HOCKEY.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue LXVIII, 25 June 1912, Page 5

HOCKEY.

MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION

A meeting of delegates of the Taranaki Hockey Association was held on Monday evening. Members present were —Messrs Skepworth (Eltham, in the chair), Priest (Inglewood), Kemp (Hawera), and J. E. Avery (secretary). The secretary of the New Zealand Hockey Association advised the meeting that it was its intention to forward several suggestions for improvements in the rules of the game to the Hockey Association (England). It was decided to play representative matches on tour against Hawke's Bay on August 6; Wairarapa* August 8; Wellington, August 10; and Manawatu, Axigust 14. It was decided to disqualify the Waitara Club, which has not played a match this season, for not affiliating with the Association.

The meeting resolved to hold a men's five-a-side and ladies' seven-a-side tournament at New Plymouth on September 12. This is open to Saturday players at New Plymouth.