PHYSICAL WELFARE

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 102, 18 December 1939, Page 2

PHYSICAL WELFARE

SPORTS COACHING SCHEME

The first shot in the campaign instituted by the Physical Welfare Branch for assistance to the sports bodies in promoting coaching activities vas fired last week bj- Mr Roy Howe, the present Wellington Easter tennis champion who toured the Wairarapa in company with the Well ington Recreation Officer of the branch. The co-operation of th(< Wairarapa Lawn Tennis Association and the individual clubs made this venture so successful that in five days Mr Howe coached 300 juniors and 50 seniors, gave S demonstration talks and played 2 exhibition matches with W. Hawkesworth, the North Island Champion. The same idea will be' extended, elsewhere. Already there is promise of considerable activity in the way of golf coaching during the coming golfing season. Mr Sutton, the secretary of the New Zealand Golf Council, which has a scheme for providing its golf coaches to clubs, was interviewed recently by an officer of the Physical Welfare Branch and said that if the Area Officers of the branch by personal contacts with the clubs increased the- demand for these professionals, this Would be of inestimable value to the sport, and if necessary, the Council would no doubt make further arrangements to cope with the increased demand.