WELLINGTON BOWLING CENTRE

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 65, 10 December 1919, Page 11

WELLINGTON BOWLING CENTRE

FORTHCOMING TOURNAMENT. Last nighi; a meeting of the Wellington. Bowling Centre was held, ifr. G. Hendry_being in tho chair. Mr. E. J. Hill was appointed delegate to tho Dominion bowling conference to bo held at Christchurch on January 12. A letter was received from tho Dominion Association .giving notice of a motion to bo moved at the conference with regard to tho paying of levies, clauso 15, substituting February 1 for November 1. The centre expressed confidence ill this, mid they also agreed with tho motion ■with regard to- tho notices of meetings (clauso 11), substituting 21 days' notice for 10 days, Rule 13 provides five delegates from each island, but a motion of increasing this to six delegates is to be moved at t!io conference. Tho centre had no coniidcnco in. this motion. Another motion will provido that tho president ot a centre could not hold tho position of president of tho Dominion council, but the -cuiitro also disagreed-with this. Tho centra agreed that boat and train expenses of delegates to tho annual conloivnco 1 Should bo paid out of a loyy to be made on all bowling clubs. "he treasurer stated that tho balancesheet showed a balance of JMS lis. 2d. . Fifty-eight entries had been received for tne tournament, Wellington contributing 1(1 Newtown 5. Thorndou 3, Viclor.u, li, Karori 2, Pelono i), Hutt 5, John-' sonvilli! 2, Eastbourne 1, Lyall Bay -1, Seatoun 1, llataitai 7, Kclburn 7, Nelson 1, Ponsonby 1. To eliniinato byes, it was decidcd to accept two entries recoived after the entries had closed, and expressly arranged for this purpose, 'l'heso were promised from Victoria ,iind To H:wi,

'Iho following greens wero selected on which to hold the tournament;— Wellington, Victoria, l'etone, llataitai, Newtowu, ami Thurndon.

Following is the drawing for tho tournament which is to bo played on January 1, 2, and 3:—

Section A (at Wellington green on Thursday, llataitai on Friday, and Newtown im Saturday): Dimock. plays Meyl'ick, Dement plays Duguid, Fountain plays Raven, Kinvig plays Hatch, Martin plays Crawford.

Section B (at llataitai green on Thursday, Noutoiyu on Friday, Thorndon on Saturday): Nicholson plays Duff, Churchwood plays Gray, Tyrell plays H. D. Thomson, Hemiiigway plays Patter, Shepherd plays Powell.

Section C (Newtown Thursday, Thorndon J;'r-day, Victoria Saturday): Roid plays Roe, M'Wkiniiell plays Brackenridge, I'ortcous plays Captain M'Arthur, Johnson (Hull) plays Bush, Jackson plays Palmer. ,

Section D (Thorndon, Thursday, Victoria. Friday, Petone Saturday): Smith plays Sloane,_ Bcynou plays Jones, Keith plays Hill, Noble plays Dolierty, Tasker plays Kershaw. ,

Section E. (Victoria Thursday, Pstono Friday, Wellington Saturday): Gooder plays Max Walker Feeding "plays Snaddon, Iluy plays Prince, Duune plays Toplin, Johnson (Kelburn) plays Davidson.

Mr. Hill moved, and Mr. Robertson seconded: "That all bowls played in the tournament must bear tho D.B.A. or N.Z.B.A. skimp, nnd that green umpires be instructed to examine bowls each day before commencement of play." The motion we,s, carried.

The Tournament Coinniitteo appointed consists n£ the president, the secretary (Mr. 8. 11. Underwood), aud Messrs. W. li Morr.tb, and F. North.