MORNINGTON GYMNASTIC CLUB.

Evening Star, Issue 12166, 9 April 1904, Page 1

MORNINGTON GYMNASTIC CLUB.

In their asmixH rcrawt t&s 3E&axßg£a& Gymnastic Club Coactittfic siaie t&ai- the. introduction of Eiasa week ia the bmnjer competitions bas revived this bsvonk oJ gymnastics, and the efficiency attained by;' the banner teams was manifest to all -wba saw the members at work, tbe dniib-bd2. work especially meriting general approval. Tne who repnewnfajd the dab id tho banner competitions put in same splendid; work under Captain Galloway, and Ja tho : first grade contest with the "parent dab—» the Dunklin—did not lose prestige in mh nmg second to such a notable team, tbs figures—Dunedin 1,007£, Morningixm 1,003 —indicating how little separated the twa teams. Mr J. Hobson, who secured the president's prize by scoring the highest number of points for his club, ran Eecoml to the Otago champion (Mr W. H. Matthews), and the p?rfonnances of the other members of the team—Messrs I. Galloway, J. S. Wares, W. Henderson, A. Galloway, and H. Naumann—were of a high order, end did their club much credit In the club's junior handicap competition tho brothers T. and J. Thompson came first and second, and E. • Jackson third. Thirteen members started in the senior competition. H. Naumann, who showed splendid form, won the club's gold monogram, G. Naumann and W. Watts rilling second and> third places respectivelv. G. Nannann,. having made the most improvement daring the season, won the tropny presented byi Mr W. Wills. With the object of further equipping the gymnasium, the Committee urged all members to do what they c«ild| to increase the membership. No report woofcl be complete without reference being made to the splendid service rendered to the club by the captain, Mr I. Galloway, to whose-. untiring efforts and personal sacrifice thai prominent position held by the M.G.C. wwr mainly due. Mr J. S. Wares, as deputy-, captain, ably assisted in much arduous. work. In reviewing the history of the club during the past year, the Committee state that tho credit of the official management is unhesitatingly given to the untiring effort* of their secretary (Mr A, E. Chapman}, whose services to the social side of the club have been, equalled only by the devotion of the captain to the athletic side; and between them they have made the gymnastic; club one of Mornington's most worthy institutions.