BOWLING.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2018, 21 August 1919, Page 3

BOWLING.

The bowling season is approaching, and a number of clubs have already hold their annual meetings. The local club’s annual meeting will be held next week, when the annual report and balance-sheet will be presented and officers elected for the ensuing year. During the next month a good deal of work will be necessary on the green, and provided this is carried out, the playing area should be in excellent order for opening day. The verandah on the pavilion is a great improvement, and the rustic summerhouse, which is now nearing completion, will no doubt prove very popular and useful. From present indications the coming season promises to be most successful, and will show an increased club membership, as a large number of new members will be proposed al the annual meeting. The following ten commandments might be useful to bowlers: — 1. Thou shalt not put any game before bowls. 2. Thou shalt not take unto thee any golf stick, nor tennis racket, nor anything likely to draw thee away from the game of bowls. 3. Thou shalt not take the name of thy president in vain. 4. Remember the Wednesdays of flic year, and keep them wholly for bowls. 5. Honour thy president and thy secretary, that thy place may be secure in the matches of thy club. li. Thou shall not kill the reputation of a bowler. 7. Thou shalt not prove unfaithful by following after other loves, but shall give thy heart and soul and mind and strength to bowls. 8. Thou shalt not steal the good name of a fellow bowler. 9. Thou shall not bear false witness against a brother bowler.

10. Thou shall not covet they neighbour's bowls.