OPUNAKE BOWLING CLUB

Taranaki Daily News, 14 August 1930, Page 16

OPUNAKE BOWLING CLUB

i ANNUAL MEETING OF MEMBERS. The annual meeting of the Opunake Bowling Club was held on Tuesday evenAbout 25 members were present. The balance-sheet showed a debit balance of £4 17s. 7d. The president (Mr. ' T- H. H. Sinclair), who presided, stated that although the financial position was not so good as they desired, it was jlue inainly to accounts held over from the previous year, also to expenditure amounting to about £3O for the mower and blades* They should this year make an effort to reduce the bank interest, • which amounted to about 10s. per week. He was pleased to see the club retained the young members who had become enthusiasts. He congratulated Messrs. J. Morris and .L. Des-Forges, winners ■j. of the junior pairs, and Mr. J. N. Step- : henson,. winner of the singles handicap " gompetition. ‘ .. , Mr. Sinclair considered . the delegate to the centre would have a hard battle i to retain-their-position in the southern. ,i division. The Hawera club had proposed that no club be allowed to play . i. in two- divisions, and he believed .the proposal was aimed at the Opunake ' dlub. The club was well represented ; in all the tournaments, and though members Sid not win. the representative players put up good, fights. The club was also well represented in the Lambie Memorial Shield)" and .the competition provided • excellent games and : very sociable ones. The club paid visits to Manaia, Eltham, Hawera and Stratford. ■•■'The visits had been' returned .with the exception of Stratford, which played, late. The. club was. indebted to Messrs. Wilson and Fake for the good jvork done by them on the green. ; Mr.. C, A. Smith congratulated the ©Tub on the.financial position.. It was .Very much better than he anticipated, he said. . • ■ Mr/J. N. Stephenson was of opinion the ednimmittee had done excellently. A good deal of expenditure had occur-, ted last year, and the capital debt had been reduced. * < /’ ■ The.’; balance-sheet and report were adopted. ’ New members elected were Messrs. A, Raynor, C. r H. Marcroft, G. N. Rogers And J. - Laing. < Officers elected were:' President, Mr. JT. H.-H. Sinclair; vice-presidents, Messrs. . J. Brennan and C. A. Smith; secre- ' jtary, Mr. J. Morris; treasurer, Mr. P. (Dalrymple; green wardens, Messrs. J. (Wilson and A. Fake; committee, Messrs. Johnstone, Burton, Walker and D. D. ; - ‘Hickey; delegate io centre,' Mr. Sinclair; delegate ’to South' Taranaki , tournament' committee, Mr. C. A. Smith; Bouth Taranaki division, Messrs.' Sinclair and Wilson. (and to appoint one to western division) ; auditor, Mr. J. Harrigan;' club selectors, Messrs. Wilgon and Burton. ; ; Some. discussion took place on the proposal to allow outside club mem.hers the privileges of playing members at reduced fees. The motion was defeated by a show of hands. ." ( . Notice of motion was given to'alterne annual meeting date to June 3. . feu