Bowling.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4485, 6 November 1909, Page 3

Bowling.

Should the weather keep fine, the No. 1 Green will doubtless be well patronised this afternoon. The grass is coming along nicely on No. 2 Green, and weeding out is being proceeded with.

A letter has been received from Mr Mcßobie, secretary of the Waitete (Waihi) Club, to the effect that the Club will be unable to play the match arranged for the 9th. He mentioned, however, that a number of Club members are journeying to Te Aroha to take part in the Liedertafel Concert on Tuesday, arriving early in the day, and that they would be pleased to have a friendly game with local players.

Are ladies ever likely to make good bowlers? A correspondent of the Glasgow News evidently believes they are not, and he basis this view on observations made in a well known bowling enclosure of the South Side of the city, where a tournament open to the fair sex is to be held at an early date. The correspondent expresses himself as very much disappointed with the way the ladies have taken to the game, When the bowls are sent off on their journey to the other side of the green, sometimes on the wrong bias, the ladies do not follow them up, balancing themselves on one foot and then another, and striking weird attitudes. They do not shout with exultation on the occasions (very rare) when the bowl goes near the kitty, or foar instructions to their own side when the bowls (very frequently) are careering to another part of the green. On the contrary, there is a stiff formality and strong silence about the proceedings more suggestive of solemn duty than of pastime, and, moreover, the slightest fall of rain is sufficient to send them in hot haste for the clubhouse.