PRIMARY SCHOOLS RUGBY UNION

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 12 July 1923, Page 6

PRIMARY SCHOOLS RUGBY UNION

A meeting of the management comI mittee of the Taranaki Primary Schools Rugby Union was held at Stratford on Monday night, when there were present: Messrs L. J. Furrie (chairman), F. Mason, G. A. Lyall, R. Thomas, J. T. Fincham, Hion. secretary). j It was resolved that the' schools representative football tournament between the South, West, Central, and North districts is to be held at Stratford on August 4, the first match to take place at 10.30 a.m. j The secretary was instructed to write to the Taranaki Education Board thanking them for the offer of time off for th-e matches. ! For the purposes of the tournament it was resolved that the districts should be as follows :—South : Manaia., Manaia Convent.. Tawhiti, Hawera Convent. Kapuni, Kaponga, Auroa, Norman by' Okaiawa. West: Pihama, Te Kiri, Opunake, Oeo, Oaonui, Okato, Tataraimaka, Oakura, Koru, Omata. Central: Inglewood and surrounding sehols, Stratford and surrounding' schools, j Wharehma and surrounding schools, i North: Waitara, and nil New | Plymouth schools, including the New Plymouth Boys' High School prep, department. j It was resolved that the headmasters of the various New Plymouth schools ; be written to asking them to elect a i representative on the management com- , mittee of the Taranaki Primary Schools Rugby Union, vice Mr. Adlam transferred to Central district, Mr." D. P. Evans to be asked to convene a meeting for the purpose. ! It was further resolved that Messrs L. J. Furrie, R. Thomas, and J. T. Lineham be a sub-committee to make , all arrangements for the tournament. | Central Division Referees' Association is to be asked to. appoint referees for primary school competitions wherever possible. I Mr. J. Goodwin is to be thanked for 'Jus arrangements on behalf of the ! North and South primary boys at Baj wera on July 7, j The representative match v. Wanganui is to.be played at Hawera on August 18. Mr. Goodwin is to be / asked_ to form a committee to arrange for billeting and entertaining" Wanganui representatives at Hawera. Mr. Palmer was appointed as repre--1 sentative on the management committee vice Mr. Jones.