HOCKEY CONFERENCE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18087, 7 August 1936, Page 7

HOCKEY CONFERENCE

SOME IMPORTANT REMITS OLYMPIC GAMES AND TOURS ACCIDENT INSUR A NOES •Some important remits, including proposed improvements to grounds, an accident insurance plan, secondary schools tournament and other encouragement of school hockey, the visit of a New Zealand team to the next Olympic Games in Japan, and the arrangement of further overseas tours will be discussed at a conlerenee arranged by the New Zealand Hockey Association to Ijc li»‘Ll in Wellington on Tuesday. The Poverty Bay Hockey Association will be represented by its secretary, Mr. V ■ Butler. ,\ naiion.it insurance scheme is pro posed by West Coast and Auckland, which suggest licit the co-operation "I the New Zealand Womens Hoeket .Association should he secured. 'fhe management commit tec urges an annual levy of Is per player for a fund In send a New Zealand hockey team to the Olympic Games in Japan in 194 U. and that, the present arrangement, id matches between Australia and New Zealand should be played at two-yearly periods. Otago suggests that the fares of teams on overseas lours to or from Now Zealand should he borne by the countries, visited.

Canterbury proposes a Dominion-wide scheme for fhe further encouragement of hockey in schools and its introduction 1 o more secondary schools through a national agitation. Auckland considers that, a secondary schools tournament should he held in tho North Island.

The development- of hockey in stihnssociations, even to the extent, of providing financial assistance, is urged by Canterbury. The management committee draws attention to the urgent necessity of improving grounds to raise the standard of lioekev in New Zealand.

Replacement of injured playerthroughout all matches is recommended by Waikato, which also urges n reallocation of major association •boundaries'. Otago suggests that selectors for Now Zealand representative teams should visit all centres to see nominated players in action, and that the, New .Zealand Challenge Shield should be taken on tour after an association has held it for two years. The Poverty Bay Hockey Association is in accord with most of the remits mentioned above, except that (he replacement rule should operate only up to half-time. TEST MATCH TEAMS FIJI AND NEW ZEALAND (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON. Inst nighi. The Fiji women’s hockey team to meet Nc.w Zealand in the only test match of the tour, to be played in Wellington to-morrow afternoon, is announced as follows :

Goal, Miss 1.. Store!;: fullbacks, Mrs M. Penn and Miss A. East gale: hall hacks, Misses F. Nilsou, It. Foreman and W. Molloy ; forwards. Mrs. M. 11< iit ley. Misses .M. F.astgate." L. Sutherland captain. Merrey. and F. Rallies: resenc Mrs. L. Lee. 'Die New Zealand team will lie: -Goal Miss A. Meceh; fullbacks, Misses A McDonald, W. Woolley; halfbacks Misses A. Maekio, M. Sanson, and M Gudsell; forwards. Misses ,). Pickering M. McKenzie, Mrs. A. D. Reid, captain Misses M. Sherrill, and M. Goiter: re serves. Mrs. A. Smith (Wellington) hack. Miss E. Spring (Bush), forward.