PROFIT OF £114

Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 104, 2 November 1938, Page 4

PROFIT OF £ll4

BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS ' ' TITHE TO URNFYi^HIOCKFDS ' .. k&y. \i. r -n! : M . BEST’ i(fm .years “Financial results <ji the New Zealand amateur A A; tournament, held - in \/skborx}s''' last V month, have given much.;-egtisfaetion to the district and na'tipjfal exeeu- V tives,” stated Mr. A- S. ,Turkey,-pres-ident of the 'Gisborne lapsing , Asso-. I' ciation, on Friday. £ll4 12s 2d, and Gisborne shovpi once again that it is aiitonge best- }■*. centres in New Zealand; J:pr -tin? ganisation of sports tournaments.” ■ip , X 'A'-oC' ; V The profit shown on this year’s tournament was £4O better than-tljjlfct7; realised from the 1937 title -fixTunj; •. ! i ■ *,t * ■ held in Greymouth. Greymouth’s £<4 19s 6d surplus, after all expenses had been ini‘l, was the best ftii; lhany. years up to 1937. - The new figure set by Gisborne,"Mr. >' Barker commented, should stluid tlhbeaten for many seasons, 'tlioilgli • the " : Southland association, which **ll;coii-Na, duct the tournament in l£f39 dll': In--1 V.J. 1 ' (■< vercargill, is confident of ? Running Gisborne close. •; Profits from boxing championship V ! fixtures of this kind are.shared Equally-:, by the promoting district ’association and the Now Zealand body. j The Gisborne funds will •benefit by 1 £57 as a result of the toifrnainient, I and there are other benefits associated with the fixture, such ,'£&• the stimulation of local interest ifn' the jv'-• sport, both among contestants and the® public, which cannot lie measured in money value. J . ‘ -