FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 October 1920, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

TUKAPA CLUB. ANNUA! BE-UNION. The annual re-unlon of the Tukapa Football Club was held In the Kawaroa Bungalow on Saumlay night. It was a most successful and enjoyable function. Mr. J. D. Sole, i tee-president, presided over an attendance of about 150, among those present being representatives of tha Tarmiakl Rugby Union, Referees' Association, and sister clubs After the üßunl loyal toast had been Honored, tho chairman apologised for "the unavoidable absence of Dr. Fookes, president of Clul) . Messrs. Jas, Md.eod, and Mr C D McAllum. In proposing the toast of "the Taranaki fiutfby Union," the chairman aald that tlie Management Committeo had come In for a good deal of criticism, botfc favorable and adverse It was difficult to please everyone, but he thought they had succeeded in pleasing all sports. He touched on. the great reputation Taranaki had l:eld in the playing fields or the Dominion, and confidently looked fornard to Taranaki holding premier position again in the not distant future. 710 also referred to the well-merited honor conferred on Mr JfcLeod by h,-.i election to the poslpZn Pl ' eSf4ent of tte New Rugby

Jir. Hyder said that members of any public body should always be prepared to accept critic.sin. He paid a tribute to the work of Mr. Mcleod, who put hia best into the 'interests or football, to which he devoted a lot of time and thought. Ho referred to Ine proposal to eliminate a number of the senior teams and so arrange the competition rW...!i 0 « With the P re3(,nt division, rf t\\ 1. W " 3 ped ' im " rorlI >e the standard of football. Ti, e esecutive, he said, were • ,1 " the interM t'> of the game, and m this connection he touched on tSe In. auguratlcn of the fourth grade competition last year, and appealed to Tukapa to enter a team !ji that division. -f; G ,ff a «PM"ed re-ret at the absence ffas ln close toi »-" «iih football affairs throughout the Dominion, and particularly with the negotiations that wore taking place with the English Union in regard to the proposed amendments on which li e speaker briefly touched. He expressed gratification at the revival of nS In ootball Since the war, statin, that ZtJZ--110 felt that something must be done to 'mis up football In Taranaki to tiio hlgli standard It held In the past, and with this object in view Mr. Mcl.fcd had suggested dolus •■<»«> with present divisions in tin, senior Grade, so that all teams would meet each with hj, J-*°. not be to do away wm ,1 hj» du !' s,on tl m tIl(? ixnlor grades, which would be strengthened under the now proposa! ho expressed gratification at the mZV H 3d i° oi tile establlslvment of the fourth grade, which bridged the E! ,i's hail , Mlstol between tfco time the my le.t school and when he was tit to take h,s position in the third trade. 'Tho Tukapa Poolball Club" was proposed by Mr r R. Falrbrolhcr. who refers! "o or ,T f n by ,he dl,b b 'K football for jears past, and to. the fact that thev always played hard, clean football. Mr. W. D. Wetmor, chairman or the Management Committee, in responding said that Th»Pil>h I™? ,° f "' S Colmecllon «'»'• 'he club, "no club hnd been stared in 1892 as a inninr team, rising to seniors In issil, when the teams playing in the competition wero Star Ih'r'kli Iliuvera . Mangamil, UlO latter largely composed of the Bayly i » , TUk i aP!l <l!<i " ot ,vln the r "P , . tat b y defeating Waimate onablcd Star to win A feature of the Club's success had ■■T ?! faot " :at * r ">' me '"ber hnd . I ' ls b,t He questioned If any club couHl show tho record Tukapa had. In that "Illy ono N'ew Zealand team had left the Dominion without a Tukapa representative in its ranks. Including the following: the late A. Bayly, H. Mils, B. O'Dowdn, f). Watson C \<mne, H L. Mynott, ,T. Stohr, C. Brown, and (». Lorepidsa. • , 5 e! * rees ' Association" was proposed iy Mr. C. Brown, and in jesponee, Mr O. Hopkins (president of the North Taranakl Committee), stressed tho advantages gained J? the -Association having direct representa~e Management Committee of the 1 1 . He stressed the necessity of fosterLIV. ° « mon « the Players, and [ urged nil old players when retiring from active participation to Join the Association, pointing out that as an incentive there was 1 tne fact that thoy could work themselves up to control representative matches, f,nd so obtain a Xew Zealand certificate I Other toasts were: "Other Clubs," pro-,' posed by Mr. (!. LovcrUlge, and responded to by n Coutts (Clifton), Fcnwick (Stratford). Cggleton (Old Hoys), Lumsdcn diigiewood), Kawko (Hawern), nnd G:«rda (Okato) • ''Do-I parted Comrades,- Mr. A. K. Ryder; "Kindred ' Sports, proposed by Mr. C. O. Berg and re- ! Eponded to by Lieut. Andrews, V.C and Mr ' 1.. Honeyflold; "The i.adles," Mr • a ! Hooker, responded to by Mr. Ambrose;'"The . I'ress," proposed by Mr R. Cocker:' "Th.. ihalnnan," propened by Mr. \V. D, Webster. . The musical programme was a feature of fl'c evening, Items being contributed as f„I----lous: Trio, Messrs. Okey, Hooker. Norlh; duet, Messrs. Hookei- and N'orth; songs, Messrs Williamson, Molsnae, Norlh. Kapunl. Cocker' monologues, Messrs. Hartman, Kapunl; recitation, Mr. C. O. Berg; violin solo, Mr. H. Murphy. Kvory ilem was encored. The ae'companimeuts were played by Messrs. Tiuibridev Hull, Morey, and niehardson. The committee responsible for the earryin" out of ti le function Is to be eonsralulated on . „ f . nrranseniPnts. a special won! of praise being due to the social Reerefury, Afr. Bedford,