Support for tour
Three Christchurch rugby clubs have , taken votes on next year’s proposed Springbok tour, and all three are in favour of it taking place. The clubs are Albion, Suburbs and Lincoln College and; their support was contained in letters' received at last evening’s meeting of the Canterbury Rugby Union. As is its policy, the union will pass on this information to the national union. • Albion, in its. letter, said that 90 per cent of its senior members had participated in a ballot on whether a meritselected Springbok team should come to New Zealand next year and 80 per cent had been in favour. I Suburbs said that a vote taken at its annual meeting showed full support for the tour, while Lincoln College told of a special meeting it! held to discuss the issues.
Two motions were.put and the firstlhat sporting bodies should have the freedom to play with other participants was carried unanimously.
The second motion was “that due to the effects of internal divison and external pressure on New Zealand as a whole‘the Lincoln College ciub believed it to be inappropriate at this time to extend an invitation to South Africa to . tour this country.” I The voting on this motion was 14 in favour, 31 against and nine abstentions, -i
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Press, 26 November 1980, Page 6
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