Bowling

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16584, 17 November 1921, Page 3

Bowling

NEWS FROM THE GREENS

I fie bowlers’ prayer—“ May the ! heavens cease to weep.” *o* | At the beginning of the week, the 1 weather was ideal, last night aiiolhei' j instalment of rain came, and the. ques- : tion now to i>p> asked is : Will it be fine [ for Saturday? J Really, the weather problem is be- > coming too ser-ous. If it should rain ! and bo done ,villi no one could reasoni ably grumble, hut these continual irriI tat in. g sno-wers which arc “ so good lor i tlio country,” are exasperating. And j fobring on Carnival Week, it is just too bad. Nexfc Saturday wi 11 see the Centro competitions resumed after the Carnival holiday. Tho fine weather experienced earlier in the week induced large numbers of players to assemble on the greens and get in a few hours’ play at tlie old game. Ihe club competitions are now* in full swing, but are. not far enough advanced to become exciting. Club secretaries are invited to send along notes 0,1 the matches for this column. Items ol interest are always welcomed. The Dominion of New Zealand Bowling Association's annual tournament will take place at Dunedin in January. The rink championship is held by the Karankahake Club, near Waihi ; tho singles are held by J. Brackenbridge, .inn. of the Newtown Club, and the pairs by Messrs NY. A. Grenfell and S. Potter, of the Wellington Club. Mr T. R. Procter, one time secretary ol ! St Clair Club, and who was translerred to Wellington two years or so ago. where he played for Victoria Club, has been shifted to Christchurch, and lias joined Christchurch Club*. He is as keen as ever on the game, and hopes to take part in the January tour--11 a merit.

Already many rinks are being got together for the Dominion tournament at Dunedin next January, and there is every indication that there will be a very largo entry from the various Christchurch clubs. At the Canterbury Club, Messrs Barnett, Aschmau, Red path and Benzie (s.) last year’s club champions, are practising for the tournament, and the winners of the Centre’s last Easter tournament. Messrs Shearman. Banks, Summers and Cox (s.) are also going to Dunedin. At least two or three other rinks will go to tlie tournament from this club. The shabby entrance to the Canterbury green, which existed, in the past, lias now disappeared. Tlie little street lias been at last properly laid down and metalled, and side channelling and asphalt paths pub in. giving the club a, much more attractive approach. Mr AT. F. Barnett, of the Canterbury Club, arrived back in Christchurch last Thursday, after liis tour of the Old Country with the New Zeabnid team. He is full of interesting anecdotes of the trip, and his “ yarns ” have been quite the most popular feature at the club’s green during the past few days. “Mat” saw the humorous side of things while he was away. He brought back with him a wonderful collection of badges from every club the team played against, and in addition he gathered a number of Canadian and Australian badges. His collection is easily the best obtained by any member of the party. A 1 n meeting of the. Dunedin Bowling Centre Inst week a sub-committee, consisting of Messrs Peters, Jacobsen, and Hanning was set up to consider arrangements and dates for games against Canterbury, Central Ot-ngsn, and Southland. Tt was resolved that three selectors he appointed. and Messrs Dunn, Wright, and Jacobsen were chosen. Tt was also resoFved that the revision of the rules governing interprovinc.ial matches be left in the hands of Messrs Hay, Jacobsen, Peters, and tho secretary. The annual inter-State match. New South Wales v. Victoria, has been set down for December 14, 15 and 10. one week prior to the commencement of the Australian Bowling Council’s carnival in Adelaide. If a tourist resort is becoming too popular, smother it with fees and charges seems to be tlie policy of the Tourist Department, writes “ Measurer.” in the Dunedin “Star.” 'I his is the way Queenstown is being treated, any wav. For years past tho number of people who patronise the hov ling green th«*rehas been increasing, and for years patif the charges have been increasing also, till at Inst a hump lias been given ;hom that threatens to be a total extinguisher. Fancy being charger! about 4s fid per pan to play n. rink game! Tho latest advicb is that the new scale of charges is to he postponed till mid-November about the time visitors begin to arrive in numbers - but the uew annual subscription fee of £3 3s is 1o come into force right off. Tt is up tn AVakatipu Club to lay down a green of its own. # The social part of the Canterbury (Tub’s activities is becoming increasingly popular with the members. the billiard room having the effect of bringing them together. It is now quite a common occurrence for upwards of twentv members to be seen at tlie. pavilion at nights, enjoying billiards and cards. Tlie Canterbury Club is the only city club which has a thoroughly equipped recreation room, complete with billiard room, for the use of members. The Canterbury Club has erected a fine honours board upon which are inscribed the names of the champions in the. various club competitions. This board wai subscribed for by the members of the club. Daylight Baring cam© lie fore • the last meeting of the centre, arising out of a communication from the Canterbury Rowing Association, a. body which has all along strongly urged the adoption of this principle. The Centre passed a. resolution in support of daylight saving as it is carried out in England, that is, to advance the clock one hour during the summer months, ft was noticeable, however, that some of the delegates did not seem very enthusiastic about tlie matter and it was a. pitv that no one present explained the immense advantage tlie adoption of th<' system has been, to England To those who have experienced the

