Sports Fixtures And Holiday Attractions

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30633, 26 December 1964, Page 17

Sports Fixtures And Holiday Attractions

(New Zealand Press Association)

WELLINGTON, December 18. Sports fixtures, race meetings, carnivals and other holiday attractions will mark the Christmas-New Year period throughout the country.

The main attractions up to the end of January listed by Press Association agents in

various centres are:

AUCKLAND races CCmber 2 * and 29: Auckland December 26: Roman Catholic tennis championships begin. December 28: North Shore tenms tournament. December 28 and 31: Auckland trots. December 31, January 1 and land CrlCket ’ Pakistan v - AuckJanuary 2-6: Auckland junior tennis championships. c^ a IL uar . y t. 5 and 6: Plunket Shield. Auckland v. Otago. January 4: Moth regatta at Taupo. January 4: New Zealand bowling tournament (fortnight). January 9: New Zealand Grand Prix at Pukekohe. January 9: Thames races. January 16: Avondale races. January 23: Franklin races. January 30, February 1: Auckland races. January 30, February 1 and 2: Cricket, Pakistan v. New Zealand. February 4, 5 and 6: Plunket Shield, Auckland v. Canterbury. TAURANGA December 26 to mid-Janu-ary: Carnivals at Tauranga and Mount Maunganui. December 26-27: AucklandTauranga ocean yacht race sponsored by Royal Akarana Yacht Club. January 2: Grand Prix at Mount Maunganui. January 8-9: Professional golf at Mount Maunganui and Mount Maunganui stampede. HASTINGS December 30 to January 4: Hastings Lawn Tennis Clubs open tournament. December 26-28: Hawke’s Bay Bowling Centre’s Christmas triples at Kia Toa greens. December 28: New Zealand 250 T.T. motor-cycle championship at Twyford. January 1-2: Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club's summer meeting. January 1-2: Hawke’s Bay v. Wellington representative cricket. January 22-24: Hawke’s Bay v. Wanganui cricket. January 23: Lennox Cup national softball tournament. WANGANUI December 26: Motor-cycling, cross-country races at Rapanui. December 27: Motor-boats, sponsored regatta at Wirltoa lake. December 26-28: Wanganui Bowling Centre’s annual Christmas fours tournament. December 31, January 1-2: Central Districts v. Otago Plunket Shield cricket. January 1: Wanganui-Egmont Rodeo Association’s annual rodeo at Wanganui East Show Grounds. January 1-4: Wanganui Lawn Tennis Association’s annual New Year open tournament at Wanganui club. January 2: Swimming, Gonville Club carnival. January 4-5: Cricket, Wanganui v. Wellington B. January 5-6: Cricket, Wanganui XI v. Upper Hutt. January 16: Gonville V. Pacific (Napier) inter-club swimming carnival. January 16: Wanganui Rowing Association's annual open regatta. January 17: Castlecliff Surf and Life-saving Club’s annual Hackshaw Shield carnival at Castlecliff Beach. January 23: Swimming, annual bridge-to-brldge race in the morning; Central Club carnival in the afternoon. January 23: Wanganui residential tennis championships. WELLINGTON December 26: Christmas fours bowls start. December 26-29: WellingtonCentral Districts Plunket Shield cricket. December 30-January 7: Wellington B cricket tour. January 1: Open athletics meeting. Paraparaumu. New Year pairs bowls start. January 4-6: WellingtonPakistan cricket. January 9: Mumford Memorial trophy (yachting). January 12: Cycling, Australians at Basin Reserve. January 13-16: North Island tennis championships, Lower Hutt. January 14: Cycling, Australians at Hutt Recreation Ground. January 14-16: WellingtonAuckland' Plunket Shield cricket. January 16: Inauguration Wellington and Hutt Valley intercity softball competition. Jauary 16-21: Wellington junior tennis championships. January 18-29: WellingtonN trthern Districts cricket. January 22-23: Howe and Slazenger Shield tennis finals. New Zealand-Pakistan cricket.

ACROSS s—Mob went wild after belated start then incendiary. (4) 7 Dickens's was a dreary dreary place. (5, 5) 8— Bone turned black. (4) 10 — About to get stern and confine. (8) 11— Legal process for getting things done. (6) 12 — Small pair miss out some figures. (6) 14—Dark lady loses direction going out. (6) 16— Their language is said to be beyond my comprehension! (6) 17— None got special task that should have been done. (8) 19—He's found in the chapel or deanery. <4> 21 When archer did this he was far from retiring. (4, 3,3) 22 —Never again! (4)

