ATHLETICS Miss F. McBeath Breaks 880yds Record Again

Press, Volume XCIV, Issue 28129, 19 November 1956, Page 8

ATHLETICS Miss F. McBeath Breaks 880yds Record Again

For the second time in a fortnignt. Miss Fay Mcßeath (Toe H> broke the Canterbury women’s 880 yards record. Her time of 2min 21.8 sec. an improvement of nearly 4sec, was the result of “even pace” running Poor pace judgment has probably retarded the improvement of times in women’s distance ,races more than lack of training. Miss Mcßeath’s excellent improve ment however, may be attributed not so much to sound knowledge of pace as to a happy combination of circumstances which lead to a slower speed than usual being set over the early part of the race. Two weeks ago. Miss Mcßeath had beaten the previous record holder. Miss K. Hames, by trailing for most of the race and finishing strongly. Saturday’s race was virtually a match affair with only Miss Hames and Miss Mcßeath as competitors, neither wanting to give any advantage by taking the lead and as a result the first lap was run in about 71sec. Poor tactics by Miss Hames who ran wide on Miss Mcßeath s shoulder during the second lap. must have taken its toll by the time it came to the final sprint. Miss Hames may have had better fortune had she remained behind or when she did move up have made a bolder bid. Sprint Record Equalled The inter-secondary schools sprint champion. D. Davison (Toe H), equalled the Canterbury junior 220 yards record of 22.8 sec. which he will now share with K. Beardsley (Technical), a 1950 Empire Games representative, and I. Coates (Westonian). Davison equalled the interachools record, also 22.8 sec, at the end of October. On both occasions Davison had to contend with a head wind. Shortly to become a senior athlete. B. W. H. McStay ran his second best two miles, recording 9min 4.2 sec. McStay s best time, 9min 39sec, was done when he won a senior race at Lancaster Park at the American meeting last December. McStay s time on Saturday was less than five seconds outside the Canterbury record held by Kerry Williams, at 9min 36.8 sec. McStay needed to average 72sec for his eight laps to beat the record, but as so often is the case, even with more experienced runners. McStay allowed his pentup enthusiasm to carry him round the first lap in Msec—about six seconds faster than would generally be considered necessary—and this had an adverse effect on him in the latter stages of the race. Abbreviations used are:—T.H.. Toe H; H.S , High School; T., Technical; U., University: W., Westonian; A.. Ashburton; M.. Marist; 0.. Olympic: N. 8., New Brighton; C.C.. Christ’s College: P„ Polytechnic; C., Canterbury Club; S.C., South Canterbury. Results:— MEN'S EVENTS Senior A High Jump.—P. Wells (C.) 1, A. Harbott (M.) 2, D. A. Nottage (U.) 3. Height, 6ft Bin. Discus Throw.—J. B. King (N. 8. 1, A. Harbott <M.) 2. Distance, 111 ft 4in. Hammer Throw.—J. R. Brown (T.) 1. Distance. 129 ft 7in. 220 Yards.—L. Jones (T.H.) 1, P. Davies (H.S.) 2. S. J. Douglas (M.) 3. Time, 22.95ec. 880 Yards.—J. K. Macdonald (U.) 1, C. McGuire (P.) 2. B. Curie (O.) 3. Time, 2min o.2sec Three Miles.—J. K. Macdonald (U.) 1, J. Daly (M.) 2. Time, 15min 7_2sec. 120 Qards Hurdles.—G. Young (W.) 1. Time, 16.6 sec. 75 Yards.—P. Davies (H.S.) and L. Jones (Toe H) (equal) 1, J. Douglas (M.) 3. Time, Bsec. Hop, Step, and Jump.—P. S. Price (NB.) 1, A. Harbott \M.) 2, D. A. Nottage (U.) 3. Distance, 44ft Senior B Hammer Throw.—B. Curie (O.) 1, D. King (T.) 2. Distance, 84ft 2in. 220 Yards. —I. Keats (W.) 1, G. Young (W.) 2, A. Harbott (M.) 3. Time, 24.45ec. Discus Throw.—M. Bennett (TH.) 1, B. Curie (O.) 2. Distance. 97ft 7>/ 2 in. High Jump.—P. G. Price (N. 8. 1, N. R. Smith (NB.) 2, A. Mahan (TH.) 3. Height, sft 4in. , Buckley (M.) 1, A. Mahan (T.H.) 2, M. M. Smith (N. 8. 3. Time, fcun 6.2 sec. Three Miles.—l. Colombus (H.S.) 1, K.

