HOOKEY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17145, 26 April 1919, Page 12

HOOKEY.

) NOTES AND COMMENTS. ,' Wjfih the season set down to open on May . 10, the various ciubs are busy enrolling memi'bers and arranging their teams tor the ,! championship competitions. Tho season •promises to be a very good one,, said the . number of 'entries Jis a record since 1914. Club members are returning from the front 'in appreciably larger numbers, and while unfortunately they will not all be fit to lake the field again, a number of them will bo ' acthvparticipante in the games at Remuoia this winter, It has beet) suggested in official quarters that'about thirtyfive men's teams will take I the -field, And if so some difficulty may bo "experienced in providing grounds for all. The /association, will have the usual nine i playing fields at Rerauera, while one has bees .'secured on the Domain, and probably the usual Bevonport ground will also be available, k • Certainly ill grades, particularly the senior, will show an. increased number of entries. Mount Eden, University, Areta, and Edendale, who hotly contested this grade IsM year, will again take part. College j 'Riffes/whosa colours hate'been missing from i Remuera in the last few years, ore expected ; enter Ja fairly strong team, prominent wamocg their players 'being H. C. Fietchor 'and B. G. Sldman. St. Luke's, last year's second grade champions, end 'Somervell, another very .promising team with a good "record, will both seek senior honours, and 'should give 'a good account of themselves. ;Bomewwl will have tin assistance of L. H. , Norton, who captained the Treniham team I which -won the Wellington Association's championship last season. On the whole, '. 'this.year'a competition should be particularly interesting. [ Entries for all grades clow with the hon. -secretary On Mays, and must be accompanied by tho usual fees. Mr. R. H. Parfon, late treasurer, and chairman Of the executive of the local aasocia'tion, left for Wellington on Wednesday night, , en route to Melbourne. For the past ten ; years he has been a prominent fisrure in local-hockey 'circles, 'and his low both as , 'an; enthusiastic .hard-workm? official, and a , .referee, will, be felt considerably. .I{ •convenient,.the primary schools competitions Will also commence on 'May JO, en- ' tries clo«ln? m Way <! ii. t-/v.i{,, 7 r f p.,,. ;tfrs Wilt:'be held on May 3 to discussal! oi»8. affecting'achool iockey. I