HOCKEY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19042, 16 June 1936, Page 14

HOCKEY

COMING REP MATCHES

BILLETING FOR VISITORS

FIJI AND AUCKLAND TEAMS

Arrangements for representative games to be played in Gisborne during, the next six weeks were considered by the Poverty Bay Hockey Association's executive last night. It was. decided to billet the Auckland team, which will play in Gisborne next Tuesday, and also the Fiji women's team due here at the end of next month. For this purpose Mesdames D. Turbitt, (4. Nicol and W. P. Tamihana attended the meeting, at which the following members of the executive were also present: Messrs. H. I.e Bas, chairman, JHenderson, C. Burkinshaw, W. I'. Tamihana, G. Graham. R. Keilia. C. Bryan. A. Cokex, A. Bryan and the hon. secretary. Mr. V. Butler.

A sub-committee was set up to deal with the matter of billeting, the following being appointed : —Mesdames Tur. bitt, Nicol."" Tamihana. A. 1). 'fair, and Misses M. Porter, Wehipeihana and' M. Sim. It was agreed that names of those willing to billet Fiji players should be to hand not later than July 20, while those accommodating the Auckland men should be arranged by Saturday. It was decided to entertain the Auckland team, to dinner on the night of the King's Birthday, and 1 to hold a dance on the night of the Fiji match.

The secretary was instructed to telegraph the Auckland association stating that it was now too late to arrange for the New Zealand Challenge Shield to be at stake on the King's Birthday, and urging that, the itinerary should be altered to include a match in Wairoa on Monday.

A complaint was received that hockey players encroached on the soccer grounds, aid it was agreed to warn hockey players in this respect. A letter was received from the Herbert Smith Trust advising that a donation of £6 would be given for a- set of sticks as a trophy for the schoolboys' competition. Mesdames Turbitt, Nicol and Tamihana. and Messrs. Nicol, Bryan, (Joker and Henderson were deputed to attend a meeting of the Festival of Sport committee last night. . The Kia Toa club was granted permission to travel to Tolaga Bay to play llauiti.

It was decided that only ladies, junior men and schoolboys should participate in the King's Birthday tournament in view of the men's representative match in the afternoon. The playing of the men's tournament was deferred until later in the season, on which day the ladies' Possibles v. Probables match would be played. Messrs. Le Pas, Butler, Crosby and Slade were appointed a tournament committee to make the ' necessary arrangements

Mr. Crosby reported that a fourth schoolboys team had been formed to replace another which had lapsed, and it would make its appearance in the cornnet it ion on Saturday. DRAW FOP, SATURDAY Matches set down for Satnrdav were: Senior men.—Y.M.C.A. (A) "v. Foresters. No. 2 ground, 1.45 p.m. ; Y.M.O.A. (B) v. Defence. No. 2, 3 p.m.; Caledonian, a bve; Takitimu v Waituhi, No. 2, 10,30 a.m.; Y.M.P., a bve.

Ladies.—Waituht v. Y.M.P., No. 1 ground, 1.45 p.m. Ladies' sub-association. —Old Girls (A) v. Old Girls (B), No. 1 ground, 3 p.m.; Kia Toa (A) v. Kia Toa (B), hostel ground, 1.45 p.m. Junior men. —Caledonian v. .Y.M.C.A., High School ground, 1.45 p.m.; High School (A) v. High School (B), High School ground, 3 p.m. Schoolboys.—Marist v. Rovers, High School ground, 9.30 a.m. ; Turanganui v. combined eleven, High School ground, 10.30 a.m.

TEAM TO PLAY AUCKLAND

LADY" PLAYERS FOR TRAINING

The'men's representative team to play Auckland on tlie King's Birthday, and also two ladies' teams for training and to contest a Possibles v. Probables match in the near future, were announced at last night's meeting of the Poverty Bay Hockey Association s executive.

