MEW ATHLETIC CENTRE

Taranaki Daily News, 22 December 1931, Page 8

MEW ATHLETIC CENTRE

PROGRESS TOWARDS FORMATION. TARANAKI SUB-CENTRE SOON. Preliminaries towards the formation of the new West Coast (North Island) Athletic Centre are well in hand and the body will be inaugurated after January 15. The special committee set up to consider constitution and finance met at Wanganui over the week-end and drew up a draft set of rules. A financial basis was also drawn up. The committee will recommend that the colours to be adopted by the centre shall be emerald green and white, the green running singlets to bear the initials W.C.'C. To-morrow night delegates from the Taranaki clubs will meet at Stratford. The Taranaki sub-eentre will then be formed and the club’s committee disbanded.

On January 15 delegates from the Wanganui, Taranaki and Manawatu subcentres will meet at Wanganui. The new centre will then be officially formed, a constitution adopted and officers elected. .

The first Taranaki sub-centre championships will be held at Hawera probably early in February.

WAVERLEY GUN CLUB. SUCCESSFUL OPENING. ■For the Waverley Gun Club afternoon there was a good attendance of shooters, and visitors were present from Alton, Hawera and Patea. The ladies provided afternoon tea. The results were: — Hand Shoot, six birds, prize a turkey: R. Davies (17yds) 6, G. Armstrong (14yds) 5, R. Bremer (18yds) 6, R. Bates (16yds) 5, H. Haycock 6, H. Buckenham (10yds) -5, E. McGregor (IS yds) 3, H. Heginbotham (16yds) 3. R. Davies Avon the shoot off. No. 2 Shoot, first prize a ham, second quarter lamb; six birds: R. Davies (17 yds) 6, G. Armstrong (14yds) 6, Heginbothara (16yds) '5, Bremer (I'Syds) 5, Haycock (17yds) <5, Cunningham (14yds) 5. Bates (16yds) 2, E. McGregor (18 yds) 6, D. McGregor (14yds) 4, S. iSnushell (16yds) 6. In the shoot off Davies was first and Snushell second.

No. 3 Shoot, first prize a turkey, •second quarter lamb, six birds: Snushell (17yds) 5, Bremer (ISyds) 5, Bates (15 yds) fi, Davies (ISyds’) 4, Cunningham (14yds) 6, D. McGregor (13yds) 2, H. Buckenham (9yds) 4, Heginbotham (15 yds) 2, Haycock (l'7yds) 5. Tn the shoot-off Cunningham won the turkey and Bates the lamb. No. 4 Shoot, pair ducks donated by Mt. J. W. Mills, six birds:—Bremer (18yds) 5, Davies (19yds) 4, Bates (16 yds) 4, Snushell (17yds) 4, Cunningham (16yds) 6, D. McGregor (12yds) 4, Haycock (16yds) 5, Heginbotham (14yds) 5, D. Walker and A. Morrison also shot. 'P. Cunningham was the winner. Novice Shoot, turkey, six birds: H. Buckenham (13yds) 1, A. Morrison (10 yds) 1, C. Buckenham (9yds) 2, D. Walker (9yds) 1, Dalrymple (14yds) 4, Mills ‘(9yds) 1, B. Parsons (10yds) 4, J. Christensen (9yds) 1. •Dalrymple won the shoot off. No. 6 Shoot, ham, six birds; —Bremer (18yds) 5, Davies (ISyds) 6, Heginbotham (13yds) 4, Haycock (15yds) 6, Cunningham (18yds) 4, Snushell (16yds) 2. Bates (15yds) 5, D. McGregor (11 yds) 4, Lombard (17yds) 6. H. Haycock won the shoot off. No. 7 Shoot, first prize turkey, second quarter lamb, six birds: Davies (18yds) 6, Bremer (17yds) 6, Lombard (16yds) 6, Haycock (17yds) 3, Snushell (15yds) 6, Cunningham (17yds) 6, Bates (15yds), D. McGregor (10yds) and Heginbotham (12yds) also shot.. In the shoot off of 12 shots each Lombard won the turkey and .Davies the lamb. . I First miss out: Lombard 1, Heginbotham 2. Quail drive, four birds: R. Bremer. SOUTH TARANAKI CRICKET. TEAM TO PLAY VICTORIA COLLEGE The South Taranaki cricket team to play Victoria College at Hawera will be: W. Barker (Old Boys), H. Barker (Old Boys), Herbert (Old Boys), Moloney (Old Boys), S. Betts (Kaponga), Jefcoate (Kaponga), Eden (Okaiawa), Penny (Okaiawa), Sandford (Stratford), Giblin (Hawera), Palmer (Patea). Thrush ’(High School) will be twelfth man and Gatton (Stratford) reserve. Hall, Dormer, Lay and Wilson (all of Stratford) were not available. • BOWLING AT MANAIA. HAWERA DEFEATS HOME RINKS. Five rinks of Hawera Club bowlers defeated Manaia in a friendly match at Manaia on Saturday by 142 points to 87. Details are:— H. M. Elliott, Burgess, Shaw, Squire 28 — Sam, Paterson, Long, J. Christie — 22 Champion, C. Lovell, Bardsley, Ma si in 24 —• Meuli, Gyde, Innes, Hornby ... — 18 Veitch, McDonald, E. J. Squire, Foy 23 — Mead, Havill, Bullock, Espiner — 16 Willfi, Spratt, Clarke, Winks 29 — Thomson, Baldwin, Spooner, An- 1 drews — 20 Hobbs, F. Lovell, Herbert, Adamson • 33 — Yarrow, Snowdon, • Franklin, Christie — H Totals 142 87 HAWERA WATER SUPPLY. RESTRICTIONS ON GARDEN HOSES The action of . the general committee of the Hawera Borough Council in restricting the use of garden, hoses was confirmed by the full couucil last night. At present hoses may be used only between 5 and 6 a.m. and 6 and 7 p.m. In the report of the engineer, Mr. J. Sturrock, attention was drawn to the booster tank not filling on hot nights. This was attributed to the use of garden hoses. It was necessary to fill the tank at nights to supply the town during the peak load period in the morning. It would probably be necessary to lower the pressure of the spring valve into the tank, reducing the pressure after 7 p.m,