ATHLETICS N.Z. WALKING TITLES

Press, Volume XCII, Issue 27795, 21 October 1955, Page 9

ATHLETICS N.Z. WALKING TITLES

ALTERATIONS TO THREE -EVENTS Alterations to the walking events at the next New Zealand champ.onsMps wh ch were approved by the management mm mittee of the New Zealand Amateur Ath Jetid Association at the monthly meeting held tn Wellington in August ‘were an pounced at a meeting of the executive of the Canterbury centre last evening The events affected are the senior 10 000 metres road walk, which has him amended to 50 000 metres road senior two miles track event, which’ will become a 20,000 metres read walk- and the junior one mile event, which will be changed to a 10,000 metres road walk A metric trial meeting to select nominees for the 1956 Olvmpie team will w. held either on March 24 or at Easter The venue will be decided later ’ ■ e The executive accepted an invitation to attend a triangular meeting -at Invercargill on December 3. in' which telms representing Otago. Southland and cSm terbury will take part. It was decidedl not to commit the centre to any future events of his nature in years to come until the ?e‘ C ° m eonsMe , ?e e d. InVerCargiU Canterbury athlehif"bfazc^to^M^c 0 * R Bailey, who was tbe New Zealand 220 y *S d .\, hurdlcs junior champion in 1939 and the junior 220 yards champion in- IMI

VISIT BY U.S. ATHLETES PROPOSED TOUR IN DECEMBER (New Zeaiana Press Association > A WELLINGTON 2O A visit to New Zealand this three outstanding United States athletes now appears certain. They are Wes Sa£ tee, miler, the Rev. R. Richards, Olympic Games pole vault champion, and MmSr°Jhe S P 7 nt chamSion. M ° r The .New Zealand Amateur Athletic As*s a ' va ***ng confirmation of their cember‘ill*’ b “ is ex P ecte d to be Debased on this, the following tentative Mck&^e^er^^ 1 frS?. Americans wai then leave for Aus-