Those selected for the men's rcpresen tative team are :

Goal.—A.- Coker (Y.M.C.A.). Fullbacks.—C. Scholium (Defence) and I. Stacey (Y.M.C.A.). Halfbacks.—R. Lowe. (Caledonian), F. Gavin (Y.M.C.A.), and J. Douglas (Caledonian). Forwards.—-F. Forman (Y.M.C.A.), P. Jones (Foresters), R, Halbert (High School), G. Slade (Caledonian), and B. Harrison (Y.M.0.A.). Reserve. —B. Crosby (back). The ladies selected for training are :

Forwards.—Miss E. Bell (Kia Toa), Miss J. Wells (Old Girls), Mrs. Neilson (Old Girls), Miss A. Lloyd (Kia Toa), Miss J. Tiroa (Y.M.P.), Miss M. Porter (Y.M.P.), Miss To Ota (Y.M.P.), Miss Wehipeihana (Y.M.P.), Miss J. Allen (Old Girls), Mrs. Sangwell (Kia Toa), Miss J. Ramage (Kia Toa), Miss M. Dunsmore (Kia Toa), Miss R. Wyllie (Y.M.P.), Miss L. Smith (Y.M.P.), and Miss M. Tuhoe (Y.M.P.). Backs.—Mrs. Tarr (Old Girls), Miss M. Sim (Old Girls), Miss Joyce Allen (Kia Toa), Miss K Patty (Kia Toa), Miss Wehipeihana (Y.M.P.), Miss Swan (Y.M.P.), and another. • One junior player is included in the men's representative team in the person of Halbert, who has improved greatly since. playing in the junior representatives last year. He has shown line stick work this season, and combines very well indeed, suggesting that he should make a success of the centre forward position. His stick work is similar to that of the other two inner forwards, and the whole forward line should be a formidable one.

UNFINANCIAL TEAMS

DEBARRED FROM TRAVEL

Two unfinancial Maori teams are debarred from taking part in- the • Tairawhiti Maori Hockey Federation's annual tournament to be held at Waitara next week. ■ '

The Poverty Bay Hockey Asociation adopted this attitude at a meeting of the executive last night, when reports were received on the financial position of clubs affiliated with the'association. It was pointed out that at previous meetings it was decided to urge upon all clubs the necessity "of becoming financial, and as a result most had paid their fees and also the additional levy of £1

Several Maori teams, however, bad not met their obligations. Waituhi. Takitimu and Y.M.P. men's teams had

arranged for the payment of the usual fees, but were not able to meet the additional levy at present, ll was agreed to remit this amount, for the meantime only, in order to allow these teams to take part in the Waitara tournament. Two ladies' teams, however, had made no effort fo pay anything, and as a result if was decided lo dollar these two, Takitimu and M.1.A., from the competition and withhold permission for I hem to (ravel to Waitara.

The failure of Maori teams lo put ill an appearance at matches set down for them was discussed, and it. was agreed to give these competitions future consideration, the Y.M.P. and Waituhi ladies' teams to play each other next Saturday.

HAUITI CLUB

TEAMS FOR WAITARA (Herald Correspondent.) During Hie. week-end Mr. W. P. Amaru, sole selector and coach to the llauiti Hockey Club, announced the final selection for the ladies and men's teams to travel to Waitara, as follows: Ladies.—Mesdames M. Hicks, D. Kutia, P. Kutia, G. Thatcher, M. Thatcher, Misses L. Noauoa, Al. Maunsell, S. Maunscll, 11. Maunsell, E. Hale, T. Hale, It. Gray, A. Gage, and M. Haua.

Men.—H. Amaru, T. Temple, M. Glover, J. Thompson, B. Stewart, 11. Thompson, W. Thompson, H. Jhmwaho, A. liangiuia, J. Tuhiwai, 11. Gray, B. Brown. ,1. Carroll, and T. Hicks. Mr. P. Milner, Whangara, will travel with the teams as manager, and Mrs. M. Glover as chaperon. The teams take with them the Bennett Shield for the haka championship. They have been practising their haka nightly for some weeks, and feel confident of their ability to retain this trophy. The party, which, with the teams and their supporters will number over 70 people, will leave Tolaga Bay at 4.30 a.m. on Sunday for Dannevirke, where a welcome has been arranged for them. They will leave Dannevirke for Waitara in the early hours of Monday morning.