AUTO-CYCLE UNION

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 31, 31 October 1929, Page 2

AUTO-CYCLE UNION

' EXECUTIVE MEETING. A meeting of the Executive Committee of the New Zealand Auto-Cycle Union was held at Foxton on Monday, Mr. W. A. Spragg presiding. The chief business dealt with was an application for affiliation from the new-ly-formed “New Zealand Speedways Association,” which has been formed for the promotion of dirt-track motor-cycle racing in New Zealand, with headquarters in Wellington. The association will consist of the affiliation of Auckland Speedways Ltd., Wellington Speedways Ltd., Stadiums (Christchurch) Ltd,, and Dunedin Speedways Ltd., and such other companies or organisations controlling or fostering dirt-track racing in New Zealand as the association shall decide to affiliate. The association will be governed by an executive committee composed of two delegates from the New Zealand Auto-Cvcle Union and delegates from each affiliated body up to five representatives. The executive committee will have power to deal with all matters affecting the governing of dirt-track racing and also issue of permits to Speedways bodies. , ' The standard size of speedways has been fixed as follows: 440 yards in circumference, 30 feet wide in straights, and 40 feet wide on bends. All riders must be members of the New Zealand AutoCycle Union. A benevolent fund will be established, all affiliated bodies paying 2| per cent. of . their, gross takings of all meetings, this money being used to assist riders who may meet with au accident during the progress of any dirt-track motor-cycle race. Injured riders will be paid at the rate of £2 10s. for a married man and £2 for a single man per week, and hospital and medical expenses. A comprehensive set of by-laws and regulations have been drawn up for. the government of this class of racing. The application for affiliation was discussed at length, and it was decided to grant affiliatiton to the New Zealand Speedways Association as from October 28. It was considered by the chairman (Mr. W. A. Spragg) that it was a fitting conclusion to a series of Executive Committee meetings that have been held to deal with the subject of the government. of dirt-track racing, and that the affiliation of the association to the New Zealand Auto-Cycle Union was in the best interests of the riders in the Dominion. Messrs. W. A. Spragg (Hawera) and F. R. Jones (Wellington) were appointed representatives on the Executive Com-, mittee to represent the New Zealand Auto-Cycle Union, and Messrs. IV. A. Spragg nnd A. Way (Marton) as trustees of the benevolent fund. Mr. E. A. Rodgers was appointed referee for the Wellington Stadiums Ltd. for its forthcoming race meetings.