HAKATERE SPORTS.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19198, 3 January 1928, Page 9

HAKATERE SPORTS.

♦ A PI.EASAXT NEW YEAR'S DAY. IJakate'.v, lii'.- iii a >.':U.'emen( at ciis lr.ouili of tiie Aihbui - tt':i river, presented an unkn&ti'd appc-arnnce j'euterday, Xew Year's Day. when :i large gathering of pleas'Ji'e-scekci'S from aii pans of the Asliburton dislrici, as well as visitors from Cbristchurcl) and other places, congregated there. In conjunction wit!) a comprehensive programme oi snorts, the two new anplu'li tennis courts and the hail were o'.iicially opened by Mess.-s 'II. Sinclair and Mr Angus Ilortey respectively. During the aiterucon die General Oommittoe did everything possible to make tlie outing the moit enjoyable yet held, and praise is due for their efforts. A s-pei-ial tttlruc'iiou, in which a great deal of iuteff:st wa- taken, wbs the b:iljy ehow. A

large number of side-shows helped to create the festive spirit which made th..' junction so succesrfu). The Ashburtcii .Silver Baiid was in attendance, and a dunce vai i'.eid i:: the hall in the evenir.?. The results of the athletic even;* are ui iollows:-—

liovs' 50yds. "eaiv arid und'.'i'—l!£■::•: Sinclair 1, Jack 2. Bobby Plu.nke: :•; Sack llacc. over 12 your,;—li. Shioria.. ! Eric Kirlcland 2. C. Jone.s ',',. 50yd;-. nine veavj and under—J'. Cur:i<: 1 B. Lynch 2, G. Kirkland 3. 50yds. 11 years and aud'-i' —L. Keir 1. I. Hunt 2. Yv'. Page ;!. Sack Race, nine years and under—ii. Miilc. i, Darcy Pilbrov; 2. 11. Tor.ks J.

Egg-and-spoou Race, under 12 years—^ l . Currie 1, >'. Jordan 2, J. .Ward 8. SOyds, 13 vears ar.d under —A. iialtoii 1, C. o'Grady 2, J-\ Jordan; 3. Egg-and-spoou Jtp.co, 18 year.; ar.d over — J. Parton 1. P. Hunt 2. W. Shieriaw 3. Girls, 50yds, seven years and under —Margaret Jayney 1, Alma Beits 2, Joan Sparrow 8. S:ick Race, over 12 years—Mabel Tor.ks I, Freda Sparrow 2. Eileen Clarke 8. _ 50yds, nine years and under —Sa.'iyy I^-' 1 ' nisoii 1, Gwen Porter 2, Margaret, '-'pic B.^ 50yds. 11 vears and under —Ivy Oisen -, Phyllis O'Grady 2. Molly Frisby ?■. Sack F.ace, nine years and unuei Jeau Martin 1, Betty Brand 2. Peggy Brand 8. 50yds. 3 3 years p.nd under —Mavis Jan.es L Rose Martin 2, M'innifred Pilbrov/ 3. Ege-and-spoon Race, under 12 years Harriet Webb 1. Mavis James 2, Jean Marion u . Egg-and-spoon Race, 13 and over Msrtin 1, Eileen Clarke 2, Mabel Tonis -j.