ATHLETICS.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20097, 28 November 1930, Page 15

ATHLETICS.

AMATEUR CENTRE.; MfiETINp OF . EXECUTIVE. The; Executive Committee of'., the .. Canterbury Centre of the New- 'Zealand AmateurAthletie. Association met last evening. Present s' Messrs-. E.; H'. Gross (chairman), •-M. r Loa:dbetter, G. G. Lockwood, R. Beattie, E.' Av'.Sayers, E. Todd* .A. E. Purse, R. Hill, D. W. Bain,. and . L.. Austin (secretary). : An' application for reinstatement as an amateur was-received", from Jalnes McGee. He bad competed last as. .a professional .in 1927, arid- the Cycling Committee of-the Centre' had regommfcndod a consideration of-his- application. . It was decided to iorward.",the application to the New. Zealand Council, with a favourable recomitiendatiori. Ronald '' Dun can' Cameron, of .'Pen- . <3 air ves/ also; applied; 1 f6r reinstatement, not hivitia. competed' for three ' years. An 'application from him la£t"-yealr- had not been- granted" By the New-Zealand Council, andlio-asked for-further consideration'of his case. It was decided that as he-had stood'down:for.;a further period, his application should be Torvarded with recomicendation . . . • - . Two other.-similar applications.from Wellington -runners, • Charles- Robins and Ernest Stanley > Austin, i were re-ceived,-and it was decided to/fpr.ward them to 'the ; Council 'with'oiltV, recommendations They" had down:.from competition for. two: years'. The Wanganui-t'ara-rraki " Centre wrote asking permission for- F. J. : Grose to - ride at' New 'Plymouth on December 26th. ' Permission 1 was granted, oil' the recommendafc'ien'of the Cycling tee, the provision being added -that the Canterbury-Centre would prefer- that Grose;.-.should-: compete : in Canterbury "districts for .the Christmas meetings. ..-.Messrs P.urse, Cross, Beattie, and Leadbetter were; -appointed to attend a meeting, at New Brighton on Wednesday next, when .the formation' of an amateur cycling . club in the district would be considered. '' The Following dates'and "programmes for' rn'eetiiigs' in Canterbury- were. ap>- ' proved: Springfield Athletic' Club, December 27th ; .Methven Club, January 3rd; Pr-jlVbleton Club. January 2nd; Amberley Club, January Ist. The programme for tlie Kirwee Club's Meeting was approved,-, and it. was decided to sujjgest that the date* proposed for the .meetings Jannary 10th, should be changed until later >n the month. A letter ' was", received' from' St. Joseph's Home,_ thanking the Centre Fo»* /.liir- ■>fw->n «-»F r> ph-i'mtjinnshin cupy and advising ; that the . annual sports of the' home t would be" held on December'2oth.'' . Mr Lockwood mentioned that several improvements could be carried out in the control of "Tuesday evening meetings at Lancaster Park. The track should be .cleared -of." spectatp.rs, and ■should be used only by xunners and officials. Attendances at the meetings were becoming greater, he '. said,. and it should ber ensured, that the public had a gdoij view of the events. . , I*,, >as decided that the matter should be referred to- the clubs in charge of the meetings, and also that the decision-of the-Centre two seasons ago that no entries should- be accepted after the- specified - closing time should be .adhered to. The-. -Lancaster- -Park Board -of • Control .wrote - that-, "providing cricketers could use-; the bajck area: of- the park March ;.7th, the date .-of the..appearance -in Christchurch: of-- the American athletes, the Centre could .have the use of the park on that occasion. Replying";to "a-reqnest-of the Centre wat-.t.h e y : ;Kolfl .«,,» iCVuiferburtr championships .at the--, ©ark ow. either February 7th. or Mth.\.the. Board advised that the matter had been held rtaeetillg; 7 It was decided to thank the Laneaster. Park -Board for granting Marck , .'tt," and. -that is case the perk- was -not .. .available ootomittee 'sbodld be ■eat "Up to- *ndeay6ar to-«rrange'-for a suitable ground:. Messrs- Ctoea, Leadbetter Austin, and Bain were appointed to ths committer