NEW CONSTITUTION

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 605, 6 March 1929, Page 12

NEW CONSTITUTION

AUCKLAND SOCCER CONTROL CHANGE IN REPRESENTATION A modified form of direct club re j sentation in the executive control"'' j tile Auckland Football Associate | one of the many important const!, I tional amendments which were ' U ' at a meeting of the association*?*' 1 ! evening. In opening the meeting, the -h ; man. Mr. A. Menzies. said that he rn , some explanation was due to “ j and supporters of the code. h. ' ,ts : lined, in a mild way, the trouble wiv'' had been caused between the a i’ 1 land Football Association and the s' burban Association. In an atemm t j bring the two associations tosreth' 0 again, a business men’s commiuJL , T been set up. This body drew ud 2 Kl<i proposals and informed the Auet-| QB| : Association that if these were the Suburban Association would i - UP again. The Auckland however, would not consider posals until the clubs which P haa broken away affiliated with the paron body. Mr. Menzies remarked ,1," some of these clubs had now apntS tor affiliation, and the time had I? rived to consider the new amendment' as set out by the business men’s com* mi t tee. Before the discussion on the n r posals commenced, there was consia" erable bickering among the tnemhl, present, it being the opinion o£ som that delegates had not had a ta' chance to study the proposals, a motion to defer the debating of ti matter for three months was defeated Perhaps another of the most import ant features of the new constitution i the fact that all teams playing undrr the control of the association will t. arranged in grades, these grades to h, arranged in the following divisions A senior division, comprising -ill teams in the senior grade; a juniodivision comprising all teams beloV senior grade, but having no age other limit for players, and a minor division composed of all teams, havin age or other limits for plays, togethu with all school teams. The affairs of the association will bo managed by * control board, which will be made up oX two members elected by and from the senior division committee, one member each and bv and from the junior division committee and Referees'* Association and two members from the minor division committee, one being from the clubs and one from the schools Five member* will be elected by olub delegates at the annual general meeting. The control board will have under its authority the senior division committee consisting of one member from each senior grads club, the junior division commitl.ee consisting of fouelected members from each of th» second and third grades and the minodivision committee consisting of five elected members from schools and five from clubs.

The Referees’ Association, grounds committee and judicial committee will also come under the proper board The amended constitution was adopted.