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SIDELINES

CRITICISM has sometimes been levelled at the High School Old Boys rugby club for not doing more for junior rugby, being interested only in boys at ’Christchurch Boys’ High School and then welcoming them into the club after they leave school. However, this season, for the first time in its 81 years (101 if the earlier years of C.B.H.S. teams are included). Old Boys is fielding a side of boys too young to be at Straven Road. It is in the under-11 grade and includes boys mainly from the Riccarton area, a number of them sons of club members. TWO CANTERBURY men have been elected to important positions on the New Zealand secondary schools’ rugby council. Mr John Mullins, of Shirley Boys’ High School, is the council’s new chairman and Mr John Irving, of St Andrew’s College, is a national selector. Plans are in train for NewZealand to play Australia later this year at secondaryschools’ level. KEVIN TAMATI. the New Zealand rugby league test prop, made a successful boxing debut when he outpointed another newcomer to the ring, Tau Malo, at Lower Hutt last Sunday. Tamati prepared himself by attending a summer boxing camp run by the .former national heavyweight champion. Bill Byrne. The Klin's could well have two front-rowers — Tamati and MarkBroadhurst — with something of a boxing background against the Australians later this year. Broadhurst, though, used to finish his bouts by the short route. CHRISTCHURCH bowlers did quite well at various South Island Easter tournaments, with Trevor Austin (Hornby) completing a fine double at Ranfurly. He won the singles and, with John Murphy, Gary Barnes and Jack Burrows, the fours. Stan Whiteford (St Albans) won the singles at Oamaru. The Linwood ladies put the seal on a most successful season for them when Agnes Beazley’s team of Thelma Anderson and Dot White won the recent Marlborough open triples. PETER BELLISS’S desire to play bowls for New Zealand at the Brisbane Commonwealth Games has already cost him a lot of money, nearly $7OOO last season. The figure could grow next month when he contests a tournament in England which has a first prize of $11,500, the biggest ever offered in the sport. However, Beiliss will be up against some tough opposition. Among the other seven invitees are the world champion, David Bryant (England), David McGill (Scotland), John Snell (Australia) and the brilliant South African, Bill Moseley. ATHOL EARL, the rowing great who filled No. 3 seat in the New Zealand eight which won the gold medal at the 1972 Munich Olympics, generally confines his on-water activities to umpiring these days. And such was his designated role for the gala regatta to launch the new international course at Lake Ruataniwha, at Twizel, last week-end. But there was a change of plan after he went out on to the man-made lake in a motor boat with the chief umpire, Mr John Wylie, for the first time. ‘‘l’ve got tingles in my feet, I might not umpire today,” said an excited Earl. He didn’t. Some hours later, the 29-year old Hawarden farmer was next to another former New Zealand Olympic representative, David Lindstrom, in the engine room of the Avon eight which finished second behind the New Zealand elite world championship crew. THERE ARE a number of new young backs in the Albion senior rugby team, and sorting them out has presented some problems. The centre who scored a runaway try against Burnside in the first round and kicked a dropped goal against Merivale-Papanui last week was Brent Winks, not lan Taylor, who was credited with the points. Taylor’s position is second fiveeighths. Also, the left wing who had an excellent game last Saturday is Alan Theobald, not Fairbold. THE 1982 SEASON has started well for the Harewood Hockey Club, one of the most progressive in the city. It has moved to new grounds at Nunweek Park, among the best in Christchurch. The senior men’s team is leading the championship race, and the senior women’s side produced the biggest upset of the indoor championship when it beat the starstudded Burnside side in the semi-finals last week. THE CLUB has received a further boost with the announcement this week of a sponsorship from the Western Building Society. A challenge shield has been presented to the club by the sponsor, and it will be awarded to the men’s or women's team with the best record during the season. Five smaller trophies will be presented to the most improved player in various age-groups, and each week there will be a man and woman “player of the day.” Each player will receive $2O. Later in the season, club teams are likely to be sporting new track suits, also by courtesy of the sponsor. THE OLD BOYS Cricket Club fell on hard times last summer, being fifth in the two-day competition, finishing last in the one-day event. Its troubles are not oven its captain, Gary Saunders, will leave Christchurch in June to become assistant county clerk for the Waimea County Council. He will be sadly missed. Last season he took 50 wickets at 17.3 each, his best Christchurch season. A lively medium-paced bowler, Saunders has played with distinction in Wellington as well as Christchurch, being in the Wellington B team for several seasons. He has 209 senior wickets in Christchurch. Old Boys will also be with John Bierwirth, a useful batsman, and Ross Cameron, a successful medium-pace bowler in his irregular appearances, when next season begins. A CANTERBURY MAN, Murray Clarke, is one of two New Zealand hockey umpires who have been granted international grade II badges by the International Hockey Federation. The other is Bill Hawke, formerly of Wellington and now of Auckland. 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