HOCKEY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18759, 16 July 1935, Page 13

HOCKEY

n!z. WOMEN’S TOURNEY REQUESTS FOR BILLETING , t~ j S. CANTERBURY TRIBUTE j I A further .request lor billeting during The New Zealand women’s hockey tourntiniiVnt' at ‘Gisborne commencing August 31' has been received by Mr. A, Cassin, who is supervising arrange! menus. ... j This came to-day from Akitio, m tlfe ■Waifarapa district, a letter intimating the intention of this association of nomj hating lor tlie tournament, and thaj billeting would he required for 17, mj ciudihg chaperon and manager. life leant, intended travelling by bus all the wav 'to Gisborne, arriving here on the evening '.of August 28. Akitio was not represented at the last tournament held at Gisborne in' 1929, hut last year at Christchurch .Akitio', by securing two wins, a draw and a loss finished in tn<j B section only One point behind the section leaders, Ruahine and Canteii bury A.' On the second day, Akitio dej feated Ruahine by two goals to one. , A letter was also received from ooutl] Canterbury, regretting that this year hockey vyas at rather a low ebb in the association’s tournament, and it would be impossible to enter the tournament; “Those of us who had the pleasure of attending the event at Gisborne in 1929.” the letter stated, “have most pleasant memories of the visit, your unsurpassable hospitality, your perfect organisation and the enthusiasm of the Poverty Bay people.” At. the last Gisborne ’tournament, fhe South Canterbury team was among the most popular competing, although it won only one gairfe and drew one. Last year at 'Christchurch, CSoifth . Canterbury went through the tournament without a win.