WRESTLING

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25274, 28 August 1947, Page 4

WRESTLING

CANTERBURY TITLES The Canterbury Wrestling Association entertained a good crowd at the Civic Theatre last evening when the Canterbury championships were decided. Young wrestlers entered into the contests with plenty of vigour and fought some very keen tussles.

The championships were awarded as follows:—Fly-weight: T. S. Kennedy. Ban-tam-weight: R. D. Rickerby. Featherweight; G. F. Genet. Light-weight: N. Tewnion. Welter-weight: L. G. Genet. The middle-weight (J. Mclnnes), light-heavy-weight (J. Howard), and heavyweight (N. K. Pitama) were awarded at a previous contest. Following are the results:— Fly-weight.—T. S. Kennedy, 7st 71b, beat L. Keats, 7st 4Jlb. Bantam-weight.—E. K. JRickerby, Bst 4£lb, beat L. E. Win, Bst 9Jd; L. Brodie, Bst 71b, beat C. D. Boskell, Bst 101 b, Boskett beat Win, Rickerby beat Brodie. Light-weight.—R. Tewnion, lost 311 b beat R. J. Hose, lOst 21b: G. Hobson, lOst 431 b, beat R. Smith, lOst 4£lb; H. Kerr, lOst 21b, beat S. Crotty, 9st 11 Jib. Hose beat. G. R. Clark, 9st 121 b. Hobson beat Tewnion, Smith beat Clark, Tewnion beat Connolly, Hobson beat Kerr. Welter-weight.—B. O’Connell, list 41b. beat W. de Malmanche, list 321 b; P. J. Ix>ng, list 61b. beat J. Palmer, list 41b: L. G. Genet, list lib, beat Long; O’Connell beat Palmer. r Mr A. Thompson was referee.