SPORTS ART UNION

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 4, 5 July 1939, Page 6

SPORTS ART UNION

CENTENNIAL EVENTS

ALLOCATION SHORTLY

The secretary of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association, Mr. H. McCormick, reported to last nights meeting of the association's council that the advisory council set up to advise the trustees on. the distribution of the money; raised by the sports art union had met and its recommendations had been forwarded to the trustees. He thought that the trustees' decision should be made known in the course of a day or two. Over £11,000 was raised by the art! union. Sports bodies desirous of par-! ticipating in the proceeds to promote j events during the Centennial year were asked some time ago to make their applications. ' < j Mr. McCormick said it was not the: intention to distribute the whole of the proceeds at the present time. The principle adopted was that the,, money was to be used first in helping associations which desired preliminary financial assistance for the purpose, for example, Of bringing teams to the Dominion from overseas. In such cases the idea was to advance the money as a loan, the money to be repaid accordI ing to the financial success of the par-' ticular undertaking. Secondly, the money would be devoted to giving guarantees against loss on any special Centennial efforts. He thought that when everything was over there should be a substantial sum still available for physical welfare generally. OVERSEAS ATHLETES, Mr. H. I. Austad inquired what the position was regarding the association's negotiations to bring overseas athletes to the Dominion during the Centennial year. . Mr. McCormick said that whether an American team would be available would be known after the American championships, held on Monday andj yesterday. He had suggested a sprinter, middle-distance runner, and field events man. It might not be possible to have an Australian team in the country in January so that it could take part in the Centennial Games at Auckland, because it was proposed to hold the Australian Olympic Trials about that time. The matter had been taken up with the' Australian authorities. If the Australians were not available for the Auckland Centennial Games, he had little doubt that it would be possible to arrange for a visit either earlier or later.