AMATEUR ATHLETICS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16625, 6 January 1922, Page 7

AMATEUR ATHLETICS.

SPRINGBOKS TOUR. PROGRAMME DRAWN UP. The South African amateur athletic team, now in Australia en rout© to New Zealand, is due to arrive in Wellington by the Maheno from Sydney on Sunday, January 15. A projected itinerary of the tour lias been drawn up as follows: January 16—Civic reception at Town Hall, Wellington. January 18—Preliminary meeting at Ashburton. January 21—Dunedin. January 25—Invercargill. January 23—Christchurch. February I—Arrive Rotorua. February 4—Auckland. February B—Hamilton (two members of team). February B—New Plymouth (three members of team). February 11—Hawera (two members of team). February ll—Wanganui (three members of team). February 15—Mar ton (two members of team). February 15—Waikanae and distriel (three members of team\ February 18—Masterton. February 22—Palmerston North. February 25—Wellington. February 28—Leave Wellington for Sydney, via Auckland. March s—Arrive Sydney. The tour has been extended a week on account of other important events at Masterton and Wellington being set down for the dates on which it was originally intended that the Springboks should compete at those places. This extension has enabled more country clubs to be included in the programme. It has been found impossible to make suitable arrangements for the Springboks to oompete in Gisborne, and in view of this unavoidable omission from the programme a proposal is to be made at the next meeting of the N.Z.A.A.A that Gisborne be requested to nominate two representatives to compete with tht Springboks at Auckland.