ATHLETICS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 136, 17 September 1910, Page 5

ATHLETICS.

NEW ZEALAND UNION. j | By - Telegraph.—Press Association, •'< M Timaru, Last Night. ' '■fj At' a meeting of the New Zealand V'ln Athletic Union Executive this evening it was decided to take over at once tha *t! control of cycling events in the. Do* minion, and to notify all societies that ' "j all cycle events must henceforth be ip- J der Union control, and that all cyclist* must register with 1 the Union. It. w«*y : JR decided to recommend centres to' hold , a series of cycling road races, the Union ■ giving a gold medal for the principal. v t|i events. _lt was decided to take legal' .3 proceedings against a runner who competed under a false name at Pleasant * Point in December, 1909. ' . « It was also decided to ask the' Vlb- | torian and New South Wales Athletic Leagues if they could recommend sprint and middle distance runners to compete 'p, at the championship gathering at Timara .' % at the new year, the ,Union bei» pre* s » pared to assist financially. 'The chain- \ pionship programme was approved, and £ it was decided to offer a guinea gold *! medal to the best athlete at the meet* ing. ; The secretary reported a credit bal- '» ance of £43, with about £IOO to come from various centres.