PLIMMERTON BOWLERS

Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 32, 2 November 1942, Page 7

PLIMMERTON BOWLERS

Hosts To Team From Centre Twenty-four players representing the Wellington Bowling Centre visited Lie Plimmerton bowling green yesterday aud hud games with members of the llimmerton club. The Wellington men were hospitably entertained by the Plimmerton club members, such visits being more Hl the nature of' social events than sports cointests. Little' notice is taken of the scores. This is the first time a centre team has visited Plimmerton, though the centre often visits its other distant affiliates. The Plimmerton club is looking up” after a period of difficulties, now having 29 members. Last year the membership was 22 and the year before 17. In 1936 there were 12 members. In have -been made to tins green. recent months important improvements The weekend was the first fine one since all the Wellington bowling, clubs have been open. The season promises to be interesting for bowlers in Wellington, of whom there arc just as many as ever, in spite of the abandonment of the pennant matches, the iuterclub matches which are played every second Saturday in a normal season. The pennant matches will be replaced to some extent by friendly matches which some, clubs are arranging among themselves and by the three patriotic tournaments which will be held on six Saturdays during the season. The first patriotic tournament will be on November 28 and December 12. At Christmas there will be the usual fours tournament, at New Year a -pairs tournament and a fours itouruament, and at Easter the usual fours tournament.. Toward the end of the season there will be the four-centre championships and the veterans’ day, and throughout the season clubs will be challenging for the four challenge trophies. Sunday ’play on a number of city greens where it. has been prohibited in the past also will add to the interest of the 1942-43 season.