ATHLETICS

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21119, 21 March 1934, Page 15

ATHLETICS

I OUTSTANDING SEASON FOR > CANTERBURY j j' SUCCESS ATTRIBUTABLE TO i I INTER-CLUB SYSTEM | | I 1 I By Relay J , j The Canteibury Amateur -Vdileti ■ j Centre has aireadv been eongralu- ' I lated upon its eminently successful j | season by many individuals and or- j ! ganisatiens during the last few weeks; j ; so even in a review vt the season. ' \ which this is intended to be. there is no need to spend much time drawing attention to the centre's successes. It is sufficient to say that L133-1H we.- ' '• probably the eutslanuing year in the ' j history of the centre. ' j It is always interesting to examine j • me reason ter evetythiug. and if the ; j l canon be asked in this case, the an- | i swer is that Canterbury's achit vr- ' ! menu this year are due almost en- I i::ely to the mter-club scratch svs- ' j tern of compel!uen. A great deal n.is ! | Mreaay been saia e.bout the inter- ' I eiiib moeungs. but tite more their ! lii.iuenee is examined Lie more ob- [ \ iuu- it is that v.hhe other centre':- ; j cuntmue to do wunout the reauiar j 1 scratcii racing which these meetmos 1 ; provide. Canterbury \.i!l aiwa;.s hn; 1 a tremendous advantage. Tins lae; ! i was clearly oi\ March j i 10. witen a team tlial was virtually j a B team managed to hold Otago in j j eneek tit Oamaru. There were seen ! j there glimpses of tie great thing- ] i winch some of the centre's young-.'i- j atnletes will be able to produce in I coming seasons witen they take the j | places of the present champions. The j ; utter-club system, by giving them ] ] plenty of racing over their roil chs- , ,' '.;:..ees. has given ihorn invaluable ex- j : pcrieuce which handicap runners :n j I ether centres have so far been denica. | Future Strength 1 One -.if the nu : 1 valtaible advau- \ ! tages -g the system i> tlie.t L'antei ■ j bury litis in 1934 a fair knowledge .■,' ■v. hat it will be ea;::;b!e ei ;is f al - ;ihe;ui as 1937. Some of Lie pre.-.T.t C ereoe runners after adwiuem:; tln'eueh in' various stages of tite inies-club sen >s! sh.ould e\v th.at tine 1-, ase developed ■ r.io reaiiv line mhleic/. T'le cei:'.;-..' . e...s been able by mc;:ns ef the .-cratch • ; n.eine to sort out its mo-t promi-ang i ; ;."ot;nger runners, and v. ::1 oe tiblo n> 1 .ill U;J systematically the gap.- creati'ei in the liiture by the retirement of its m tite pa.-t. m New Zoalasid tis a . vrliole. jieither the individual centres i r.or tite ntembers of the Now Zealana j Cotuugl Themselves iiave known when' ■' tite Dominion's athletic telent v. as '■ going to come from from one season to . another, and if athletics in New Zealand is to be put o)\ a really round basis, with its supply . :' suil'.ciently good talent assured, then the system ■\ ci regular .-cratch racing must b" ; : adopted throughout tiie Dominic!;. ! Field SiaiiUanl \ The mter-club sys.em has dune a •j iood deal mere for irack athletics titan J it lias for the standard of iieicl per- " 1 foi-mances. The tw.te.-'.s with other ' 1 centres liave all empha.-ised tite ! centre's weak:ie-s i-t tield events, a.id I atten.een will ita-ee to be given to | improving the standard if Canterbury ! :• to retain its title as champion pre- ! vntce of Nov.- Zeahind. j It is intended to hold a thai .-envoi [f.-r Gtago and Camerbmy ii< LI eomN i Oamaru. If litis prep.-s;.! is eerie, d jaihlot.es are by placing books on the | .-abject at the disposal of bt gmncr■l laik of the cotinei! ob': mmg hints ami '■giving the centres the use of them. ' i When something ;.- done, perhaps nee ■ ; season, the Canterbury centre may be ■ j able to show these together with otk- ' i trs to gatherings of held competitor--. liilerprovincial lestThe - ->, ~ v .!! be rem.' mb'- u | ',,,- i ,:.,. t'u!i;!".ie:tt of 1 a-.t year's p'an t'-r . Vfellington and Otago. The.--" Iwo ■ meetings provident competiiogi ..; • p'-ac'icaMv natio-'id slant.tird. wol 1 "erve as ' + !;■.•? step between the C:mttrbury championships and the New : | ' One thing that n- essenh .1 to r< - = I . ,omhor cgieerning the-e nxtures iM'hr.t thov were instituted for the bet;l torment' ot the sport ill :i!l three | ; class cempetii.on. It ■< ot extreme - ; 'mportanec that tins should be Kept ■['■> mir.d. It has alrmciy been demon- '■ j-rateci what hnrir. might be done b> ' j regarding tite friendly contests in a ; i Urnss-iountry Season ! cross-country so-a-on u-ill heg.t.. Too ' ! n-iiire " s'ueee--fu! than tim h'..-l. ;md 'j.-e'v-ral proposals for the improvement .of the centre's s'andaix! ot racing vein < n-obablv be put into eifeeh It i,:i'kclv *hat the intgr-ehib system . i established last year will ho continued " i and imnro-eed. TherJ are indications that the number of cross■ country runners in Chri.-t- ---; chtn-ch at present will be considerably 'increased. Several prominent d>tanco runoees in'euri to join one <>•' oi'-ier of the six clubs, probably having ,- reehs-d the value of light cro--s-coim- ' )-v running throughout 'he wint-r. •eiiiphasised by the famous Engn-m ■■thhne lan S. Drew, who v.-as here 1 a few months ago. Mr Drew consuii: c , ',i t'-eh en athlete who did hghti: c'-ess-counlry work would at the be--1 : ggnr.iitg of the next track season have '' an advantage equivalent to thr e ' . r'.onths' training under ordinary on- ■ ditions. Of this track season the emy oiv n - gve-"s remaining are the inter-emb niecfin" at Kaiaoai on Saturday anti ;!i" two Easier meetings, at Hang'ori ; and Waikari. Tlie events for the s L ratch meeting at Kaiapoi are:—HH -.-ards 2aU vards. 440 yard -\ b.,.) ".-ai-ds! one mile, one milk walk, pu'-ti-tg the shot, high .tump, long jumji. ' i.op" step and jump. c)nd pole vaiilx lean's relay, women's relay, women s i'K'i yard-, and iunior races over 101) .-, ..r.-h, I'-O y :rd . 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