Hockey man dismissed
NZPA London Robert Watson, who openly criticised the British Hockey Board’s decision not to send a team to Moscow, has been dismissed as the board’s representative on the British Olympic Association (8.0. A. At last week’s 8.0. A. meet-
i ing, Mr Watson followed his mandate and voted not to ■ send a team to the Olympic . Games but then expressed : his own opinion. , Hockey was the only : sport at the 8.0. A. meeting ito vote against going to Moscow — 15 were in favour and four were for deferment.
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Press, 2 April 1980, Page 28
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