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The Glengarry Mid
Winter Tournament attracted
almost 180 players. The Victoria
Park pitch was half covered with
two large marquees in case of
rain. Fortunately the sun shone,
play proceeded smoothly and was
duly recorded by TV3 Sports for
their News later that evening.
Keith Barker,
committee member and tournament
organizer expects NZPA funds to
benefit by from $400 - $600.
Thank you Keith.
We are close to
confirming sponsorship with
Glengarry, a large wine company,
for the first NZPA National
Championships. (Saturday, Nov.
19th, Sunday Nov. 20th, Starting
9.00 am each day.)
The committee
remains hopeful of offering the
winning team air travel to an
overseas tournament perhaps in
French Polynesia.
Entry fees will
be $ 10 per person, the
competition will be for teams of
3. All entrants must be
‘licensed’ i.e. paid up members
of the NZPA. This costs $5 and
membership will run to 31.3.95.
(It is a
requirement of the FIPJP, with
whom we are seeking affiliation,
for players in tournaments, to
be licensed members of their
particular association.)
Leisure boules or
competition boules will be
acceptable in the first NZPA
Championship. Overseas
competitions will require
players to use competition
boules.
Entries with
payment should be received by
the committee by October 21.
1994. Places will be limited, so
get your entries in pronto to
the NZPA Committee, 121 Ponsonby
Road, Ponsonby, Auckland.
Other news
Already plans are
in place for improvements to the
terrain at Victoria Park,
Auckland City. It is envisaged
this may include expansion of
the pitch itself, provision of
park benches on the edge of the
terrain and landscaping and
planting of trees. These
improvements will occur as and
when Council funds allow.
North Shore City
Council, thanks to the vision of
Genevieve Becroft and Glenda
Bostwick, are committed to
provide terrains at Kennedy
Park, Castor Bay - this will be
the venue for the North Harbour
Masters Game at March 12th, 1995
- and two smaller ones at the
North end of Takapuna Beach near
the boat-ramp and in the Rose
Garden Takapuna, opposite
Farmers.
Other cities
around
New Zealand
have responded to suggestions of
a public terrain - if you
haven’t got a terrain in your
area, speak to your local Parks
Manager, you may be pleasantly
surprised at the positive nature
of their response.
Jorg Schulze
Cam
Calder
Secretaries NZPA |
