BOWLING

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 355, 17 October 1932, Page 4

BOWLING

SEASON COMMENCEsl LARGE MUSTER AT OFFICIAI,® OPENING OF ROTORUA J| CLUB m VISITORS ENTERTAINED fc T)ie weather cleareci. sufiicient'lssV ; Saturday afternoon to permit th^^ ficial opening. of the Rotorua Bow^^K Club tc he held and a large atkJpj ance of members, wlves and friej|H was prese.nt to listen. to the offir; Jgj opening hy the club president, Mr, j^ McDowell, and-witness the first of the season hetw.een teams "re})r^ffi enthjg the president and vice-presiJ« Notwithstanding the heavy greej® which made the play tricky, the fic^S scores ,of . the... teams T'laymg in-si^B eight rinks were "very even and iJh aggregate "resulted in a win for president's team by 25 points. K In his opening, address, Mr. )/hJ| Dowell weleomed the members, tl.:@ wives and.friends and referred to{®| unfortunate weather, which earlSB had made the possihility of play seJflj donhtful, He* said* that he^was piyHj ed to see so many of the old again pi*esent at the opening of fJn season and extended a special come to the new members, 17 of vhjgl had joined since the annual meeticiH This support, he said, augur.ed for a hiost successful and enjoyal^B sieason. |l| Mr. McDowell said he was pleas^B to see members of the Okoroire Cli^S present and read apologies from VjH | North, president.. of the Squth Aufl| j lapd Centre and from .the GanibridJH and Putaruru Clubs. Before declaring the greens op^K for play, the president said that in^H endeavour to preserve the greens, 11® which aim he felt assured they woi3h| have- the full support of all me^B bers, the committee had asked hiljji to request the number one and players to retire to the bank as sofl as they had delivered their botffl and also announced that th'e distriH manager of the Tourist DepartmeH (Mr. L. J. Bayfeild) had providedM number of seats. for ,th!e exclusive uw of players. He also announced tm| entries for the- club fours would clofg on* Saturday,- October 22. * M In concluding, the president expresffl ed the hope that all members wouH have a successful season's play anH called upon Mrs. . McDowell to send JB the first b.owL . - * 1 Wr, During the afternoon members a*H their friends were entertained by tM club at aft/ernoon tea. ^ Detailed results of the afternooiH matches are as follows, the p'residen'jH team being mentioned first. Wa Newmareh, McGuffog, Butt, iH Dowell (s) 23, Collins, G. H. Frencw Richards, Hamilton (s) 18; S. Je» kins, Wellend, Corbett, Blencowe (n 25, Wade, Bates, Mohi, A. Brown (sH 18; Jackson, Morgan, Hesketh, Tajffl per (s) 17, Cooney, Foggin, Lee, Wasffl (s) 27; A. Jones, Managh, BrownliB Manson (s) 20, Watson, A. SteelS Foster, Pearce (s) 15; Higginsoiffl Coulson, Anderson, Brown (s), Okfl roire, 28, Newburn, Hall, Green, Bert® ram(s) 18; Rowe, Rev. Patterson, TyW son, D. Herd (s) 23; Hastedt, YoemaiH Neshitt, Kelly (s) 16; Fletcher, KirM G. Watts, R. Miller (s) 14; WoodwardjB W. Lindsay, C. Griffiths, Lindsay (s)w 2l; J. A. Brown, Polglase, Miller, Bud«| (s) 24, Queenin, Hutchings, A. Frencli, j| Witt (s) 16. i Aggregate: President's team Y&m points, Vice-President 149 points. n