RUGBY IN THE SCHOOLS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 64, 2 April 1937, Page 6

RUGBY IN THE SCHOOLS

Our Own Correspondent.

Discussion at Central H.B.

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W AIP UKTJBAT7, Tbis Day. Tbe question of scbool football was discussed at the annual meeting of the Central Hawke's Bay Rugby sub-union held last night. Mr T. Taylor, Takapau, represeuting the C.IJ.B. branch of the New Zealand Teachers' Institute, explaiued the resolution recently passed by the institute, "that unless those responsible for the control of Rugby did rpore to foster the game in the schools, the schoola would turn over to Association football." He explained that it was not a threat. Mr Taylor tben outlined the various grievances which the teachers thought they had. There was, he said, no representation on the sub-union. In regard to the Ross Shield, the rules should uot be altered without reference to those Tjeople who conducted the tournament. The inadequate grant of £5 to Central Hawke's Bay schools, and a suggestion that the grant ehould be given to the teachers to be distriouted -by them, and the Jack of interest shown generally, were factors to be considered. Mr Taylor made the following recommendations : That teachers 6hould be given the grant to spend as they thought best on school football; that the teachers should have representation on. the sub-union; and that the sub-union take more interest in school football. Mr W. J. Phillips quoted instances where other sports bodies were catering) for the schools, and thus were taking the place of Rugby football in schools. A Central Hawke's Bay Primary School Sports Association had been formed, said Mr Phillips, with the idea of conducting competitions between schools in the form of games, and he advised the Central Hawke's Bay Rugby Sub-Union to take advantage 5f it by making Rugby football a school competition game. Mr Johnstone, Makaretu, endorsed the previous speaker's remarks. Mr B. L. Wallis said that the subunion would do its best to come to some arrangement with" the teachers. Mr R. Wynn said that the aim of the sub-union had always been to foster school football. Mr Williamson stated that there was n0 reason why the Primary Schools Association should not affiliate and have representatives on the sub-union. Mr N. M. Paulsen moved that a recommendation be made to the management committee to consider the question of furthering the interests of primary school football in Central Hawke's Bay, ahd by representation to the union assist the eft'orts of the teachers to get representatives to controJ the Ross ShieJd. The motion -was seconded by Mr A. C. Holms and carried, Mr Williamson moved iluit, in the event of an application for afliliation coming forward from a primary schools association, it be accepted, the samo to apply to the Tikokino Football Club.— Carried.