ANNUAL MEETING OF WANGANUI BOWLING CLUB

Wanganui Chronicle, 25 July 1949, Page 6

ANNUAL MEETING OF WANGANUI BOWLING CLUB

The spirit of democracy is largely in evidence at every annual meeting of the Wanganui Bowling Club, and that held on Saturday was no exception. There wer e ballots to find a committee of nine and a match committee of three. In one ballot three tied for last place and the issue was decided by draw.

Mr. O. Hales, the retiring president, presided and welcomed the members attending. The meeting stood in silenc e as a mark of respect to the memories of members whose deaths had occurred since the last annual meeting—Messrs. A. P. London, S. T. Pritchard, W. H. Hart and Dr. Harty. The report and balance-sheet, as circulated to members, was adopted. Mr. Hales announced his intention of relinquishing office, and high tributes were paid to him for his zeal as president and for the amount of (work he had done for the club and jthe Centre in making various name 'holders, receptacles for pegs and other (similar forms of handwork about the pavilion and the green. Mr. L. C. Young, who has been vicepresident during the past two years, was elected president unopposed, and G. N. Boulton was elected unopposed as vice-president. Other officers elected were: Honorary treasurer, Mr. J. A. Gilmour; committee, Messrs. J. H. Bretherton, L. G. Walker, J. Patterson, A. Glengarry, A. Hendry, J. C. Austin, J. Hammond, W. Harris and F. Williamson; Match committee, Messrs A. Glengarry, G. N. Boulton and L. C. Young; representatives on the Wanganui Bowling Centre, Messrs. A. Glengarry, L. C. Young and L. G. Walker; honorary auditors, Messrs. F. A. Barclay and J. A. Aylmer. The position of honorary secretary was held over for the committee to deal with, Mr. A. B. Gilmour notifying that he would not be able to continue through the season. He would hold the position temporarily until an appointment was made. Mr. N. Johnston, as club coach, suggested classes for beginners to be held between September and the opening of the season, mainly to teach grip, stance and delivery of the bowl. In a letter he said that it wos desirable that before a bowler came out to play he should have had the benefit of some tuition. Classes would help in that direction. Any bowler, if he thought he could gain from such classes, would be eligible to attend. The meeting thought the suggestion a good one and it was referred to the committee with a recommendation that it be put into effect. An effort by Mr. Glengarry to have the annual meeting held at night instead of on a Saturday afternoon was overwhelmingly defeated on the voices. Mr. Young, in reply to a question, said that the idea of having a uniform Centre blazer, with each club's identity marked in a pocket monogram, had not been gone on with. On the motion of Mr. E. Cox, a special tribute was paid to the greens supervisor, Mr. W. J. Stone, who did not seek re-election on the committee. The meeting unanimously endorsed the views expressed by Mr. Cox. A similar motion in tribute to the work of Mr. Hales received like support. Both briefly replied. The question of more inter-club play was raised by Mr. Bretherton, who said that the standard of play in the club and Wanganui generally would be improved if more inter-club matches were played, as was done in other centres. Messrs. Lee and Boul;ton spoke in favour of the matter, which was referred to the executive ;to tak e up with the Wanganui Centre.