GOLF

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 31, 7 February 1933, Page 9

GOLF

MEETING OF COUNCIL

KIRK-WINDEYER CUP

The monthly meeting of the New Zealand Golf Association"was held at the secretary's office on Monday, when there were present Sir Alexander Roberts (chairman), Messrs. A. D. S. Duncan> E. Page, J. H. Drake, A. K. Scla'nders, and G. O, Sutton (secretary). • The secretary reported that he had written, to the, secretary of the Australian Golf Union asking for advice as to what State or States would be sending' teams to Auckland as Easter, and had received a cablegram in reply to the effect that the Kirk-Windeyer Cup was not under the jurisdiction of the' Australian Union, and that the Victorian.and New South Wales 1 Associations had been asked to advice the New- Zealand Association. It was decided that it was desirable to place the control o£ the competition, so far as Australia was concerned, with, the Australian Golf Union, in order that there might be one official body in Australia to refer to when required, and the secretary was directed to write to Mr. W. A. Windeyer and endeavour to have this given effect to. ' The question of selection of a team waß considered, but eventually it was decided to call the council together immediately advice has been received from Australia. The dates of the matches were fixed as 19th and 20th- April, the foursomes on the 19th and the singles on the 20th: thus the cup matches will follow on immediately after the provincial championship at Middlemore. ASSOCIATION PROFESSIONAL. It was resolved to offer Norman Fuller an engagement as association professional for six months from. 31st March, as in view of the comparatively little coaching required by clubs last year the council does not feel justified -in paving a full year's salary. In order to encourage the country clubs to make more use of the association's professional it was decided, for this season, to reduce the charge to clubs to 30s per week. Correspondence was received from the chairman of the New Zealand Golf Green Research Committee, Mr. F. W. Hobbs, Outlining the .finance which, is considered* necessary for the present year, including the purchase of .machinery and th.c erection of a machine shed. The council was of opinion that1 the amount required was considerably more than the association is prepared-to meet,, andi that unless the associations governing bowls and tennis were prepared to assist materially it looked as though the experimental work would have to be substantially curtailed. The Lucifer Golfing Society, London, forwarded particulars of their annual golf match and dinner arranged for all British iiinpire overseas golfers who are in England at the time fixed for the competirTndsTn 3& S **'■ **&*