BOWLING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18556, 17 May 1922, Page 6

BOWLING.

By Jack. A moat enjoyable smoke social was held in. the St. Hilda Bowling Club pavilion last week to celebrate the closing of the season and to present the prizes won during the year. Mr W. P. Ormond (president! occupied the chair. There was a large attendance of club members and representatives other local clubs. The Chairman welcomed those present and hoped they would spend a pleasant evening. As the toast list was a long one, he requested speakers to be brief. In proposing the toast of the “New Zealand Bowling Association,’' the chairman said he would follow his own advice and be brief. Bowlers throughout the dominion owed a great debt of gratitude to _ the association, which did much in the interests of the game. The association laid down\the rules, and, although occasionally situations arose in games on which ,it was difficult to decide,. if the rules were abided by in the spirit in which, they were laid down, all would be well. Otago had very good men on the council in Messrs W. Nicolson_ and J. J. Marlow, and, if the other .provinces were ■ as well off in this respect there was nothing to fear in the future. —(Applause.) Mr Nicolson, president of the New Zealand Bowling Association., in reply, _ returned thanks for Mr Ormond’s eulogistic remarks. Mr Ormond, he continued, had said that the Otago bowlers were very fortunate in their representatives on the council, but, in his opinion, bowlers all over New Zealand were fortunate all through The association had the best interests of the sport at heart. He had met many fine men, and out of the 13,000 New Zealand, bowlers, 99 per cent, were jolly good fellows, and they did their best to observe the rules. The association’s work was made easy as players laid themselves out to give the council' their utmost assistance. As for his observation that Dunedin had been fortunate in having men who did their, full share of work, Dunedin was the mo«t active centre in the dominion, and had had good live men in the who had. always don© their best ih the interest of the sport.—(Applause.! . Mr J. M; Gallaway, in proposing the toast of the “Dunedin Bowling Centre,” said that all the howlers knew the functions of the New Zealand Association and the centre, but,- as far as Otago went, the bulk of the pick-and-shovel workf fell on the local body. If the province did not have good men on the centre the sport would suffer considerably. He,was glad to hear that there were “13,000 sane men” in, the dominion who played bowls. Bowling wos > a fine clean sport, and Mr Gallaway attributed this to the fact that bowling had been so long associated with Scotland, Scottish national games were typically clean and sportsmanlike. Mr I A. Peters, president of the centre, in reply, referred' to Mr Nicolson’s remark that most of the work in other centres woe done by the secretary, and said that in Ihmedin this was also the case. Delegates on the centre got a good deal of and very little play. Ho was one of the pick-and-shovel crowd.” ■■ Mr W. Jacobsen, vice-president of the centre,' said that Mr Gallaway. referred to the “pick-and-shovel” work, and as he (the speaker) had had something to do with the green, it was a doubtful compliment. On the centre there was a lot of work, but it was a pleasant duty. , _ Mr E. Hanning, secretary of the New Zealand Association', and of the centre, in proposing the toast of the “St. Hilda Club, said that the club had been in. existence some 18 years, and its record had beei}. one of steady progress, both as regards finance and membership. There was not a club in the centre that did not envy the St. Hilda Club its. fine pavilion. The St. Kilda players were very fine sports, and did not mind whether they won or lost. He congratulated the club on its selection of committees, which jto a large extent were responsible for the fine spirit which existed. He could honestly say that the St. Kilda men could always be depended on to do their fair share of the work. He hoped that the St. Kilda Club would continue to fl °The^Chairman, in reply, returned thanks for the complimentary remarks made by Mr Hanning and other speakers. Mr AE Allen, secretary, also responded on behalf of the club. , Mr Ormond then presented the prizes won during the season, as follows: Champion Singles, Mr Jack Robertson; runner-up, Mr-W. Jacobsen. Junior Championship, Mr A. J. Woods. Handicap Singles.'Mr J. Haig. Handicap Doubles, Messrs A. J. Woods and C. B. Gollop. Champion club rink—Messrs W. K. George, R. Watson, J. Haig end P. Caxolin (skip). Mr Haig was also presented with the cup presented by Mr W. B. Fail for the winner of the St. Kilda Club handicap singles competition. On behalf of the club members, Mr D. M. Stuart (vice-president), presented! a gold mounted tobacco pouch to Mr F. J. Lough, in recognition of his consistent “barracking” during the four-rink championship. Sir Lough had attended every game in which the St. Kilda Club took part.—Mr Lough suitably responded. The following toasts were also honoured; “The Visitors,” proposed by Mr E. Tamblyn and responded to by Hr J. W. Dove (Mayor of St. Kilda) and visiting chib members; “The Prize-winners,” proposed by Mr D. M. Stuart (vice-president of the St. Kilda Club) and - responded to by Mr Jack Robertson; “Musical Performers,” proposed by Mr H. W. S. Hellyer, and responded to by Mr J. D. Caiheron; “The Ladies,” proposed by Mr D. Stark; and the “Press,” proposed by Mr W. Jacobsen. During the evening a very enjoyable programme was contributed by Messrs Blackwood, Cooper, S. G. Angell, and the “Idlers’ Quartet” (songs) -and Messrs Scott and Angell (ducts). Mr Gordon Titohener acted as accompanist. The annua! meeting of the Dunedin Bowlers' Billiard Company was held in the London Dental Institute on '■ Monday night. Mr W. Hcnaghan presiding. There were present; —Messrs Morrison (Kaikorai). Adess (St. Kilda), Anderson (Rcalyn), Smith (Dunedin), Trethaway (Caversham), Rudkin (St. Clair), and Martin (Balmacewen). Trie annual report stated, inter alia, that the inter-club competition was closely contested, and, after each club had played the other, Dunedin and Kiaikorai had an equal number of points, and on fhe play off, Kaikorai won by three points. The single-handed champion of champions’ competition was won bv the Dunedin representative (Mr H. G. Siedteberg) with the Caledonian Club’s represento. live (Mr A. Lindsay), as runner-up. The final of this competition was played at St Kilda, and after the match a gold medal was presented to the winner and a cue and case to the runner-up. The committee accepted an invitation to' a smoke social held by the Kaikorai Club when the Henaghau banner was presented to the winner of the inter-club competition. The committee noted with pleasure the interest taken by members in both comnetitions by the large attend!anco at the final game, and hoped that the same support would, be given in the future. There is a. credit balance of some 30s. The. Chairman, in moving the adoption of the annua! report and balance sheet, said that it disclosed a .very satisfactory position, but in the competition a certain amount of keenness had cropped up. The banner had been given to encourage the social aide of the competition; not to excite any ill-feeling

