AMATEUR ATHLETICS

Otaki Mail, 9 January 1924, Page 3

AMATEUR ATHLETICS

The monthly meeting of the Wellington centre of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Ass" : -ti".t- woe hell at the Y.M.C.A. last night. _ It was also stated that the > T . uikanae A.A. Club had applied for affiliation with the sub-centre, c. d the centre was asked whether the club cans? within the sub-centre’s bturdary. The secretary sa ! d that ffie pennons of Paraparaumu, Levin, Otaki, and Te Horo were also in question, and it was decided that the clubs concerned should be asked to meet the committee on the 19th inst., to consider the matter) thet at the same time the Question cf tli'j provincial country club championships, which Wairarapa is asking for. should be dealt with. TV- T -- s n Club’s meeting has been fixed for January 22nd, and the Te Horo Club and the Linton Club asked that their meetings should be fixed for January 30th and February 13:h respectively.—lt was decided that the programmes for the meetings must first be submitted to the centre.

The Levin programme was approved, with the exception that the centre resolved to renuire that the entrance fees for all ti e everts be Is. whereas for some of them it had been put a f 2«. Tl-r- c-.-T.eral opinion was expressed that it was not fair that young members should- be charged . 2= . fa- cue race. A young fellow could not atfcri to pay his train fare and then pay_ 2s per*race entrance fee. It meant that he could only enter for one >or two races at most, and that would - rt v e worth h* - wk-1-'. cm v-i.-g- rh' ’’t value of the treplth”. It was sn'r’c-'t'o th". —"i I the trophies rbtuli also be made universal at, sav, £2l bur this was not taken r.p.