SUMNER ITEMS

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21122, 24 March 1934, Page 5

SUMNER ITEMS

PERSONAL Recent visitors to "Haeremai," Sumhave been: Mr and Mrs Douglas Efrr-Scott, Mr Hammett, Mr and Mrs Banks'and family. Mrs Ensor and j£s Ensor ißydal Downs).

Hockey f-v e annual report of the Redcliffs Wtt&ey Club to be presented at the * annual meeting of the club, states fat the roll stands at 47. an increase f eight on last year. The finances C f the club arc satisfactory. Thanks the "*' lr L " Sutherland the citib material is in a satisfactory condition. The club entered teams "in the conior, junior, and fourth grade competitions. noi.e of which was successful ffhe senior team was considerably hanricapped through absentees, but later fr the season showed much improvement- T - ie pclv -'- ,r team must also be < n winning the five-a-tournament. The members of the <*ide comprising. L. Sutherland. R. pale. G. Burke. E. Grafton, and R. Thomson. The club was represented in'the South Island team by E. Grafton and E. Prt-bbie. and in the Canterbury team by L. Grafton. E. Prebble, £. Cooper, F. Full wood, and H. Thom*Tw'o important recommendations are to be made to the incoming committee. The first is that arrangements be made to play annua! fixtures with country clubs." Second, that the selection of teams captain? to bo approved by the committee, in view of the fact that in previous years the club has incurred some expense by way of fines, owing to the teams not being forwarded to the association. The thanks of the club are due to Jlr and Mrs le Page and Mr and Mrs W. Thomson for the use of a room for meetings of the committee, and also to Mr and Mrs Prangnell for assisting at the dances. Athletics The annua! inter-borough athletic contest will be held at St. Leonard's square this afternoon. Both boroughs are fielding strong teams, and the competition should be extremely interest-

Golf Tlii Richmond Hill Club will open its season this afternoon with a 14-. hole mixed foursomes event, for which players are to arrange their own partners and opponents. Bowls J. S. Man in has completed a remarkably successful season by winning the coveted Maddison trophy. His record of winning all three Sumner Club events and the championship, is one of which he may well be proud. His consistency is reflected in the ease with which he won all four rounds, the scores being 23-11, 20-11. 23-11. 28-11.

Additional results in the club competitions are as follows: Handicap doubles—Second round ffirst life;: Caesar and Peek (plus 1> beat Clarke and Buxton (plus 4"'. Semi-final: Mulholland and Chambers (<cr> beat Young and Graham (plus 5). Sailing The season which will be concluded Very shortly, has been the most successful that the Christchureh Sailing ana Power Boat Club has experienced. There are now 70 boats belonging to members of the club, and indications are that all available space will be used for winter moorings. A number of boats from Lyttelton will also winter at Redcliffs, including the keelers Mana and loianthe. The club has recently gone to some expense in installing a r.ew slip and trolley for smaller boats. New additions to the club's fleet are Saltaire. a Takapuna class boat, a sailing dinghy. Wren, owned by J. A'Ccurt and the Dixie Kid, a larnch buiit by C. Monck. which for 16 years has been at Picton and is now owned by J. S. Hawker. A Wakatiri class beat will shortly be launched. Tennis With several events uncompleted it appears that the majority of the Sumcer Club's competitions will not be decided until very late in the year. The cnlv game played since last week was in the men's handicap singles, in which R. Huston (owe 30 2'6) beat G. A JVebb (owe 30 4 G>, 9-8. RowingUnfortunately the unfavourable weather slowed up the painting of the Sumner-Redcliffs Club pavilion, but even in its uncompleted condition there is a very marked improvement. li_ is hoped to finish the first coat this afternoon. Three coats will be applied. During the winter some of the members will work on the interior of j the shed and will also put in hand repairs to the boats. Life-Saving Mr \V. S. Burford presided at a meeting of the committee of the Sumner . Life Saving Club on Thursday even- : The secretary was instructed to I advise the gala committee that it was ■ regretted that the club could not arrange a demonstration during the gala. Reference was made to the death .of the ciub's patron. Mr George Humphreys, and a motion was carried expressing sympathy with the relatives. "Ir F. Clark, a member of the committee, handed m his resignation ! "wing to his removal to Wellington. I The chairman congratulated Mr 'Clark °n his promotion and wished him every success in his new sphere. If vas decided to place on record an appreciation of Mr Clark's services. The instructor reported that the club ->&u completed a very successful season. The principal events won in the jnter-club competitions' were the Kesieven Cup. the Sumner Cup. and the junior, intermediate, and senior resuscitation championships. The club was runner-up for the champion pennant, ! }Y ltn points, compared with the i Aew Brighton Ciub's score of 23 points, i Jt was decided to congratulate the i Aew Brighton Club on again winning ! the pennant. !

Old Scholars' Association At the annual meeting of the Old scholars' Association of the Sumner High School the president, P' was in the chair. A resolution of sympathy with the pati'on, Mr G. A. Alexander, in his illness was passed. The secretary, Mr L- , Bailey, read the annual report. vVj E ' n owed that the society had fcaa a very successful year. A record °i notes about the personal progress of the members had been compiled. register of all past scholars of the department was being kept. x he committee had sufficient money ? b'Jv a cup for the boy athletic cnampion of the high school. There *mL a small balance to credit, ihe chairman referred to the good v»ork being done by the old scholars ana to the high standard set by the 0ci i a^on - Their efforts to assist the f*nool were greatly appreciated and Reflected credit on the officers and committee. t ,^ e athletic cup was presented to 5 headmaster. Mr H. M. Stevens, bine s ecretary and arrangements made ri, it over to the secondary department. Mr Stevens expressed eep appreciation of the action of the ,ifsociation making such a eift to '" e school. .The election of officers resulted as oiio\v s: —p a t ron , q Alexander; President, Mr G. F. Allen; vice-presi-i-nts, Miss M. Reese and Messrs H. M. Tof v ® ns anc * Carew; joint secU. Jensen and Mr L. Mr i?r nd: c 'hainnan of committee, T> c •/• Heslop; committee. Misses • k truth, M. Chambers, G. Sarelius, Lobeldick. and Messrs H. J. Bailey, p,' V arp!ntc r, R. McLachlan. and F. wackm; auditor, Mr F. J. Glackin. ,„-L„, ,,Vas agreed to meet the present r hj, ars of the school at tennis on the new court on April 6. Wioi, Ss t - I ', eese £ aid that next year the School would celebrate its blrth day and suggested that the mcf,5 10n w should be suitably recogIt was decided to do this by the school.