ASSOCIATION

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 71, 24 March 1926, Page 11

ASSOCIATION

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.■'..'. .':' NEGESSIJY.'' 'FOE'' STRONG:;' ' ,V. i ; .\ i /,-'"v': > !cdMMlTTliiKV','.'.'.', .■■■■.-, -(By(-'fVanguara.") s : .. Tlie 1926 Association idotball season -ia approaching,' :ai\d. to-night delegates ■from(the.vafTipusvciubs-.-affiliatea to the Wellington ABSociation will attend the ariiiiial'Sitteeting 0 £ that body,. Several' impbrtanf - ihatterg will 'bebroyght t.o the nfitieeiot delegates, and of these one of the niost important will be. tho election of a committee to ■carry on this -Work of controlling the game in Wellington during the season;-. It js, regretted on,all sides that J;he list of candidates ' offering'themselves for election' :itb-iugfit' does not include; the names of those who have done nujch ■Jt or the; game, in ■ the v past, ( ani. what, .ever,committee is selectecl to-night it is ViiW to ' iiiclude' some who1 have- had little br.no experience invadministrative work; ...Jt ; is..-hoped that delegates at,the, meeting, will realise, fully the arda|'ous nature of the work ahead this' sea.son,. and. without .giving' the slightest i'"-regitrd? r .i(y.;pfersonai or dub prejudices elect :Vhe^er|jr best'men available^ -It is Tegiett:ed; that the .' cominittee thfo ye&r wiilßeSvithout the seryiees"of th| veteran;se'creta^y',' 'Mr'.- Av'Williams,, who has'- held ; joffte'e'1 for over twenty-one years,: 'But Has "aecided ■ that it is time that h"er'had some respite from his labours for the game. While- regretting that it has been necessary for Mr. William* : to' -tender his resignation,: one, cannot but-admit that. 'he. has fully earned tha-.-spßll avhich-ho proposes;tp 'talre.'"';''-''- Sc '■ >i' J'.''■"'■; - - ''-''> ,-■-■•'■■•;• ■Mr. Williainii Kas given niany of his best years to the; work" of the association,1 and! he1 has not saved himself in any- respect. V Practically all the time I' which he has been able ito spare from his other duties ■ has -been devoted to the game ■which he -loves, bo well. He will- be- sadly ;missed from - the ieomniittee,; where he-has:acted not only; in a Sjeere.tarial!,<!apaci,ty;.:bu.t,- also in an iad;, yisorycapaeityi.;, .Qavmore „^h»n one o'i } casion Vbie % ,has,.'.steere^ - the committee' through trqublQUs/timesi .-,, ..;, , -„-,'.' ... /The question, of a successor to Mr. 'Williams Wijl.have to be considered this evening, asid . ijt is. understood that a fccojifnifenSation -.will' J3B PJao^4. before ; th,e. ro?P^i?g tliat ;.Mr[*3>'!Mab"in''shouid. ' ; .b.e^^:'elejpie ; d'.;t^''th6''ppsitio.n^' ',&.' Mabin%'w ■jjejiiv 'ipnn'ecited.'.with- the" garn^ '^gooa'tfaiiy.^jsats; and ha's been* an ■ in^ dejf'artigable worker/iini' its interests) He; should prp^e:a"success as'fleeretaryj but;iii:':<jrd;ijr;;to;mafteirt;' Complete success dfthe; positwii;ho"':wiJi ;nee3 ■ thi& support.; of a-strong committee.; '■•'■■ .-"•• ■' '['.■■ The • comingl 'eetlßotf ■ promiges•■ to be ■a-strenuousI'one-in more ways than one.•• There- will be a) shortage; of players; and ■Itrili' esseri!tial);,tha.t'the grlp.sth.at was ■ secured ''OYet.' ■ ;the?public last.season should-not'.be relaxed in any.way, ■; .Wellington, at present-,, holds- the Brown Shield, and this :will mean that the local . association will be. called upon to meet challenges, unless, of course, the; rules ar* amended by the New Zealand CouiwilsQ as to.makothem similar to Plunket Shield rules. In addition,;, there will b«i the visit of an Au'stralijin. eleven., Gpnerally,the; season will be a big one, and there will be a golden opportunity to ..secure furthor .public support for the round ball game. If the new committee gets down to work in a: business-like fashion, 1926 should be a stepping-stone to further progress.) - ■' .;