BOWLS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 221, 11 June 1908, Page 9

BOWLS.

THE NORTHERN BOWLING;. ASSOCIA- . ! " ' v " V \ TION;J!r^ ;

A meeting of the Bowling Association was !i llcld- at tiio.-V, nl lington Club's pavilion on Tuesday evening, Colonel Collins presiding. Thf ; Eastbourne Club was admitted to ■ membership. Mr. J. ©.• Avery is the delegate. le®he.i»sienation of the Auckland and Mount Eden Clubs \.,ua received and accepted with'-regret.' - It was decided • that ! tlf6'' ehftmnion fours tournament, 1909, bo held at Napier. It was decided that at future' mencing with that of 1910, ;, ilio] r isaivsoand' singles competitions-. be^filSyo'd. lTt'!. r fe&cliions i during the time 'that, tht* tions aro being held. (This ■is ftt'ho c in substitution for tho " sudden -death systeny under which pairs and singles arb'-'now . . • .vc The council considered _a number of lutions'' passed 'at.'the b'd'wlerS' held at Sydney. As to t ; ii'B/^r6poS!fl : '.tliat'ifi" All inter-state inter-colonial 'inatolieSj' pil'rtl'of both feet must bo on tlio matP tfheiv-deliftif-" ing a bowl, tlio meeting decido.cj U> adhere to the "one foot on the in.it'" !, l ,, iilft :), Tl# proposal " that tho. minhmrm length:-.-jack l ' is thrown, bo. 66 feet," lines as the assooiation l &'iriile,-;Avasi:agreedi to.' It was docided to ; agrejKito>t>hf) proposal' that in all inter-stato .iivarithf' interi-colonial: eames, the length of green bo not-lcsSvthati= 110 feot, and iiot more tlianwl2flifest,'«i'aiifl to 'the proposal that all'/bowlsjthftt delist-' pass 20 feet from, the nuit)liiiG l>c removed from tho green.. ' ;; 4 .v.T;-.!k?. ;n:;: r Other proposals adopted . 'that'''''thefront end of the mat sha]r' , be ! at;.)east from the ditch, and that a ; bowL'6r ; jaok;dfiveji over the ditch is dead. Tho council'refused to agree to the proposal that a toucher plif/ side 'of rink- or in rjfik'fVo' alive, and' further' decidqd.; ; t,lfat see its way to change the-srondSjß'of J fefa£ e ?. ■ It was decided, to •ituflJhliaij. players who are "coming'b^ef^tbrb;iqxit L ;Jani'' : naiy. to play, a series r pX patches m : ;the North' Island. . ' A committee, cnnsistmg ? 'of '^Messrs.. 1 M'Lean, J. C.ridge, and A; Veitch, wis ;£jjtftinj';tb'' report' on a composition bQwdj was submitted by . ' ' THE THORXDOX-'CLUB.=*'-'•••:

- V 'ANNUAL REPORT.'; ■' The thirteenth annual report; of-the. Thorii : :don. Bowling Club states' has been made, and that' th'dfolnb occupies:# 'position w'hich • must. be ? regarded • as v frery : satisfactory.. . . , ,r,!'l'. k

