SPORTS ESSENTIAL

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 451, 19 June 1937, Page 3

SPORTS ESSENTIAL

GIRLS LACKING IN FOISE Value Of National Camps Press Association —Copyright. Auckland, June 17. ■Remarking that girls lacked poise and. posture in New Zealand, Miss I fcllsie Bennett, general secretary of th; Young Women’s Christian Association, Auckland, said in the course of an interview 'to-day that young •people ought to be taught more about j these attributes. i “It is unusual to find good- posture in New Zealand,” she said. “People from abroad Jiave remarked on it.” A contributing factor was that interest in sport wa« seasonal. Girls, for example, took up basketball violently for a few months bud Khen dropped it. Spasmodic -participation was likely to be detrimental. It was desirable z that recreation should be iCtional and sustained throughout the year. National camps for wider participation in recreation appeal to Miss Bennett. The sports side should not be over-emphasised and people should not be dictLlted to as ito what| games they should -play. “We have seen that in. Germany and Italy, and the nation that indulges most in sport is net necessarily the most sporting nation,” she said.