CROQUET

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23334, 28 October 1937, Page 5

CROQUET

By Clips

Club captains and secretaries are invited to send in items of interest for inclusion in this column. Questions relating to laws of the. game will be answered as far as possible. Correspondence must bear the writer's name and address, as well as nom de plume , and must reach tnis office not later than Tuesday in each week. j COMING TOURNAMENTS November 15.—Wairarapa Championships, Featherston. . November 30.—Manawatu Croquet As- ' sociation tournament. . Christmas.—Canterbury Croquet Asso- ' ciation tournament. January s.—Otago senior tournament, Dunedin. January 6.—South Island champion- : ships, Dunedin. ( January 7.—North Island champion- i ships. New Plymouth. January 18.—-New Zealand championships, Wanganui February I.—South Island Croquet Association tournament. February 7.—South Taranaki tournament, Hawera. February B.—Southland Croquet Association. Invercargill. February 14.—Southern Hawkc's Say, Dannevirke. February 15.—West Coast tournament, Greymouth. February 15.—Gold and silver mallets, Invercargill. February 17. —Otago junior tournament, Dunedin. February 22.—Wanganui Croquet Association tournament. February 24.—Hawke's Bay championships, Napier. / March 3.—Taranaki. championships. New Plymouth. March 22.—G01d and silver medals, Hamilton. DOMINION PRESIDENT'S VISIT Players are reminded that this afternoon, at the association lawns at Logan Park at 2.30, Mr R. W. McCreath will give a talk on the laws of the game and demonstrate shots, etc., as requested. If the weather is unsuitable for the meeting to be held out of doors, it will be held in the Return.?d Soldiers' Rooms, Moray place. NEW RULES A correspondent who has not yet received this year's annual asks for the reading of Rule 49, referred to in last week's column. It reads as follows: "A player is entitled to interrupt an adversary during his turn, in order to claim a foul or breach of law which appears to him to have been committed; or to foretell a breach of law which necessitates replaying a stroke correctly. Should he do so for any other reason connected with his play, or at any time draw his attention to the fact that he is about to commit an error in play, he may not, in his next turn, score a point for any ball." Another inquirer asks if this law would apply in an ordinary match on one's own lawn. , I would say that if it Is a "match" then the law would apply, and probably if It is applied to all " matches" on one's own lawn, then all members of the club will become acquainted with this rule, as with all other rules. On the other hand, however, in a friendly knock up, a player should not be allowed to make for the wrong hoop without attention being drawn to the fact. If there is a strict club captain who is conversant with all the rules, players may find that all rules are to be adhered to at all times. In connection with " interruption" it might be well to mention that " a request that an umpire be called in to watch a stroke is not to be con- | sidered as an interruption under law 49" (see page 40, par. 19). Rule 39 has a small addition—i.e., in the matter of pegging out. The rule states that a game is not concluded until both balls of a side have , been actually pegged out. INTERCLUB SHIELD MATCHES I The Match Committee was faced with ( a considerable difficulty when the en- . tries for interclub matches closed. The entries were as follows: A Grade.—Tainui, Punga, Watea. ' Opoho, Logan Park. B Grade.—Tainui, Caversham, Logan Park, Leith, Watea (2). Punga, St. Clair. C Grade.—Tainui (2), Punga, Logan I Park, Opoho, Watea, Leith, Caversham (2). Montecillo, Taieri. The drawing was simple enough, but fitting in all the teams was an almost hopeless 'matter, without extending the ' season until Easter or later. I.t was therefore decided to adopt the suggestion made at the delegates' meeting when it was decided to play three grades, and that all A Grade matches be played at the association lawns at Logan Park. As there are only two lawns available, that will mean only one match per week, but with only five teams in this grade and a round consisting of two matches and a bye, each round will be completed in two weeks. By playing A Grade matches on the association lawns, the committee has been able to arrange for the playing of a whole round of B and C Grade games on the one day, and in future there will be no need to split up a, round, as has been done previously, and play part one day and the remainder the following week. The present arrangement will be of the greatest advantage should a postponement be necessary. If any matches are put off, a whole round will be put off, and then ail clubs will be on the same footing. The committee has done its best to arrange that each club has the same number of matches at home and away, and that there is an equal sequence of matches. The obstacle in arranging matches alternatively at home and away is that clubs have not sufficient lawns to accommodate the number of teams they have entered, but the Match Committee decided this year to accept all entries. Another year if may be necessary to accept two teams in ono grade only from clubs which have four or five lawns and could thus play two matches in one day on their own lawns. Watea lawns have been utilised in this manner for this season. The draw for the first matches is as follows: A GRADE (At Association Lawns) First Round.—November 2: Tainui'v. Punga. November 9:. Watea v. Opoho; Logan Park, a bye. B GRADE November 2.—Tainui v. Caversham, at Caversham; Logan Park v. Leith. at Logan Park; Watea I v. Punga, at Punga; Watea II v. St. Clair, at St. Clair. C GRADE . November 2.—Tainui 1 v. Punga. at Tainui; Logan Park v. Opoho, at Opoho; Watea v. Leith, at Leith; Caversham I v. Montecillo. at Montecillo; Caversham II v. Taieri at Taieri; Tainui 11, a bye. The matches will be commenced at. 10 o'clock. A and B Grades play the full game, and C Grade commences at the third loop. FERN MATCHES The entries for the fern matches were four—Watea. Montecillo, Opoho and Punga. The draw for the first round is as follows: November 6.—Watea v. Montecillo. November 13.—Punga v. Opoho. Matches are played on a handicap basis, are commenced at 1.30, and art: finished at 5.30.