GREYTOWN

Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 July 1941, Page 7

GREYTOWN

BOY SCOUTS AND CUBS ANNUAL MEETING. (“Times-Age” Special.) The annual meeting of the Greytown Boy Scout and Cub Association was held in the Scout Hall on Friday evening. Mr H. J. Farley presided and there was an attendance of over twenty adults. The balance sheet showed that the year had commenced with a credit balance of £3 5s Id and had closed with a credit balance of £ll 3s 7d. Donations had amounted to £23 15s 6d, and the proceeds from the shop day to £4. The chief expenses were hall rent £lO and lighting £2 Is Bd. In his annual report the chairman expressed his appreciation of the excellent work accomplished by the Scoutmaster, Mr L. R. Huntley, and Cubmaster, Miss E. Gregor, and their assistants. Mr Farley thanked the secretary, Mr N. Langford, for the vast amount of work he had carried out on behalf of the movement. The Rev. H. Bloomfield spoke of the energy Mr Langford put into his work for the Scout movement. Besides attending to his secretarial duties Mr Langford had devoted much time instructing those in the ambulance division. The Superintendant of the Fire Brigade, Mr J. Wood, reported that the Scouts who had qualified for their Fireman's Badge had shown much keenness and would be able to render valuable service in an emergency. Mr H. G. Carter thanked the Scout Committee for the use of their hall and equipment foi’ Home Guard training purposes. A resolution of congratulations was carried to Scout lan Trotman on gaining his King Scout Badge and All Round Cards, including the Red and White. The Scoutmaster, Mr L. R. Huntley, said that this Scout was the holder of a large number of badges and his work was outstanding. Mr Huntley stated that before long several other Scouts in the troop would qualify for this distinction. The election of officers resulted as follows: President, Mr H. J. Farley; deputy president, the Rev. H. Bloomfield; secretary and treasurer, Mr N. Langford; hon. auditor, Mr W. J. Knell; executive committee, Messrs H. J. Farley, L. R. Huntley, N. Langford, M. Hobson, L. Evans, and the Rev. Bloomfield; delegates to the district committee, Messrs H. J. Farley and N. Langford.

GOLF BALFOUR SHIELD. The final rounds for the Balfour Memorial Shield were played on Sunday. The winner was B. Kiernan, who has now won the Shield for the third consecutive year. The scores for the four rounds were: —B. Kiernan 293, J. C. Feast 295, T. Gold 310, E. Williams 317, H. R. Feast 326, F. C. Bunny 331, E. Maddison 3331, W. Pope 331, H. B. Bull 334, Ray Ingley 346, G. Te Whaiti 347, N. S. McLeod 347, G. Burns 347, F. Dewhurst 348, S. C. Shedden 356, J. A. Brooker 356, W. E. Everett 363, A. G. Rhodes 373, W. S. Brice 385, A. G. Peterson 401, E. C. Dewhurst 411. In conjunction with the Balfour Memorial Shield the Challenge Cup was played for on handicap, the winner being Eric 'Williams with a net score of 261. T. Gold was runner-up with a score of 270.. Both these ployers put up excellent performances. The qualifying rounds in the championships resulted: —Senior: J. C. Feast 146, B. Kiernan 151, T. Gold 156, H. W. Feast 157, T. G. R. Ingley 158, H. R. Feast 159, E. Williams 162, W. Pope 163, F. C. Bunny 165, H. B. Bull 168, Ray Ingley 169, E. Maddison 169. Intermediate: G. Brunton 162, F. Dewhurst 169, I. H. Coleman 170, G. Burns 171, N. S. McLeod 172, G. Te Whaiti 173, J. H. Brooker 179, W. Everett 179, S. C. Shedden 180, W. S. Brice 187, A. G. Rhodes 188. Junior: R. Eccles 190, C. Burch 197, A. G. Peterson 198, W. Brown 199, E. C. Dewhurst 200, P. Pope 206, I. Keltie 218, M. Bouzaid 227. The first eight players in each section qualified.

Personal Items. Mrs C. G. Bouzaid is at present visiting her daughter at Lower Hutt. Mr and Mrs O. Skeet have returned from a motor tour of the North Island. Mrs L. H. Wightman, of the Bay of Islands, is staying with Mr and Mrs O. Skeet. Mr and Mrs Rennie, of Petone, are the guests of Mr and Mrs Geo. Burns, Main Street. Misses Esme and Eunice Best and Miss Molly Skeet were weekend visitors to Greytown. Hockey Notes. Ground conditions were bad for play generally on Saturday when all three local teams played on their home grounds. Scouts were outclassed by the faster Dalefield team, who are the junior championship leaders by a substantial margin. There was a considerable improvement in the play of Day and Skeet this week. The Scouts, in the circumstances, did well. By continuing to maintain a right wing attack they did invade Dalefield’s territory frequently, only to be driven back by good backs oi’ because their own forwards on the left were too slow to make use of opportuninies. The best Dalelield attacker was Sayers. The senior game was a very fast game. Time after time Greytown got within a yard of the goal mouth but lacked ability to finish the movement successfully. Eccles, for a newcomer to the game, played very well indeed. The local backs again cleared wrongly in almost all cases. What was worse, however, was their failure at penalty corners against them, to get out far enough to allow their goalie good vision. Hobson gave a good display. The ladies’ game was marred by rain and the fact that Kia Ora played short. The latter are worthy of praise for the fact that they turned up at all with only nine players, and for their splendid spirit of “no surrender.”