ATHLETICS

Evening Star, Issue 14534, 9 December 1910, Page 1

ATHLETICS

_ OTAGO CENTRE N.ZXAX i The monthly meeting of the Oiagi I Centre New Zealand Amateur Athletit ! Association was held last evening (Mr ■ E. A. Roseyear, president) iu the chair. | A discussion Look place regarding the iwiiic of the nest Australasian Cbampionsjiips, also regarding the suggestion to Now Zealand of a team or Australian athletes. j It wa:; resolved—"That the Otago | Centre write the, N.Z.A.A.A. inviting I them 10 held the Australasian Championship meeing at Dunedin, and thr; the Centre's delegates on the Count-;! he instructed to support this request. , and that, as the Australasian Chamj pionship meeting is to he held in New I Zealand, a visit by a separate rom- \ pan.v ofWusti-alauian athletes would no; he advisable." ! The Dunedin Amateur Athletic Club notiiied the election of Messrs R. C. Anderson and 1). A. Mac.farlanc as ll; ■ club's delegates to the Centre for !;..• ensuing, year. ' The Sub-committee's report in refe. ence to making known amateur spoi•■.• _ meetings to athletes and of assistii'-.-I the sport generally was adopted. i Loci I officers are to be appointed ;n ! Lawrence, Milton, Tapanui, Oamar ■. : liaklutha, and Palmerston, and a racing committee comprising Messrs R. (•'. Anderson, V\'. Willett, and H. Diver, was appointed to arrange to hare a representative, of the Centre at all meel- : iugs held in Otago under N T .Z.A.A.A. ; rules. I An application from A. R. Buchan for reinstatement as an amateur was considered, it being decided to forward the application to the N.Z.A.A.A- with a recommendation that it be granted as from February next. Mr V. M. Vv'hyte, secretary of the Civil Service If. and A.A. Club wrote in reference to a Tress report that Mi W. Rudkin had been appointed as ;. delegate from the club to the Centre, the writer stating that Messrs AV. AVil-l-'tt and L. Anderson were the club's delegates. The Secretary stated that a letter had been received signed by F. M. Wljyte advising the appointment of -Air W. Rudkin as a delegate from the Civil Service Club.—After discussion it was resolved that the secretary of the Centre forward to Mr AVhyte a copy of the letter received appointing Mr lludkin, and advise him that he or any of the club's officials would bo giveii an opportunity of inspecting the letter. The Suh-committee's recommendations re sports meeting at the north end trade were adopted. The ground will be officially opened on AVednnsday, January 24. The. programme will cotu sisfc of throe amateur events and \ boy scout race._ The services of a band are to be obtained for the opening of the track.

MrWillctt reported that the subcommittee set up to wait upon tho O.R.F.U. re a Kranfc towards the newtrack had been unable to wait upon the Union, and Messrs Sanderson, Barclay, and Divers were deputed to wait upon tho Union when convenient. The Caledonian Society of Otago advised that tho directors could not see their way to make a donation towards the track.