The balance-sheet shows'" a^Wrplus-dn : ''t!i6 : year's working of £79 145. ,, 9d.^ ! 'l T li6':eSpehdii' turo on tho'new green, htiwevef j'jlias, to-be 'taken-into' account. ThG'-j:tot ; al i: oxpehdfture' under that heading was £GSI 6s'. : 3d.,' : agaiifst which has.to be put. the siliii;of £S2o'!'raispd by debentures, thus loaving a,'';riet overdraft at the end of the year of : -£73?s"; : 8j. : C! 1 {'Naturally, the chief conconf'of tors during the period undoE'rßvic;,V lias beeii' tho formation of the neW^'green.!.! tho year tlio secured" a! : 'lba|"D\of;t%! land adjoining tho old green, lying, between Grant Road and Tinakori'Road: r fiter.some negotiations with the 'lps&of gopdwill.bf; the lease was- secured ifor' tliei r ! sum M of '£jtQO,' being a reduction ' of £150 .on' : tlfd;.',origiiial. option! With as .little, ''dbla'y' ;!fs contracts were' let for. tliowork", at'' present accomplished in tion.of the green, with .tlio!, jlmt !.at' tho present moment 'thb' .;.been. converted from 'an. unattractivo waste,,whose chief, features wore scraggy Jbrefes hollows, into, a well-laid „oilt"/lavrn 3 '.. oh" ivliuclr the grass is already -.thickly,"'rsui'r rounded by affpfding! plenty of room for players w 'and'<spijp.tlUdra.i alike. The attainment. of. .-tb,iar objpet j]i?,s ' necessitated a largo amoiint!,-pf wp.i;\!pnxt.hepart of tho . directors','.w^;',4ro~rewatdea:;fpV their endeavours by tho fcjct!,tliat ■the result so far is .decidedly oncpur.aging, : .and',.that, thoro is every of;; tli6];ixew£grpen' being in good playing o^Mjiyjicxt'season.' Much, however, rcniams r tfl"bo"dovic, and tho work for tho coming year,!,will ,npcpsoitato a largo amount :ofv attentioii"ou'thb :, p'iir't of those to whom is entrusted - tho management of the club's affairs..^ r Therp, s,till quires to bo carried out tlice- turfing' banks, tlio asphalting of i( tho .j>athg, .thp-pro-vifjin of a means of coinnuimcVitjon^e|ween ; jth'o old and the .'now ' amount of fencing and exti^^pVi{tp'',!tlip o nav-! illion.' '.With the has taken placo, and'wh;ch! anticipated will bo' even nlorb pronounced, next season, increased BaKiJfe>%.aS?Slß. , )Wdarf tion is rendered neccssary w and,;tho.j'ucomiiig board will .need to coiisii&r-jthpp.roquiremclits of tlio club in that resp^t.-jat;an,early date. At the end of tho'season tfeTtptal. number of members on the roll wi\jji?{l.-.;; That represents an increase of twenty-as ooniparbd with tho figures ' for tho corresponding/, period of, tho previous year, but provision of. tho new green a muph .'larger may be looked for. . :;/..'nit is,-!*'

The past season was -eharac.terjsftd. iby;;along spoil of very fino.„->v.eatlieKiflr''lweli;rc-'suited *in an average' i probably unprecedented of! the! club. It is, therefore,, pleasant;toiibesablo: to record that tho grceiv, stootLjtlifi-i.conse-.! quenfc wear and tear, in al'lnailneK that..fully warranted tho expendittire-'incurred.-'dmit.-.iit. the end of tho previous thorefforts that were mado ; to 'cpnsßrv.tCjit'.'.thraiiglii/tho.'i long months during whick:ifc'.w!as::S;_iibjo.Bt to: such a severe strain. Thffl'isrovision).6fV t)id! new green will, however, .enab'iootheiin'miimg board to givo the old green'' Wip rostviyhioh. it" well deserves. Even so, th&djr'fcctor's are Jaksing all tho nccessary oMStiw green being in good playing'"' Sfdoi-jf-bjo the" commencement of the ilcxt SiSasolij' aird'iherc is every reason to anticipatfc' tli&t ''t'llWigrcfen'' which has done such good soryice in the past • will provide tlio means in the future. !.• . \

Tho directors, on behalf (l«siro to thanl: tho various city jiMl ( sidjurban'-cjilbs; for tho: consideration sliouHPto Club during tho season. .The inflffx-'tifiieV members, brought about;, toincrease tlio green accommodation,- resulted'-' in a temporary congestion;, and. iirn spirit of pleasant comradeship other on many occasions materially aidetl 'in:''rt;libving the strain on the accommodation?' When the new green is opened the Thorndon-._§juty;',wiU. be able to pay its dobt.in this ,rfe^dct' I 'tnth 1 interest. ' . , , All the directors (Messrs-.-W. F.-Barraud;" G. T. Mason, J. C. SI 'Kwrrow, 1 0. Hv : Mit--ford, CI. K. Loigliton, R v Kv H&Ves3i'id"3t.'. W. Shallcrass), retire, and, with lion of Messrs. Harraud and Mitford, are eligible for ro-electioru ■