KAITUNA BOWLING AND LAWN TENNIS CLUB.

Otago Witness, Issue 2622, 15 June 1904, Page 59

KAITUNA BOWLING AND LAWN TENNIS CLUB.

The annual meeting of the Kaituna Bowling and Lawn Tennis Club, held i:i the High Street School Gymnasium on the fi h, was attended Ly a laige number of lady and gintlema.i ruambers of the club, iir C. J. P<iyue (president; occupied the cLair. The following are the pimcipal clauses oi the pnnual report presented to ike meeting: — " Your committee, in placing before you its annual report and balance sheet, has very kieat pleasure in congratulating members on tbe successful tea-on the club has passed through from all points of view. T!il weather has been of the best, the members (who now i number 90) have been veiy enthni-iu'ti.- — especially those who have joined the club this year, — consequently the standard of play lias reached i high-water mark. Financially the club has ' had a recoscl ypar. Improvement is shown on ' last year's balance, notwithstanding the fact > that the large sum of £178 was expended m improvements to the green i.nd additions to the buildings. Had your committee been satisfied to ullow the improvements to stand over there would have been a considerable rrrcht ba'ane° Although by the balance i sheet there appears to be a small debit balance, j that is occasioned by not taking into account buildings, etc., to a much greater value, which ; were paid ioc otit cf ordinary revenue and special donations " The "A ' Pennant garner have not given the club the pennant for the season. Out of | 7 games played we secured 5 wins; but the ' B ' ( Pennant will be held by tLe flub, its rinks having won it niter a p!ay-oft with the Ro3lyn, ' Dunerlin, and Taien Clubs' rinks. ' '' This season was a recoid o'ie for entiios for club tie-., and all the ties weie got off in , good tune. The following is a hst of winn -rs : Championship— ilr GB. Call, first; Mr C. J j Payne, second. Ri)ik Match: Mebsrs C. J. Pa\ne (skip) Holmes, Absiciombv, and Slc^l. Presidsnt's Prize Mr Thomas Sanders, first , | Mr C. T. Paterson, second. Vice-president s Prize- Mr F. S. Stokes, first; Mr C. J. Payne, ! second. Doubbs: Uessis Clarkson and Steel, j Colt's Prize: Mr J. Stone. The committee ! regrets that, owing to the pressure occasioned in getting off the club ties, the games played in the ' Colour Matche-3 ' were net so numerous as in previous seasons.The club was represented at the New Zealand Bowling Association's tournament by four rinks, skipped by Me=.sis C J. Payne, P. C. Corliss, T. Sneddon, ar.d T. Fanders; and Mr T. Sneddon' s m>k secui-ed, gecoud

