BOWLING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17687, 26 July 1919, Page 7

BOWLING

ST. CLAIR CLUB. The annual meting- of the St Clair Bowling Club was held last night. Mr G. W.< Lanham presided over a. good; a&tezidcLnco of members. In moving tho adoption of iiie .uimrat report tho President said that unfortunately his first reauirks must bo connected witii tlie loss by death of two prominent members Messrs C. N. Scurr arid S. I'. Slandes. it ar ;LS '"•-''"bersliip was concerned tlie club started oil' \cry well, but as in former seasons it lost members during the year and finished up ahou-i the same. Considering tlie number of games played in interclub matchcs he thought the club should really have been placed se<oond. All would agree that it had. been a very wise thing to play a rinks competit'an instead of tho handicap singles. As far as tournament playing was concerned, he thought members had put up tho best performance in the history of >,ho club. Ho felt that Mr Aintmaji deserved their congratulations on his very fine performamce last season in winning the club championship, the City Doubles (with Mr Procter), and in skipping a rink which -was runner-up at the Christchurch Easier lournamcnt. Last season tho club was very successful in billiard matches, and he understood that several matches would como oif this year. It was unfortunate that tho club was not able to I return the invitations, bu; that would come. | Mr Ixinliam expressed his appreciation of the way in which he had been supported by I tlie treasurer and the committee, and also referred to the loss occasioned by the roL'loval of Mr Popo and Mi- Abel from tho district. He could hardly put into words how much he appreciated t.hn secretary's work. Unfortunately Mr Procter's principals had just decided to transfer him to Wellington, and it would be very hard to replace him. He thought tho appointment of his successor should be held over till his return. Tho dub was to be congratulated on having paid its debts during the year, but no more than that could bo said for the financial position. The motion was seconded by Mr J. Beddon and carried. .The president then presented the following certificates:—Ciub Singles Champion and Gold Medal, C. Amtman; Junior Singles Champion. J. It. Rogcrsoi>; Handicap Doubles. R Coxon and K. A. M'Donald; Kinks Competition—D. E. Ivory, T. R. Procter, A. Kilpatriok, and W. F. AbeL The election of office-bearers resulted as follows: —President, Mr 11. H. Henderson; vine-presidents, Messrs P. J. Leadbetter and H. W. Jones; Management Committee —Messrs Foster, Levido, Longworth, :ukl Williams; Match Committee—Messrs Piddington, Williams, and Rogerson; green supervisor, Mr E. Lovido; delegates to centre—Messrs Hancock and Piddin-gton; auditor, Mr W. R. Piddington; treasurer,. M.- A. Kilpatrick; secretary, Mr T. R. Procter. It was resolved on the motion of Mr W. J. Williams, seconded by Mr H. W. Jones, to increase the subscription for full members to £2 12s 6d, and to increase to £1 4s the amount to be paid by an hon. member to secure full membership in the club. It was decided to play tho same olub competitions as last year, and to eater 12 rinks in the inter-club matches. Mr R. A. Cleland remarked that he thought there was little use in holding annual bowling meetings during the dead season. He thought it -would bo better it they were held at the end of September. A vote of thanks -was accorded to the retiring president and office-bearers, and to tlie ladies for their assistance both socially and financially.