benefits of daylight saving, there, seems to be no possible grounds for objection, not even on thei part of the farmers, and it is obvious that the opposition 10 the change in this country is due almost entirely to lack o T knowledge. The matter might well be included on the agenda, paper for the next Dominion Conference with. ihe. object of clearing up misconceptions and deciding on united action in favour of the system. November 25 is the last dale for allowing the rebate of 2d per member on flie levies payable to the Centre. Most of tho club secretaries are attending to the matter and paying up their dues, but a. lew appear to need a. little encouragement. The amount involved for each club i?? not large and secretaries should realise that delay in payment not only results in the loss of the rebate but causes the Centre secretary considerable trouble and correspondence. As evidence of the progress of the game in New' South NYaJes, in the year 1910-11 there were thirty-four clubs affiliated to the association; this year seventy-four clubs were attached, with a membership in the metropolitan area oJ 2300. and a total membership of 4000. It is expected that thirteen more clubs will shortly affiliate. THE HOM E TOF R . The interviews with the members of the New Zealand team that toured the Old Country which have appeared in the Press of the Dominion have done much to bring the popular game of bowls prominently before the public. But they have done more than that; they have resulted in much useful discussion among bowlers, and. many interesting points regarding the game have been brought to lighi. Each player interviewed has touched on the subject from a different angle, with the result, that we are always hearing something fresh about the tour, la most of the other forms in which Centres are located, the returned bowlers have been invited to attend meetings of the Centres and give an account of their experiences, but this has not yet been done in Christchurch. It ri. however, not too late to remedy this omission and it may bo hoped that before many weeks elapse, a meeting will be field in Christchurch, at which the returned bowlers will he accorded a proper welcome home and be able to tell their fellow bowlers something of the tour. )N hen the three representatives of the Canterbury Club left for the Ohl Country with the touring party it was decided to give them a welcome homo on their return. 'This decision has yet to lie carried out and “Observer” makes the suggestion that the function lie an open, one for all howlers, and also that the United Club be asked to join in with a welcome to Mr Brown. A combined welcome 011 these linens properly conducted. would l>e well supported and would attract a record attendance. Interest in tlie play on the Rangiora green is becoming keener as the evenings lengthen, but poor progress has been made with the rinks competition, only two games of sixteen heads having been played off. The games decided were Vincent, Rowe. Barton and Sharp (s) 19 v'. "Wilson, Wood. Marshall and Jennings (s) S; Cooper, Tohiuii. Hargreaves and Sinclair (s) 24. v. Bowse, Tweedie. Banks and Webber (s) 23. In the last mentioned game Sinclair on th© 15 head was Hire© down, hut he was lucky enough to put on four’ and score a win. In the other match on twelve heads out of the sixteen only singles were scored, the other four heads being a five. tw<> fours, and a two. A handicap doubles competition has. been programmed, but up to the present the entries are too lew to make a start. Apparently verv little interest will be taken in competition play until the championships commence on or about December 17.