75 Yards.—D. Masters (TH.) 1, J. WisMcLaughlin (T.H.) 2. Time, 18min 17.8 sec. ker (TH.) 2, G. Kitchen (H.S.) 3. Time, B.7sec. Hop, Step, and Jump.—M. R. Smith (N. 8. 1. Distance, 37ft Bin. Senior C 220 Yards.—T. Crew (O.) 1, A. Mahan (TH.) 2, K. Loader (W.) 3. Time, 25.35ec. 75 Yards.—T. Crew (O.) 1, G. Kinzett (W.) 2, M. Smith (N. 8. 3. Time. B.4sec. Junior A 220 Yards.—A. Davison (U.) 1, D. Masters (T.H.) 2, J. Wisker (T.H.) 3. Time, 22.8 sec. 880 Yards.—H. Chapman (C.C.) 1, R. Farmer (O.) 2, E. McNicholl (T.) 3. Time, 2min 9.9 sec. High Jump.—J. Shaw (T.H.) 1, G. Gallagher (H.S.) 2, B. Wing (T.H.) 3. Height. sft Bin. Two Miles.—B. W* H. McStay (H.S.) 1. D. Dixey (N. 8. 2, D. Reeves (O.) 3. Time, 9min 41.2sec.' Discus Throw.—M. Walker (C.C.) 1, J. Mcllraith (T.H.) 2, J. D. Green (C.C.) 3. Distance. 96ft 4in. Hop, Step and Jump—D. B. Masters (TH.) 1, D. Field (T.H.) 2, C. F. Stricke (H.S.) 3. Distance, 41ft Ulin. Relay (4 x 110 yards).—Toe H 1, Technical 2, Marist 3. Time. 47sec. Junior B 220 Yards.—D. Rogers (M.) 1, G. Hack (T.) 2, B. Freear (H.S.) 3 .Time, 24.25ec 120 Yards Hurdles. —D. Masters (T.H.) 1. J. Shaw (TH.) 2. Time. 16.3 sec. Under 17 880 Yards.—J. Toohey (T.) 1, D. Crowher (H.S.) 2, B. Atkin (M.) 3. Time, 2min 220 Yards.—N. Hooper <W.) 1, L. Clarke (T.) 2, B. Howman (T.) 3. Time, 24.35ec. High Jump.—J. Chadderton (H.S.) 1, D. P. Alcorn (H.S.) 2, B. Blackwell (O.) 3. Height. sft 2in. Discus Throw.—R. Grigg (C.C.) 1, R. Howman (T.) 2, G. Bradley (H.S.) 3. Distance, 103 ft Bin. Under 15 High Jump.—J. Preece (W.) 1. A; O’Sullivan (M.) 2, S. Guest (T.H.) 3. Height. 4ft 6in. 220 Yards.—C. Broadhurst (T.H.) 1, M Ashley (O.) 2, J. Pearce (W.) 3. Time, 25.65ec. 880 Yards.—D. Edwards (W.) 1, J. Perry (T.H.) 2, R. Alcorn (H.S.) 3. Time, 2min Discus Throw.—A. Dunbar (T.H.) 1, S. Guest (TH.) 2, G. Ormandy (TH.) 3. Distance. 48ft 6in. Relay (4 x 110 yards).—Combined 1. Toe H A 2, Toch H B 3. Time, 59.1 sec. WOMEN’S EVENTS A Grade 75 Yards.—B. Bennetts (S.C.) 1, V. Sloper (T.) 2, E. Maxwell (TH.) 3. Time, B.9sec. Long Jump.—E. Maxwell (T.H.) 1, G. Harris (H.S.) 2, H. Smith (M.) 3. Distance. 15ft Ilin. 880 Yards.—F. Mcßeath (T.H.) 1, R. Hames (T.) 2. Time, 2min 21.8 sec. Shot Put.—V. I. Sloper (T.) 1, M. Bennett (S.C:) 2, G. Wicks (T.) 3. Distance, 49ft BJin. Javelin.—M. Bennett (S.C.) 1. V. Blair (T.) 2. G. Wicks (T.) 3. Distance, 60ft BJL. 220 Yards.—B. Bennetts (S.C.) 1. F. McBeath (T.H.) 2. Time, 27.45ec. Relay (4 x 110 yards).—Toe HA 1. Technical 2. Toe H B 3. Time, 52.8 sec. Discus Throw.—V. I. Sloper (T.) 1, V. Blair (T.) 2. R. Hames (T.) 3. Distance, 114 ft BJin. B Grade 75 Yards.—A. Hart (TH) 1, G. Harris (TH.) 2. Time, 9.4 sec. Under 16 Javelin Throw.—L. Anderson (T.) 1, A. Howman (T.) 2. L. Lightfoot (H.S.) 3. Distance, 60ft sin. 75 Yards.—V. Bushby (T.H) 1, L. Anderson (T.) 2, M. Nanbey (T.H.) 3. Time. 9.ssec. Long Jump.—S. Lightfoot (H.S.) 1, L. Anderson (T.) 2. V. Bushby (TH.) 3. Distance; 14ft lOJin. Under 14 75 Yards.—R. Russell (T.H.) 1, G. Vogel (T.H.) 2, B. Rushworth (T.H.) 3. Time. 10.1 sec. Long Jump.—B. Rushworth (T.H.) 1. G. Vogel (T.H.) and R. Russell (TH.), equal 2 Distance, 12ft lOJin. Primary School Boys.—Over 10: J. Tully (St. Albans) 1, A. Dunbar (Linwood Intermediate) 2. R. Walker (Heaton Street) 3. Under 10: I. McGregor 1, R. McGregor (Spreydon) 2,

