TOURING ATHLETES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22960, 11 February 1938, Page 10

TOURING ATHLETES

EMPIRE GAMES TEAMS CARNIVAL IN AUCKLAND Mr. H. Jenner Wily, secretaryto the Auckland Centre of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association, has re-' ceived a letter from Mr. R v M. Robinson, manager of the Canadian team which is competing at the British Umpire Games in Sydney, agreeing to th« appearance of the whole of ( his team a a meeting to be held at Carlaw Par on the evening of February 21. The Auckland provincial championships will be decided at Carlaw P ar ° to-morrow week, and the results o these events will enable the selectors to offer strong opposition to the visitors on the following Monday, more especi*, ally as they will be ablo to call upon the services of the Auckland section o the team which is representing Zealand at the Empire Games. There are 26 men and 11 ladies at* taehed to the Canadian athletic team» and, in addition to these, there are four athletes from Trinidad who will also be competing at Carlaw Park. The programme will comprise a series of short-limit handicap invitation events, toge'ther with relay races. In these latter, Canadian, Trinidad an Auckland teams will be in opposition, while in the ladies' section Cauada meet Auckland. ' -*| The meeting promises to be one of to. most outstanding ever held in land.