ATHLETICS AND CYCLING

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 75, 9 November 1928, Page 5

ATHLETICS AND CYCLING

'PJIE TARANAKI UNION. !< the annual meeting. _i. ’ * Mr J. A. Hansen presided at the nineteenth annual. meeting .of the Taranaki Centre of the New Zea and Cycling Um<m UMd "’at '’Strafford yesterday,, and the following delegates were also present: Messrs Patterson (Manaia), Schumacher jMiclhirst), South ami Des George (New Plymouth), A ?ococlci(Kapcnga), Aroa (Auroa), Lyon CWait'ui),' Were, (Toko), Grigg Ratapiko), Julian (Te Kliri), Nuttall (Eltham), T. Kirkwood and Young (Stratford), and A. Melville (secretary). . The chairman welcomed the delegates saying that he was very pleased to see such a large attendance, especially from northern Taranaki, which, during the P ast tew years, had rot been very .well- represented at the annual meeCnys . The executive’s annual report congratulated the centre on the success 'f the past season, th e total ndsuber of tin hated moieties haying \,> ea £4 whtl» lliree bad run under permits. The various sports'gatherings had been 'well patronised by competitors, and' had been well conducted by'llle officials Of the differ•enf clubs. By attending a large "number of the meetings the chajrTnan and Mr T. Kirkwood had been ■ able to render valuable assistance to the officials. Only one case of /trouble with competitors had arisen, that having occurred at th 6 Midhirst .sports where the. prize money of;.a walker named G. Dalziel, of.’Manawafu, had been 1 withheld under the d’ules. The executive had run the •Sports programme at Eltham on heffialf of the Caledonian Society, with ;thc assistance of the Eltham Ath.’letic Club, and the results obtained •ihad been very pleasing to the society. The , executive dre w attention to the necessity for clubs to ‘‘'puti.in applications , for dates as Ygoon ’as possible, and impressed .upon’clubs the importance of being; 1 represented at the centre’s annual (meetings. ' Messrs J. A. Hansen f amf J.' H, Paterson had represented Vth'e centre at the annual conference ■of the union. The balance sheet •.revealed a credit balance of £25 8s '9d.

In. moving the adoption of the report . £vnd, balance sheet the chair'man congratulated the clubs on a , successful ■ yea,r. Sports meetings • bad been. well organised and run 'off on'-time, 'while exceptionally gopd I Weather had favoured the majority 'of tiieetlnfeSi ‘" The sports throughout Taranaki had been run cleanly, there having been only one protest. The report and balance sheet Vwere adopted. The election of officers for the ensuing year resulted: Patron, Sir Walter Camcross; president, Mr J. .A. Hansen; vice-presidents, Messrs T. Kirkwood, A'., 0, Oasey; executive ccemmitfee, Messrs J. A. Hansen, J. 'H. Paterson, J. Shotter, W. Roebuck, R. Brapiald, J. Kilpatrick, H. ;A. Nuttall, J. Brisco, A. J. Davey, F. Julian, ,E. C, Foreman, J. Gibbs land B. secretary and Cir A- Melville; auditor, Mr Rv ,«ok; official handicap>pcr, MtkJ. A. i Hansen; delegates to ( conferenC(6, ( Messrs J. A. Hansen land HidA.yNuttall/ '■’ Owing to Mr Lyon complaining 'that the date for the Waitui meeting had clashed with that for the one at ■ Toko a recommendation was phased 1 to th e executive that in future clashing of dates should lie avoided if possible.

- Clubs may' obtain copies of the latest hiles' from the secretary, v Mr A. Melville (Kaponga). ' A vote of thanks was passed to the retiring .pfflcers.