AMATEUR ATHLETICS
; AMERICAN COACH
ENGAGED BY CANTERBURY
(By Telegraph—Press 'Associationo
CHRISTCHURCH, This Day.
Mr. A.1 L. Fitch, American track and field coach, will be engaged by the Canterbury Centre. Of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association for the 1938-39 season. His services will be used to coach all Christchurch amateur athletes, give talks to local coaches, and develop athletics in secondary schools by coaching and by lecturing to masters.
'' The.decision to engage Mr. Fitch was made after a long discur.-ian by the centre last evening when Mr. R. Beattie outlined proposals which a sub-committee had drawn up. Mr. Beattie explained that Mr. Fitch had been brought from.America by the Wellington Centre. Wellington had expressed willingness to share his services with another centre, and Mr. Fitch would spend alternate fortnights in Wellington and Canterbury. The total cost would be £600, this to be shared by the two provinces engaging him. . :
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 71, 25 March 1938, Page 13
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