ALLOCATION OF PLAYING AREAS

Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 73, 28 March 1922, Page 8

ALLOCATION OF PLAYING AREAS

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v At the Petone Borough Council meeting last evening the Reserves Commit- ■ tee recommended the allocation of playing grounds as , follows: —The Ladies' Hockey Club the use of the Oval from 1.45 to 3 p.m. on Saturday afternoons, " the Rugby Union having the use of the Oval every Saturday,from 3 o'clock; the Rugby Union be granted No. 2. Ground every Saturday; the I' Hockey Club to have No. 3, and the v Association No.- 4; the League and the! Association each to have the use of a 'ground over the stop-bank. Councillor Broekelbank moved that the report ■■• be adopted, and Councillor Hartley seconded. . . : ■.: Councillor Anderson moved as an amendment that the Rugby Union have sole use of No. 1, League No. 2, Hockey No. 3, Association No. 4. He considered this the fairest way, and gave all the applicants a space oh the Recrea- . /tion Ground.,, If the sports bodies would cpme along and help in the improvement of the Recreation Ground another '. playing area could be provided. ■ ■ .' Councillor Ford seconded the amendment, which was supported by Councillor Cook. Tm| amendment was put and lost. The Mayor moved a further amendment that the Rugby Club be given No. 1 Ground, the Ladies' Hockey Club be allowed to play from 1.30 to 2.50 p.m., ", No. ■ 2 .Ground be used for Rugby, No. 3 League (early ' hockey games to be * played...if. ground available);, No. .4, ; Association; Hockey ground to be over '■the stop-bank, and the engineer be instructed to improve the stop-bank grounds. , Councillor Bcdingfield second■;ed.- ' ' ••■•■■ Councillor Anderson said it was no nse trying to argue with some of the ; councillors. He was out to do the fair 'thing,' but the Rugby Union seemed to - have a bold on them.' -', Councillor' Bro'ckelb'ank: issue •of Rugby and League was fought out at ■the elections, and Rugby won." ■ ' Councillor Anderson: "Rubbish." Councillor Brockelbank: "It was an'bther. case of the Hutt gas dispute." '.■ Councillor Cook: "I don't think much I.of tlie .council if it was elected only on' 'a football matter." - ' . -' Councillor ! Bedingfield said the ma-jority-'of the public favoured Rugby ; football, and wanted to see it played. '; The League game had not taken on "here; the people playing Leagne -wera ' only looked upon as second-rate play(l ers. He was sorry that last season ; [Rugby was sacrificed for League. ' The amendment was put and lost on ::,a division. For: Councillors Hartley, Bedingfield, ■ Pere, and tho Mayor. ■-(Against: Councillors Cook, Anderson, Jones, Brockelbank, and Ford. Councillor Anderson moved a further ■amendment that the matter be held over ifor a fortnight, as he considered the 'Reserves Committee's report was" a ,''frame up." , This was seconded hv Councillor Jones and carried.