SOCCER FOR BOYS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20060, 5 October 1939, Page 9

SOCCER FOR BOYS

ANNUAL TEA PARTY TROPHIES PRESENTED HOCKEYITES V. UNION By “Dribbler” The annual tea party provided by Mr. P. Bailey to the schoolboys who played soccer during the season was lieid in the Oddfellows’ Hall, Derby street, on Tuesday evening, and was attended by a large gathering of youngsters. A big portion of the evening’s en..rtainment was taken up with community singing, with Mr. J. A. Vagg -residing at the piano, while several of the boys contributed solo efforts. Mr. R. Waugh’s “Paddy McGinty’s Goat” appealed to popular taste. Before the eatables were handed round, Mr. L. Cooper presented the schield and medals he had donated to (he schoolboy competition, which was won by Te Hapara. Mr. Cooper congratulated the boys individually on '.heir enthusiasm and the outstanding personality of their captain, L. Kennedy, who had kept the team’s strength ■ifret. throughout the year. An interesting match to be held on he Childers Road Reserve on Satur->-,y is a further meeting of the Caledonian hockey team with the Eastern Union soccer team at a game of soccer. i encounters between the two teams have -produced fast football the' has delighted the spectators. At -resent honours are even, each side having a win to its credit, and a very -+e ,, o=t'ing game should be witnessed on Saturday.