Golf-switch reaction

Press, 15 July 1978, Page 6

Golf-switch reaction

PA Wanganui, The Mayor of Wanganui, Mr Ron Russell, is to help promote Wanganui’s case to have the 1978 Nesv Zealand open golf championships returned to the Wanganui Golf Club’s Belmont course. He is also to head a case to gain television coverage of major sporting events staged tn provincial areas.

The decisions came from a meeting on Thursday attended I by leaders of Wanganui’s huf, ness community and representatives of the golf club The leading force behind tha meeting was the Wanganui golfer, Mr Hamish McLisky, who | was disgusted at this week s an | nouncement that the open hao I been switched from Belmont to [ Shirley i Christchurch! because TV authorities refused to covei

.the event live from Wanganui. Mr Russell told the Thursday meeting he would address the provincial cities conference, be held in Wanganui in November, and the New Zealand Muni clpal Association on the question of TV's lack of live coverage of major sporting events in provincial centres. He said it was a matter of concern for every provincial centre in the country if television became “a law unto itself” and could dictate where major events were to be held Golf had received little tele vision coverage in New Zealand in recent years, said the chairman- of. the N.Z. Golf Assocfa tlon’s council (Mr J. G. Slade . our Wellington reporter write.Circumstances had pret ented the 1975 and 1977 open champion ships from being televised, and few overseas golf programmehad been screened