piizcjn il'ii'-. i'j-U.iis y<- Pace's link «ecurej .second ij-i.'-e .:! 'ho Co!. = o'rt o i, si"'l Me -=rs Dail .inrl I!cid s=cruicl :h.:'l priz.-- in the Doub"c?. "Ai Oatnaru Llar> cli;b wa° repiescnted hy links skipped h? Messrs Sneddon, Pateison, Corliss, and Payne. Mr Payne's rink won the Phoenix Prize, and Mr Paterson's rink ran into second place for the Meadowbank Puze. Messrs Stokes and Reid also won the Doubles. " Our president (ilr Pnyr.e) represented tha club at the North island bowling tournament, held at Atirklard, and with Messrs Allnutt, Buchanan, and M'Donald was successful in ciirrj-ing ofi thr valuable Citizens' Prize. " Duixi'c; the sejS'jn the club has held two nrogie-,^ivc loiunaments or. the green — on the 6th Xovcmbei and 23rd March,— Mi G. B. Dall wimvng the former, with Mr Corliss second, and Jli- T. Suncicra the latter. These games have gone a long way towards keeping up the social side of the gome, as members from all the town clubs have been invited to take part I in them, and all players have gone away after i having had a splendid time, and the pleasure I derived wks voiced by many players long after the games were over. " The action of the previous yeai's couimitiee in salting the green, with the object of getting : rid of the bid-a-bicl, has been successful, and at the present time there is no sign of it on. that part. During tbe year the play has been over all parts, and the condition, although not quite as your committee would like it ta be, has been good, considering the great demand made upon it during this season. They look forward confidently to a first-class green for the coming season. The caretaker (Mr E. C. Hocking) has given it his very best attention during the year, and thoroughly deserves the hearty thanks and congratulations of tha members. " We have again to thank the ladles for tha self-denial in attending to oiu inwaul wanta during the year just closed, and cur special thanks are due to Mrs H. "W. Reid, who managed this department for us. This year a set of new rules was compiled, and the thanks of the club are due Messrs Dall, Corliss, and Haslett for the very exhaustive and careful manner in which they presented these for your sanction. A moonlight concert was heid in March, to raise funds to meet a portion of the great demand made on the club's finances, and it resulted in a profit of £15, half of which goes to the tennis section and the other half to tha bowling — a very satisfactory result. The club has lost by death two old members, whose presence will be greatly missed. We allude t© Messrs N. Y. A. Wales and T. Rodger." The Chairman, in moving the adoption of tha report and balance sheet, congratulated tha club on its success during the past year, tha season inj every respect being a record one. During the year the Finance Committee ha<s received the largest number of subscriptions in the history of the club, and had expended JBI7S in improvements to the club's- property, thia being by far the largest amount spent by the club in that way in ari3 r one year. The annual balance sheet showed a debit balance of £43 14s 2d, but the club had assets to the value of £300 or £400 apart from the ground itself. Great' improvements had been made to the green, and the committee had taken all possible care to> ensure a first-class green nest season. Themembers appreciated what was done by the . Tennis Committee, which was headed by, Messrs C. R. Smith (chairman) and S. N. Brown (secretary). Besides paying the annual! rental of £20, it generously donated a sum of £20 to the club. The committee had recognised the efforts of the Tennis Committee in erecting a new pavilion, and hoped in the near future to make the Kaituna tennis courts the most up-to-date in ihinedin. — (Applause.) The motion for the adoption of the report, on being seconded, was cairied unanimously. The following onice-bearers were elected for the ensuing year: — President, Captain Sundstrum; vice-president, Mr V. Taylor ; treasurer, Mr J. A. Haslett ; secretary, Mr F. Smith; auditor, Mr W. Forrester; General Committee — Messrs H. W. Reid, J. Lindsay, F. W. Holmes, W. Davies, E. N. Roache, and T. Sneddon; Match Committee, Messrs C. J. Payne and T. Sneddon; delegates to the New Zealand Bowling Association, Messrs G. B. Dall and H. W. Reid. The Chairman (Mr Payne) said that he thought the delegates should receive instructions from the club as to how the vote on the question of whether the Pennant system of matches was to be continued. He himself thought that in the interest of the general enjoyment of membars the Pennant system, should be done away with.— (Applause.) Bowling matches had become so keen that players were prone to forget the feeling of good-fellow-ship so essential to bowling. Then, some of the older members had been unable to take part in matches, as they would have liked, simply because they were not m tbe form, they bad once shown. Although he himself enjoyed the Pennant matches, he would move thnt the club's delegates should be instiwttcl to vote at the meeting- of the X.Z.B.A.' that Pennant matches should be done with. Mr Forrester saconded the motion, affirming lh.it in a bowling club the social element should not be neglected, and that it was lersonablc to expect that most of the play v ou d be among members themselves, though ucL necessarily limited to that. But piucc the association had coiae into existence they had been yoing m more and more for these t'utnr- ' djy matches. New clubs wore being f -rroecT, and if the Kaituna Club were expected to play ev'eiy other club, members would r.ot hai o a Saturday left to piny ann"g themselves. He preferred the plan of their club invihrg v.'liat cinbs they pleased to meet them. Mr C. R S r.ith said the Pennant matches often acted detrimentally to the best interests of ihe cub. Mr C. T. Paterson said tha* he was a member of the executive of the N.Z.8.A., oa vhich body a great deal of b'anie for bringing on these matches had been laid, -whereas the clubs themselves had brought pressure to bear on the association in having the system instituted. With all due deference he maintained that these Pennant matches were going to bo the life of bowling. When there were on!y five or six clubs it was all \ery well to nnange matches m the old way, but with 30 clubs it v,as impossible for them to meet each other v. ithout proper prrangonients being made. At present the Pennant matches only monopolised every third Saturday. The minority cf the younger players favoured the Pennant cj—ts» a, as they learned the game better. When f he matter came before the N.Z.B.A. he inter.ciecl to speak strongly on the matter. — (Applause.) Mr T. Sneddon said he favoured the Pennant matches. He had had long experience in irterciub matches, and failed to see the difference between ihosa played under the Pennant system and those that were not. There had been the «=ame giowlmg about the old interclub matches as there was now about Pennant matches. The motion instructing the delegates to vota against the continuance of the Pennant system was then put, and declared carried by tea votes to nine. The presentation of prizes won during the season was then gone on with, aft.-»- which Caotam Sundstrum took the chair, -n-d <rv.i Ge . nuiv acknowledged the complin-,?''' -] y- l]:a b.f^>p <-lub in electing him pi-esid- - " n f thanks was rp-=orl to \V- , „ >^;, 10 . <• > ;nd to Mr* -HF. AY. "R ? v, * fco last toiwt. vv lcolied &Icei tke aftc ™ 00G te *