NEW PLYMOUTH OLD BOYS

Taranaki Daily News, 22 December 1932, Page 11

NEW PLYMOUTH OLD BOYS

ASSOCIATION’S JUBILEE YEAR. ANNUAL MEETING GRATIFIED. • >T -i. . • ,7 .. r Satisfaction with, the- achievements of the association in the jubilee year of < the school ’was expressed -at- the 16th? annual ; meeting of the New Plymouth High* ! School Old Boys’, Association last night. Mr. G. Fraser presided over an attend-; ance of over 20. . ./? A committee meeting, was held prior to the general meeting,Mr. Fraser pre-. siding.' Correspondence," was received from the Hawera, Wellington and Auckland branch associations indicated the continuance of enthusiasm. The 16th annual, report Stated: Th* re-union held at Easter to celebrate . th* 50th anniversary of the school was aa. occasion, which will be long remembered ' by all old boys. The atmosphere■' offriendliness and interest fin the pT?",* ceedings promised well .for the success’ ■ of the occasion, and it was gratifying to all those who. worked' so hard for.-? the success of the function to see this interest being maintained to; the. J of the proceedings. The,, xfehy/messages, of congratulations received on the occasion of the jubilee celebrations wer* an ample reward for the time, and work - put in by the executive. , In the early stages of the preparations - it was thought that the association would have to consider raising' funds to pay for the . celebrations, as. the initial e®??’ penses were fairly heavy- However, fears in this respect were unfounded,..*■ for by the attendance at the ball, /* sufficient' profit was made to meet all expenses incurred at the re-union, and? leave?; a balance of £l5 2s. to be placed' to the credit of the association’s funds.; Branch associations: It is. gratifying io note that old boys outsidp of New Plymouth are still maintaining an. interest in the efforts of their - respective , associations. Re-unions have beep held ;at

Auckland, Wellington, Hawera and Wanganui, and. from reports ' received -\. from local old boys who visited -these , functions, it is evident that they very'much enjoyed. The Old Boys’ Football Club entered? three teams in the senior, second grade, and third grade , competitions, .and .'aV; ' though no team .was successful in wip-> ning a grade, an ..improvement in the standard of play was noticeable. The \ senior, team commenced the season weH,-?/,lfe but as in the 1931 season,. were again ~. unfortunate in losing members of .the. team through injuries. In consequence , the second . grade team was heavily . = drawn on> and had difficulty in fielding a team towards the end of the season. .-,/, The third grade team played the best' and most consistent football of the club, and from an inexperienced side at the ; ; beginning of the season developed into ~j a strong combination. It is very en-' /££ ccuraging to see the standard of attained by this team, and the remaining ; ; teams of the club would do weU to .I; follow : their example in regard to. training. Financially the club is in a sownd position, and despite the present, day conditions have managed by careful ad- ■.?. ministration to emerge with a small profit : . f for the', season.-.' . . - The cricket club experienced a , sue- " ; cessful-season last year, both from th* point of view of the results achieved ia competition and from .the-.point of view / of finance. Although none of '-7: was successful in winning their ,regp<ec- : tive grades, all. .three were runners-up.. . The club-began last season with a t small i , 5. credit balance of 17s 3d, but by meapsof ■, a competition and revenue-from mem-. /? bers subscriptions finished the season? with the satisfactory credit, balance ;Of £2O 13s 6d, and this after the whole ? of . -the equipment, had been overhauled and; ■ supplemented. At the annual meeting a resolution was' passed incorporating the .club as the New Plymouth High ?/ School Old Boys’ Cricket Chib and th* constitution and rules were adopted. The past season’s activities in z surf work have veen very successful. The in- - corporation of the Old/Boys’ <^ub,with. , / the New Plymouth Surf club resulted ~ in Old Boys, being able to field-a strong, >. team in surf competitions. The stand- 5W ard of work in the teams is very high*/// due to intensive training and to dhe, coaching of Mr. H. S. "Weston. The. club //■ was successful in winning the fmlaw-/// ing surf competitions:—West ’ Coast championships: Hackshaw-Searle Shield, /?/• Williams March Past Cup. Taranaki championships: Tabor Shield, Waitara Licensed Victuallers’ Cup. Junior, team: Taranaki junior championship. Junior Pennant Since the change in the constitution of • the association it the last annual meeting; whereby the life membership fee.;/ of 5s was changed to an annual subscription of 2s fid, there has been a ■ marked increase in the income of th* - association from this source. Eightyfour members paid their subscription during the year this representing an come. to the association of £lO 10s.' - As ; soon as it becomes more generally known that the subscription is an annual one, / the income from this source will ;b*' greatly increase. Thd balance sheet discloses a to the general fund of 3s 3d, the bell V account £37 8s 6d, and the jubilee account £l6 17 sd, a total credit to the W'gfe sociation of £53 9s 2.This year the executive was invited to attend the school sports dinner. About ten members availed themselves of invitation and thoroughly enjoyed themselves* ■ The balance sheets of the jubilee-ac-counts and the general account showed . a profit on the jubile activities of Bi - 14s 3d and a credit balance to the as- • sedation’s general account of £53 19s 3d. . ' The'president in moving the adoption , of the report and balance sheet said tiW;*'' year had been most successful and’ isfactory. The executive had been/aV;', pleasant one to work with . fta . financial aspect was Although ;.;;? losses had been shown on some jtj[bue* accounts the fact that the annual, ball had been such an outstanding success financially had given the sssociaion' *7 credit of over £5O. . The election of officers resulted; / President, Mr. D. Sykes; senior vice- j president, Mr. P. Atkinson; junior vice-. 7; president, Mr. J. H. Boon; joint' secte- 7 /| taries, Messrs. F. L. Read and Fookes; treasurer, Mr. E. J. Insullj M- -7 sociation delegates to executive, Messrs. T, W. Lovell and R. G. Howell; : him. auditor, Mr. W. S,. Thdnson. Mr. Fraser said the executive had: recommended that? the -school be -given* • . small donation from the jubilee balanc* .- as a “Christmas box.” Mr. Moyes -had suggested that the money could -, pended on the provision of a diving board or steps at the school baths. Th* ; meeting thought the idea an excellent . one and £l6 was voted. i Messrs. S. Fookes and Howell- wer* v ? given a free hand in the ordering; of association badges. _ , . The secretaries were instructed tp write 7 congratulating the school- fb^-eleven - its performance against .Nelson, Colleg** ? Mr. W. H. Moyes thanked , the bers for their invitation to him fo b* present and congratulated the assoeja- .7 tion on its successful year. The school . appreciated the donation from, the- ks-As-sociation. The secretaries were voted a joint honorarium of '£slss. • : Mr. Lovell proposed a vote of ihaalte 7 to Mr.’ Fraser, who, he said, had ' president in a most important year. Th* ■ motion was carried with acclaraaticn.