Band vetoes rugby

Press, 13 May 1981, Page 6

Band vetoes rugby

The Skellerup Woolston Brass Band has informed the Canterbury Rugby Union, that it will not be available to play at either the Canterbury-Scotland game on June 6 or the South African test in Christchurch on August 15. The information was contained in a letter received by the unions management committee at its meeting last evening. The letter stated that a vote had been taken among the band's membership. Later Mr V. C. Thomas reported that a band had been secured for the Scotland game, and another had offered its services.

A letter was received from the Hornby club telling of a secret ballot among its members on the Springbok tour issue. There was 98 per cent support for the tour. K. Price, a Linwood senior B player ordered off last Saturday for jumping on an opponent, was suspended until after May 30. Mr , ”°! nas - the acting chairman of the judicial committee,' said it was pleasing that there had been so few ordenngs-off this season. The chairman of the competitions committee, Mr W A. Russell said an exercise had been done to show it was possible to- plav all grades on the day of the Canterbury -Scotland game and have all the games finished by 1 p.m. It was. therefore, the committee's intention to have all grades in action on that dav

Mr-R. W. Thomas reported that some open and covered seating was available for pubhc sale for the < anterbury-Scotland game and it would be available from the union s

Manchester Street office from tomorrow.

It was important, he said, that everyone realised that this was a ticket only game.