NEW CLUBS

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 76, 31 March 1934, Page 20

NEW CLUBS

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL

PAST SEASON REVIEWED

loiu-e\en dele^ite, And fnc oliilcib oi the li^ocntion ittcnded tho ioitj thud animal meeting of the Wellington Footbill V^ocntion mended o\a b\ the pi evident Mi J J l.obcits In In-, laid! ot the pn^i s,">ion Mi Ivubuts siul tint the stindnd 01 pi ij hid been very high. The season had been un-u-.iiilh lon c but it hid been 1 lhilk.ii larly full one. There had been :l slight fnunciil lov- but tin-, he a^cubed to the difficult times \i theie weie n u \\ some incbcitiou- ol in immo^emcnt in a encnl con litions it wis expected tint theie noiild be bettei ittemlance- it the tills SCISOII "\Ji RobeiU con c i ltuktcd the IVtone Club on its fine peitormince-, -md ilso the assouilions, sclectoi on haMn^ biicli 1 good heisou so iai as tne lepicsentatnc o 'araes were concerned. Continuing Mi Robeits s-nd ,t v^v no\< geneialh consideied tint Ihe /c lUnd 1 ootbal! \-sociition should not al « i\s isk tne Wellington repiesent-itne team to tii\el to AuckHnd for the hml ot the Aolth Island championship It might be a difficult matter to get over but it was a most unfair thing for Welliu"-' ton to lme to make the journey e\eiy time It made a two to one chance against the team winning the cup. The inmnl icport and balance sheet a siimmuy ot which has appeared in ' lhe Post, weie adopted ELECTION OF OFFICERS Jhe following ofhceis were elected Picjulcnt, Air J. J Roberts, uce picM (louts Messrs O J tt ml, II G Iv Uiek, H. C Bnce, \ G Barnett P YVillmns A Vaine\ W Skmnei A \. Ivn Iv P Banks, W Paw son F O Council C Webstei W Diincau r M Cable, V Gai iod, P Dc-nhui&t J II How el! P II 4 .T-GediniK F Pors-vth, AY Be^endse, T AlcCrone, J Alclhnde I Nome, II Powei G Guise, X G Ridling \\ Joidin the Mipeuntendent ol the Alentil Ilospitil, W Ilappci J McArdlc J C Hidden, P C Watt and W Tiasei,' management committee Mcssis J Ulan 7 Melt/ci, V B Ilicks, G T <\.ers, j' M Coleman, L T Gates and C Balhid, hon tieasinei, Mi J J Kean, hou ouditois, Messn, B Martin and W L Wilson ' delegates to SZP\, Mess,rs F Mackie and AY J "\ ancy tuibtees Hessrs, F J Couitney and J J Robeit"= picsidents to J»ZFA, Messrs P J Couitnej and A Ti Wells,, chairman of committees. M^i W. B Hicks, sccietaij, Mi B A Mabm The lesigmtions of Messis A\ 7 Pia»ei and J D Adam, o£ last 3 eai'a management committee, the former owing to ill health and the latter beeuit,e of business leibons, weio icccptcd with \cij great legiet Thiec nomination's weie loi-eivcd tor the position of delegates to the jST Z r \ , inmelj Me=nrs F. Mackie, A\ J \ane\, and M J Haywaid, the two lormei bcinj rlected NEW CLUBS 'I no new clubs, the Scottish AA anderci s which will ho^e 1 second dmsion team and a fouith glide team, and the Seamen's Lnitetl -with a second division team and a s P \euth giade team, wetc granted vffilu tion. The age limit ior the lower gride com petitions, -it, at April 1 in each case, -was fixed as follows:—Third division, under 21; fourth, under 18; fifth, under 16; sixth, under 14; seventh, under 13; eighth, under On the motion ot Mi L J Gates it was decided to abolish the accident insurance fund. A proposal by the Marist Old Boys' Club to: provide that a tie. for first place should be decided at the discretion of the management committee was defeated. Support ■ was not accorded a suggestion put forward by the Miramar Rangers' Club to the effect that instead of single teams, as previously, the tw-o leading teams iii each grade; should.be promoted to. the next higher grade; and that the two last teams should be put down a grade. In view of the elimination of the insurance rules a recommendation was made to the incoming management committee that the association's rules -should be brought up ."-to "date and reprinted; Miv May, of the Miramar. Hangers' Club, said that although his club was losing ten io£ its third division players of last year to the newly-formed Scottish "Wanderers' .Club, it took a broad view of the matter and had no objection to these players going over to form the nucleusf of-a-new club. .-'.-"■ ...-■"' .■ .": . 1 Mr. O'Connell, vice-president, said that «c hoped that the new club, instead of looking only to the senior players, would concentrate more on the lower grades and particularly a boys' team. •■■' •',"," In reply, Mr. Lothian thanked the association for granting the affiliation of the iiew club. He assured the delegates that lie would do everything in his power to further the game amongstj the .youths of the Scottish fraternity. ~.> The^ president, in moving a vote of thanks to the Press, referred particularly to the association's appreciation of the .publication during the past two years 01, the Home League Jesuits.. ' •■