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A simple type of tackling machine widely used by secondary schools throughout New Zealand. A player can hit the bag without fear of injury and a coach can swing it to simulate side-steps etc.

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Mr Peter Wild, chairman of the Golden Bay-Motueka management committee, supplied us with a statement which is a little too long to reproduce here. Summarised, the statement says the Bays committee has discussed amalgamation twice -four years ago when they received a direct request from Nelson to discuss the idea, and last year at the request of the Riwaka club. The Nelson request was not pursued as Nelson "submitted no firm proposals", and the Riwaka club request, after consideration at club level, was later declined unanimously by the union committee and reaffirmed by an executive meeting before the commencement of this season. The statement said the union considers that it is carrying out its functions and obligations to the satisfaction of the New Zealand union in administering the game within the union.

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Mr Joe Herrick, Nelson president: "The door has been left open to Bays. I can see no harn in both unions combining to play against major unions. Generally, I feel a lot of our weaknesses stem from a lack of competition against unions outside the Seddon Shield district."

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Mr Geoff Stobie, Nelson senior selector: "Amalgamation in some form must come. At the moment there is no depth. At the moment we are essentially a city union with virtually no wider country district to call upon, unlike many other unions."

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Mr Ron Horsley, All Black and co-selector for Bays: "At the moment major unions are not keen to travel to play minor unions, and because of high travelling costs today, minor unions have difficulty in travelling. For that reason I would be very pleased to see the unions come together to discuss the formation of a composite team to play major unions three or four times a year. I would also like to see, failing amalgamation, a match between the winners of each union's competition at the end of the season.

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Mr Guy Bowers, All Black and Bays selector: "I feel some discussion on the subject of some form of amalgamation is warranted - at least as far as a composite team to play major unions is concerned."