ATHLETICS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 127, 11 March 1935, Page 3

ATHLETICS.

NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIPS. TWO RECORDS BROKEN. WANGANUI, March 9. The New- Zealand amateur athletic championships were completed to-day at Cooks Gardens in fine weather. There was a large attendance. Iwo New Zealand records were broken, \\ . S. Bain bridge (Auckland), covering 220 yards in 21 3-ssec, clipping oniv fifth of a second oil the circular track record. F. A. Finlayson (Auckland) took 55 3-ssec lor the 440 yards huidles, which was one-fifth of a, second better th.au the record established last year by A. T. Anderson (Canterbury). . . , . The championship shield was won by Auckland. Tlie points were:—

Auckland ••• ••• 40 Wellington ... -■{ Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay ... 26 Canterbury ••• 20 West Coast, North Island .... 16 Otago ••• ••• Auckland also won the Queensland Jubilee Memorial Shield wi,tii 21 points, Canterbury bring runner-up with 9. In the following list of results abbreviations are:—Auckland (A.), Canterbury (C), Otago (O), Wellington (W.), West Coast, North Island (W.0.N.1.), Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay (H.8.P.8.). Results: — 1 120 YARDS HURDLES FINAL. P. Bowie (W.) 1 P. F. Siiarpley (H.8.P.8.) ... 2 H. W. Milner (O.) 6 Inches separated Bowie arid Sharpley. Time, 15 4-ssec. 100 YARDS FINAL. J. B. Macfarlane (C.) ••• 1 W. S. Bain bridge' (A.) ... 2 G. Quinn (H.8.P.8.) 3 Won by a yard. Time, lOsec. 880 YARDS. C. V. Evans (W.C.N.1.) ... 1 JO. Forne (H.8.P.8.) ... 2 T. Allen (O.) 3 Time, lmin 57 l-osec. Evans gained on the first corner, and field his own to the finish, winning by about four yards. Forne and Allen .made strong efforts, and half-way down the straight it looked as though Evans might be beaten. PUTTING THE SHOT. P. Munro (W.), 41ft. Din. ... 1 K, G. R. Stcerc (W.C.N.1.) 41ft Ifin 2 A. D. Adlum (W.), 38ft. 11 .)in 3 220 YARDS HURDLES FINAL. F. A. Finlayson (A.) ... 1 J. D. Nelligan (C.) 2 J. Blakeway (W.) 3 Time 26sec. Won by three yards. 220 YARDS FINAL. W. S. Bainbridge (A.) ... 1 J. B. MacFarlane (C.) ... 2 G. Quinn (H.8.P.8.) ... 3 Bainbridge won by about a yard, a New Zealand record for a circular track Time 21 3-ssee. WOMEN’S 100 YARDS. First heat—Miss G. Symes (H.B. P. 8.) 1, K. Callinan (C.) 2, B. Boyes (\Y.) 3. Time 11 3-ssec. Second beat —Miss F. Gudsell (C.) 1, Mrs B. Thomas (A.) 2, Miss A. Gibbs 3. Time 11 2-sseo. Final

F. Gudsell (C.) 1 G. Symes (H.8.P.8.) ... 2 K. Callinan (C.) 3 Miss Gudsell sprinted up to a good' 1

finish, winning by about a yard, lime 11 3-ssec. HIGH JUMP. T. J. Crowe (W.), sft llin ... 1 P. J. Ha-ckett (A.), sft lOin ... 2 A. Cameron ((().), sft sin ... 3 ONE MILE WALK. T. Driscoll (H.8.P.8.) ... 1 B. Campbell (W.C.N.1.) ... 2 Coleman reached the finishing post six years ahead of iDriscoll, but was disqualified by a- majority of the judges. 440 YARDS HURDLES. F. A. Finlayson (A.) ... 1 A. T. Anderson (C.) 2 H. D. Ball (A.) 3 Time 55 3-ssec. Darby stumbled on landing over a hurdle at naif way. This put him out of the running, and Finlayson held the advantage over the last hurdle to come on and win by two yards. A New Zealand record. THROWING THE HAMMER. M. R. Spillane (O.) 151 ft 7*in 1 A. D. Adlum (W.) 114 ft 10*in 2 R. Johnston (H.R.P.8.) 101 ft 3 440 YARDS W. S. Bainbridge (A.) 1 S. A. Black (W.0.N.1.) ... 2 X. R. Kerr (A.) 3 Time 49 l-ssec. After one break they got away well, and Evans was overhauled by Kerr at the half way, with Black commencing to move up and Bainbridge also handy. Bfgck took the. lead rounding the turn but Bainbridge was in front when they straightened up, and finishing stoongly won by seven yards. Kerr finished better than Newburgh to get third place, six yards back. Evans was hopelessly out iof it. THROWING THE JAVELIN. S. A. Lay (W.C.N.1.) 187 ft lin 1 K. D. Gillespie (A.) 179 ft OJin 2 C. P. Clegg (W.C.N.1.) 160 ft lin 3 THREE MILES. N. F. Cooper (A.) ... .... 1 A. M. Atton (H.M.S. Diomede) 2 C. Weller (W.0.N.1.) ... 3 Time 14min 41 l-ssec. Before they entered the final stages Cooper had lapped A. H. Wayman and' came on to win by more than 70 yards from his team mate, Atton who nearly lapped Wayman. Weller was third, 200 yards behind, just holding off a late challenge by Cook. HOP, STEP AND JUMP.

H. K. Bainbridge (A.) 47ft 7lin 1 A. A. Cameron (O.) 47ft 51-in* 2 _ T. C. Morrison (O.) 45ft 4)in 3 WOMEN’S RELAY. Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay (F. Symes, R. Tong, V. Morton, 1. Choveaux) ... ... 1 Wellington / ... ... 2 West Coast North Island ... 3 Time 51£sec> MEN’S RELAY. Hawke’s Ray - Poverty Bay Quinn 440, Bickerstaff 220, Callinan 220, Forne 880) ... 1 Canterbury (McOaskey, MacFarlane, Barrell, McNaughtonj ... ... ... 2 Wellington (Thompson, Robinson, WelpTy, Ogg) ... 3