OFFICIALS APPOINTED

Otago Daily Times, Issue 27212, 15 October 1949, Page 4

OFFICIALS APPOINTED

TRACK AND HELD EVENTS EMPIRE GAMES ATHLETICS PA WELLINGTON, Opt. 14. The chairman of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association, Mr H. L. Austad, to-day announced the names of 58 officials who will conduct the track and field events at the Empire Games at Eden Park. Auckland, from February 4 to 11. “We have made every effort to keep the number of officials down to the absolute minimum consistent with the smooth running of Empire competition, arid at the same time we have done our best to select the men best equipped for the task,” said Mr Austad. The officials named are:— Referee, Mr A. C. Kitto (Wellington); deputy referee, Mr N. A. McKenzie (Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay); manager, Mr H. L. Towers (Auckland); starter, appointment deferred; truck judges—Messrs R. W. Cheater (Auckland, chief), J. Gissing (Auckland), J. S. Allan (Canterbury),. E. C. Robinson (Wellington), N. J. Webster (West Coast, North Island), V. Hart (Auckland); track inspectors—, Messrs R. H. Cabot (Hawke’s BayPoverty Bay), G. H. Weir (Wellington), C. Croker (West Coast, North Island), W. H. Masters (Otago), C. J. Thompson (Waikato),"~C. W. Clark -(Otago); timekeepers —Messrs E. W. Friedlander (Auckland, chief), H. T. J. McNeil (Auckland), E. H. S. Bachelor (Canterbury), C. Bowater (Waikato), J. Dever (Otago); field judges —Messrs J. McHolm (Wellington, chief), R. Ansell (Auckland), S. Bartlett (Otago), E. Lunn (Canterbury), A. H. Malcolm (Waikato), S. Lewis (Canterbury); lap steward, Mr J. C. R. Howells (Auckland); assistant lap steward, Mr G. C. Smyth (Wellington); surveyor, Mr N. Alcock (Auckland); joint secretaries and record stewards, Messrs S. Billman (Auckland), J. A. Nodwell (Wellington); announcer, Mr I. R. L. Brown (West Coast, North Island); enclosure stewards— Messrs F. Williams (Auckland), V. R. Amoretti (Auckland), J. W. Turnbull (Auckland), V. Walker (Wellington); inspector of implements, Mr D. T. Woodfield (Wellington): keeper of gear, Mr S. Derbyshire (Auckland); gear stewards— Messrs W. V. Quane (Auckland), L. C. Woodward (Canterbury), T. M. Wilson (Auckland), H. Smith (Auckland), W. Clements (Auckland); marksmen, Messrs W. J. Fitzsimmons (Wellington), W. S. Bainbridge (Auckland); call stewards— Messrs J. McNamara (Auckland), T. S. Lipscombe (Auckland), Mrs Amoretti (Auckland); flag stewards, Messrs M. C. Baker (Waikato), R. A. D. Rowse (Otago)—Ceremonial Committee to confirm; records, Messrs K. W. Edmonds (Auckland), G. W. Jackman (Wellington); wind gauge stewards, Mr G. S. Leeder (chief) and two to be appointed.