Hockey crackdown

Press, 19 May 1981, Page 6

Hockey crackdown

Two players received suspensions and another a stern warn- , ing at a. judicial meeting of the Canterbury Hockey Association last evening. • < ■ - Kerry Thomas. (High School/ Old Boys), who had . received, three temporary suspensions for misconduct, was suspended for two playing- days. Ross Anibler (Sydenham-Cashmere) , was suspended for one playing day . after an incident at the end of ar. indoor hockey match, and bisbrother and. team-mate, Stephen Ambler,’. received - a /Warning after being involved in the same incident. All three are Canterbury representatives.; ; Thomas’s suspension means he will be unable to play in Canterbury B’s first game at a tourna-

meht In, Blenheim at Queen's Birthday week-end. The C.H.A. ’wouldriot prevent him travelling with the team and playing sn-the next two days, said its chairman (Mr .J. Morse). ; ? j ! . . In the case of the Ambler brothers, Mr Morse said that theirsehtences were-pre-empted by disciolinary ■ action taken by their club’s cominittee. The incident involved an argument with umpires at the. end of an,, indoor ; hockey match/ ; , - “Some-people may think they got off lightly; but that is not so. They were saved from, more severe penalties by the’'quick action of the club, and that they themselves apologised to the umpires the . same evening," Mi Morse said.