BOWLING TOURNEY.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1018, 6 January 1911, Page 7

BOWLING TOURNEY.

THE CHAMPIONSHIP. WON BY ICELBURNE PLAYERS. Tho tournament of the Wellington Bowling Centre ' concluded yesterday afternoon, when' the Kelburne rink, skippsd by / Williamson, received tho champioiisliip, beating Webb's team (Wellington) by 23 to 16. The game, which was played on the Wellington green, was r.'atched by a large number of bowlers and their 'friends. Williamson played a brilliant 'game, and completely ontgeuernlled Webb. H. F. Allen, tho leader of tho Wellington rink, played a good game, and Veitch also played very well, but Thompson was not up to his usual form. Oil- tho winning side the pla.V of M'Coli (second) was particularly .noticeable. He has tho makings of a brilliant skip in the future. Tho other members of tho champion riulc were Hamerton (leader) and Duguid. Webb missed several chances to score, notably iii tho nineteenth head, where he should have got in a 6. Had he done'so, it would have put his rink ahead of their opponents. Mr. E. J. Hill, delegate -to the ccntre (in tho absence of . tho president, Ml'. "W» J. Htiestoil), presented the oak championship shield to Williamson, and' Captain' Gisborne's trophy (a handsome rose bowl) to. Webb, as the skip of the' rmk which •' secured. the highest aggregate. Both players suitably responded. Eulogistic references wero mado by all the. speakers 'to the able manner in which tho tourney had been organised and conducted by the secretary, and the admirable methods employed by him. Mr. Churchward fitly acknowledged these' compliments. Cheers were given for Williamson, Webb,' and the secretary.

•NORTHERN BOWLING TOURNA- ■' ME NT. CONSTITUTION QUESTION. The tournament of the Northern Bowling Association will commence on Monday at Auckland. The competitors will include two Wellington rinks—one skipped by. Ballinger, and tho other 'consisting of King, Voitch, Thompson, and. Webb (s.). .Other bowlefs going from- Wellington are Colonel Collins, ex-president of the association; Mr. A. J. Keith, vice-presi-dent; and Mr. J. Roberts, acting-secre-tary. The question .of the constitution of. tho association is, to bo revived, .and the discussion is being looked forward to with a great deal of interest.

: 400 PLAYERS TO COMPETE. - (By- Teleuraph—Spccia-l Correspondent.) -.Auckland, January 5. ' The bowling meeting which will open in Auckland on Monday next should eciipso all previous tournaments .held undtr' tho auspioes of tho Northern Bowling .Association. No fewer than 43 North Island bowling clubs will be represented in -the Pennant match, while forty, clubs will hare representatives doing .battle for them in the pairs competition; From every quarter of tho island'brethren of the wood are foregathering to Auckland this week, while a team is jourueynig from as far- distant as Westport to participate. . In the full rink match there will be 98 teams competing, divided into twelve eections of eight teams and one of ten. The • Auckland, Carlton,. Devonport, Remuera, Ponsonby, : Epsom, and OttEhunga'groens have been commissioned for the. section play in the Pennant competition. • , The pairs match, which is to start on the Thursday, will be divided into'-24 sections, each section comprising 6ix pairs, which means that, 288 players will be trundling bowls during, the pro-' gress of this competition. - The champion pairs match-will occupy ten greens, Grey Lynn, Mount Eden, and Rocky Noolf, in addition! to those previously mentioned. . In tho course oMhe touj:nament,-over. 400 bowlers will be competing, the club with the biggest number of full rinks entered being Moun,t Eden, with seven, while Gisfcorne:-ah'd ©msnjiby have each entered five teams in the big. match. . Advantage, is to bo taken of so widely representative a gathering,of-.bowlers to obtain the opinions of the various clubs through their delegates on the burning question of the proposed . change in tho constitution and rules of tho Northern Bdwling Association, and, the trend of opinion at the conference will, without doubt, exercise a fateful influence on the ultimate issue. AUSTRALIAN'TOURNAMENT. •... By TclcgrapU—Press Association—Copyric'at. Adelaide, January 5. In the second match in tho bowling tournament South Australia defeated I\cw South Wales by 96 to 7".