DUNEDIN CENTRE.

Otago Witness, Issue 2883, 23 June 1909, Page 72

DUNEDIN CENTRE.

The eeconcl annual .-eport of the Committee of the Dunedin Centre, to be submitted to the delegates on July 19, contains the tti'-owinor clauses: — The centre held a- local tournament during the Christmas holidays, and received 48 en- j tries for the Rinks and 36 entries for me i Doubles. This proved a very successful and enjoyable gathering. The following were tire winners : —Rinks : First prize, Taieri Club (A. W. Christie, A. Cameron, D. L. Christie, A. C. il'lnttye, s) ; second prize, Kajtuna- (J. Robertson, C. R. G-ooch, F. S. Stokes, H. Smea.t<m, s) ; third prize, Dunedin (\V. Paget Ga.!e, \V. Thomson, J. Johnson, Wm. j ii'l/aren, s). Doubles : First prize, Roslyn Club (E. H. Fountain and A. Barnect, s^; second prize, Roslyn (C. H. Matthews and j. j Scoular, s) ; third prize, St. Kilda (R. Prebble , and F. Carter, s). Twelve clubs entered for the Four-rink Championship Match. The Dunedin Ciub were winners of section A. j and the Taieri Club the winners of section B. ■ The final round was played off on the Cale- ' donian Green, and resulted in the Taieri Club winning the banner fcr this season. Th-e ' Single-handed Championship Match was played off on Saturday, May 1. o:i the Dunedin Green, in ideal weather, and on a firstclass green, and resulted in Mr C. J. Payne (of the Kaituna Club) winning the m»dai, Mr D. Stevenson (of the Taieri Club) being the runner-up. The chairman of the centre presented Mr Pay nfe with the medal immediately after the match. The centre re- ' quests clubs and bcw'er= generally to abstain from copying- the design of t'ne medal, =o . that it may be kept specially for the champion of champions. During the season this centre has nlayed three matches with other centres. The Christchurch Cairtre vi«iterl Dunedin on Math 20 and inaugurated an annual match baiween the Duiiedin and Christchurch Centres U.i.'ortunatci; the day ■was v-ery wet. and not suilab'e Tor "bowling; but the Christchurch players, having travelled all the distance io establish an annual fixture, decided, nctwith&tandmp weather conditions, to p^ay the match A g&m-e of 16 head? was played, and ic-ulted in a win for Dunedin Centre by 6-2 points. The \is-itors were entertained at a smoke concert in the evening at the Otogo Pavilion, and "an enjoyable evaning was sp^r.t. Advantage v/a« taken of the opportunity to present tho certificates to prize-winners of the Christmas tournament, tlio chpmruon banner to "the Taieri Club and presentations to Mr "Wiu Drwjou (oresidenr of the Otago CiuL) and Mr C. F. Greenslade (president of the Caledonian Caib) for the hospitality extended by thsm on all occasions that centre functions were held on their ve«pectivp grcpns. The centre vimfed Ba'clutha on March 25. a:id played two matches, the first with the South Otago Centre, pnd secured a win by 3 points ; the '•eco-d wiLh the Poiith'and Centro. securing another win by 3 5 points It is t'-.ciiK-lit a-dvirab'o that the centre should endeavour fo rtic^t ihr> who 1 " of the c"ilic.= cripr^ir.f; th X Z.B.A during the coining se-isoa. Con- |

J siderabl© interest has been, taken in both the Saturday and -Wednesday interclub fixtures. j The following are -the - results.- The number ■ of wins is enclosed in parenthesis: — Saturday inter-club matches: Balmacewen played 12 (3), Caledonian - 13 (7), Caveraham 14 (6), I Dunedin 14 (13), Pairfield IS (2), Gfreen Island ! 13 (8), Kaituna 13 (9), North-East Valley 11 i (2), Otago 13 (5), Outram 12 (8), Port Chalmels 12 (5), Eoslyn 13 (8), St. Cladr 12 (l), St. I Kilda 14 (10), Taieri 12 (8). Wednesday matches: Ba.lmacewen played 9 (2),' Caversham 8 (1), Caledonian 11 (8), Dunedin 9 (8), Green Is-land 11 (8), North-Bast Valley 9 (4), Kaituna, 8 (3), Otagb 6' (2), Port Chalmers 11 St. Clair 9 (4), St. Kilda 10 (4), Roslyn 11 (7). A perusal of the balance sheet shows that the expenses- for the. season, including champions' and -oentres' matches, amounts to £51 23 9d, while- the income received from clubs by -way of -levies amounts to £27 10s. A profit of £36 4s lid was, however, made with the Chrjstinas tournament, thus enabling the centre to show a credit balance of £12 12a 2d on its year's work. The following axe the clubs which are affiliated to the -centre, -.with their membership : — Balmacewen - 451),- Caledonian • (90), Caversham (62), Dunedin (100), Fairfield (32), | Green Island (50), -Kaifcuna. (92). jST/E. Valley (58), Oufram (33), Otego (87), Port Chalmers (56), Roslyn (95), St. Clair (23), St. Kilda (72), Taieri (63). -