BOWLING.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3405, 21 December 1911, Page 6

BOWLING.

* NOTES AND COMMENTS. (By “Toucher.”) Christchurch Centre is expected to give "favorable consideration to a proposal that a champion of champions rink competition should he held. The proposals are that an entry fee of £1 per rink should be- collected. The winning rink should receive fou'-r gold medals, each valued at £2 10s, and a uniform design of medal! should he permanently adopted for the competition. An honors board should be provided, and the names- of the winning rinks inscribed thereon- The- qualifications of entry should be that each, club- should hold a rinks competition with open entry, and ascertain its champion rink. The winning rinks would represent the- different clubs. A provision would be that not less than four rinks took part in the club competition. Air. McDougall, of Auckland. h a s just returned from a. visit to’ the land of cakes and bowls, viz., Scotland. While there (says “The Ditcher” in the “Observer”) lie played against the best of the different clubs. He-- liad the pleasure and honor of heating some of the top-notch ere, and as for the greens—well, the only thing like them is a billiard table. The- turf is so beautifully fine and thick, and of a special kindThe difference- in the construction of ours and their greens is that they turf their lawns, whilst we s-ow; hence the patchy article we produce. He consid-

lS £U'® °n tli© heavy crs tli© Scotch out not much j side as a S CI1 ° r . , ' go. • i graft against oonThe perennial- f ;nr >percentagei of tests, wiioft nl .jed as inimical to the bowlers arG . Jf thf game from tli© view best is again very much point .°5 cC) says the Brisbane cor resin e 7 K i of tfi« . Sydney Referee.” It pondcn pity that the happy medsee.ni jjo t be struck' to suit both sides, f 1 ! 1 tjlat seems impossible under present niiditi 0 " 5 ' move is afoot in one of •+jio chit' 8 to encourage! contents even to tiie excluding the players who do n (> t favor these _ strenuous games, jt very drastic experiment, and fro ! be closely watched. The Australian Bowling Council has (decided te send a representative' team to New Zealand. It looks as if that team, if it*,"materialises at all, will not include more than two New South Welshmen (says “Sydney Referee”), as only two bowlers, so far, sent their names along, and nominations must be in the bauds of the secretary of .the Australian Bowling Council on or before Friday next; but Mr. Sbadforth, who 1 uses the pen in the interests of the N.S.W. Bowling Association, is hopeful that there may be something near an eleventh hour rush- “The Ditcher writes in the “Observer” as follows on the same subject: “We have the 1 positive assurance that the Sydney bowlers are to come along in January. Charley Brookes, of the clan Mount Eden, had a korerO 1 with a tot of tlie Cornstalker® while over the other side last month, and they assured him that they would: gome, and were looking forward to the trip with great pleasure.” At a meeting of the council of the New Zealand Bowlin."' Association, a letter from the Southland Centre approving of the amalgamation of New Zealand bowling associations', with the proviso that headquarters be lixed tor tlie first four years onto was received. The Christchurch Centre wrote that it considered tlie amalgamation of the New Zealand and the Northern Bowling Associations was in the best interests of bowling, and referred to the delay m placing the question before the different centres. The communication was reeved with the comment that there had been no delay in placing tlie matter before tlie centres- Mr. Payne said that in view of the fact that the Christchurch and the Southland Centres had passed resolutions in favour of amalgamation, lie thought the Council should approach the- Dunedin Centre and ask it to deal definitely with the question of amalgamation. All the important centres bad decided, and be thought the Dunedin Centre should now deal with it He moved that the Council request the- Dunedin Centre to call! a meeting with a view to discussing and definitely deciding what attitude it proposed to take up with regard to amalgamation. The motion lapsed for want of a seconder.