MEN’S BASKETBALL Illegal Entry Made To Stadium By Side Door

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30442, 16 May 1964, Page 19

MEN’S BASKETBALL Illegal Entry Made To Stadium By Side Door

Concern at the number of persons entering Cowles Stadium on competition nights at a meeting of the Canterbury Men’s Basketball Association. The convener of the competitions committee (Mr M. A. McDougall) reported that several persons had been caught this week attempting to gain illegal entry to the stadium, but there were obviously many more who had not been caught. On occasions, players leaving the stadium had done so through a side door, which was left unlocked in case of fire, but could only be opened from the inside. They had left the door open and other players and spectators had taken advantake of it. It was agreed to instruct players to enter and leave by the main door and an assurance that a close watch would be kept in future was given by senior officials. TV Games The secretary (Mr A. W. Barrett) reported that the

f N.Z.B.C. would be making 1 ■ live telecasts of matches at 1 > Cowles Stadium on June 6 1 - and August 8. The question ’ - of the matches to be played I on those dates w?s referred 1 - to the competitions commit- i . tee. < t A proposal by the A selec- 1 i tor (Mr P. Doogue) that the ! ’ Canterbury team be permitted i ; to make a North Island tour i ■ in August with the primary J I object of playing in the Palmerston North stadium, the 1 - venue for this season’s New i > Zealand tournament, was i i favourably received. The com- i f mittee agreed to give the ’ venture its approval if such ; ' a tour proved practicable at 1 the time. > Members agreed that the forthcoming tour by the Aust tralian Olympic team could ' possibly have a bearing on the ■ matter and that there was also 1 the proposed New Zealand > Universities’ tour in midAugust to be considered. A letter was received from . the Marlborough association > stating that the Canadian - Goodwill tournament would be held as scheduled on May 16 in spite of the fact that Canterbury would be unable to attend. It was hoped to stage the tournament on a set day each year, said the letter. Wrong Numbers The committee viewed with i disfavour the number of L players wearing incorrect r uniforms in the weekly i inter-club matches. Mr Me- i s Dougall said that some ' , players were not wearing > 1 proper uniforms, some had i incorrect numbers and several . teams were failing to produce ' i their alternative uniforms 1 j when playing against a team • . with a similar coloured uni- ’ f form. Offending players and teams will be notified at their next ' competition games of the re- : quirements. If numbers or - I uniforms are not correct the ! following week, offending > players will not be permitted 1 ? to take the court. Only if a team has the minimum number of five players will an offending player be allowed > i to take part in the game.