BOWLING NOTES.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 17 March 1926, Page 6

BOWLING NOTES.

(By “Pavilion.”) SATURDAY, MARCH 20. CHAMPIONSHIP RINK PINAL. West End v. Timaru, on Park Green, 2.30 p.m, NOTES. The final of the S.C.B.C. championj ship, between West End, winners of the Saturday section, and Timaru, winners of the Thursday section, will be played on the Park green on Saturday next at 2.30. The winners will hold the Leslie Gold Cup. The match will be one of eight rinks. Tlio Park Bowling Club are to he congratulated on their enterprise in running an electric light tournament. It was a most successful affair and very well run. The controller, Mr F. B. Hawkey, evidently kilotvS) a thing to two about, these things. Apart altogether from the object of the tournament (the South End Queen fund, whigh .benefited to the extent of £5), the idea was a good one and proved popular. The Park green was well lit with six lights, and no less than 14 rinks entered. Clubs represented were as follows: Park 5 rinks, Ashbury 3, Timaru 2, West End 2, Kia. Toa 2. Play was good on the whole, some good games being played, and the final between West End (G. Blackham, skip) and Timaru (G. Queree, skip) was an excellent exhibition of bowling. West End should have won according to their play in threeparts of the game, but the superior, tactics of Timaru turned the tables on their opponents. Blackham led nearly all the way, but a useful 6 that Queree secured in the 18th head made all the difference, and put Timaru 2 up on the board, and they eventually won by 4 points. Park are putting on a doubles tournament this week. Playing by electric light is no novelty in Christchurch, and Sumner clubs often indulge in it.

LADIES’ BOWLING CLUB. There has been a little talk lately concerning the formation of a ladies’ bowling, club in Timaru, and it seems a really good idea. It is only necessary for someone to take the first step; there are possibly many ladies who would take the game on, and once some of them are interested in the project, a club would soon be ail accomplished fact. We are all very glad to have the assistance of our lady friends, to dispense afternoon tea, arrange gala days, etc., and we should be prepared to allow tlio ladies some time on the green. Few of the greens are full up during the afternoons of the week, and Saturday (for town clubs) is the only day on which'the greens are fully occupied. Half a green, for say three days a week, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., would do for-a start. A most successful ladies’ tournament—rinks and doubles—has just been completed in Dunedin. The play opened with the rinks, for which there were 18 entries, divided into three sections. Sections A and B played on the Otago green and Section C on the St. Kilda green, both playing areas being in good condition, but a'trifle on the heavy side. The entries were confined to tho Dunedin clubs, with the exception of two rinks from Balclutha. The following clubs were represented': l Dunedin, North East Valley, Anderson’s Bay, Balclutha, Otago, Mornington, and St. Kilda. Some very fine play was witnessed, and the finals in both competitions were won by St. Kilda; North East Valley being runnerup in each event. The final game in the rinks was fairly even, St. Kilda loading practically all the way. In the doubles St. Kilda had a very substantial victory, their play being of ai high order. Tho final of the Exhibition rinks resulted as follows :—Mrs McDermott, Mrs Falclc. Mrs Walker. Mrs Edwards (s), St. Kilda, 18, beat Mrs Ansell, Mrs Campbell, Mrs Rigby, Miss M. Gray (s), N.E. Valley, 14.

The final of the Exhibition doubles was as follows: —Mrs Summerhill and Mrs Adess (s), St. Kilda, 27, beat Mrs Hutchison and Mrs' Lawson (s), N.B. Valley, 12. The names of these ladies will go down in bowling history as the finalists of the first ladies’ bowling tournament held in the Dominion.

I hope that one result of these notes will be that someone will take the matter up, and I hope the Centre will discuss the matter at an early meeting.

S.C.B.C. SHIELD COMPETITION. The final of the Shield competition was played on the Kia Toa green, between Timaru A, winners of the A section, and AVaimate, winners of the B section, and resulted in a substantial win for the country club by 38 points. AVaimate won in three rinks and lost in one rink. E. S. Home, Timaru, beat Laing, AVaimate, 19—17. AVaimate scored on the first two heads, Timaru scoring on the successive 7 heads. On the remaining heads Home scored on 3, and Laing on 9. The latter made a strong bid for victory, but was unable to make up the leeway. C. S. Fraser lost to G. Collett, 19—23, the former making a big recovery after the first few heads. . Although Timaru' scored on 10 heads and AA’aimate on 11, the latter had a big majority up to the 14th head, and Fraser was fortunate in losing by only 4 points. Shrimpton lost to Grainger, 8—29: the latter scored on 15 heads and led all the way. For once the Timaru skip seemed off his game. May lost to Sage 8—23, the latter scoring' on 14 heads. Tlie total scopes at the 14th head was Timaru 37, AVaimate 61, and at the 21st head Timaru 54, AVaimate 92.

BKISTOL CUP. The sixth game for possession of the Bristol Cup, played on the Temuka green last Saturday, resulted in another win for Temuka, who beat the challengers (Kia Toa) by 19 points. The game was well contested throughout, and on the 14th head Kia Toa had a small lead, but they were unable tc keep it, and Temuka gradually, not only made up the leeway, but managed to run out victors. Each club had .4 rink wins. McCa'llum (Temuka) beat AVilson (Kia Toa) by 7 points, 26—19; Mcl'nnes beat Fraser by 7 points, 22 — 15; Fraser beat Young by 10 points, 22 —12; Smith beat Hadlee by 22 points, 35 —13; T. Harvey lost to Hal! by 1 point, 14—15; Edwards lost to Souter by 4 points, 18—22; Carpenter lost to Keen by 15 points, 9 —24; and McLeod lost to Hawkey by 8 points, 14—22. This is Temuka’s fourth consecutive win. The next match will bo played between Temuka and AVest End. BRITISH BOAVLERS. Dir J. J. Roberts, of the AVellington Club, composed the following versos, in which he introduces the names of the British bowlers; it was sung to the tune of ‘‘Como to the Eair” : 01 Scots there are twenty; from Glasgow conic seven — Heigh, ho! Come on the Green; There’s a Stephen, a Baird, and a Thomas Mickel, AVee Jamsic from Bathgate, good stories to tell— So it’s come, then, Jamsio, my man, On the green, in your pride in the morning; You’ve “Mair” time for play, it’s your birthday to-day— Heigh, ho! Come on the Green. Now, Morrison, Bodie, Lawson, and Inglis Heigh, ho! Come on the Green. By bringing your wives, see tlio good things you miss—Heigh, ho! Come on the Green. Which Bryson and Fleming and others did find ‘Miorilaud’s lassies arc loving and kind—

So it’s come, then, Hunter, just man, On the green in the pride of the

morning. Your judgingrtif rugs, George, was just . the just thing— Heigh, hoi Come on the Sreen. And till Father Time claims tliei throw . of the jack— Heigh, ho! Como on the Green. We hope to this country you’ll always Como back—lleigli, ho! Como on tho Green. To meet all your old friends whose friendship is dear, And to make many new, as you’ve done this year— So it’s c«.ic, then, Wright, and your

men, Back with Husband and Thomas aiid Millar—“Farewell,” not “Good-bye,” let’s all . merrily sing— Heigh, ho! Come on the Green.