HARRIERS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 159, 8 July 1935, Page 12

HARRIERS.

WANGANUI MEETING. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WANGANUI, this day. The West Coast (North Island) crosscountry championship was held on Saturday, C. Weller (Wanganui) winning by over 300 yards from K. Johnston (Wanganui), with F. Hill (Marton) and D. Smith (Marton) third and fourth respectively. Weller covered 10,000 metres in 31.0 d. The teams race was won by Wanganui. The Wanganui team to compete in the Dominion championship on July 20 is as follows: Weller, K. Johnston, l<. Hill, Smith, Bills, Collins.

CANTERBURY CHAMPIONSHIPS,

CHRISTCHURCH, this day. The Canterbury cross-country championships were run on Saturday. The individual championship resulted ns follows: A. D Park 1. G. H. Watson and K. Rogers dead-heat 2, M. W. Busby 4. The teams events resulted as follow: — Seniors: Christchurch Club, 19 points, 1; Baptist, 31, 2; Timaru, 49, 3; Senior grade B: Timaru, 10 points, 1; Christchurch, 29, 2; Baptist, 44, 3. Timaru also won the junior event.

OTAGO CONTESTS.

DUXEDIN, this day. The Otago senior and junior crosscountry championships were run at Wingatul on Saturday. In the senior race, W. A. C. Pullar won the individual championship, A. R. Geddes being second, L. C. MeLachlan third, and W. A. Stewart fourth. ■ ' The result of the teams race was: Civil Service (Geddes 2, McLachlan 3, Barnes 5, Asher 14, JlcKinnon 19), 43 points, 1; Anglican (Curtis 7, "W. A. C. Pullnr 1, Logan 13, T. H. Pullar 10, L. G. /Pullar 27), 63 points,. 2; Caversham, 76 points, 3. The -individual -winner of the junior championship was R. W. McLachlan. L. \V. Wood was second, C. A. Broad third, and G. Davie fourth. Civil Service was the winner of the junior team 3 race with 40 points. The following team has been selected to represent Otago at the New Zealand crosscountry championships'to be held at Wellington on July '20: W. Pullar (Anglican Club)i A. R. Geddes (Civil Service), J. G. Barnes (Civil Service), W. A. Stewart (University), B. D. Craig (Hanover Street). T. Allen (Anglican). Emergencies: G. G. Pcarsoa and S. Curtis.