BOXING TITLES
NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIPS A RECORD ESTABLISHED. It is highly questionable whether any other sport in New Zealand h'olcls a more representative gathering every year than does the New Zealand Boxing Council. The national amateur boxing championshii> tournament is recognised as one of the most outstanding sporting events of the year, for to it come competitors from every province and probably more districts, as differentiated from provinces, are represented than at any other annual sporting gathering. Then, too, the results of the championships are followed with attention by sportsmen all over the country. This year Hastings will be the mecca of boxing enthusiasts and next Monday the pilgrimage commences, for it is then that the first of the many parties arrive in anticipation of the opening of the tournament on Wednesday. Tuesday the real rush sets in, for it is then that the last of the competitors arrive and practically all the official visitors to the tourney have taken up their temporary quarters. The tournament will be conducted over three days and nights, concluding on Friday evening with the finals in ail divisions. The draw for the first round of the various classes was made at Wellington yesterday when Mr J. Stickland, secretary of the Hawke’s Bay Boxing Association, was present with members of the New Zealand Council. An interesting outcome of the meeting is the enforcement of the decision passed at the last conference regarding the nomination of one boxer in more than one class, which is no longer allowed. As quite a number of associations apparently overlooked this restriction, the result has been that the entries have been cut down by seven. Though the number of entries is a little short of that for the record tournament at Blenheim last year, it is very pleasing to note that this season the number of associations represented is in excess of that of last year and may even be a record. The draw- for the first round was published in the “Tribune” yestcr-
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 233, 14 September 1934, Page 3
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334BOXING TITLES Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 233, 14 September 1934, Page 3
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