PIONEER SPORTS CLUB

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21415, 6 March 1935, Page 15

PIONEER SPORTS CLUB

: ♦ i MEETING OF EXECUTIVE ! 1 1 I At a meeting of the executive com- | j mittee of the Pioneer Amateur Sports' i Club held last evening there were! i present: Air C. H. Taylor, jun. echair- ! man'. Messrs R. C. Symes, A. E. McI rhail, C. Bonnington, P. R. Harman, • A. I) Tench. G. R. Curtis, M. P. Jones, I A. 1.. Graham, T. R. Fox, W. G. Tonks. ! and F. T. 11. Bell. I Lief'ore proeeediny with the business i of Ihe meeting the chairman referred I to the death of Dr. P. F. McEvedy, who j he said had been actively associated i with practically all branches of amaI icur sport, and in its interests -had I rendered outstanding service, both as ; a e:.mrjetitor and as an administrator. ifi-- loss would be very keenly felt and I d'j'iorcd by all sections of amateur ! SPorf. i lie also referred to the loss sus- ; tained by one of their colleagues. Mr i ' R. J Hobbs, whose mother had recently ; dird. He moved that a letter of conI Cn'i'iiee be forwarded to the family of die kite Dr. McEvedy and also to Mr ilobhs. The motion was carried in : ih.i> usual manner. I The chairman offered a very cordial I welcotne to the delegate of the Can- ! icrburv Football Association. Mr F. T. i 11. Bell. Reporting on behalf of the entertaini merit committee, the chairman said it I was th intention of the club to extend j a •'sportsman's welcome" to the ! French swimmers, who would be com- ! pc'tiny at. the International Amateur I Swimming Carnival to be held at the i Tepid Baths next Monday evening. i The action of the entertainment comI mittee was confirmed. I Mr Graham, representing the Canter- | bury Hockey Association on the execuI tie committee of the Pioneer Club, j said that he had been directed by his j association to express the appreeia-! j tion of that body of the facilities and j • service that had been rendered by the i club to his association. They were dej lighted with the accommodation proI vided for their meetings. ! The chairman expressed the pleasure the committee felt at the evidence that was being continually received from the affiliated associations and clubs as to the utility of the club rooms as the central headquarters of amateur sportsmen and their respective organisations, and the bright atmosphere that prevailed at their meetings. Mr Tench reported that it was the intention of the Motor Club to conduet a grass track meeting on the New Brighton Trotting Groiuids on j Saturday afternoon, comprising both liLiht ear and motor-cycle racing, for j which excellent entries had been rej reived, and the committee would be ! glad of the co-operation of the variI (ins affiliated bodies in making this meeting in every way an outstanding I success. ■ The following new members were I elected:—Messrs Cecil Wood. A. R. I HarrK R. Harris, W. J. Hunter, !n. j'. Rains. F. H. Hamilton, IC. Looming. P. McKcnzie. J. Courage, C. R. Hayward, J. Hunter, ' A B Nanper, J. F Neely. F. W. Man- ' lorn, A. J. McNaughion. M. W. White, i F F Kissel, B. l.inle, Sam Hollander, i R. W. Britton, J. Haworth, C. Me. Stud- | holme, and C. Lindsay. I The chairman said that whilst the r ] club now had members competing at! ' almost every amateur sports gathering; I .n Canterbury, and occasionally at tin ; ! Dominion championships, it was not : ! everv dav that a Dominion title fell to i its members. This had. however, oct eurred at the New Zealand amateur ! swimming championships held at Auck- | land 'recently, when the 440 yards 1 \'.->w Zealand ama'eur championship 1 ! \ V;: c v.-o'i in gailant style by one of it.-• : iormlx'-s. He mi-vud. "That a letter. ; r>f conr'ratulation be forwarded to Mr ■ D. H Svmes in gaining this distine- ; I tion." The motion was carried by ae- ; I claniation. ■ i . ..^— r - rrT j Caliicrbury v. Otuß" ; The Ca'iterbury-Otago meeting will ; I be hold next Tuesday evening at. Ban- 1 1 raster Park, beginning at 5.30 and end- j j ing about 7.15 o'clock. Otago will be 1 represented by those competitors it is sending to the New Zealand champion- j ! ships, lottcther with others to come , i from' Dunedin. and the Canterbury i j learn will probably be announced toi morrow. ; The programme for the meeting will I include all track events and most of 1 the field events in the championship I programme. No Canterbury competitor' will be allowed to run in more than one race, and therefore an opporI tunitv will be given to a considerable i number of runners to represent the province. The Otago men will be billeted on their way home from the New Zealand championships. Marshland Sports Tiie event 'or Saturday in Christ- 1 church will be the Marshland Club's] annual sports meeting, to be held in j i Mr F. Slade's paddock, Preston's road, Marshland. The programme will start at 12.30 p.m.. but the open events will not be run until the afternoon is considerably further advanced. The open races will be the 100 yards, 220 vards. and 880 yards. An enthusiastic committee has made full prepara- | tions for an interesting meeting. | j M'LACHLAN NOT TO RUN AT WANGANII 1 I J.RESS ASSOCIATION IEI.EG1IA1! .1 DUNEDIN. March 5. L. C. McLachlan, national mile champion, will not compete at the New Zealand amateur athletics meetin:;, having been badly spiked last Saturday. | MARSHLAND SPOUTS CLUB j ,- : .. \\ S|...i-i>, eiHii »-iii >k->ih it.' i ~-..:, i.iiiiUMl .-ulilftii: iHi-clins "U Salunliiy, j . V,--, .-. i-i-K-nnniw <,f nii.nini:, fi<'Ul. "'»' ~.,.',,,_• .-v.-iiis «iil lit- tlrci(l<'il. Kxt-ollfiit - I ,,i.;n,;ei"i;- loiv.: bfi'ii ri'ct'ivod »ml WL'll- - ~,ini|,"tit(irs j-tinulil provide an uftt-r----r. , ;! ii-.>!-elu>H i-port. 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