder- , ful improvement in the greens, a fresh | growth of grass having replaced the bare patches, and given fine weather a most successful tournament should eventuate. SATURDAY’S MATCHES. Though a bright sun shone most of the afternoon, the weather was bitterly ■ cold for matches on Saturday afternoon. At the Palmerston North green 1 the holders of the Manson and Barr Cup staved off a challenge from a . Manawatu Club rink. The game was even for thirteen heads, but the home team' eventually won by twice tho challengers’ score. It was cold and damp underfoot nnd the somewhat heavy green militated against a very good display. Nevertheless, the heads were keenly contested in most instances. There was, in fact, only one loose head on which the holders scored six points. Palmerston North and Northern Clubs exchanged rinks, the matches resulting in wins for each chib on the home greens. Northern’s win, however, was the more decisive of the two. Some surprise was expressed locally when it became known that Terrace End Club had lost the Dixon Cup and Tucker Badges, the successful rink being from the Feilding Club and skipped by Neilson. Having played on a keen green for more than two months past, the Terrace End four were caught bv the heavy turf on Saturday and the Feilding team had a very easy win. Johnson’s record is a splendid one, for he resisted eleven challenges in all and beat his opponents without ■ a game being drawn. The personnel of nis remained the same all through. Mr J. Bartholomew, secretary of the Feilding Bowling Club, has compiled the; following statistics . in connection ’ with the Dixon Cup contests, in which 292 games have been played up to the present:— j.Feilding has played in 95 games, winning 74 and losing 21; Palmerston North, 119, 65, 44; Woodville, 56, 23, 33; Terrace End, 49, 24, 25. Johnson’s Terrace End rink played 13 consecutive games, won 12, lost 1. Points for 290, against 186, average, for 22.4, against 14.4. Kerr’s Masterton rink played 12 consecutive games, won 11, lost 1. Points for 301, against 185, average for 25.1, against 15.5. Pickering’s Woodville rink played 12 consecutive games, won 11, lost 1. Points for 256, against 182, average for 21.4, against 15.2. _ • J. Bartholomew’s Feilding rink played 10 consecutive games, won 9, lost 1. Points for 250, against 150, average for 25, against 15. N. H. Nash’s Palmerston North rink played 11 consecutive games, won 10, lost 1. Points for 223, against 166, average for 22.3, against 16.6. NOTES. The death of a popular Sydney bowler, Mr Sid Young, in a private hospital at Darlinghurst, at the age of 68, has caused wiae regret in bowling circles (says an exchange). More than a-quarter of a century ago Mr Young held office as honorary secretary at the City Club, and it was only a feu months ago that he relinquished the position. A great worker lor his club, Mr Young was always at his post. Besides his secretarial duties, which he carried out admirably, he usually made up the teams for play, and in this work he also gave much satisfaction. Pressmen and country bowlers, and New Zealand bowlers also, who were called upon on scores of occasions to visit the City Club’s greens,:-will ncvei forget Sid Young because of his neverfailing courtesy and readiness at all times to assist. Mr Young had a seriom. illness a few years ago, and though he returned to his work at the City Club, he never regained his former strength. A widow and grown-up family survive. The annual meeting of the council of tho Dominion ot New Zealanc Bowling Association will be held in Auckland on July 9. With respect Ic the election of the president, vicepresident, and. treasurer, and the. other members of the council, the following provisions shall apply:—(l) Each centre shall bo entitled to nominate one person to each of the saio offices. (2) Each centre in the SouthIsland shall be entitled to nominate six persons as the non-official member, of the council, and each centre in tin : North Island shall be entitled to nom-’ inate six persons'as tho .non-official members of the council, provided thal not more than two councillors shall b< elected by any centre, who shall Ik bona fide resident members •of a club in the oentre. In the event of the requisite number of centres failing to, nominate candidates, then it will lje ; legal for a centre to have three coun i ’■ cillors declared elected. No person shall be eligible for nomination to anj such offioe or as-member of the counci. ■ unless he is a member of a- club. (3, . Such nominations, together with tm consent of the persons nomi naled, must be received not later than May 8, 1930.