CROSS-COUNTRY RUNNING

Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25550, 19 July 1948, Page 9

CROSS-COUNTRY RUNNING

CLUB RUNS HELD The Presbyterian Harrier Club held its senior and junior championships on Saturday. Results were as follows: Senior.—l. White 1, A. Candy 2, C. Candy 3. Time, 36min 40sec. Junior: Barnes 1, B. Geddes 2, G. Stuart 3. Time, 34min 53sec. 'Open: M. Voice 1, C. Gordon 2, M. Willocks 3. Time, 37min 4sec. Other results were as follows: Technical Club.—Junior fast pack: R. Efford 1, D. Borgfeldt 2, N. Stanley 3. Colts’ pack (four miles and a half): K. Gyde 1, Lawson 2, N. Houston 3. Baptist Club—Senior: L. G. A’Court 1, F. Mair 2, C. D. Harper 3; time, -37 min 35sec. Junior: B. Dingwall 1, J. Finch 2, G. Richards 3; time, 9min 30sec. Colts: L. Holden 1, R. Smith 2, M. Growcott 3; time, 21min 40sec. Anglican Harrier Club.—Senior: W. Wilkinson 1, C. R. Ogle 2, R. Chapple 3. Sealed handicap: E. Bennett 1. Junior championship: B. Wilkinson 1, A. B. Cocks 2, B. P. Bragg 3. Sealed handicap: L. B. Cocks 1. Ladies’ Pioneer Club.—Fast pack: G. Richards 1, J. Richards 2, J. Bigg and J. Orton (equal) 3. Medium pack: B. Rowe 1, N. Godfrey 2, R. Brown 3. Slow pack: P. Low 1, M. Cunningham 2. F. Greenslade 3. • Marist Club.—Senior: C. Daly 1, B. O’Connor 2. L. Dickson 3. Sealed handicap: L. Dickson (sJmin) 1. Junior championship: E. James 1, E. Newton 2, L. Scott 3. Christchurch Club.—Seniors (six miles and a quarter): J .R. Clarke 1, P. B. Rennell 2, W. K. Kennedy 3, W. M. Busby 4: time, 16min 55sec. Juniors (three miles and one-eighth): D. G. Sadler 1, D. F. Power 2, R. V. Nicol 3, A. C. Brownie 4; time, 18min 18sec. Colts (three miles and oneeighth): P. K. Power zi, B. M. Jones 2, B. Laing 3, M. Corkin 4; time, 20min 4 2-ssec. Rover Scout Club.—Senior championship: A. Jones 1, R. Harding 2, A. Holloway 3; time, 35min. Junior championship: R. Hall 1, P. Quinn 2, L. Musson 3; time, 38min 50sec. Sealed handicap: R. Hall (lOmin). Teams race: R. Harding’s team (42 points) 1, I. Jones’s team (31) 2.

SOUTH CANTERBURY CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORD BROKEN BY 57 SECONDS In winning the senior title in the South Canterbury cross country championships, held at the Scenic Reserve at Timaru on Saturday, C. Johns covered the six miles and a quarter course in 39min 56sec, a time which is 57sec better than that registered by J. R. Clarke over the course at the Canterbury championships last year. After Johns, who is a member of the Timaru Harrier Club, came: A. Browm (Presbyterian), 40min 14 4-ssec, 2; L. Johns (Timaru), 40min 30 2-ssec, 3; T. Myers (Presbyterian), 40min 56 3-ssec, 4. In the teams’ race for the Orr Walker Cup placings were: Timaru (15 points) 1, Presbyterian 2, Methodist 3. The junior event also produced a surprise in the defeat of A. Dellow, who was a member of the Canterbury junior team for the New Zealand championships last year. First home over the distance of about three miles and one-eighth was W. Ramsay (Presbyterian) In 19min 30 2-ssec, followed by A. Delloav (Timaru), 19min 49 2-ssec, C. Thomas (Methodist) 20min 14 3-ssec. For the first time In the history of the event there Was a tie in the teams’ race for the Fraser Shield, between Timaru and Methodist, with 25 points each, and Timaru Presbyterian was third with 28 points. The colts’ championship was over about two miles. Placings were: R. Alexander (Anglican) 12mm 35sec 1, K. McDonald (Temuka Presbyterian), 12min 53 2-ssec, 2: R. Gudsell (Timdru), 13min 1 l-ssec, 3. The Hanan Cup for the teams’ race went to Anglican (14 points) 1. Methodist (23 points) 2, Timaru (26 points) 3.