AMATEUR ATHLETICS.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 120, 23 May 1929, Page 15

AMATEUR ATHLETICS.

THE WINTER SERIES. / KELL'S FINE EFFORT. The series of competitions arranged for the winter by the Auckland Amateur Athletic and Cycle Club were continued at the Domain last Saturday. The officials lost no time to carrying out the events, so that they as well as the competitors would be aote to see the chief "^A-fte In the first heat of the sprint, A. ClarKe won bv two feet from J. W. Savidan, who beat B P. Henshall by inches for second rci £ aV £ a ixf e t^e n «« toVs were highly strained, and four o them broke, thus losing one yard Kicap. Five yards from the tape Clarke appeared to have the race won-, but Savidan <i Ti I <?hed T»ry strongly, and won by the was very intere| ing to the^back : markers overtake rivals This directly'due to the alternate pacing, of L F Cooper and G. Kells. It is pleasing to state that G. Kells is rapidly, regaining toe form which won him the New Zealand cross-country championship in 1926. In 1927 he hurt his leg, but gained local representation, while last year he finished Si the New Zealand cross-country championship, held at Wanganui. At 400 yards i"om home Kells clapped on the pace by leng hening his stride, while at 100 yards from home he burst into a full epnnt,. although he slackened up latterly when he law he was an eaS y winner. His time was only one and two-fifths eeconds slower than tha K 4 if Albert Grammat School boy, who won the above_school s open, steeplechase handicap in 1020.- He hns nlenty of stamina, and has the judgment of a much more experienced- runner This is the first time he has" been placed nt the winter- meetings; and it should at lpnst sive him encouragement. . ■ least k in earned third . place. although the writer would have liked to see him set first. He is a real trier,, and. alwayl finishes-a true sign that he isone ° f /l "fiSampiagain with the amateurs after an absence of over two years. He fs in the New Zealand Navy, and has 'tosill with nia ship, buthe will be able to run on Saturdays for a few weeks before leaving for Australia".- Hejvas one of the Sland team which won the points shield for the New Zealand cross-country cham--0 Ivifn in 1<526 •• By winning the put£n°f th P e ihot competitfon he s.howed that he is still keeping in training in spite of the fact that conditions at sea are un-son-gained first ahd second Dlace in throwing the discus. Messrs. B. T Murray,, B. U. .Slurray, and A. Johnson liVe at Henderson/, and, judging by .the; "ay they constantly win the field events it mllht pay the tandicapper to mate a little trip u£ v there during the week.