BOWLS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 235, 28 June 1919, Page 7

BOWLS

LYALL BAT CLUB'S ANNUAL . 'MEETING: " •

The Lyal! Bay Bowling and Tennis Club, Ltd., held its annual general meeting, at the club pavilion', Lyall Bay, on Thursday evening,' there being a fair at- ' tendance''of .Wmbers,' ; • Mr. R.'M'Kenzie pi-esuied at-the'gath-ering, and in'presenting the-directors' report for the season' 1918-19; 'congratulated' the club "oii'having had'a successful . s&ason. The various-club ■ competitions had not received, the same support horn ■'members as in former-years, .the-enfries lieihg.less than usual. 'The results woro as follow: Senior Singles: Mr. A. Eaven; Junior Singles,' Mi*. W." J. Newcombe'; Pairs: Messrs. A. M. ■!<. Ward and C. E. Tyrrell. llinks ' had not' been played during fhe season.. ..Messrs. Newcombeand J. Dillon won tho "Stansell Feathers," also the "Tonfcs. Diamonds." In the champion of champion matches, the. cjub was well represented, Mr. A. Eaven being runner-up, inv.the '• singles, and Messrs. Ward and Tyrrell reaching . similar in. the.pairs. The club's, .representatives' ; in! the. chaikpionrinks i-.were Messrs,-W*a.r,d,. Gilbert, .Martin, and ,A. !Ra.ven-'(s.).' :j.' - -'. . ;' ; • ;

.The-..annual -tournament of the . club was held in January, twenty-two. rinks from the various clubs taking part. The winning rink was one from the Victoria Ciub. Messrs. Thornley, Tucker, Bolton; and Laws ($.). : The annual competition for: the "Stansoll : Shield" between the Hataitai, Seatomi, and .the Lyall Bay Hubs resulted, in a win for Hie Hataitai Oinb. who secured'(he shield, held by the Lyall Bay Chib.i the previous, year: 'During the season three.links journeyed to Otnki, and later the club was . favoured with a'visit .from the.Qtaki members.

The finances of the\club were reported to be in an exce!lent\positiop,' the bal-ance-sheet for the year's working showing a credit balance of ~£6O .17s. 1d.,; which was the means, of wiping off the overdraft and shotting 1 a credit balance at thn bank .of 2s. id. '

The report showed that tho tennis section'had. suffered, to a greater '.'extent than the Bowling Club, through tho calling np of our young meif to defend the Empire, but now that the war has ended it was believed and hoped that, with ex-members returning from tho war the, membership .would reach the limit and capacity of the courts. The club had entered' teams for the Wellington Lawn Tennis Association's' competitions;- •. The ladies' teams won two games and lost two. ' The men's competition did not take place owing to" lack of entries. The outstanding'event of the year was the visit of the Terrace End" (Palmerston North t Club at Easter, the victory resting with the Lyall Bay Club by 25 sets to 9. The winners of'tho usual Yankee tourney' wore Miss'Skill'and Air. Cuiiliffe.

Tho action .of .the directors in again piacing the''smalt., green at tho disposal of the ladies as 'a oroquet lav--n had been amply justified, and an even more successful season was anticipated., the Croquet Club being a source of pleasure to members', wives- and their friends. '

The-membership of tho dub.was reported to be os .follows :y-Bowling, active 62, honorary 10—72;• teun'is 13, and croquet 23. -a total membership of 13b.

~' After discussing the report and balancesheet, aud prior to proceeding with the ;. election of officers,• the' president «n----nounced. that .in view of a diversity of opinion on the .matter he- had decided' to rulo that the method of procedure and : election of officers should be conducted nil the lines of-former years. Eventual- , lv it was intimated that an.extraordin- . ary general meeting would' be convened to consider the matter, also with the view of revising the rules of the club. This, it was hoped, would bring finality to a matter about which there 'was said to .be considerable feeling. '• .The,election of officers for tho ensuing season! resulted -as follows:—President, Mr. A. Bavcn; lion, secretary, Mr. "VY. H. Morrah; lion.', treasurer,.. Mr. .T. Pears; hon. auditor, Mr. .T.- 13. I'cid; match committee. Messrs. 13. C.Dallison, C. E. ■Tyrrell, and J. 'Dillon; entertainment committee. Messrs. A. liaven, J{. M'Kenssie. E. C. Ballison, W. ,T. Newcombe, ,1. JI. .Kydeiyanrl ]?,. D. .Toll nstone: delegates to,. Bowling Centre, J|r. If. Morrah. The following are the directors for the ensuing terra :-Me.«rs. Ti'orrah,.,' Kvder, ■Dallison, M'lvenzie, A. Haven, Pears . and Martin. • ' " '

ftegret was expressed that Mf. B. T -Martin, who hurt held the position of bun secretary for the past three years, hail intimated .his desire to he relieved of the office. An .appreciation and thanks of the club was placed on record, and the retiring. president, IJr. T{. M'ffenzie, on behalf of the club, made-Mr. Martin a presentation as. a'tangible-'token of the club's esteem and appreciation of his untiring efforts..