SIDELINES

Press, 18 May 1984, Page 15

SIDELINES

THE HAWKE’S BAY Rugby Union will celebrate its centenary on June 1 and 2 in Napier, and there will be a special welcome for the few survivors of the great Ranfurly Shield era of the mid-19205. Some of the more recent heroes will participate in Old Timers’ matches at the headquarters ground, McLean Park. The ebullient Welsh international fly-half of the 19505, Cliff Morgan, will be the guest speaker at the centennial dinner. MARILYN MUNRO, the seasoned goal-keep for Wellington and New Zealand netball teams for many winters, has retired from the sport. "Millie” Munro first played for her province in 1971 and later became its captain. She was an excellent defensive player for New Zealand between 1974 and 1982. THE ONE-LAP SPECIALIST in New Zealand athletics in the late 19205, Jack Fleming, has died in Wellington, aged 78. He was the national quarter-mile champion in 1927-28-30, represented the country at the 1927 Australasian championships, and became the first New Zealand

athlete to better 50s for the distance. THE TWO-STAGE rugby scrum will be explained and demonstrated at a public coaching school to be held at Rugby Park on Sunday, May 27, beginning at 10 a.m. The school will be run by Tane Norton, Kerry Tanner, Jerry Rowberry and Mike Fitzgibbon. Canterbury will wait until the N.Z.R.F.U. decision on what grades the new scrum should encompass, before making any decision to go above the under 19 grade on which it has already settled. STEPHANIE FOSTER, New Zealand’s champion woman sculler, will find out more about her medal chances at the Los Angeles Olympics when she competes in a Lucerne international regatta next month. The Waikato oarswoman, who is aged 25, has already tasted success in Lucerne—she won a bronze medal there in the 1982 world championships. JOHANN VERWEIJ hopes to be back in contention for a place in Christchurch Brother United’s Rothmans Soccer League team early next month. He badly damaged a knee during United’s opening Air New Zealand pre-season match against National Mutual Miramar on March 25. He has been training lightly with United in the last few days. With Kees Doornenbal likely to make himself available at the end of this month, United’s coach, Laurie Blyth, will have no shortage of options up his sleeve.