BOWLING NOTES

Waikato Times, Volume 92, Issue 14254, 3 January 1920, Page 7

BOWLING NOTES

(By “Toucher.”) Bowlergrams. Be up. Keep cool. Find your way carefully. Always keep your eye well on your game. > A good skipper will never lose his lerupcr. Success at bowls comes by concen- 1 trated thought on the game before you. The don’t care player never succeeds j at bowls; he must care and think. j South Auckland Tournament. Within a brief period the closing week of the present month to be precise, the South Auckland Tournament will be in full swing on the three local .greens. It is anticipated that the entry of rinks will be large and cover a wide area. The executive is now getting arrangements in train for the mapping out of the tournament, hut following the closing of entries will be the time when the heavy share of work in this connection will be entered upon. Mr W. V’. n.'llicar has been appointed the tournament secretary. The dates of play ~ui) January 27, 28 and 29. The junior championship, which was inaugurated 'last year na:i proved such a success, will again find a place on tne \programme for the coming festival. Presentations at Hamilton. The smootli running of a club and the utmost enjoyment of a bowling season to members individually and collectively pivot very materially on the efforts of the officer at the head of the bowling ship. In its president and green superintendent, Mr M. Darke, the Hamilton Club has a competent and painstaking official whose aim and object lie in the club’s welfare, and Through that the comfort and consideration of its members. The excellent conditions that obtain on and off the green are a striking testimony to the president’s capabilities and a recompense in some measure too, it is felt, to Mr Darke for. the many hours of gratuitous labour he has accorded so that the club may be the acme of perfection which he always aims at and, what is more to the point, attains. To in some measure show recognition of his work was (the concern of a Christmas Day gatherling of members on the green, when Mr VL E. Manning, on their behalf, presentfed Mr Darke with a case of five pipes and cigar-holder and extended to the Recipient the general high appreciation of members towards him. The salvo of cheering that followed was further intense endorsement of the speaker’s remarks and the deeply cordial feelings that they conveyed. Two other pleasing little functions took place on the same occasion, of a 'cheque for a substantial amount to m'ark the faithful services to the club of the green-keeper, Mr R. Darke, and further, a presentation to Mrs Bennett, whose supervision and general attention towards the afternoon tea arrangements on the numerous play-days on the club’s green have assured that everything is replete in this very important department of the bowler’s enjoyment. It was, indeed, a thoughtful action by the Hamilton members to in this manner show their appreciation towards those who have clone so much for the club in particular and in the interests of the bowling pastime, in the broader sense. Jottings. Loveridge, C. M. Brown and J. Prickett comprised the rink- representatives of the Frankton Club at the Te AToha tournament. The seventh annual champion bowling tournament under the control of the Dominion Association will comChristchurch on January Bth. The entries total 221 in the pairs, 126 in the rinks, and 184 in the singles. The two tournament rinks from Hamilton, skipped by Bell and Pilkington, have been contesting for the honours at Te Aroha’s New Year’s bowling festival, which opened on Thursday. The club’s singles competition on the Hamilton green has now reached the \flnal stage. Wylie and Andrews are \ihe pair who have come successfully | through the eliminating tests, and are to meet to decide who shall hold the season’s honours.