SEATOUN BOWLING AND TENNIS CLUB

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 22, 21 October 1919, Page 2

SEATOUN BOWLING AND TENNIS CLUB

There was a Rood attendance of members anil visitors at the. grounds of !tha Sentoun Bowling, Tennis, and Croquet Club on Saturday, on the occasion of tlia official opening of the bowling nnd tennis courts. Mr. R. A. Wright, M.P., refvrrod to the'indebtedness, of. the club tn the assistance of the lady members in the oast.'.. Mr. H. A. Smith, president,, spoke of ■ the number of tennis players .who had returned from the war to again tnlre their places, in the field of sport, and emphasised 'the necessity' of training ( the juniors. They could all work witll the view ever before them of providing. another, court for play. Their ,3:cwbershii) was increasing to such an .extent .that: made...this absolutely, necessary.- ' Mrs. -H.-A. Smith, then served the 'ball over the net, and declared tha court's open for play. Mr. B. Gardner, the president of the Bowling Club, gav# n resume of the new conditions under which the club was to be. governed thin season, the bowlers themselves leasing the green and looking after the interests generally., He hoped, that members would roll up regularly, and help to make .Seatqun a- name to be proud of in the bowling world:. Tie expressed tho sympathy of all to tho relatives of theso who had lost their, lives in the war, and welcomed thoso back who had returned after manv seasons away, nnd concluded by wishing all. the clubs a pleasant season. Mrs. B. Gardner then rolled up the kittv, and play commenced. Matches were plaved against rinks from Island Bav. Newtown and Te Hiwj, and' other visiting .bowlers.- -V The pavilion was tastefully decorated for,the occasion by ■tho ladies, and the .bowlers' wives,-under tho direction of Mrs. B. Gardner, dispensed afternoon tea, and helped materially in maki# the event a decided suo.'cesC ' Brmimvs ,o"chestra was in at.tendance'.'and/supplied a very enjoyabto programme. ' . .