ATHLETICS.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12969, 23 November 1907, Page 9

ATHLETICS.

NEW ZEAILAND AMATEUR I ASSOCIATION. ; '','■'",.'i|, ANNUAL MEETING. . .*'' : ' :f: ss ______ '.••' .;-'; : :;V;!:?f Tlie annual meeting of tlie New Ze»- i || land Amateur Athletic Association held in the Pioneer Club rooms evening/ Present—Messrs -W. O. *v! ?| Atack (in th© chair), H. S. Batoholor, ;.:'so§ J. F. Grieraon, 'C. J. Cooper, Maspn, E. Nordon, and J. E. (lion. sec.). ;..'--;: , :^ ; ;'|;i|r|| The twentieth annual report. that amateur flthlctica ia Nfew wore" in a very healthy condition? Tl)*p||||j year commenced with a credit : 'b_il4n|6;SfJ|tl of £54118 a lOd, whicTilhftd been to £102 10s sd. To this must be add)&f|p|} £10 10s 9d, outstanding. Council, bringing the total aim>urii;iiip|A credit'up to £113 10b no liabilities. Mr signified his' intention of . gold' medal■ annually for."ait: championship,;- which should J add to'tho attractiveness larity of' the. Championship but- should materially asiut rmvdy : letes, .who;were not sp©oiali_*«,. ; who, hitherto, had During- the-year, eleven 'nW;dim#.fir|Mß afliliated,' - bringing the From ' representation* * m^^liyl Council, the' date of the. Championship. 'Meeting/ from.November, ~ 1907, 1908,' when it was hoped N«w ; •would be'adequately npii«M^^^^pn Tho report <wa» adopw^f,-t^:KSte:ilM The7oUowing'bffioMa'W«i^'«l*ctM'^lH| - ■ President, Mr WTG, '' Att*]&lti*iJspH . sident, .'Mr H, S.vßatohel6r| t , and ti'eaanrer, Mt-:jy:E:-jmmi^smlgA tor, *Mrl>. Hoare. :-'X^W^^^LWa ' -' It"'was' decided ■ to■•■',allot. 4h»,<**B^M|M pionship' Meeting to--.Wellii^^||iMi«^ . 'Tlie'following:conditiooi^|4W^^»| . round.. - championship v ; :weW?;|ip^fWJ^HS| —a) Th* ' tho annual ' OhampionihipV M^li^f« (2) The qualification.-. Council The entry' fee to' " of th© five event* in: th»-/,'aU^^^a ohampionahip. (4) -"all round" «6«p*W|||M - in th© ordinary, and will bo allied to, arjore .. the round"'; * I «^Mi ; aa follows percentage ; of the events.- v Zealand as a 'maximum. will be allowed. or more' than ihe will sooro between : the*, anaxirauni :^Ht^________i__m points will he '*^w^,^ ; baßi's. IKxtra (points - hey*ndv,tJW|pWM| limit will be allowed broken. Any -«ompeb^ (^f roach the qualificatiort more events will gold modal emblematical,of \ffis__W__B_\ round" championship '^_J l^___ t presented by 'Mr given to the .winner;;* trop £2 2s presented by the -Now- r Amateur '•' Athletic. v tho 'second .- man. . were 'fixed - ' ■ yards, 31 8 one long jump," i6H; n ,putUng^h*22ft j throwing ' Th© Secretary ■ oi .. Board of Control wTote Kerr's walking record of . 6w a mil© had been held : ment by tho full Bo»id«*.,^i^rfß| tralk, Sydney, wrpto posed issuing connection with of tho bart in Fcbruary.'aod < ■«»*S&ISHSS ciation-if they wantc4ony : ncsu pla«d,theiwni':; ; ;T^.;iDjtt^^^ referred' to a I^-! of Mears. Ataok,; BatoMor*>': ; *M||»^Hg secretary," for" - ,-'^ ; 2^ ;^l__f llHß 'The Otago CentrolOTWttded,^|»;|fM lowing rceSution :-''Th^t^'Ow^|» receive a portion of thO'i^fn»t«t«m^i-ia| fees from .to that in which permit'foe»-^^«fr^aß present divided." After **_*W:&mm Council declined-to grant tlie concoation• asked' for. ■ \ . >■ ':<?_x_smS&Bß Tlie .'following penoos ■ ve «''''"'%|f|M stated : Patrick. ' (Milton), Robert. Colqutotm (Lawrence), John Walter _-,^-KjggjfaggfflH (Wcthewtonm), Arthur Crai* v fiurgh), Robert Boyd stent**) Samuel Nelson Fenton stones). John Thomas Orogan ..tones William ' drw Frew (Wanganui), and ' Matthews (Auckland). The of P. A. McColl (Wellington)' *M> fu«e«l. and Charles Craig is tb annly w&in for rcin*tetement;oa: W.P. pii cation wos referr«-d d»ack to lington Centre for. further Votes of thanks ww e C. T. Aschmaii <Cant«rbury)j,A. ( >:art|| Dnvies (Wellington),' and J. 1. Main|i|tt^j||.a| ( of £16 to the Bccretery . ;^?^^SJ|JHH