President. Mr Luther Short Vice President. Mr Wm. Seward Hon. Treasurer Mr Charles Baker Hon. Secretary Mr W. T. Leonard
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Some of the Cheltenham Landlords of 1912 on a trip of visit Cirencester
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Echo April 3rd. 1912 sport gossip |
| The members and a few friends of the Kings |
| Head Skittle Club and sat down to a well- |
| served rep….. On Wednesday evening at |
| the invitation of Host and Hostess Sharp, the |
| occasion being the winding up of the |
| season and the presentation of prizes for |
| the best averages. The League Secretary |
| presided over a company of about thirty |
| and on behalf of the club handed the awards |
| to the successful competition as follows:- |
| 1 st. O. Berry (Captain) 2nd. J.Spencer,3 rd. |
| A. Galloway. An excellent musical |
| programme was contributed in by Messrs. |
| F.Payne, W. Willis, W. Cook, S. Wells, |
| Preston, G. Cadle, F. Marshall and S. |
| Tibbles (accompanist) whilst Miss D.Sharp |
| rendered a couple of pleasing songs.The |
| toast of "The Skittle Club" and "Host and |
| Hostess" were heartily drunk, and a very |
| pleasant evening concluded with the |
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usual vote of thanks. |
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Echo April 1912 Sports gossip |
| A great deal of interest was manifested in |
| the meeting on the Tivoli Alley on Tuesday |
| evening, between the homesters and the |
| Royal Oak, the issue of which determined |
| the championship of the Cheltenham and |
| District Skittle League. Much keenness |
| was shown by the respective players and a |
| close and exciting contest was seen in |
| which the homesters secured the verdict by |
| a single pin and consequently by a single |
| point the top honours in a competition which |
| has throughout been very open. The visitors |
| took the lead in the opening three by one |
| pin, following this up with the same margin |
| by second three players. The final three put |
| together a useful 60, which left the Tivolians |
| with a total of 63 to bring about success and |
| this with good finishing touches by O. |
| Williams and Tommy Crock,* they just |
| managed to negotiate amidst some excit- |
| ment. A detailed report of the final matches |
| of the competition will appear n the "Football |
| Echo" on Saturday next. |
* Thomas Crook was Landlord of the Tivoli Inn in 1919/27
| Gloucestershire Echo May 1912 | |
| The presentation of cup and medals won in | |
| connection with the Cheltenham and District | |
| Skittle League made by Mr.Lowther (Luther) Short | |
| at a smoker held at the Tivoli Inn on Tuesday | |
| evening, which was largely attended nearly | |
| every club in the League being represented. The | |
| League winners, the Tivoli formally took possession | |
| of the challenge cup, and the following members of | |
| the winning team received medals :- | |
| Messrs. J. Seymour (Captain) T. Crock, J. .Bushell, | |
| F. Arther, O. Williams, J."Petrol", J. Hereford, | |
| F. Brown, D. Thomas, C. Hall and J. Corbett., while | |
| the runners-up medals were handed to the follow- | |
| ing members of the Royal Oak team who were | |
| beaten by a single point of the championship :- | |
| Messrs., S. Tibbles (Captain), R. Jones, H.Pryer, | |
| A. Miller, J. Gardiner, H. Hughes, G. Kidd, F.Jones | |
| and G .Evans. | |
| The gold medal for the best average in away | |
| matches was awarded to G. Standen (Fountain) the | |
| same player taking the same prize for the best | |
| average in all matches, while the second prize in | |
| the latter connection went to R. Jones (Royal Oak) | |
| and the third to A. Leach (Anchor) F. Stephens and | |
| A. Martin (Crown) shared the prize given for the | |
| highest individual score in League matches. | |
| In additional to the foregoing medals were also | |
| awarded to the following for winning the averages in | |
| their respective clubs :- | |
| Messrs.,E.Ward and G.Stubbs (Anchor) | |
| F.Baite and G.Baker (Adam) | |
| W and F.Taylor (W.M.Club) | |
| H.Fry and W.James (Swan) | |
| B.Vick and F.Palmer (Prince) | |
| R.Dyson and J.Thatcher (Wellington) | |
| G.Berry and J.Spencer (Kings Head) | |
| R.Poulson and J.Crisp (Moon) | |
| F.Boreham and A.Player (Somerset) | |
| A.Martin and G.Hawtin (Crown) | |
| G.Standen and A.Wiening (Fountain) | |
| W.Smith and P.Young (Angles Stores) | |
| J.Grinsham and H.Smith (Vine ) | |
| F.Stephens and F.Williams (Rose and Crown) | |
| Gloucestershire Echo 16th. May 1912 | |
| A company of about 60 sat | |
| at the Working Men's Club, High Street, Cheltenham on | |
| Wednesday evening, the occasion being the annual | |
| supper of the skittle club connected with the institute. | |
| The chair was taken by Mr. W.Bridgen (president), who | |
| was supported at the top table by Messer's A. Everett, | |
| (secretary),W. Piff (treasurer), W. Leonard (secretary | |
| of the Cheltenham and District Skittle League) E. C. Davis, | |
| A. J. Miller, P .Peters, Frank Hopkins, Alf Carter and | |
| W. Seward. There were the usual post-pyramidal speeches | |
| and the evenings programme was pleasantly inter- | |
| disposed with songs etc. Mr. A. Everett proposing | |
| the toast of "The Club and the Skittle Team" | |
| referred to the way in which both were managed. He | |
| said that the skittle team had done much to raise the | |
| status of the club itself, and he praised the efforts of | |
| the Cheltenham and District Skittle League for the way | |
| they had afforded a means of innocent and profitable | |
| amusement. Mr W. Leonard supported the toast and | |
| congratulated the club on the satisfactory show they | |
| made in the League competition. Response was made | |
| by the captain and secretary, Mr. J. Austin and Mr. A. | |
| Everett respectively. Several others toasts were honoured | |
| including that of "The President" and "Donors to the | |
| Supper Fund" the latter chiefly comprising tradesmen of | |
| the locality through whose generosity the spread is | |
| provided to members gratis. Mr Arthur J.Miller submitting | |
| this toast, spoke in flattering terms of the energies of the | |
| president to promote the welfare of the club, and said that | |
| in satisfactory position was due largely to his individual | |
| efforts. Mr Miller also thanked the donors who, he said, | |
| had responded most liberally to the appeal made to them. | |
| The President acknowledged the toast, which was | |
| accorded musical honours, and in the course of his | |
| response incidentally referred to the Bill recently | |
| introduced into Parliament which proposes to amend | |
| the law governing clubs. While not wanting to introduce | |
| anything of a political nature, he express his opinion that | |
| something should be done to counteract the affects | |
| such proposals would have if they assumed definite shape. | |
| Clubs must raise above the level of an ordinary drinking | |
| saloon, and he claimed that the club under whose auspices | |
| they met that evening could not be placed in the latter | |
| category, thanks to the skittle team. The evening's harmony | |
| was contributed to by Messrs. S.Tibbles (pianist), C.Sly, | |
| A. Carpenter, Castle Brothers ,Bridgen, Welsh, A. Everett, | |
| W. Leonard and G. Moxey | |
W. Bridgen was President of the Working Mens Club Skittles Team.
This photograph was taken when playing Bowls for Norwood
Bowls Club
He was the Landlord of the Full Moon who
were Champions that season in 1911-12
