BOWLING

Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 194, 16 July 1935, Page 4

BOWLING

REPRESENTATION OF CENTRES. AIANAWATU REAIIT LOST. One of the principal subjects discussed at 1 lie annual meeting of the council of the New Zealand Bowling Association, held in Christchurch, was a request for the representation of each centre on the council. It was argued that under the council’s present constitution all centres in New Zealand were represented either directly or indirectly. The request was therefore not granted. A Afanawatu remit read : “'That this centre is strongly of opinion that the Dominion Association rules be amended to permit the representation of each centre on tho Dominion Council.”

Saying that he had been instructed by tire South Auckland centre to support the remit, Air P. H. Rowe declared that there was a strong feeling among the smaller centres that, since they paid their affiliation fees, they were entitled to havo representation on the council. If members

adopted a hostile attitude to the request, the small centres might retaliate in a drastic manner. Their numbers were so great that if they combined they would be able to outvote tho citv centres in tho election of councillors, and that would he a regrettable event. He thought some understanding could be reached to give representation to the country centres.

Tho remit did not nsk for direct representation, said Air F. A. Ho.sking (Auckland). South Island councillors represented every centre in tlie south, and North Island councillors all northern centres. If ail centres wero to l>e represented directly, there would be too many, probably 30 or so, on the council, and the cost of the annual meeting would amount to between £3OO and £4OO. Though committees had been formed in some I districts, no definite scheme had arisen ! from them. He contended that the council should answer that all centres were already represented. Air J. IT. London (Invercargill) recalled that years ago it had been realised that councillors were elected i to represent the howlers of New Zea-1 land in no parochial spirit. Direct representation of all centres would bring about an unwieldy body, and lie thought the remit an ill-advised one.

It would be a pity, Air S. AL Stone (Wellington) said, if this remit became a “hardy annual.” The root of the trouble was that many members of country executives did not understand the constitution of tho council or not so much would be made of parochialism. In his association with the council, he had not heard one member utter a word of parochialism. If any complaint were coming it should come from city centres, which did most of tho year’s work of the association. It would be regrettable if citv representatives had to he replaced as tournaments had to he held

in the cities where there were enough greens. Jt was for the good of howling as a whole that the large centres should have direct representation. The chairman. Air F. J. Good (Christchurch) agreed with the remarks of the three previous speakers, “I should be sorry personally,” he said, “to sec an unwieldy body, which might become full of factions, and cause an upheaval and the disturbance of our smooth working. The centres are being well served by men conscientious in tlreir duties and any alteration in the basis of representation is ill-advised.” Air Hosking’s motion, that centres he informed that in the opinion of the council each centre now has re- ‘ presentation, was adopted.

A STRONG POSITION. . . ASSOCIATION’S AFFAIIM Tlio affairs of the New Zealand Bowling Association arc in a most satisfactory condition, as demonstrated by tho continued increase in the new clubs affiliated, together with the healthy state of the finances, .according to the twenty-second annual report of the association, which was presented to the annual meeting of the council in Christchurch. The total of clubs now on tho register is 358, with an aggregate membership of 10,138 —an increase ot 572 members for the year. The following officers have l>een elected unopposed for tho ensuing year:—President, Mr F. J. Good (Christchurch); vice-president, Hon. \V. Perry (’Wellington); honorary treasurer, Mr W. Efford (Christchurch). The retiring president, Mr Raymond Sheath (Auckland), will also continue to hold office.

Tho association began the year with a credit balance at the Bank of New Zealand of £196 18s 3d and ended with a credit of £294 16s 3d. The amount received from the annual levy on centres was very little different from that of the previous year, but the tournament entry foes showed a considerable increase, with a corresponding increase in tournament expenditure. The ordinary items of expenditure were on a par with past years. “Tiro surplus of j-eceipts over expenditure is again a pleasing feature,” commented the report, ‘‘and it would appear that in ordinary circumstances our accumulated funds should continue to rise at time goes on. A careful attention to the investment of these should be given in order that the association eventually may be possessed of ample liquid assets for any unforeseen emergency.”

