BOWLING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24792, 17 December 1941, Page 8

BOWLING

DOMINION TOURNAMENT CANCELLED The 1942 championship bowling tournament, which was scheduled to commence at Dunedin on January 7, and for which record jntries had been received, has been cancelled The president of the New Zealand Bowling Association, Mr J. Forster, said yesterday afternoon that a final decision had been postponed as long as possible until the Government's wishes in the present national emergency had become known. The executive of the council had resolved a few days ago that nothing should be done to embarrass the Government in the present crisis, despite the loss of a substantial sum Which the tournament would have brought for patriotic purposes, and the inevitable disappointment of a large number of visiting bowlers from all parts of New Zealand and of their Dunedin hosts. Now that more definite, information regarding the situation had become apparent, the council's course of action became clear. . The ultimate decision was confirmed by a telegraphic vote of the members of the council throughout New Zealand. Asked to suggest what procedure would bs adopted regarding the refund of entry fees, the venue of the next possible tournament and the future conduct of the council's business, Mr Forster stated that the executive would submit recommendations to the council members at ah early date. In the meantime, he agreed with the Minister of Internal Affairs (Mr W. E. Parry) that local centre tournaments, involving little or no travelling, should be encouraged rather than discontinued, and further expressed the hope that the bowlers of New Zealand would put their full weight behind the war effort an whatever capacity each was best fitted to serve.

FOUR-RINK CHAMPIONSHIP Results of Four-rink Championship matches played last evening:—Mornington 79, Otago 76.