OPOTIKI NEWS

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 505, 12 April 1933, Page 6

OPOTIKI NEWS

RUGBY FOOTBALL SUB-UNION AND REFEREES. HOLD ANNUAL . MEETINGS " ELECTION OF OFFICERS The annual meeting of the Opotiki Rugby Sub-Union Referees' Association was held' on Monday evening. Messrs. R. Parris, H. Ormand, E. Webb and E. Wells were elected as new members of the association and Mr. S. .Seville was elected chairman. Mr. W. Burrett was elected representative on the management committee. . The election of officers resulted: — Mr. P. Seville chairman, Mr. Burrett, delegate to the Opotiki Rugby Union, and Messrs. Seville and Burrett as delegates to the Bay Union. Mr. C. Simmons was then added to the list of referees and also elected to the position of secretary of the association. After considerable discussion it was decided to leave the election of an appointment board until the next meeting. Mr. Burrett was asked to emphasise to the union the view of the association that the appointment board consist of two referees and one member of the union. An executive committee to consist of the two members of the appointment board and the secretary was appointed. Following a suggestion by Mr. Wilkinson, it was decided to call for volunteers among the referees to give lectures on the rules of the game to the junior clubs at various centres and that an offer to this effect be ipade to tlie union. Following the meeting of the Referees' Association, the annual meeting of the union was held and the following officers were elected: — Patron, Mr. J. H. Reid; president, Mr. G. S. Moody; vice-presidents, presidents of the affiliated clubs; hon. surgeons, Dfs. H. M. Budd and E. Candy; auditor, Mr. C. Fleming; dele!gates to B.O.P. Union, Messrs. Burrett and Jephson.

Mr. W. Burrett commenting on the annual balance sheet gaid that while it was satisfactory, in view of the national depression, he would like to point out that it would have been very much better had it not been for the fact that the transport board regulations precluded the possibility of private car owners offering their cars for the carriage of players to and from games. He considered that in an isolated district such as this, these regulations were particularly hard, making it very difficult for outlying clubs to keep in touch with the game.