Change in control of squash rackets

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31656, 17 April 1968, Page 9

Change in control of squash rackets

□MIE change from club to A district control should prove of benefit to the efficient organisation of squash rackets throughout New Zealand. The sport has been administered by the New Zealand Squash Rackets Association, through delegates from each club. As from January 1 this year, it has changed to a system of control by delegates from each of the six squash districts. These are Auckland, Waikato, Central, Wellington. Canterbury and Southern. Each districts’ two delegates are to have equal voting power, although there was a strong move by some of the northern clubs to have voting power increased according to the numerical strength of the district. This

Spinners on top

Two left-arm spinners, A. C. Timpson and H. J. Howarth, headed the bowling figures in the Auckland senior cricket competition. Timpson, who notwithstanding continued success in Auckland cricket, has been unable to gain selection in the Plunket Shield team, took 67 wickets at an average of 14.2 to head the bowling aggregates. Howarth, a regular member of the Plunket Shield team, had the best average, 52 wickets at 10.0.

J. T. Sparling headed the batting aggregates with 973 runs at an average of 64.9. Another former New Zealand batsman, SJ G. Gedye, was second in the aggregates with 698 runs. However, T. W. Jarvis easily headed the averages. He batted only four times but scored 438 runs at an average of 146.0.

would have given the northern districts a considerable voting advantage over the southern. With further expansion of the game it is envisaged that there will be six more districts; North Auckland, Bay of Plenty. East Coast (Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay), Taranaki, Nelson-Marlbor-ough-West Coast, and one other. The Canterbury District originally included Ashburton and Timaru, but these areas have decided to transfer their allegiance to the Southern District in an endeavour to assist the Oamaru, Dunedin and Invercargill clubs. Since 1950 the New Zealand Association's headquarters have been in Palmerston North. Before that they moved from north to south according to the venue for the national championships. The secretary, Mr R. O. Haddon, who was last year made a life member, has controlled the affairs of the na-

tional body for 17 years and some of the management committee have served for more than 10 years. As yet there seems no likelihood of the new method of representation affecting the management committee, principally be-

cause of the excellent work being done by Mr Haddon. However, if he was to give up the secretaryship, it would not be surprising to see some major changes in the top administration of the game.