BOWLING.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 19, 16 December 1916, Page 5

BOWLING.

MEETING OF THE CENTRE. A meeting of the executive of the Taranaki Bowling Centro was held at New Plymouth yesterday. The action of the secretary in ordering a testing machine, and also writing to the Dominion Centre, asking that Mr A. K. Smart be appointed the Centre’s official tester, was confirmed. A charge of 9d per bowl is to be made for 1 testing ; should bowls require altering, an extra 9d per bowl is to be charged. It was decided that at the forthcoming Centre tournament, all bowls must bear the Dominion stamp, and after Ist February all bowls used in club competitions and inter-club competitions must bear the Dominion stamp.

The application of the Okato Bowling Club for affiliation to the Centre was favorably considered.

The subject of club colors came up for discussion, and Mr J. D. Solo kindly offered to obtain a sample card of club colors, and the matter will come up for consideration at a future meeting.

Messrs. A. K. Smart, F. Bellringer, and' the secretary were appointed to make all arrangements for drawing and arranging details in connection with the forthcoming annual tournament in January next.

It was decided to hold a pairs tournament at Easter, and to ask the Inglewood, Stratford, and Hawera Clubs for the use of their greens to play the games on; the entry to be 10s per pair, and prizes to be awarded to winners and rumiersup, the number of heads to be limited to 10.