NAPIER BOWLING CLUB.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume X, Issue 24, 17 June 1893, Page 553

NAPIER BOWLING CLUB.

THE present number of the Graphic contains a photographic group of the Napier Bowling Club taken during an interval in the play on a recent occasion. The club now possesses one of the best and most commodious greens in the colony, there being in reality two greens, the largest of which is 120 by 110 feet, and the smaller one adjoining it 110 by 50 feet. Previous to the Wellington tournament of 1890, the Napier bowling gieen consisted of only three rinks, and the green itself was situated at a most inconvenient distance from the business portion of the city. After returning from that gathering, however, the Napier bowlers were convinced of the necessity of obtaining a larger ground, and arrangements were made with the Borough Council for the purchase of a piece of ground in a central position, which has since been converted into an admirable bowling green, surrounded on all sides by hop plants, creepers, and flowers of all descriptions. Although the green is only about four years old, the Northern Bowling Association tournament was held in Napier at Easter, 1892, and was a most pronounced success. The Napier Club was then in a position to place eleven rinks at the disposal of the Association for the tournament, which was attended by bowlers from Auckland, Wellington, Wanganui, Gisborne, New Plymouth, and Palmerston. At the present time the Club numbers over one hundred members.