REFEREES' ASSOCIATION.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 145, 13 March 1908, Page 8

REFEREES' ASSOCIATION.

The secretary'sreport for the year ending March '16 states', that the' Wellington Rc-forec-s' Association may.■' be. again ' congratulated upon /.the characteristic good conduct of its: members in'all' matches in whiclr they have officiated during.the-season.'. ! Twenty-two weekly meetings were held during tlie • year, the average attendance" •being 21, which shows'.the great interest of the members in all that concerns the. livelfare of (ho organisation. Notwithstanding the large number /(376) of. appointments 1 .made i for. Rugby ;IJnion' /matches; very few coiitests lapsed through: the absenco of' tlte referee.' Members; of this Association ; officiatedat various inter-union' matches and : fnt6r : olub ;contests at Wairarapa' and Horowheniia districts. It was acknowledged that they carried ■out their duties to t,ho .satisfaction of everyorio_ concerned. .'The • junior, memhers are again to be commended for' the' enthusiastic 'manner in• which i they fulfilled' their various 'appointments during.tlie season.' An'increasc (15) is'to be'recorded in-tlio, number of members "elected 'during' the. year, tho active membership roll now totalling 85. . In' View of the additional" grounds secured by tho' Rugby Union, and tho large, number of matches .to "be played , during , the coming season, ■ this increase; of' .membership will be found to bo of much' service. Tlie recentlyformed branch of. the Association at. Petone had thoroughly carried ou(; the ■ objects" f or •:which it was established, 'rfnd. has'provtv* a . useful, adjunct to the parent body."■; During the past season ■ tho Annual Conference nf ißeferees' under the Auspices of'.the ,-N.Z.' Referees' . Association was lield at Dnnedin! and the "Laws of the. Game" thoroughly discussed.. In, ■ addition,'''tali 1 Australian Conference - was held • at. Brisbane.- the Dominion being represented bv Messrs. J. M. vßobb and E.; Wylie. ..'Full'. particulars '.thereat have been- and are,available to membcrs'of the Association. During the jiast' season the original-practice' of the- classification of referees has again been handed'over to this Association." The '"change -has proved in the.Miest .interest -of ■Rrigbj\ and ;the\labours of .thb Classification | Committee havogivcngenaril satisfaction to | members,- •

The balance-sheet kliows .-a credit .balance of cash in ; hand of £4 'Bs. 2d. ' The annual meeting is to be held, on Monday next. - ■ '