THE RULES. In business arising from the minutes, Mr F. J Good, of Christchurch, who presided at the annual j meeting, drew attention to an omisI sion from the 1934 amendment of condition 13 of the rules of the game, dealing with final games. On his motion it was agreed to insert in the condition tire clauses which had been omitted in the 1934 amendment,, but which had been included in the 1933 amendment of the condition. The sentence under discussion now reads : “The howls of the players shall he tested before the commencement of the final games or, in the event of a two-lifer and a one-lifer being the last surviving competitors, before the first game between such competitors which may decide the final.” REPORT DISCUSSED.

Commenting on the annual report Mr Sheath said that with nine more clubs on the affiliation list and with a proportional increase in membership, the association had made another forward move in the last 12 months. It was pleasing to him as an Auckland member that tho executive, which last year, had had its headquarters at Auckland, had been able to hand over the association’s credit at the bank increased by the sum of approximately £9B by the year’s working. The annual tournament had drawn record entries and the playing of the singles in sections had been appreciated by bowlers, who would, he was sure, give their support to this system whenever there were enough greens to carry, it out.

Mr Stone said that though the amount of entry fees at the tournament had increased by £369 on the previous year, the profit had risen by only £47. This was a desirable state of affairs because it showed that the money going to the association was returned by way of entertainment to the bowlers who supported the tournament. The association was fulfilling its objects by getting enough on fixed account to meet emergencies.

GENERAL BUSINESS. The annual levy was. fixed at the same rate as in previous years—y6d a member, less 25 per cent, if paid before Decern !>er 1. The Christchurch members were appointed the executive, and they and any others they should coopt, the tournament committee. DATE OF MEETING.

In explaining an Auckland remit urging that the council hold its annual meeting a fortnight earlier in order to make it possible to cable lastminute instructions to representatives attending the annual meeting of the International Bowling Board, which is always held in England in the second week in July, Mr. J. Pascoe said that this year’s meeting of the board had been held on Monday and this had naturally caused inconvenience to the New Zealand Council. The date for future annual meetings was fixed to he held in the first seven days of July. Tho appointment of Messrs Ivor B. Thomas and H. S. W. King as representatives on the International Bowlling Board was confirmed. The task of making some officials recognition of the four or five Now Zealand teams to visit Suva for the tournament to be held there shortly was left to the executive. THE NEXT TOURNAMENT.

Tho formulation of details of the annual tournament of the New Zealand Bowling Association, to be held in Christchurch in tho week beginning January 6, 1936, occupied a large place in the agenda paper. A remit irom the Dunedin Centre: — that at the annual tournament one competition should be finished before another is commenced—was supported by Mr R. Hanning. The chairman .said that the suggestion would mean that players whose events began late in the tournament would have to wait some days for their games. The remit was lost. On the motion of Mr W. Efford (Christchurch), it was decided that ill the singles event at the tournament five games should bo played on tho first clay and that the winners of five games should go forward with two lives and other section winners should go forward with one life.

After varied opinions had been put forward in discussoi.il of the basis of post-sectional, play in the pairs championship and the number of games to lie played each day, it was decided to divide the competition into two sections, each team playing five games of 21 heads, three on the first day, and two on the second. Subsequently, two further games would be played on the “sudden-death” principle. To a motion that the rinks championship be played on the same lilies as last year—on the two-life system— Mr F. A. Husking (Auckland) proposed an amendment, originally forwarded as a remit by the Auckland Centre, that post-section play in the rinks be played on the “sudden-death” principle, two games of 21 heads to tie played a day. He contended that this system would shorten the tournament. The amendment was lost and the motion carried.

The application of a time limit to tournament matches was debated at some length. Mr Hosking asked that a rigid ruling should be made to avoid inconsistency and the exercise of discretionary power by the match committee. which might be placed in an odious position. Matches, it was agreed on Mr Hosking’s motion, would be limited as in last year’s tournament, except in the case of semi-finals.