Issue 119 : 4 December 2022

Talofa Lava, Kia Orana, Malo E Leilei, Tena Koutou, Hello ...

... and welcome to the latest issue of “For The Love Of The Game”, the official e-zine of the New Zealand Amateur Sport Association Inc., founded in Wellington, New Zealand in 2017.

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Economic Crisis Will Hit Community Sport Hard ...

As readers of this newsletter will be aware, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand has forecast that the country will tip into recession in 2023 and has recently lifted the official cash rate by an unprecedented 75 basis points, to 4.25%, with inflation currently running at 7.2% per annum.



It's been widely reported in the media that around half of New Zealand’s mortgages are up for refinancing in the next year, and many borrowers may have last fixed their mortgages at the historically low interest rates of 2019, meaning that a large proportion of mortgaged homeowners are potentially facing substantial rises in their mortgage repayments in 2023.



In the household trade-off between mortgage repayments and discretionary spending on recreation, fees to participate in club sport may well be among the first items to not be paid by cash-challenged families, with the biggest effect estimated to be on New Zealand’s children. 



The Association suggests that sport clubs can consider a range of initiatives to ensure that they remain supportive of and engaged with their communities. You can read more here.


Association Submission On Regulations With MBIE Officials ... 

As readers of this newsletter will be aware, the Incorporated Societies Act 2022 will enter fully into force in October 2023, however in order to function as intended, it must first be supplemented by regulations (or secondary legislation).



The Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment (MBIE) has proposed regulations that will apply to societies once they are re-registered under the new Act (Parts 2 and 3) as well as regulations that will apply to societies when they are applying for re-registration under the new Act (Part 4). Submissions on the proposed regulations closed on 22 November 2022 at 5.00pm, with the finalised regulations anticipated to be issued in August/September of 2023.



You can download a copy of the Association’s submission on the regulations, here.


New Zealand’s Oldest Athletics Club Joins Association ...

The Association is delighted that in its sesqui-centennial year, New Zealand’s oldest athletics club, the South Canterbury Amateur Athletics Club has decided to become a member of the Association. The club features New Zealand women’s heptathlon champion Christina Ryan, and Olympians Lauren Bruce and Tom Walsh among its sporting alumni.



The club’s 150th celebrations took place last month, a year after meeting the anniversary milestone, due to COVID disruptions. As was reported in the Timaru Herald of 1878, the club “commenced in July 1871, when a few young men having met almost by chance to amuse themselves with feats of strength and activity, decided to constitute themselves a Club, and to hold annual meetings for the promotion of athletics and good-fellowship.” 


(Members of the South Canterbury Amateur Athletics Club, circa 1900)


You can read more about the club’s sesqui-centennial celebrations, here


2022 National Sport Club Survey Workshops Conclude ...

The 2022 series of regional National Sport Club Survey (NSCS) workshops concluded in Palmerston North on 24 November, following five earlier workshops spanning Auckland, Hawkes Bay, Wellington and the Hutt Valley regions. With the support of Sport Waitakere, Harbour Sport, Sport Hawkes Bay and Nuku Ora (Sport Wellington), community sport organisations throughout the North Island received insights on survey findings relative to their local areas.



In terms of club governance, the 2022 NSCS revealed that over a quarter of club chairpersons have been in that role for more than 5 years, (in the case of cricket, that statistic increases to two-thirds of chairpersons). Only one-third of chairpersons nationally (across all sports) are female. 8% of club committee members nationally (across all sports) are aged under 30 years.



This suggests that governance succession-planning should be a key focus for sport clubs, if they are to meet the challenges of the evolving legislative environment in which they operate.


Association Welcomes New Zealand Kabaddi Federation ...

The New Zealand Kabaddi Federation Inc. has recently joined the Association as a National Sport Organisation. The Federation was first incorporated in March 2018 to promote, conduct, regulate, co-ordinate and represent the sport of kabaddi throughout New Zealand.



Kabbadi is an ancient traditional Punjabi contact sport played between two teams of 12 players. The objective of the game is for a single player on offence, referred to as a "raider", to run into the opposing team's half of a court, “touch out” as many of their defenders as possible, and return to their own half of the court, all without being tackled by the defenders.


Asia New Zealand Foundation Community Sport Fund ...

The Asia New Zealand Foundation's Community Sports Fund provides funding for community groups travelling to Asia, to engage in cultural activities. The basic criteria for sports groups to receive funds is that they must extend their itinerary while in Asia beyond the sports activity and experience the culture of the host nation.



Upto $7,000 is available for amateur codes where athletes travelling are over 14 years of age. Funding can go towards transportation, tickets, entry fees, or food and accommodation.



Applications for funding opened on 29 November 2022 and close on 30 January 2023. For more information about the Fund and the opportunities it offers, please click here.


From The Archives ...

ALL BLACKS' MANAGER

NZ TRUTH, ISSUE 1151, 22 DECEMBER 1927, PAGE 12

"The appointment of W. F. Hornig, of Wellington, as manager of the 1928 All Black team, which is to tour South Africa in quest of the world's supremacy in rugby union, has given genera! satisfaction throughout the Dominion.

The 1928 manager is a man who will go heart and soul into his task. As a business man, as a player, as an administrator and as a manager of teams touring throughout New Zealand, Bill Hornig has proved successful. As manager of the 1928 All Blacks, he will also be a success."


William Francis (“Bill”) Hornig was born in Havelock, Marlborough on 5 June 1879, the son of Charles and Elizabeth (nee Hunt) Hornig. His father was a baker in Marlborough and Nelson. Bill attended Waimea Boys’ School. In 1897 he moved to Wellington. He was one of the first to enlist in the Second Boer War at the age of 21, serving in South Africa with the D Squadron of the sixth New Zealand contingent. (He enlisted in the Great War but did not serve overseas).


(Bill Hornig represented New Zealand in Africa as a soldier and as an All Black official)


On his return from the Boer War, Bill purchased the drapery business of Davis and Clater on Cuba Street, which he owned and operated until the mid-1930’s. A “mercer” by trade, he played rugby football for the "Wellington Drapers" team in the “Wednesday competition” and he was a Wellington Wednesday representative player from 1903 until 1907.

An executive officer of "the Wednesday competition", Bill helped to build up that competition from four to ten clubs. He later joined the Oriental Club, serving as an executive officer for many years. He became a member of the Wellington Rugby Union for about ten years, acting as treasurer from 1915 to 1919, and he was chairman in 1919 and 1920 (and later President). He initiated the “Athletic Park Retention Fund”, when the Wellington Rugby Union, owing to the war, was in serious financial difficulties.


(Bill Hornig, circled, was both a respected rugby player and rugby administrator)


Bill was a member of the management committee of the New Zealand Rugby Union in the early 1920s and was later appointed Manager of the All Blacks on their tour of South Africa in 1928. He was a rugby referee and later became Chairman of the Eastbourne Rugby Football Club in the 1930s, as well as being elected an Eastbourne borough councillor.


(A successful businessman, Bill Hornig, circled, was a great supporter of rugby)


In 1922, Bill married Ada Violet May Woodhouse, following a divorce from his first wife, Frances (nee Higginbotham), whom he married in 1913. With Frances, William had a son, (Colin Bruce Hornig), who was killed-in-action in Italy, in 1944. Following his second marriage, Bill moved to 450 Muritai Road, Eastbourne where he died on 30 September 1963, aged 84.


The Final Word ...

“Sometimes the questions are complicated, and the answers are simple.”

(Theodor Seuss Geisel, "Dr Suess")


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