BOWLS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 418, 29 January 1909, Page 7

BOWLS.

11 '7■>:';.".■ ': : i -f-'-^ -cV '•'■' i H y (% i.: Much interest among ibowlers centres intii« v- ■ Imeoting of tlio Wellington' Clu'b^to-be ■■on -M.onday,,cyeriing next, , when several mat-i'..- r -ters of moment.will be more-or less seriously- :.'■ "discussed,'::l ! he .nionagfiment ..of, .tpurnamenta'; ; : has bacn lriiCdo a live sUDJcct'of late,:, and a.go<id ■' !;■' .deal, of opinion/ one -wayi and; -anotherii has ", ;been oxpressed in, those' columns.. .One mat->i'i" ;ter-tihat.attention has been called'to .is.'the i: ■■: iieavyi.fi'nanoial demands.-msdo uponi members i;,:.. 'of clubs'in the cii;yi while the. Noi'tb.ern v -Bowl-:-, tournamprit is running, .arid , : -it' ■ : isi'-licld. : "by. some- : tJiat a much'.-.better- .; : Jsqlieine: could; be devised)' that would Operate -•: I •Bucoessfulljr. I•>y'ithout1•>y'ithout-any "diniiniitidn..:in\;.thei r ; 'full, measure of hospitality which .appears, : .tb ?":/."* : be.a'egarded fas essential ''~ ■'.ducted tiui'ney.:.:. The'.X.B.A.;.is ! to the'Jfore -■-.'■- a.'suggestion .to- the .'effect; that the: :en-.' tranoe fee. to\tlie annual tc:urna_nient be-in-;.'v '■■■■;- 'creased to •:12s;'' 6di.'::• As;-most' , of tiia erithu-' ( ;siastie;. ; 'to -play in' a ! jour- '•'' '.' iiiampnfc.make;.: it-'their; annual: holiday/the -.' : - iprioe. of 'perfect; -inidppraßenixJ.;wi.U;not:be'''Mn'i--'-;:.-'' ; sidered excfessiyej and should meeii with small \ :''-';~-'-<y:" : :-y>'y ■':'\'■''■. ■'.•':■-' ':\o ';'' Oyersh'adowmg;this/question.is,! th_e;''-.pne /-.- :which:' deals 'wilhi the: nomination of. rinlcs in ).■' : a tournament.' a-' can'.'pnly'-i.-/-'.: .Mnd.two!nnks/to;'a^tourna'meiiK ; ';:'-Ths!B ; mußt : '': : ; ..V .bd ;regardc'd-'.as ; a> j-estfiction.':;to those';.who ; ;'■ > 'consider, thetiisolves amongst, the -bost'.(and\.-; ;: . :"opeti "door" policy, on-the - lines ':-pf.-:'the .■■'■-.- southern tournaments has boon advocateS by'-:..- ; some Vellington bowlorSj it -is not palatable.■■ : -' : :■■ to .■ihe'.'KißiA./.which.: argues'that , it/makes' '.'' ■for'iiiiwieldinoss in-management (though that , ; 'does:'not':trouble?ffio: N;Z.B.A.).' As a"'c6m-' V prqmisei'it inight.bo a good idea to institute':. ■''.'. tho' centre. ■ -policy throughout ■ the ' North i-Islandy-leaving it;to.the.clubs : to select the ■ ■.! jbert'rrinks; for.; the.N^.A;.tournaments.! oh- : ."-v theirfoiTil iri ; theccntre tourneys. If s\ich,a'. ' ASchotaGjwere-.sdopted/the clubs of this.island '':' r could: all "fit iiv four': centres—Wellington, .'. East Coast (taking in Hawke's Bay and Pov- " erty'Bay), : West Coast (tekingin Wairarapa, ':' ■'■'] ManairatUj'-Wanganui, and, Taranaki),. and \ Anekland;? This, I believo. would pare : the • 'way ■to the amalgamation of every bowling > : ■■■ club in the; Dominion ;tinder'. one controlling ; bodyi and would cortainly lend an extra zest :;; to the centre tournamente throughout Now - ■ Zealand.-.v- y.f,.V: ■■,/;•'.• -.■■' -'■;:' /-i ! -"^ -•A; match for the Eoso memorial;badges was played'on tho. " : .■WdlingtoTi.. bowlmc Kreoa v yestctdav after-""''.■'■■'> noon. Messrs. G. , B. Dall and J." 0. Williamson against Messrs. D. Miller ■ arid P Wild '-'' ' The : .following'"is the : '•' ■ K3di:~Fmt ronnd: Wellington,:!): Wa- v - ngamu, 15. Second round: Wellington : 30> - , Wangamn, 26.'.) \, ':r~ -< ; : *r'r ■■'■