WOMEN'S HOCKEY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19698, 2 August 1938, Page 8

WOMEN'S HOCKEY

DOMINION TOURNAMENT DI.'.WV ANNOUNCED PLAY AT (,'ISEORNE (Special to the Hwnld.) WELLINGTON, this day. The draw for the New Zealand women's hockey tournament to be held at Gisborne from August 27 to September 3 is as follows: — A Section August 27 Poverty Bay 1 v. Ruahine Wairarapa v. Taranaki Wellington v. Auckland August 29 — Poverty Bay 1 v. Wairarapa Ruahine v. Wellington Taranaki v. Auckland August 30— Poverty Bay 1 v. Taranaki Ruahine v. Auckland Wairarapa v. Wellington August 31 Poverty Bay ! v. Wellington Wairaiapa v. Auckland Ruahine v. Taranaki September 1— Poverty Bay 1 v. Auckland Taranaki v. Wellington Ruahine v. Wairarapa iJ Section August 27 Feilding v. Ashburton Eastern v. Canterbury Akitio v. Wanganui August 29 Feilding v. Eastern Akitio v. Ashburton Canterbury v. Wanganui August 30— Feilding v. Canterbury Ashburton v. Wanganui Eastern v. Akitio August 31— Feilding v. Akitio Eastern v. Wanganui Ashburton v. Canterbury September I Feilding v. Wanganui Canterbury v. Akitio Ashburton v. Eastern C Section August 27 — Napier v. Nelson Poverty Bay 2 v. Marlborough Manawatu a bye. August 29 Napier v. Poverty Bay 2 Nelson v. Manawatu Marlborough a bye August 30— Napier v. Marlborough Poverty Bay 2 v. Manawatu Nelson, a bye August 3' Napier v. Manawatu Nelson v. Marlborough Poverty Bay 2 a bye September 1— Marlborough v. Mana\vatu Nelson v. Poverty Bay 2 Napier a bye Post-Section Play September 2 Semi-finals September 3 Finals BILLETING ARRANGEMENTS BIG EFFORT PREPARED In view of the unexpectedly large number of 17 teams entered for the Mew Zealand women's hockey tournament, the Poverty Bay Hockey Association last night decided that the effort to provide billeting would require to go ahead with even greater vigour than before. A report was submitted by the committee that arrangements to date would have been satisfactory if the number of visiting teams was not above the 12 previously anticipated, but a renewed effort would have t'J be made. The following new members were elected to the billeting sub-com-mittee:- Misses M. Sim, P. Burnett. T. Barkwith, J. Greig, A. Lloyd, B. Miller, T. Pederson, S. Harrison, W. Thompson, and Mesdames Crothers, V.'. Pocock, and Norberg. A meeting of the committee was fixed for tonight.