BOWLING

Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 92, 15 October 1932, Page 20

BOWLING

By "NUMBcm Two" ■i

THE GREENS v

PREPARING FOR JANUARY v

CLUB MEMBERSHIP

Clubs are' all anxious to have good greens this season in view of the Dominion tournament "in January. Th» "Wellington Club's two greens.loot very; well, and the lower green,* once-the pride of tho centre, but which for a. while fell out of favour, has had.it 3 levels taken no less than three timesr since the close of last' season, so:it should be in good condition this year; Island Bay promises to. have a goodgreen, and Victoria's is lovely, being smooth and: fully, covered with good grass; Mr. Colin" Campbell, the • greea superintendent,- and Mr.' Murray, greenkeeper, well. deserve the : praisat heaped' upon them at the .Victoria1 Club's opening ceremony last Saturday. One point noticed about the Victoria opening was the profuse 'display of bunting. One bowling enthusiast'pre« sent remarked that it was the biggest' display oFflags he had yet seen on- a New Zealand green. Thorridoh, whictt has enjoyed a beautiful green forseveral .seasons, is striving hard-'to maintain its excellent reputation in. this respect this year, but just now some anxiety is felt as part'of >the; grass" is not doing very well. Strenuou* efforts are being made to have everything in order for the opening to-day week. :I>ominion Tournament. . ' At t*be las? meeting of r the -executive of the counci of the New Zealand Bowling. Association the following, commit- • aetVpT- %"**>* tournament Tournament Commhteer-Officers anil members of the council, ana Messrs c- ' E. Bennett, W. 6abert,'.W.-bSSSoS \ I L,. ea- 7' ana J- Roberts. ' wT^'Ti C^mittee.-Me' SS r S . vv. tnlbert, B. A. Guise, E. j Hill W Perry, and J. Koberts. ' M^sassS^jMl''' Trying Times. . ' - . losses, m membership. Th^naSv 240 *-U £?°A g°- had^a membership of <S4U, is now down to 160, and othfiF clubs can tell a similar tale" Deatnf and removals to other parVof*the city or Dominion have, P of doarse always t0 be taken,into account when shrinkage m club membership is beirie discussed, buf undoubtedly the dcS > ™* ? aS ena toll SPoma: clubs have met the situation by reducw£ m Cl lpt^Ons as an to would-be bowlers to join, and "No ' 2" was followed by a great augmentation m membersh,p. In Dunedin two of-the clubs Caversham and Mornington, distributed circulars in their districts ia the search for new members, and -this here. ; It had good results in tfie-Soutli. In-viewoftheV^nancial loss whictlas -• been sustained .it seems a fair /thine th a t^onora^:.insmberß^,7^scriita>ni' should-bo subject to ftvyin^h^same 7^y as those of playing members;- but in any- case Bule- 15, of \the; N. 2B A says: "Centres, on admission;' and each, year /thereafter before Ist December, shall pay to. the treasurer of the'&ssoc^tion a ffe for)- each ordinary."and honorary member of,each club affiliated to the/centre at a .rate to be fixed by the Council.'? : ' .; fiistinctive Marks. _;../.. As interclub competitions "will brf starting within a few weeks a-rei minder is given, that bowls must:bea> a distinctive mark,-, .apart: from tha< number, on each. disc. The/penalty i or omission to, have this done,wiirbe' dis-qualification,-^o the matter" "must not be oyerlookeW The rule will apply to all tournaments and competitions, and will be strictly enforced, jl.bowier.'s initials engraved on each disc will Ibe a sufficient compliance i with the rule.' Island Bay Club. ... The Island Bay Club is jm the scout" for new members, and anyone who brings along a recruit or a relapsed bowler to'renewed participation in the game will be received with open arms' by the management. It is in times like .the present that every effort shouLiTDB; made to induce bowlers who may have dropped out of active play to return/to the fold. They should be told that there js more joy in clubhouses over one erstwhile bowler who repenteth of his backsliding than there is over ninety and nine just bowlers who are not in arrears with their subscriptions. All those, therefore," who hasten to renew their vows at the shrine of Kitty will soon find that they have earned a rich reward. Entries for Island' Bay Club's competitions- close on sth November. , Karori Club. " All the Karori Club competitions are to be on th& two-life system, and thj committee is insisting on games being played according to 'schedule. In every case where a result card is not receive^ by the due date a loss will be regi» tered againsteach skip" or singles playef concerned. This rule1 is to be strictW, enforced, and no extension of fone'• wi3 be permitted. Players will therefor* be wise to get their games off early. J. P. Hosking's Success. "The Post's" London correspondent reports that visiting bowlers carried/ off' ,the chiefihohoursdn the Bournemouth open tournament on r 6th: Ajjgust, the singles championship going. to?a. New Zealander and the) pairs competition being won by' the brothers Bull, of Wellingborqugh. The results'" of the finals were:—Singles: J. F. Hosking (Auckland), 21 j J. C. Trigg (Weybridge), 14. Pairs: A. H. Bull and G.-S. Bull (Weilingborough), 25; L. P. Newell and H. M. Kinghom (King's Park), 14. ? The "Bournemouth Echo" records that in. the singles final Hosking'scored at only the first and fourth of the first'eight ends, Trigg then leading by, 8-3. He would have, been even better placed but for the fact that at the third'end, wheii ho was lying three, N Hi>sking drew- second shot with his last wood, "The New Zealander, however, went ahead by scoring six: at the next five.ends, but. Trigg excelled at the fourteenth end, when he. drew four shots. Hosking tried firing with his secondhand thijrd woods, but missed badly,.and, reverting to.the draw ,with his -last wood, was short. At the next end, however,', he gained a shot, and from that point t,he colonial practically took -command of the'game. At every opportunity he (advanced the mat to shorten the green, and Trigg, who favoured a full-length jack, could not accommodate himself,to the altered conditions. With the aid of four at th.c nineteenth, Hosking went to 18-12, and although Trigg secured the shot at each of the next two ends, he could not add to his score again. The card v was as follows: —Hosking: 1002000012- * 1110111240021—21. Trigg: 01101311OOppOiO.OOOOIIOO—I4. ■..-.■'