BOWLING.

Thames Star, Volume LXI, Issue 16781, 27 January 1927, Page 5

BOWLING.

SOUTH AUCKLAND ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING. MR S. JAMES ELECTED PRESIDENT The annual meeting of the South Auckland • Bowling Association took place at the Fire Brigade Hall last evening, Mr J. Pratt presiding. The following clubs were represented as folows:— Cambridge (Messrs Lundon and Butler) ; Claudelands (Mr Anderson); Hamilton East (Messrs Prickett and Horton); Te Puke (Mr Montgomery); Te Kuiti (Messrs Brown and Henderson) ; Te Awamutu (Messrs Dunkley and Bowden); Te Aroha (Mr Hedge); Thames (Messrs Smith and Mackay); Waihi, (Messrs Farrell and McDermott) ; Paeroa (Messrs Towers and Williams).

* Before the business of the meeting commenced, Mr Montgomery (Te Puke) wished to know if proxies would be allowed at the meeting, and to test the feeling of the meeting, moved that proxies be accepted.

Mr Brown (Te Kuiti) seconded the proposition.

The chairman ruled that the motion was out of order, and brought up at the wrong time, and he declined to accept the motion.

After the minutes, report and bal-ance-sheet had been adopted, the meeting, on the motion of Mr Montgomery, passed a vote of -thanks to the chairman, secretary and the executive committee for the good work performed during the year. The election of officers for the ensuing year resulted as follows: President, Mr S. James; vice-presi-dent, Mr D. C. Anderson; Committee, Messrs J. Pratt, W. M. Horton, J. Prickett, J. A. Clothier, A. Montgomery, G. Frost, and D. Mackay; Treasurer, Mr H. J. Wernham; Auditor, Mr C. Speight.

Voting by Proxy.

The question of allowing clubs unable to send delegates being allowed to vote by proxy, was evidently a contentious one by many of the delegates, and, in order .to settle this matter, the following notice of motion was given by Mr Lundon (Cambridge): —“That every club affiliated with the South Auckland Centre shall have the right to appoint and send delegates, or, if unable to do so shall have the right to vote by proxy, such proxy to be lodged with the secretary 48 hours before the meeting.”

There was also one from Mr Montgomery (Te Puke), as follows:—“That the executive committee be not allowed a separate vote at any meeting, or at the annual meeting.”

Bowl-Testing.

Mr Horton brought before the meeting the matter of bowl-testing. Mr Smith, of Hamilton, the official tester, had now the testing-green ir) perfect order, and Mr Horton would like to see all delegates bying this important matter under the notice of their club members, so that they could take advantage of the opportunity to have their bowls tested.

Next Tournament.

The chairman, Mr James, reminded the meeting that at a previous meeting of delegates, the rotary system of holding tournaments had been abandoned by rescinding a former resolution, and it was left to this meeting to decide the most suitable place and time for holding the tournament. Previous to the rotary system coming into force, the tournament was centralised at Hamilton. The annual tournament for some yeaVs now had not been a success financially, and he could not understand why the members of the Association did not support their an-: nual fixture better than they did. The entries received for the present tournament were most disappointing, and, failing better support being recorded, he almost favoured scrapping the tournament. The executive were desirous of ascertaining the most suitable place and time for putting on the tournament for the benefit of the Association, and the convenience of .the members of the affiliated clubs.

Mr Mackay moved, and Mr Pickett seconded, that the annual tournament be centralised at Cambridge. Mr Lundon (Cambridge) announced that while the Cambridge Club was not seeking it, they would accept the offer to hold the tournament there. Mr Horton (Hamilton East) said he would have no objection to the tournament being held at Cambridge, providing it was not held at Christmas time. If this was arranged, it meant Cambridge would have ,a tournament at Christmas and one at • Easter, and it would interfere with the Hamilton Club’s annual fixture. Mr Anderson (Hamilton) spoke-' in favour of Hamilton, maintaining that they had the accommodation, and it was most central. Mr Horton moved as an amendment that the tournament be held at Hamilton late in January. This was-seconded by Mr McDermott (Waihi). After some further discussion, Mr Mackay agreed to withdraw his motion, provided the next tournament be held at Hamilton to see if it would be better patronised, and the matter be then reviewed. Mr Horton’s motion was altered to this form, and adopted. The meeting closed with votes of thanks to the outgoing president and executive committee, the Fire Brigade for the use of the room, and the Press.

THE TOURNAMENT. RESULTS TO DATE. The South'Auckland bowling tournament was continued yesterday and today at the Thames greens, in fine weather. The following are the results of the play up to the time of going to press: “A” Section —Second Round. Adamson 18, beat Pivac 17; Horton 19, beat Smith 18; Mclnnis 27, beat Winder 15; Lamb 21, beat Heathcote 12. Third Round. Smith 23, beat Adamson 21; Pivac 35, beat Horton 12; Mclnnis 18, beat Heathcote 12; Lamb 21, beat Winder 13. “B” Section—Second Round. Barker 28, beat Buchan 21; Mackay 25, beat Cameron 5; Lewis 19, beat McDermott 9; Griffiths 30, beat Wil-

liams. Third Round. McDermott 30, beat Buchan 4; Bar- • ker 23, beat Williams 22; Griffiths 22,. '*. beat Mackay 20; .Lewis 25, beat Cameron 14. “A” Section—Fourth Round. Adamson 25, beat Mclnnis 12; Horton 25, beat Winder 23; Heathcote 32, beat Pivac 15; Smith 22, beat Lamb 17. Summary.—Adamson, 2 wins 2 losses; Horton, t 3 wins 1 loss; Pivac, 2 wins 2 losses; Smith, 2 wins 2 losses; Mclnnis, 2 wins 2 losses; Lamb, 3 wins 1 loss; Winder, 4 losses; Heathcote, 2 ' wins 2 losses.

“B" Section—Fourth Round.

Cameron 2G, beat Buchan 24; Barker 18, beat Mackay 17; McDermott 25, beat Griffiths 9; Lewis 20, beat Williams 18.

Summary.—Buchan, 4 losses; Barker, 3 wins 1 loss; Mackay, 2 wins 2 losses: Cameron, 2 wins 2 losses; McDermott, 3 wins 1 loss; Lewis, 4 wins; Williams, 4 losses; Griffiths. 2 wins 2 losses. Notes on the Play. The annual fixture of the South Auckland Centre opened yesterday under most favourable auspices. The weather was perfect, and the greens were in fine playing order. In the opening round it was soon evident that those teams whose clubs have keen greens, were the first to find the gTeen, and in consequence secured an advantage, as the local green are playing very well.

Lewis (Cambridge) had quite a pronounced victory over Griffiths (Te Kuiti) in his first match, the former showing great combination. The feature of the second round in Section B was the sensational win by Mackay from Cameron. The latter is considered to have a strong team, but Mackay’s team, to use a racing expression, “simply made hacks of them” when they met yesterday afternoon, and the game finished on the nineteenth with Cameron only registei’ing 5 to Mackay’s 25. ,

In the second round in their section, Adamson and Pivac had a most inter-, esting contest. Pivac’s team was the first to get the weight, and for the first seven heads registered 13 against Adamson’s 1. Adamson then began to score, and by one’s, two’s and three’s gradually caught his opponent until the twentieth head found the scores even, and on the final head Adamson secured a one-point win.