SPORTS PROTECTION ASSOCIATION MEETS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18578, 28 September 1928, Page 5

SPORTS PROTECTION ASSOCIATION MEETS.

The thirty-eighth annual general meeting of the Canterbury Athletic Clubs’ Protection Association was held last night. Mr A. Donaldson presided over a good attendance of delegates. The annual report stated that the association had had a very successful year. Six new clubs had become affiliated during the year, bringing the total membership to 49 clubs. The number of names submitted to the committee to be dealt with had shown a substantial decrease, being 67 as against 98 in the previous year. After preliminary notice from the association 32 made settlement without further action being taken, seven, for various reasons, the committee could not proceed further with, 26 were finally posted, and two were under consideration. Of those finally posted one had since settled, and together with 10 defaulters of previous years, who had also paid their arrears, there had been a total of 43 settlements for the year, aggregating £3B 15s 6d. The financial statement showed a slight decrease on the credit balance of the previous year, caused principally by the extra printing required this year, and a lesser amount paid in settlements, in consequence of which less commission had been earned by the association.

Mr H. C. Harrison stated that the committee had decided that it would not make any attempt to collect subscriptions outstanding for more than one year. If a club kept a member on its roll when he had not paid his previous year’s subscription, then it was the club’s own fault. The association was not a collecting agency, but acted more as a deterrent to the would-be defaulter. The association achieved its power because it was backed up by nearly all the governing sports bodies, so that even if a club was not a member of the association it could not play a member, who was listed by the association as a defaulter. Officers were elected as follows: Honorary secretary, Mr H. C. Har rison (Sydenham F.C.) ; honorary auditor, Mr A. Donqldson (Pioneer Sports Club) ; committee, Messrs A. A. Boot (Avon R.C.), K. Perrin (Linwood C.C.), H. Throp (New Brighton Tennis Club), H. Snook (Sydenham Hockey Club), and L. E. Owen (Linwood Tennis Club). It was decided, on the motion of Mr K. Perrin, to send out annually a supplementary list of defaulters who have been posted dm ing the year.