ATHLETICS.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XIX, Issue 1073, 29 September 1910, Page 11

ATHLETICS.

AUCKLAND AMATEUR ATHLETIC zi.\D CYCLE CLUB.

The annual report of. the Auckland Amateur Athletic and Cycle Club, to be presented to the members at the annual meeting to-morrow evening, congratulates the members on a successful season. “Although the club has suffered a slight financial loss on the year’s work,” says the report, “yet the interest taken by competitors and the general public showed a marked improvement, and certainly augurs well for a new lease of life and a renewal of former prosperity as regards amateur athletics in this province. The season was chiefly notable by reason of the fact that the New Zealand championships were held here on February 26, 1910, but owing to the wretched weather the gathering resulted in a severe financial loss to the centre. The spring carnival, held on December 4,1909, though showing a loss of about £l3 financially, was encouraging as re-

g&rds numbers of competitors and goodperfbrmanees. The autumn carnival on April 2, 1910, although perhaps held a little later in the season, proved a success both financially and from an attendance point of view. During the season the committee inaugurated a series of evening meetings,? in which there were no gate takings, naturally their was a slight loss to the club on these meetings. It will be noticed from the balancesheet, that the season’s working appears at first sight to have resulted in a loss of £45 9s sd, almost entirely owing to the fact that the committee, after due consideration, agreed to finance the centre in its deficit of £3 9 2s 7d on the championship meeting.

This amount, of course, appears as an asset, though there may be little chance of obtaining repayment for some years to come, say, until another championship meeting is held in Auckland. Treating this £39 as an asset, the actual loss on the season’s work is £6 6s lOd. The hearty thanks of the club is due to those gentlement who were kind enough to

denote trophies during the season, especially to Messrs. F. S. Ballin, W. J. Ralph, and W. J. Rainger, also to our excellent starter (Mr. Austin

Smith), to our painstaking handicapper (Mr. H. J. Fielder), to those gentlemen who in official positions so kindly helped us at our various carnivals, and to the press for the attention and space devoted to our club in the columns of their papers.” The receipts totalled £350 3s 4d, including £9B 11s lOd in hand at the beginning of the year, and the ex-penditure-left a cash balance of £53 2s sd< : The statement of assets and liabilities'is as follows: —Assets: By cash- in National Bank, £23 2s sd: cash in Auckland Savings Bank, £3O; working plant, £35; Victor Imdorum cup, £2O; Auckland centre, £39 2s 7d; challenge ishield (mercantile firms)? £l2; total, £159 ss. Liabilities: Nil.