HAWERA FOOTBALL CLUB

Taranaki Daily News, 23 March 1932, Page 8

HAWERA FOOTBALL CLUB

ANNUAL MEETING OF MEMBERS. FREE HAND IN SCRUM QUESTION. The annual meeting of the Hawera Football Club last night gave delegates to the Taranaki Rugby Union a free hand in the 3 —2—3 . scrum question.

The report complimented members on their . performances. . Six. teams were nominated for the Taranaki Rugby competition —one senior, two third and two fourth grade teams. One of the thirds and one of the fourths were teams from the Hawera High School. The only junior team to achieve any success was the third grade team, which won its way to the play-off in the division, losing by a small margin to Opunake, which went on and won the grade championship. The senior team came fourth in the southern division and the junior team did remarkably well and came third in the group. The fourth grade for a new team did remarkably well and came third in the group. The High School thirds and fourths came second and third in their respective groups. With the exception of the thirds the teams did not give fitness the consideration that was needed, and it was hoped that for the 1932 season there would be a change. The junior team returned the visit of the Johnsonville Club and had to admit defeat. Several players gained representative honours.

The club was in a good financial position with an excess of assets over liabilities of £59 4s 2d. Once again the honorary members had kept the club “on side.” The donations were more than the previous season, but the biggest loss was in the receipts of subscriptions from players. Only £8 17s 4d was received as against £lB Us the previous season. It was admitted that several players were out of employment, but the majority were able to pay and help the club. The refunds from the Taranaki Rugby Union were very disappointing, showing a drop of £7 Us 9d, with a small balance still to come. ’ A seven-a-side tournament was held for the Mokoia settlers’ shield, which was won by the Athletic Club, and the tournament showed a good profit of £6 5s 9d. By careful. management the club was almost able to make the season pay for itself. ■ Travelling expenses alone amounted to £43 4s 6d.

The committee was keenly conscious of .the support accorded by many enthusiastic supporters, especially those who had made donations, the Referees’ Association, the Press and the Red Cross Society for attention to injured players. Mr. B. C. Bennett had donated, a medal for the most improved junior forward, and this had been awarded to Jack Rangiwahia. The thanks of the club were offered to the following, who gave their services as coaches: Seniors, Messrs. Hunter and Patterson; juniors, Mr. Cropp; thirds, Mr. Thompson; fourths, Mr. Grant. The following officers were elected: Patron, Mr. A. Hunter; president, Mr. J. Rowe; vice-presidents, Mrs. G. H. Gibson, Sergeant Henry and Mr. E. A. Pacey; secretary, Mr. R. G. Hawke; treasurer, Mr. R. Good; auditor, Air. R. F. Page; committee, Messrs. B. Rawcliff e, °L. V. Carmine, V. Sanson, J. France, J. Goodwin, A. Clement, C. Hammond, N. Grant, W. Cropp, C. Dahl, A. Henry and W. W. Thomas; delegates to Rugby ■ Union, Messrs. Rowe, Carmine and J. E. Campbell; dressing shed committee, Messrs. J• France and A. Henry; gymnasium representative, Sergeant Henry; club captiin, Mr. M. Patterson.

OLD GIRLS’ BASKETBALL.