among the players. He hoped that next year this would be' overcome, end he-felt ’confident that some arrangement could be made to prevent any ill-feeling. Mr Addess, who seconded the adoption of the repdht, spoke on similar lines. The report was adopted as read. On the motion of Mr Addess, seconded by Mr Anderson, it was decided that the interclub competition be carried on by counting on© point for a. win in each individual game, and naif a point to each side in the case of a draw. The election of officers resulted as follows;—President, Mr W. Heneghaa; secretary, Mr W. Budkin; committee—Messrs G. Addess, C. Anderson, and A. F. Morrison. The meeting concluded with a Vote of thanks to the chairman, the retiring secretary (Mr J. G. Duthie), and the press. The following is the result of the Heneghon Banner competition, the final of which, was played off on October' 129, 1931, between Dunedin and Kaikorai, the latter club wining by three points: Won. Lost. Dunedin 10 1 Kaikorai .. .. . 9 2 St. Hilda 7 3 Caledonian .. 7 3 Taieri $ 4 Roslyn- .. ; . .. .... 6 4 Port Chalmers - 4 6 St. Glair .. ~ ~ ~2 g Caversham .. 2 8 ’ Otago 1 9 Balmacewen 0 10 A very enjoyable evening was spent in tne St. Kilda Club’s pavilion on Wednesday, when the Winter Club held its first ladies* evening, Mr W. B. Flail extending a hearty welcome to those present. The pavilion was tastefully decorated with flags and coloured lights, and 16 tables were occupied in a progressive euchre tournament. Mr W. Ormond, president of the Bowling Club, presented the prizes, the successful competitors being Mrs il'Dertmiptt, Mrs Carolin, Mr Croesan, end Mr Carolin. After a liberal supply of refreshments had been served, a Amt-class pro* gramme of song -and story was offered, items being rendered by Miss Alexander, Messrs Cooper, Bauchop, Beid, Carolin* and Fail.