Olympic trial?

Press, Issue 33845, 17 May 1975, Page 4

Olympic trial?

i I ‘ I It is possible that one | ■of the five international i ? track and field meetings ? Ito be held in New Zea- p j land next January will be j j classified as an official = ! Olympic Games trial by I Ithe New Zealand Amateur j Athletic Association. i In disclosing this = ' yesterday, the Christ-1 I church man u'ho is pro- i i moting the meetings, Mr = ? K. J. Ryall, indicated that! I if such a situation came j j about he would be guided j = by the New Zealand se-1 I lectors regarding the ath- j j ietes to be invited. There i I would also be a possi-! • bility of inviting more | j Australians to compete at j j such a meeting. A trust is to be estab-1 ! lished from part of the | | profits from the meetings i I and this will be used to J ' help New Zealand’s ath-! | letes prepare for the j i Olympics. Mr Ryall esti- j I mates that $15,000 could! Igo into the trust from j j next season’s activities. j j “The details of the uses > ■ to which the trust fund ' I will be put have not yet I j been finalised but it could j = perhaps be used to give ? I the New Zealand athletes I I high altitude training if ( j they felt they needed it,” j a ho caid 2