January 25-30: New Zealand junior tennis championships. January 25-26: WellingtonHutt Valley colts, Jarvis Shield cricket. New Zealand-Pakistan cricket. GISBORNE December 26: Harbour swim. December 28: Rodeo. January 1-5: Burton trophy bowls. January 4-8: New Zealand archery championships. Jauary 4-9; North Island croquet championships. LEVIN January 16: Levin international motor race meeting. MASTERTON December 26-29: South Wairarapa tennis championships at Martinborough. January 1. 4: Wairarapa Racing Club’s New Year meeting at Tauherenikau. January 21-25: Wairarapa tennis championships at Masterton. NEW PLYMOUTH December 26 and 28: Taranaki Jockey Club’s meeting. December 26: Christmas pairs bowls begin. December 26-29: Taranaki tennis championships, Hawera. National band of New Zealand arrives New Plymouth to train (to January 4). December 28-January 2: Central Districts’ colts cricket tournament. December 29: North Island 95 vee power boat championships, Mokau. January 1 and 4: Stratford Racing Club’s meeting. January 1-3: Yachting regatta, New Plymouth. January 1: Taranaki Bowling Centre’s New Year tournament begins. January 2-9: New Zealand roller skating championships. January 3: International motor-cross meeting, Omata. January 4-5: Central Districts’ colts v. Taranaki, cricket. January 5: Australian cyclists competing at New Plymouth. January 7: Festival of Pines, New Plymouth. January 11: Australian athletes compete at Waitara. January 14-16: Plunket Shield clrcket. Central Districts v. Northern Districts. Australian athletes at Eltham. January 16: Australian athletes at New Plymouth (night). January 20: Taranaki six-mile relay and steeplechase athletics, Inglewood. January 23: Taranaki grass track cycling and road walk championships, Stratford. January 25-February 1: Taranaki Bowling Centre s sixtieth jubilee open fours tournament. January 26: Snell, Davies, and other athletes at New Plymouth. January 29: Open pairs bowling tournament starts. January 30: Taranaki athletic championships, Waitara. NELSON December 26: Nelson Aero Club field day, Motueka. December 28: Nelson-Marl-borough swimming centre carnival. Motor-cycling, miniature T.T. meeting. January 1,2, 4: Hutt Valley cricket challenge for Hawke Cup. January 1,2, 3,4: Provincial open tennis tournament. January 1: Roto-iti Power Boat Club regatta. Aurora Sailing Club keeler race. January 2,4: Car racing, Tahuna beach. January 4: Harbour swim. January 6,7: Nelson v. Pakistan cricket. January 9: Festival games athletics. Picnic race meeting, Richmond. _ . . January 10: Monaco Boat Club display. HOKITIKA December 26: Boxing Day sports on Cass square. December 31: Fireworks display at Hokitika racecourse. January 2: Gold rush on Hokitika beach. January 3,4: Lake Mahinapua Aquatic Club regatta. January 10: Carnival at Lake Kaniere. _ , January 11: Westland Racing Club's centennial meeting. January 16: Centennial procession with theme on past, present and future. Gala in Cass square. January 22 and 23: £5OO sponsored golf tournament. CHRISTCHURCH December 28-January 4: Women’s cricket, HallyburtonJohnstone Shield series. December 31-January 2: Cricket, Canterbury v. Wellington. January 1,2: Canterbury Park Trotting Club meeting.

DOWN 1— French priest has a place in the Abbey. (4) 2 The yellow peril? (8) 3 Ferryman has no arch to go round. (6) 4 Recapitulates mathematically. (4, 2) 5 Carry this animal? Hardly. (4) 6 Sports club secretary playing Cupid? (10) 9—Put money on ham in board game. (10) 13—I give out cards and sit around being most unpractical. (8) 15— Made bit of a splash in dye-works brawl. (6) 16— Alarmed by certain reports? (3-3) 18—This way yours truly gets a quantity? (4) 20—Like the freshness of early morning? (4) [Solution Page 3]

January 3: Akaroa Harbour swim.

January 3: Waitikiri open golf. January 4-6: Canterbury v. Central districts, cricket. January 9-12: Canterbury v. Pakistan, cricket. January 14: Canterbury v. Auckland, athletics. January 16-23: Canterbury senior and junior swimming championships. January 23: Canterbury long distance swimming championships, Diamond Harbour. January 23: Hororata Trotting Clubs meeting. January 23: Canterbury decathlon championship, Canterbury pentathlon championship, and six miles championship. January 24: Surfing, second Canterbury championship carnival. New Brighton. January 39: South Island swimming championships, Christchurch. February 12-16: New Zealand v. Pakistan, cricket. TIMARU December 26-January 9: Caroline Bay carnival. December 26-31: South Island tennis, at Maori Park. January 1: South Canterbury Caledonian Society’s annual sports, Timaru Scottish Society’s evening concert. January 9 and 16: Timaru Trotting Club's meetings.

January 12-31: Australian art exhibition.

January 15-16: Caroline Bay Association concerts. January 28: .Burns night concert. DUNEDIN December 25-28: Otago v. Canterbury, Plunket Shield cricket. December 27: Naseby and Kyeburn digging schools centennial. December 28: Wanaka festival week. December 28: Dunedin Jockey Club races at Wingatui. December 29: Brabin Shield cricket tournament. January 7: Waihola School jubilee. January 14-16: Otago v. Pakistan, cricket. January 16: X-class and I-class yachting trials in Otago Harbour. January 23: Dunedin Festival Week begins, official opening, Vintage Car rally, cycling and athletic meeting, golf tournament. January 23 and 30: Dunedin Jockey Club races at Wingatui. Palmerston show. January 26: Otago A. and P. Society show. January 30: Otago golf championships begin at St. Clair. December 31: Surf carnival at St. Kilda. February 1: New Zealand women’s bowling championships begin.