FOOTBALL TO BE PLAYED ON RACE DAYS

Chronicle (Levin), 1 May 1946, Page 4

FOOTBALL TO BE PLAYED ON RACE DAYS

EXECUTIVE RESCINDS MOTION Pretedting against the deeision to pd'stponfe1 all senior and junior-foot-bdil matches On Saturdays Whferi d rdce meeting was being held: iri thfe distriet, letters wferfe rfeefeivfea ffb'rii thfe Atriletic and ■ Hui Mai ClUb's "at last evening's meeting "of the man-agfement-committee bf the Hofbwhenua Rugby Union. Opiriiori afriong members was divided; arid a lerigthy discussion . ensued. ■ "I have been asked by the Athletic Club to pfbtest dgainst -a jpostpdneirient.-," said Mr. N. t).' *FUlfey. "Racing is an .all.-the-yeaf rburia sport, but febt'bali is played for orily about five months of the yfear-. There .is racing in the !s'umMr; But the Horowhenua Cricket.Association dbes not postpone its cricket, and I think wfe sh'duld res'cirid the la'st nibtion that no seriior ahd juriibr fbbtball should be pldyed bn distriet race days." The president (Mr. A. Gillespie) •: This is nothing new. We have had thfe sariie thi'ng every yeaf for thfe last 20 years. The secretary (Mr. J. A. Zuppicich) : We are unfoftunatfe ehough to have these thrfee rac'fe meetings sb el'bse together-, which Will put thfe te'ains a month. behind irifthe, cQinpetitibnsy drid as we have ' Elbffidin by the middle of '-August, it will leaye things' ih a bit ,of a jumblfe. Mf. Tilley: 1 suggest tfiat when the .Foxton races are on, give Fbxtbh the byfe, when the Otaki races afe on, give Otaki the bye and When the Levin races are on at Otaki, give Rahui the bye. . Mr. Zuppicich: That is the siSmplest solution. Mr. E. Cook: Ther'e affe 'qrnte a Ibt of sporting mferribefs m our teams, particularly sb the Maor'is, who are very keen on the races. I c'annot see anything but difficulties with all respect to the protesting tfeams. ' „ ' Mr. Zuppicich: Therfe affe, I tdk'e it> a lot of players in your teams Who will go to the races at Foxton? Mf. Cook: Yes, there are a lot of fiiayers who will go to Foxton. . After , f uf thfef . Ifehgthy disfeussibri the original motion wds rescirided, ahd it was decided to give the team d bye where the races were being hfeld.