SPRINGDALE

Te Aroha News, Volume XLI, Issue 66285, 2 October 1925, Page 8

SPRINGDALE

ATHLETIC SPORTS CLUB The annual meeting of the Springdale and District Athletic Sports Club was held last Saturday night when, in spite of bad weather, there was a good attendance of members.

Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: Patron, Mr H. Poland, M.P.; president, F. W. Walters; vice-presidents, Messrs Fisk, Saxton, Nicholson, Johansen and Johnson; secretary, Mr A. G. Fisk; hon. surgeons, Drs. Lawrence, Gordon, Dempster and Craig; field secretary, Mr Hitchman; handicapper, Mr M orison; starter, Mr Shannon, judges, Messrs Shallard, Gooseman and Lindsay; delegate, Mr Shannon; protest committee, Messrs Walters, Hitchman and Shannon. A vote of thanks was accorded Mr Gooseman for' the lise of his motor truck last year and for carting timber for the pavilion. It was decided to increase the prize money on the three mile cycle race to £l2 first, £4 15/- second and £1 third.

It was also decided to put,on a special lap race, 15/- for the first five laps and £1 for the last (distance two miles). There was quite a lot of discussion on the new pavilion, the timber for which is already on the ground. The buliding is being erected by the combined efforts of the Sports and Tennis Clubs and the Domain Board, and it will have a room at each end 10ft by Bft, and a 16ft shelter in the middle, with a gable roof. The Tennis Club are holding a monster concert on the 9th October, which, being in aid of s.uch a. cause, ought to be well patronised. A working bee was arranged to put the track in order, and it is the aim of the Springdale Club to have a better track than ever this year.