Timaru

New Zealand Tablet, 14 October 1909, Page 1619

Timaru

The Avoca Hockey Club finished their successful season on Thursday evening by a social in Budd's Cafe. The full membership was present, and Rev. Father Tubman, S.M., supported by Rev. Fathers Kerley and Hoare, presided. During the season the club played twenty matches, scoring 65 goals — 38 of these in cwp contests, '20 in friendly matches, and the balance in tournament games. One young lady, Miss N. Sullivan, was responsible for about forty of these scores. They had come second in the Marshall Cup competition, and in the six-a-side their colors had carried the day. This satisfactory record, it was felt by the members, could be in great part "attributed* to Mr. A. Duff, their coach, and so they asked him to accept a handsomely designed solid gold medal as a mark of their appreciation. Mr. Duff briefly returned thanks. Rev. Fathers Kerley and Hoare, and Messrs. Mahoney and W. Jordan also spoke. A short musical- programme was 'gone through, among the contributors being the Misses K. McGrath, V. and E. Dennehy, and Messrs. Jordan, Rennie, and McDougall. On Thursday evening last a branch of the H.A.C.B. Society was opened in Geraldine by Bro. M. F. Dennehy, District Deputy, assisted by a contingent of brethren from the Timaru branch. Bro. Dennehy congratulated the twenty-five candidates were about to become members in the Geraldine district of the premier Catholic organisation of Australasia, and concluded by wishing the St. Mary's branch every success. The election of officers resulted as follows : — Trustees, Messrs. J. Connolly, J. Kennedy, and E. O'Malley; president, Mr. J. Kennedy; vice-president, Mr. J. Connolly; treasurer, Mr. J. Gresham;secretary, Mr. J. Feeley; warden, Mr. J. Herlihy; guardian, Mr. J. Brophy; sick visitors^ Messrs. F. Charles and J. "Lysaght. The president on behalf of the new branch thanked the District Deputy and visiting brethren for their help at the new foundation.