ATHLETIC FUND
Tribute To Clarke
(N.Z Press Assn—Copyright'
SYDNEY, August 3. A £20,000 Ron Clarke Foundation Fund is to be launched by the Australian Amateur Athletic Union—with none of the money going to Clarke. The A.A.U. has decided to raise the money as a tribute to Clarke and use income from it to enable promising young athletes to gain international experience.
Clarke has endorsed the scheme and has offered to make appearances in every state to assist in raising funds.
The A.A.U. secretary, Mr Arthur Hodsdon, said there would be about £1250 to use on sending athletes overseas each year. “The foundation will be a perpetual reminder of Clarke’s world record-breaking this year and will fill a want which Clarke has worried about considerably,” he said.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19650804.2.212
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30820, 4 August 1965, Page 18
Word Count
126ATHLETIC FUND Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30820, 4 August 1965, Page 18
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in