LOSS ON RUGBY IN 1930

Stratford Evening Post, Volume I, Issue 86, 20 March 1931, Page 4

LOSS ON RUGBY IN 1930

TARANAKI UNION’S FINANCES MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE f MEETING “The Taranaki Rugby Union made a nett loss of £302 on the season,” stated Mr. J. McLeod, chairman of the Management Committee, at the meeting last evening, in the course of submitting the draft balance sheet of the union to the meeting. This was accounted for by the drop of £BOO in club gates, as the revenue in this direction was depended upon to meet the charges to run the union, while representative football, which this year showed a profit of £2l, was found to balance itself over a period of years. The sum of £223 was transferred from the “gates” to the insurance fund. There was a loss on school i football of £52. Club football show- f ed a profit of £ll3, the Dewar Shield tournament a profit of £53, and representative football a profit of £2l. The club gates last year wete £1195, as against {£1915 the previous year, when the club games showed a profit of £450. The draft balance sheet was adopted and it will be printed and circu> lated to clubs shortly. The members present at the meeting were; Messrs. J. McLeod (chairman), A. W. Guy, F. Guy, E. H. Young, J. S. Hickey, R. C. Rutherford, J. Garcia, J. Goodwin, G. H. Percy, C. Mullaney, J. Paterson and W. H. Moyes. An apology was received from the Hon. R. Masters. Seven-a-Side Tournaments

The question of the management of seveu-a-side tournaments was discussed, especially. the proposal to make it a condition that nominations must come through bona fide football clubs. The Kaponga Club was granted permission on these conditions, and it was resolved that these prevail in future.

Divisional Gates

The Patea Club gave notice of motion to submit the following motion at the annual meeting: “That in lieu of the present distribution of gate moneys between clubs, the present net proportion of gate moneys divisible between competing senior teams in club competitions be divided in each case into equal parts, one part to be divisible equally between the competing teams, and the remaining part to go Into a general fund formed of similar contributions from all similar matches, such fund to be divisible at the end of the round between all competing teams in the competition in proportion to the number of games played.” » Mr. Rutherford explained that the 45 per cent, of gates allocated 'to clubs be divided into two and onfehalf distributed as previously tie tween the competing clubs, and the remaining half be placed in a pool, and that is be distributed at the end of the round between all the clubs in the division; in view of some of the clubs playing only a few games, the half in the pool be paid out proportionately. The Roebuck Case v Regarding the Roebuck case, M?*. Rutherford mqved thaf the delegates to the New Zealand Union be given a free hand to deal with it. Mr. Goodwin considered Roebuck had been hardly dealt with by the New Zealand Union in being disqualified and warned off all Rugby grounds for life, and also debarred for all time from holding any office in a Rugby organisation. The chairman thought that if the delegates presented the case, the parent body would perhaps take a different view. The motion was carried, and It is probable the case will be mentioned at the annual meeting of the Taranaki Union. General The New Zealand Union was thanked for a donation of £4O to the Taranaki Primary Schools Union. The application to the New Zealand Union for a loan of £5,000 tentatively will be determined later, stated a letter from the union. * An application for permission to radio the season’s matches was received from 2YA, Wellington, and it was resolved to refer it to the annual meeting. The chairman reported that the total amount paid out on the New Plymouth ground for wages, materials, etc., was £2,188. He gave members an interesting account of the whole work done to date, and a general outline of the ground as it will be when completed. The action of the executive in donating £IOO to the Earthquake Fund was confirmed. It was resolved to offer a guarantee of 8s a day each patient to the New Plymouth Hospital for football cases coming in frgju the Union, this to be in full settlement of the fees to its insured players. Consideration of the proposal regarding the Hawera ground and the offer made by the Egmont A. and P. Association for the sale of portion of its area took up a considerable deal of time, and negotiations are being continued. «L. mmmmmm*