SCHOOL STEEPLECHASES

Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 231, 29 September 1944, Page 7

SCHOOL STEEPLECHASES

&Sh O 13 ??- J JUn io°nef'feo m ol'ali S an,f• a °3o?* F WnKtington (Basil). 2.30. 3 Fastest time _E. 10 2; H. Pettlt (Coolahan). 1.0, 3. Fastest time. White 21 1714. breaking the previous record of Sao, set by■ I Wordsworth in 1932. bj- l.«i. and only 4s outside the senior record by Wordsworth. Senior (3% miles): J. Gropn ( P om P al "s r) ' B ? a 3 c 0 h ' 1- C. Francis (Pompallier). 1.30, 2; W. Beach (Basil), 30s, 3. Fastest time, H. Ross (Basil), 23.11.

The annual King's College steeplechase of five mile* van won by I. B. Downey, whose time was M.H. compared with the record of 29.35 2-5 established by J. C. prierson last year The Junior event over 2',4 miles, was won by N. T. O. Wilson, whose time of 14.33 beat the previous record by 255. Following were the results:— Seniors- I B Downey. 31.12, 1; J. A. Hlndmarsh, fl 22 2- N O. Vickeridge. 31.27. 3. Hindmarsh led until the final half-mile. Teams , Race: School fi&s^. j s%ar xL3 t t r? ou c se ft Stewart. 15.25, 2; J. H. Shutt. 15.32. 3. Wilson went to the front at the start and gradually increased his lead. Teams' Race: Town House I, School House 2, St. John's House 3.