BOWLING NOTES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21257, 10 August 1932, Page 15

BOWLING NOTES

TROPHY CHALLENGE MATCHES| NEW SYSTEM FOR RINK GAME BY SKIP The various bowling greens were well patronised on Saturday and many interesting games were played. The Epsom Club successfully inaugurated a two-Saturday afternoon tourney, while on the Rawhiti green the final of that club's recent tourney was played. The semi-final played during the week between W. ITnrdley's West End rink and Graham's Remuera i team saw a remarkable recovery by the last-named on the last head, when seven points were required and gained for a win. In the Denison Pins game at Epsom Farland's home team was narrowly defeated by the challengers, West End, in charge of C. E. Ilnrdley. West End held a commanding lead with two-thirds of ' the game over, the score board reading 17 to 7. Epsom secured six points on the following four heads and was only five down with three heads to go. However, a couple to the challengers on the next head ruined their chances, and the game finally ended 19—15 in favour of West End. The next challenger is J. Dick, Ponsonby. The holders, Carlton, retained the Edwin Stars after a very even game with Mount Albert. On the 20th head, when a five was scored, Kilgour and his team became two up. On this particular head, which was Mount Albert's undoing, the length was short and the Mount Albert players mostly over-ran The next challenger is Farland, Epsom. On August 3, 1927, a letter in this column from the well-knowti Mount Eden bowler and skip, Mr. D. C. Fiaser. commented on the subject 'of club rink cornpetitions. Not being altogether satisfied with the existing order of things, lie sought to show a way out of the difficulty per medium of a suggestion of handicapping. Just recently Mr. Fraser had the satisfaction of having his scheme carried by the club at its annual meeting of members. "Briefly, the outline of the system is thut. the club members are first handicapped as for a game of singles and then graded into the respective divisions of lead, two, three and skip. With these preliminary details settled before the season opens, it is then left to the ballot box to decide the personnel of the teams on any day required. Having drawn and matched the teams for play, the points of the individual players are totalled and the difference between tho two totals is , the handicap one gives or receives, as the case may be. Strangely enough, the same idea is being acted upon oy tho ex-Hawke's Bay ; player Mr. R. Thomas, who is now sole < selector of tho Mount Albert Club. He 1 brings it with him from that district, where its trial has proved very successful. Tho fairness and heightened interest it gives to this particular class of competition has made tho scheme very popular in the South. Points connected with tho scheme are: —lt brings the players to a better level than any ar/iount of selecting; it gives tho first-year players and also mediocre players a fair chance of winning against the superior players; it saves time, as there is no argument about formation of teams, which, in a moderate or largesized club, is something of a herculean task for the officials concerned. Apart from the adoption of the system by the two clubs mentioned, there is every probability of 0710 of Auckland's largest clubs electing to givo it a trial.