DOMINION ATHLETES

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 304, 21 November 1934, Page 8

DOMINION ATHLETES

MEETING OF DELEGATES: Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Nov. 20. Good progress in every branch of the snort- was reported at the annual nieetino- of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association to-niglit. Mr H. I. Austad (Canterbury) expressed satisfaction that the funds of the association had appreciated since 1928 to the extent of £3OO. The association, he thought, might he able to help the centres by taking a little less from them when athletic teams visit the Dominion in the future. Mr A. C. Kitto (Wellington) also referred to the flourishing condition of finances and said he thought the time had arrived when an efficient coach might be secured from overseas. Referring to amateurism the president (Mr R. W. McVilly) said that New Zealand had to guarantee every team sent abroad and could not, therefore, countenance the management of any branch of amateur sport by professionals. The association was not intested in the cycling dispute, but he wished to make clear the position the association took up with regard to amateurism. The track and field championships for the 1935-36 season were allocated to the Otago Centre, and the New Zealand cross-country championships to the Wellington Centre. The election of officers resulted: — Patron, Lord Bledisloe; president, Mr R. W. McVilly; vice-presidents, Messrs J. P. Kalaugher (Auckland), G. R. White (West Coast, North Island), J. Eagle (Hawke’s Bay—Poverty Bay), A. O. Kitto (Wellington). J. K. Moloney (Canterbury), E. L. Macassey (Otago); chairman, Mr H. I. Austad ; secretary-treasurer, Mr L. A. Tracey; auditor, Mr J. H. Barnett; administration committee, Messrs McVilly, Austad, A. TTrquhart and Tracey; reinstatement committee, Messrs TTrquhart, F. M. Reid and J. O’Sullivan; finance committee, Messrs McVilly, F. S. Hill and G. S. Leeder; delegates to the New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association, Messrs Austad, Reid and Hill. Overseas representatives: England, Dr. A. E. Porritt; Canada, Mr M. Robinson; South Africa, Mr I. G. Emery; Australia, Mr E. S. Marks. Rose Trust Fund trustees, Mr McVilly and the Mayor of Wellington (Mr T. Hislop).