STRATFORD BOWLING CLUB

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 71, 28 June 1916, Page 5

STRATFORD BOWLING CLUB

ANNUAL MEETING.

The annual meeting of the Stratford \'j ,\,..% Clu!j was held in Smith's rooms last night when the president (Mr J. McMillan) presided over a large attendance of members.

The President, in moving the adoption of the report and' balance-sheet, congratulated the Club on the largo attendance at the meeting which, he said, augured Well for thte success of the next season. ■ An outstanding feature was the low cost of upkeep, which reflected great, credit on jthe green warden and *the caretaker. The Club had had a' Very successful year and everything had worked v#ry harmoniously on the grain and g*nerallv, wherever bowlers met. ANNUAL REPORT. The annual report was as follows: —ln submitting the balance-shees for the season 1915-16, your committee have pleasure in "reporting one of the most successful seasons of the Club. The weather, from a bowler's point of view, was ideal. , The green being ready for play much earlier than in previous the players were in good form when the competitions* started, and the standard of play was much higher than usual. ber of members .on the rail when jthe season closed was 70", (i 3 playing and seven honorary,fan i^4 r eaisip,|of ffur on the : previoUH>yoar.-,'. Ths ibalaifcesheet; v show6 a pf oiler;£36 I6kf 9d.:■; * thanksj of tho Club are again due -to toe pfess for fully-reporting our-bowling news. The. keenness airid* by many new members Ts very' encouraging for the future of the Club. A Dominion -Bowlers' Fund for the, benefit of Woifitftyd Soldiers was opened at the beginning of the season, and we trust has been a success. Your Club's collection amounted to £3O 12s Id. The Club *as represented at the following tournaments, Wanganui and New Plymouth, during the Christmas " holidays, at the Dominion Tournament in Gil ri stcb utcli and i at the Tarana id Tournament in New Plymouth. Local competitions were won by the following members: Mr Sy Sharp, champion ; singles and O. taiphy; Siti iW. J. W; Messrs Pagfejb.§f the begWners' wlbre donated for the J. Mo Miilan, J. and P. J. McDonald, . whq «,are^ea^itled H to. ,q tfyanks^.jEfpm [the; members*,, generosity enabled all competition fees,, being paid | hitoj,- tfeetf Soldiers' Fund. } were playod, in six;of |*;hjch- hj«j were sue-; cessful. We were also visited by and by ono each from Newtown and Wanganui. On two occasions we endeavoured to annex the much coveted bannor, bub were unsuccessful. The champion of champions toxthianfent was again held on our green; Mr G. Sutherlandy of Ingle wood, was the successful player. The very onerous duties of sole selector was- carried-bat-by- *C. Fookes and J. Masters. Your c«mmit^':,^^^^^W; of jthree be appointed as selectors, a«; the position for om' • fnember. M social i# prdvided by^he as a wufflj up'to the season when the spoils wegm presented to the stitscessful compel™ tors. Your havijHl to record during this past season trag death flf;Mr; : Pi;F. 'bldest; most'esteemed members "OP the club The thanks of the memb«j|s will be due to the working officers, *s the success of the season is greasy duo to their efforts. . Z The balance-sheet* after writing Jf? depreciation, showed a credit balance on the year's working of £l7 19s 3jj, Bnd the assets showed a credit jgff £179 9s Bd. m

The report and balance-sheet velfe adopted. - election; OP OFFICERS, gj The following wer£' electjgf | for the ensuing year:. President, MM J. Masters • vice-president|ans| tofts surer! Mr W. McDonald; comi|itt»y Messrs F. J. McDonald, J.;Lyo|p, j|& Martin, G t Smart, and H; C..;Nort§p green (g|j| elected); delegates to "Cfejitre, Messtf| J. Masters, and W. McDdjiald; mafife| committee :;and selectors,j| Messrs C|| Smart, F. J/McDonald..and H. pflj North; secretary, Mr :■s M. Porrttfe! (re-elected) • auditor, Mr P. Sk<jglund. ■'".• g NEW MEMBERS. ..§. The following new members wfefe elected: Messrs T. Sullivan (Ealb Road), W. Pettigrew, E. Tichbon, %- Smith and W. Lovett. ■' •> ! GENERAL.

S Mr T. H. Penn's resignation was, accepted with great regret and tte members decided to place on recMd appreciation of past services to *e Club, and the hope that whenKSlo Empire's wars were over he would again have time to partake in a game. Mr H. LI.- Bott's resignation "iras accepted with regret, and Mr W. H. Reeve's resignation was also accepted.

| A discussiou ensued on the matter of the selection committee and it was ultimately decided to form a committee of three members. Mr North was elect-ed to rcpreseut the Saturday

players. Th delegates to the Centre were again recommended •to support a Soldiers' Fund for the season. A longthly discussion ensued regarding the rules for the championship matches and after many attempts to improve them, the original rules were left unaltered.

A special vote of thanks was passed congratulating Mr Edgecombe (green warden) on the state of the green, and Mr Porritt for hiß duties as secretary during the year. A vote of thanks was passed to the officerbearerß for the past year and to the proas for reporting tho howling news.