AMATEUR ATHLETICS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 823, 18 November 1929, Page 7

AMATEUR ATHLETICS

NEW CENTRE PRESIDENT A successful past # season was ltvorded at the annual meeting of th;v Auckland Centre of the N'en- Zealand .Nnuiteuv Athletic Association on Saturday night. Mr\\V. Morton presided. The report stated that two new clubs '...a been registered. Winter athletics and cycling had been especially suc-c-ssiul. The chairman also said that although the centre had met heavy obligations in the past season, a clean sheet was submitted to the incoming executive. It was decided t" record the centres thanks to Mr. W. Morton, the retiring president, for the valuable support he had given amateur athletics in Auckland. „ ... The election of officers resulted as follows: President. Mr. W. J. Davidson: vice-presidents. Messrs. K. ■ Kalin. E. J Phelan. W. Stewart: ho.u. secretarv. Mr. <h K. Metcalfe; lion, treasurer. Mr. 11. P. Consdon: assisti nt-secretary. Mr. A. R. Elliott: auditors Messrs. P. K. Fraser. T. H. Hanson:’ liandicapper. Mr. W. J. Davidson: lion, surveyor. Mr. N\ . A. Gray: hon. ticld doctor. Dr. M. O tezaro: record steward. Mr. W. Morton: local officer Mr. H. P. Congdon: starter. Mr. A. K. Elliott: delegates to New Zealand Council. Messrs. L. A. Tracy anrl V. V. Morton. The appointment ot an exceumccommittee under the new constitution wa-( deferred until tne next moetm.-. A from the Wellington Centre to confine harrier club’s activ.t a to the harrier branch of tne spoi . . , -ussed. It was decided that wi-ile the Auckland Centre felt sympahetic toward the proposal, the c,utstion appeared to he purely a local one. J.uld be left to the New Zea and Council to deal with. The Auckland delegates were instructed to use their own judgment . - In connection with registration fee# a sum of Is Cd was fixed tor each tomPC \ to tdaim for separate affiliation of the New Zealand Union ot t VClis^. .h headauartei'3 at Auckland, was ht id over, until a fully representative meeting of cvehsts’ delegates is called.