HOCKEY.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 182, 27 April 1908, Page 9

HOCKEY.

• ■ - ~ Tho .United, Victoria . College, r and "Wei-. ■ lington Hockey Clubs continued practices on. Saturday afternoon, the two former, at Day's Bay; add the latter at Miramar.: Excellent ■ form was shown by a good . number -of players. . ■. "The. prospects- 'of. ail.' interesting hockey s'oason...this'..year are very -bright indeed, ■there being 110 less than eight senior clubs. Tho great ■' difiioulty, however, is that of securing suitable 'grounds; and up till tho • last..; niomeht -the. Association did not .know . how ; to accommodate all tho. clubs making applications/ - In this connection, it is stated that-two hockey clubs, thinking they could hot get grounds, have deoided to abandon the game for the season and go in for footnail.' There are four grounds at Day's Bay, and other: two are being got ready. /. In ; all, the : Association now hopes /to have! the use of fourteen grounds for the coming season.' Three senior matches are to be played at . Day's Bay • overy. Saturday, • and oho at. Athletic Park, part'-of which has just been .secured. ; •; less than twonty-eight teams have entcred for the competitions starting on Satur dav,: or Saturday, week. .; Regarding tho ladies, there were twonty • ■ eight" clubs last' year; with a membership of 300. This year six new clubs have come forward, making; the total iiuinber of players about 400. ' \ '■ / WELLINGTON LADIES' HOCKEY ASSO-. CIATION. ■: . The ' annual meeting of the AVoUingtoii' Ladies' Hoekoy Association was held at Armies on Saturday night,'about forty ladies and being present. Dr. A. AV. Izard, tho: president, occupied, the chair. -VThe following iieiv clubs were allowod to affiliate: Hercan'a, Gregg Shorthand, AVossl?y» Hinemoa/ Roseleaf,. ami WeUingtoii. ' ' : In moving tho adoption.of the:report and' balance-sheet, already,; publishedj -tW chair 7 man congratulated tl|e Association on havI ing experienced a prosperous'year, not only financially; - but,, on account j of. tho interest taken, ill hockey. 'Tho question of grounds lyas'one that had to be faced; ■ It had beep '.arranged that a 'deputation ishpuld wait .'onMr. ;Hislop in • regard to porma uont' grounds', .but, 1 ho had been..too'., busy lately-:, owing: to tho. Mayoral..,election; but lie should- bo seen oil' tho matter. ■ ; Tho report was adopted. .. ' ' ■'•, ■ '(Ill: accordance with • notice, i Mr.- J. Boal ■moved 1 that tho Executivo Committee be. mado,seven instead of five, as tlio'number of .clubs, affiliated had increased, and thoy should, bo. more- adequately /represented.- - ; The. motion .was earned l , - ■Tlio following officers we're .elected sident, Dr.lmd; j'ico-presidents, Dr.'.',Agnes Bennett, Mrs. Rankmc-Biown, Hon.' T- AV. - Hislop, Rev. Dr. Gibb,- Professor Von Zed.litii,,.Mr,;,T,. .M. AVilford, M.P., : and Dr. Holmes: Brown, Glasgow, M'lntosh,. Johnston, Fisher, , Harkness, and ■ hleet; secretary, 'Mr. J. D. M'lntyre; treasurer, Miss: M'Kellar;: roprosbntative; match : . cemipittee, Miss' Glasgow,' Messrs.', Bofcl and,' M'lntyre. ' , „■■■ v,' : . 5 . ' {.It; was' decided, t0,.-forward ;a yecofamenda-) :• tion to th 6 lincpming'/cqinmittee ■to the effect : .'that Ycollego; and.'schopl 'teams .bo granted > 'during 'term'holidays:. !'■ . ' . ;Mr. ■ AY.:;S.' -.'.Wheeler, was .re-elected lion, 'auditor • and ( > thanked' for his ' past' services'.!. iA; hearty.V-yot6;.of -thanks -was -accorded ,last • year's rofcreqs. : '