Amateur Athletics

Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 111, 6 November 1937, Page 23

Amateur Athletics

SOME ACTION WANTED

To date the sub-committee appointed | as part of the new system of, administration in Wellington has shewn no real outward sign at any rate of gin-gering-up things; in fact in the holding of inter-club-meetings it has been left standing compared; with1 the'activity reported, from■ the other ■ main centrist There is youth at the helm, new blood in the control, of affairs, and all that s tof thingj tut, though no doubt the sub-committee is at work ■; and ttas given the1 matter : some thought,: ;;ie athletes have not yet been; provided with an inter-club meeting. The sear son .was opened on < October: 16, three weeks ago, and at the time of writing no announcement; ihad . been from the sub-committee as to the meetings it"--!proposes; holdine.. :, ,

Surely it is time something was done in the matter,; It was understood that;,there was. some-prospect-of. :.a meeting being held last Saturday, but if there was some such serious suggestion it fell through, although right up to the last moment almost some athletes were inquiring whether the meeting was on or off.;-; The ■Saturday after the season, opened was also allowed to go by.: vlt iis. true; tWat t^«e was to be a meeting at Hataitai■today, the postponed Labour Day gathering,, but the athletic sub-committee had, nothing to. do with its promotion.'' : On thie contrary,.it is reported that, iit raised ] some question as to. the .desirability of; allowing-cyclists; to use v the track. Next Saturday thip Wellington secondary schook": chimpibnahips; are to be held, and it i« hardly likely that [the sub-committee will hold a meeting that:day; a fortnight later the V±> tone Club's Laykold Gup meeting is set down for the Petone'Oval,-and then a fortnight from that date the national Empire ■ Gamesj trial is to be; held' here. [Therefore, before the. national, trials the sub-cpiruftittee is H ; left G with. two;., free Saturdayf, namely,.November; 20 aftd December 4,... but unless some special concession- is granted ,by the N.Z. A.A.A: Council the last-mentioned date lai of no, account, tot, as a resultr;of ; a de^iion vmattie by■ ihe council ;sthis i w#tk centrea ire to; iidvise, th£ council j their ';nohiinati6ns, for the: hiitional;

trials by Npvepiber^ i so tiiat for ill practical purposes the sub-committee v left:-with-November;:2o:r-::s:?vi^ ■; '.■■?:

: Today's meeting,'' if the weathejr iddes not interfere ks it did on l«bour: Day; will provide sbnie competition,, but there has' been no other full meeting since tne season was declared open. Somfe' of the clubs have been (holding training., events.; for/ their own ; members and the: Scottish Harriers ,:- and Amateur /.Athletic .Club ■ has, i^^ "assisted •by promdtihg : the: twro; ?.< iopeh events which were held- on Thursday evening: To get them'; into: soihethihg like trim,/hoMrever,.;tiie athlete? with hopes of making the New Zealand team for the Empire Games will want something more in the way of real competition than they have received and between now and November 20, unless it> has, something else in view, the sub-committee perhaps could arrange to Hold one or two evening meetings at Hataitai. SCOTTISH CLUBS LEAD. The Scottish Club is to be commended on its enterprise in deciding

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to conduct two open handicap evehtf on .alternate Thursdays and \ prpvida trophies qf IBs;: .sif,-'. and-i 2s 6d; for first, secondhandl ttiird pla,ces; fubject , to a certain number, of leritriei;and the payment sijj«j':ipf 6d by each corhpifttitprh- "The ipje'pbjfect of the •proposal,'' writes thl>'secretary, Mr 4 A.;iL:,SteVens r ''^.-ftjjgiye':theiath- . letes an added incentive l^^tvdbwn and train and to.'keep "their- interest irt ouri sport.; It; will be realised that'"-— this club will be heavily out of pocket but this fact is; beini faded cheerfully, as.it. is my committee's desire to help in some small measure:to'bring ath- \ letics back to its former good position in Wellington." -/ <y-J\ iM^' ±X .".:■■<' ; ■' ■ • -. The Scottish^^^ piub • deser.veg whole- , hearted -suppitjrt, . Thpifgh.iitVis ■■ diib whose greatest'strength: lieSjin the performances; of its;metnberfrih'harrier events during the winter month*, it has shown by, its action that lt'!has: a .: live.band M i offlclaliAkceiv^o/doftheir part., in "-.the track »ea«on for: the good of > the spor,t and athletes as a :whole and get right dpwn to busineis: This ;.thatJls\;w»A^.:;.';Tl|ii.'.ScoV ' 'iish'>Club.: : h»*/-gi|^»;av;-useful':::>:iand ■ ■ splehdid'lead in ilSii respect vindvit=i«; to be hoped that its good example >yill ,-fae"ripted'^and'tcied^upbteivSvf-',.'',] ■; .' ■ If $.ui|^mtv.iui>p'6rt:'is'-;:t4icttkc;apaitiig.r. . ,the\''S'eoijti^ViC3a!b-:''w^i::€»Rßiider'':'fM> ther eyenis, vbMt' in; th«;"meiiniinie thi» is its progrfmme Pf events:.'N6yember 18,; 220, yards }. and one irnile; December ..%;:440'..'yirds^nid/ti^o: : 'mUes; December/18,^ 880 r >, yards:•'and ii;miles. Entriies v?ill; be accepted: at /the men's ./; department;- iJanie« Smith*, up to the previous ■Weariesdii3K«vening':o';'i:;;. Vi :"