Grants For Sport

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30810, 23 July 1965, Page 3

Grants For Sport

(N.Z. Press Association) WELLINGTON, July 22. Grants of £181,727 from Golden Kiwi lottery profits were announced today by the Recreation and Youth Activities Distribution Committee. Conditional grants previously approved and now confirmed are: Amberley sub-branch R.S.A., additions ■to hall, £300: Rang!-

tata Soldiers’ Memorial Hall Committee, renewing of flooring and building, £150; Anzac Boy Scout Group, Nelson, scout den, £300; Ashburton County Cricket Association, junior cricket equipment, £100; Avon Rowing Club, Christchurch, club building additions, £750; Ladbrooks Hall Committee, hall improvements, £3OO. St. Mary’s Tennis and Basketball Club, Pleasant Point, courts reconstruction, £200; West Melton Hall Committee, improvements and additions, £2000; New Zealand Archery Association overseas tour, £100;; Heathcote Scout Group, improvements to den, £5O; Central Rugby Football Club, Blenheim, completion of clubhouse. £5OO. Masons Flat Boy Scouts, Hawarden, £150; New Zealand Contract Bridge Association, New Zealand representation in the Far Eastern contract bridge zonal competition at Tokyo, £200; Orari Bridge Hall Committee, Geraldine, alterations to hall, £400; North Loburn Public Hall Society, enlarging hall and Installing conveniences, £500; Otago Hockey Association, pavilion at Kettle Park. Dunedin, £750; Grants approved for immediate payment were:— Christchurch City Council, Queen Elizabeth II Park, £25,000; New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association, team to Australian championships at Hobart in February, 1965, £250; New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters, purchase of spare parts for radios, £347; New Zealand Badminton Federation team tour of Malaysia, October, 1964. £400; Deaf Ama-

teur Sports Association, attendance at tenth International Gaines for the Deaf, Washington. DC., June, 1065, £2000; New Zealand Gliding Association. entering New Zealand team In 1065 world gliding championships, £500: New Zealand Marching Association, an annual grant towards the general advancement and support of marching. £600; New Zealand Table Tennis Association, junior national coaching schools, £100; Lelthfield Domain Board,

erecting a toilet block, £250; North Loburn Public Hall Society, enlarging hall and installing convemencei! (an additional grant), £150; South Canterbury Gliding Club, for training, £5OO. Conditional grant* approved were: Avonsilde Scout Group, work on scout hall, £100; Bryndwr Scoup Group, Christchurch, removal and conversion of a building for a scout den, £350; Canterbury branch, Boy Scouts* Association, purchase of camp site and buildings In Katapol Borough, £2000; Pleasant Point Yacht Club, construction of yacht storage building, £200; Shamrock Association Football Club, completion of gymnasium and amenities, £lOOO. Zingari Rugby Football Club, Timaru, erection of clubrooms, £1250; Westport Amateur Swimming Club, improvements to municipal baths, £1500; Auckland Lawn Tennis Association, to arrange a national training school for coaches, £250; Lauriston Tennis Club, work on tennis courts, £75; Paparua County Council, purchase of land and construction of skating rink, £1000; Reefton Pony Club, club building, £100: Parnassus Domain Board, building community centre (additional grant). £600: Cooper* Creek Halt Trust, Improvements to hall, £300: Otepopo Athenaeum Committee, Oamaru, hall Improvements, etc., £200; Pareora Public Hall Society, heating and Improvements to hall, £150; Totara Valley Hall Building Committee, extension to hall, £250; U.S.A. Papanul Subcommittee, enlarging hall, £4OO.