EMPIRE GAMES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 124, 27 May 1936, Page 21

EMPIRE GAMES.

SYDNEY PROGRAMME. CELEBRATIONS IN 1938. The chairman of the British Empire i Games Council, Alderman E. S. Marks, j has released the full programme and 1 j conditions of entry for the games, to be ] held in Sydney from -February 5 to f February 12, • 1938, in association with the celebrations for the 150 th anniversary of Australia. ■ The programme j i will bo sent to Berlin for confirmation i at an Empire Games conference in j August. > ■ Events' composing the official pro- ; gramme are:— • " , i i Athletes, cycling, swimming, boxing, lawn bowling, wrestling and rowing. The maximum, numbers of entries from each nation in each event are:— : Athletics. —Individual events, four < competitors per country; team events, J one team with twice the number in team i as reserves. j Boxing—One competitor per country, with one reserve for each entry. Cycling.—For each event one entry ] per country, with one reserve for each j competitor. j Lawn Bowling. —For each event, one j entry. ] Swimming.—lndividual events, three ; competitors per country, without reserves; team events, one team per country. Wrestling.—For each event one com- _ petitor per country, with one reserve for f each competitor. 1 The full programme is:— s Athletics, track and field.—lndividual: ® 100 yds, 220 yds, 440 yds, 880 yds, one mile, , three miles, six miles, Marathon, two t miles steeplechase, 120 yds hurdles, 1 440 yds hurdles, high jump, long jump, J hop, step and jump, pole vault, throwing the javelin, throwing the discus, , putting 161b shot, throwing 161b ( hammer. Relays: 440 yds (4 x 110 yds), _ one mile (4 x 440 yds). Women: 100 yds, ' 220 yds, 880 yds, 80 metres hurdles, high, jump, long jump, throwing the javelin, relays, 440 yds (220 x 110 x 110), 660 yds (220 x 110 x 220 x 110). Boxing.—Flyweight, 1121b and under; bantam-weight, 1181b and under; feather-weight, 1201b and under; lightweight, 1351b and under; welter-weight, , 1471b and under; middle-weight, 1601b and under; f light-heavy-weight,l 1751b and under; heavy-weight, any weight. Cycling—loooyds sprint, 1000 metres time trial, .10 miles scratch, 100 kilometres road .race. . ■ ; ; , 5 Lawn Bowling.—Single, pair rink. Swimming—(l) Men: 100 yds : style, 100 yds backstroke, 220 yds breast-, ■ stroke, 440 yds free-style, 440 yds breast-: strolce, 1500 yds' free-style, high diving, i springboard. diying, relays, 880 yds (4 x .■ 200vdsj ,; 300ydf (1 x-100yds backstroke, 1 x*looyds breaststroke, Ixlooyds freestyle). (2) Women: 100 yds free-style, 100 yds backstroke, 200 yds breas_tstroke, . '440 yds free-style, springboard divjng, high -.diving, relays, 440 yds (4 x 110 yds), 300 yds (1 at 100 yds backstroke, 1 at 100 yds breaststroke, and 1 at 100 yds i] free-style). ■