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CLUB,

The annual meeting of the Hawera High School Old. Girls’ Basketball Club wa°s held last night. ' A satisfactory season was reported. The club'was successful in winning the southern division. Congratulations were offered West End Reds, winners of the northern division, who were successful in the final. On June 3 at Hawera a provincial tournament was held, in which Old Girls tied with Tariki as winners, each team holding the shield presented by the president of the Taranaki Association (Miss Tarry) for six months. The club travelled to New Plymouth on August 12 to participate in a knock-out tournament, and although defeated in the semi-finals, had a most enjoyable day. A representative team from Manawatu visited Taranaki during the season. They r-.et a South Taranaki team, which included several of the club s players, at Hawera, and after a keenly contested game South Taranaki won. Several functions were held during the year to raise funds. Thanks were due to Miss Britland for her help to the club and for coaching the team. The following officers were elected; Secretary, Miss G. Lendrum; committee, Misses K. Brown, P. Ekdahl and A. Appleyard. 1 It was decided to enter two teams and the subscription was fixed at 3s. ■ OKAIAWA GAIETY CLUB DANCE. The Okaiawa Gaiety Club held its second 1932 dance, which was in every way successful, on Monday night. Mesdames W- Johnstone, W .Baker, G. Good and C. Evetts were in charge of the supper arrangements. Mr. D. Blair was secretary and Messrs. Afih, Preston and Clem Blair were masters of ceremonies. Wills’ Melody Makers supplied the music to a crowded hall, which had been decorated by the club committee. The special lighting proved very effective. The first Monte Carlo waltz was won by Mr. W. Garret and Miss J. Franks and the second by Miss E. Hennessy and Mr. Wolfe. Extras were played by Miss Mabel Guy and Miss Nicholson. GENERAL ITEMS. Hickey and Miss Hughes are the winners of the Hammonds Cup in the Manaia Tennis Club competitions. J. Payne is the winner of the men’s championship, while in the ladies’ championship Miss Hughes and Mrs. Instone have. to play in the final.. R. Miller won the men’s handicap singles and Miss Wood the ladies’ handicap singles. The Hawera Court offices will be closed from the night of Thursday, March 24, until the morning of Wednesday, March 30. The Hawera Hockey Club has procured £5 worth of cheap sticks to be distributed among schools in the hope of stimulating interest in the game among the children. i The Tokaora annual sports meeting will be held in Mr. V. Mills’ paddock to-day, when there will be a full programme of athletic, horse, motor-car and Highland events, commencing at 11 a.m. In the evening there will be a dance and euchre party in the hall. Wills’ orchestra will supply the music. A ball will be held in the Matapu hall on Wednesday, April 13. Full particulars will be -advertised later. The annual meeting of the Okaiawa Football Club will be held in the Okai-J

awa Town Hall on Wednesday, March 30. To-day at' Kaponga the Kaponga Jersey Club will hold its annual demonstration. Mr. Guy Bell will judge. A general invitation has been issued to the public to attend. Owing to the failure of the electric light the annual meeting of the . M Squadron of the Legion of Frontiersmen at Hawera last night was carried on for half an hour in darkness. Candles were then procured but the lights came on again in another quarter of an hour. The same thing happened at the annual meeting of the Hawera Football Club. 1 OKAIAWA WINS TENNIS. A friendly tennis match was played on Saturday between an Okaiawa B team and a B team from Mangatoki. Okaiawa won by 20 sets to 4, 120 games to 24. The scores, hqwever, do not in- 1 dicate how even the games were. Details, Mangatoki players being mentioned first, are: — Mixed Doubles: Miss D. Gatenby and C. Marx lost to Miss Toro and C. Good I—6;1 —6; Mrs. Davies and B. H. Parker lost to Mrs. Evetts and L. Retter o—6; Miss E. Gatenby and B. Nicholas lost to Miss R. Evetts and C. Blair 4—6; Miss Davies and H. Hammond beat Miss R. Blair and G. Good 6 —5; Miss Morgan and’R. Beech lost to Miss E. Cameron and P. Evetts o—6; Miss R. Gatenby and 8. Parker lost to Miss D. Robertson and E. Oldfield 3—6. Ladies’ Doubles: Miss Gatenby and Mrs. Davies lost to Miss Toro and Mrs. Evetts 4 —6; Miss E. Gatenby and Miss Davies beat Miss Evetts and Miss Blair 6—4; Miss Morgan and Miss R. Gaten-

by lost to Miss Cameron and Miss Robertson 4 —6. Men’s Doubles: Marx and B. H. Parker lost to C. Good and Retter o—6; Nicholas and Hammond lost to G. Good and Blair 3 —6; Beech and Parker lost to Evetts and Oldfield 5 —6. Dadies’ Singles: Miss D. Gatenby lost to Miss Toro 5 —6; Mrs. Davies lost to Mrs. Evetts o—6;0 —6; Miss E. Gatenby lost to Miss R. Evetts 3—6; Miss Davies lost to Miss R. Blair o—6; Miss Morgan beat Miss E. Cameron 6—3; Miss N. Gatenby beat Miss D. Robertson 6—2. Men’s Singles: C- Marx lost to C. Good 2 —6; B. H. Parker lost to L. Retter I—6; B. Nicholas lost to Blair 2 —6; H. Hammonds lost to G. Good 2 —6; R. Beech lost to Evetts 3 —6; S. Parker lost to Oldfield 5 —6. '■