LADIES HOCKEY

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 20, 16 September 1931, Page 4

LADIES HOCKEY

PROPOSED REPRESENTATIVE MATCHES. report Cn tournament team. A meeting of the executive committee of the Rotorua Ladies' Hockey Association. was held oh Monday evening, Mr. G. Gasey pr esi'ding. ... Advice was received that the Kiwi (Auckland) 'Club and Kerepihi Association desired games ih Rotorua; and it was decided to Off«r O'ctober 3 and 10 as pi-oposed dates foi* the matches. . A letter from Waikato asking that the Rotorua Association's: boUhdaries be revised was received and the secretary was instructed to forwar'd the information asked for, In response to a verbal request it was decided to off er .. September 26 as a date for.a match with the Hamilton t'eain in Rotorua. . ° ■ , .. The treasurer reported oh the financial returns from the sale bf b'uttons and. the dance held oii Augggt^ 26, which were considered satfsfactory by the- meeting. Competition matqhes being concluded, the Taniwha Cliib were declared the winiiefs bf the Wairua-a-Rangi Gup for this season, the team not having; suffered a loss. . Arawas were the runners-up. The fbllowihg is an extract from the report of Mr. C. Casey, mdhager of the team which took part in the Dominion tournament at Auckland.: "No words of mine can expfess the happy jreeollections I have of th,e conduct of the team -both on and off the field. Despite numerous night entertainments arranged for our benefit, no trouble whatever. was experienced in getting the players, home early, and, it would be impossible to wish to travel with a team haying. a better team spirit. The whole.party was as one happy family and all were sorry that the tournament had to come to an end. Miss Carnachan especially. requests -me to thank players for their behaviour and I in turn would like to state that throughout the trip Miss Carpachan had the entire confidence of all and carried out her duties as chaperone in. a very capable manner. "As mentioned earlier, entertainments provided were numerous, ahd I wpuld suggest that the Auckland Ladies' Hockey Association be speeially thanked for their efforts in this direction, I wouid also suggest that a testimonial be sent to Miss L. Smith, Fernleigh Private Hotel, acknowledging the capable way she looked after our party while staying at her house. I also desire to thank the updermentioned for telegrams received conveying dongratulations and good wishes to the team: — Miss Schadick, F. G. Reed, D. Steele, Mrs. Tatmer (Te Puke) . "In conclusion I would like to state that my first experienee of a Ladies' Dominion Tourney has, due to the spleiidid co-operatibn of my team, been a delightful one, and I wish to thank ;every member of the party for making it so." In moving that the report be received,. Mr. - C. Mit'chell voiced. his gratification that the trip had been such an enjoyable one as stated in the. report and congratulat'ed the players ott their good behaviour. The question of boundaries was then dealt with and certain recommehdatl'onS for submission to the New Zealand Ladies' Hockey Association were made. Last Saturday's Results. The following are the results of games played on the Government Grounds last Saturday. Taniwha, 3 ; Mamaku, 2. Scdrers: For Taniwha, R. Ratema (2), May Ratema (1) goal. MrS. Pattie scored both goalfe for Mamaku. Whippets, 4; Arawa, 2. j ... Scorers: For Whippets, B. Fiske, M, Black, G. Dodson (2) goals. Both Arawa's goals were sCored by R. Kingi.