LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33453, 7 February 1974, Page 12

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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Games success Sir,—l too am greatly perturbed by Mr Bill Young’s criticism of the athletes’ behaviour at the closing ceremony of these Tenth Commonwealth Games. Miss Boyle deserves another gold for stating that Mr Young’s comments were a disgrace to the Australian team. The Games revolve around youth. And it was youth, its enthusiasm, verve, spontaneity that we all witnessed at the closing ceremony. We had the pomp, ceremony, and rigid regimentation at the opening. Indeed the planning, precision, discipline and forImality would win golds, at iany Games. But after 10 days of titanic struggle, that iclimaxed years of dedicated training and self-imposed discipline, the closing of these great Games evoked a completely different spirit. And this the athletes, the undisputed stars of the Games, gave us. They provided a climax that age and organisation could never give. Their actions epitomised the hapIpiness and friendliness of I these Games. These great Games.—Yours, etc., MIDDLE-AGED i February 5, 1974.

Sir.—We must all agree the Games were wonderful: and all honour to Ron Scott, 1 but to hear Mr Pickering talk about putting more monev; into Queen Elizabeth II Park; is the end. Living in one of the worst kept streets in thei city as a ratepayer I think money should now ■ be put into giving the city a real) tidy-up.—Yours, etc., ROLL ON NOVEMBER February 5, 1974. Sir, —It was inevitable that there should be somebody ready with a little bucket of cold water to throw over the closing ceremony of the Games, but Mr Young’s bucket had too many ice chips in it. Thanks to the excellent coverage by the television teams, we probably saw more angles of the proceedings. There was never anything more than joyful good spirits among the young folk in the arena, and for Mr Young to suggest that Royalty may not attend future closing ceremonies is rather pompous. The Queen, as head of the Commonwealth, must surely have felt a great happiness to see those

boys and girls, black, brownit and white, joining together so 1 free of all prejudices, to cele-lf brate the final of their tre-f mendous 10 days of friendly s irivalry. Let us cherish this (one small, happy episode in r a world far too full of travail|u land tears.—Yours, etc.. t TELEVIEWER. ] I February 5, 1974. ■ t l|Ths correspondence is now if closed.—Editor. | v Street cleaning ■ V Sir, —I saw in “lhe Press”l r i where cleaners were very| t busy at Queen Elizabeth llig (Park cleaning the track and! (grounds with a vacuum type . cleaner. Perhaps the Christ- 1 i church City Council could a • buy them from the Games c .committee and use them to! r 'clean the streets of the city? c (It would make the Squarel s especially, a clean attractive 1 place, which 1 have never 18 seen it look for many years,': —Yours, etc., CLEANUP ((' February 5, 1974.