PEOPLE IN THE PLAY

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29264, 23 July 1960, Page 5

PEOPLE IN THE PLAY

Misses B. Stone and P. Gal lagher and Mr B. Overend (Canterbury) have been appointed to referee at the New Zealand basketball tournameni to be held at Wellington frorr August 23 to 27. T. Haydon, the Canterbury representative soccer playei from Christchurch Boys’ High

School, scored the winning goal for England against Scotland to put his team id the final of the local “inter national” t o u r na mart against New Zealand. Haydon lately has been displaying skill and soccer abil-

ity distinctly in advance of his years. It is to be hoped thahe and other young players coming to the fore will remair m New Zealand to strengther and Improve the code, and no' depart overseas.

One of Canterbury’s leading skiers and a nominee for last year’s team to the Winter

Olympics, John Willis will leave for Europe at the conclusion of the present ski-ing season in New Zealand. Although his trip is primarily on business, Wil- I lis hopes to ' spend some

time at the major European ski resorts and further his racing ski-ing. Lyn John (Technical), who was a member of the secondary schools’ representative team which played against Fiji in 1957, is the first member of tuat team to gain a place in the Canterbury senior team. She is a very accurate goal shooter. _