C. Stoneman (Victory Memorial School) 3. . . Girls.—Over 10: P. Syme (Ham) 1, A. Bremner (Burnside) 2, C. Chamberlain (South Brighton) 3. Under 10: A. Smith (St. Albans) 1, L. Craighead (Burnside) 2. L. Bremner (Burnside) 3.

SHOT PUT RECORD MISS SLOPER SETS NEW FIGURE Miss Valerie Sloper on Saturday put the shot 49ft BJin —44 in further than the distance achieved by her previous best competition throw, which now awaits notification for a New Zealand record. On Saturday Miss Sloper was having her final competition at Rugby Park before leaving for Melbourne. Her success came with the fifth put. Her worst put was 45ft Uin, her other four were all in the 46ft bracket. It is a pity Miss Sloper was not able to better 50 feet in official competition, for she has consistently done so during the week when she has been putting from the cinder circle at Ensors road. Her best performance was on Friday when she did 51ft Bin. Her 49ft B£in from the slower grass circle at Rugby Park must have given Miss Sloper considerable satisfaction, however.

Canterbury’s two other Olympic Games representatives, Peter Wells and Bill Richards, made their final competitions at Rugby Park also. Wells is coming back to his best, and jumped with more confidence than for some time. He got up to 6ft 4in without any misses, but had two failures at 6ft sin before going over and was unsuccessful at 6ft 6in. A lightening and sharpening up of training with a few jumps at height to give confidence should be all Wells requires to round off his training. Wells will be competing for Britain.

Richards ran another 20 miles in the morning and ran two miles of a three miles race at the inter-club competitions in the afternoon. Although his time for the 20 miles was not as good as that of two weeks ago. Richards said that he was quite satisfied with his run. The time was 2hr smin.

ST. ALBANS SCHOOL SPORTS

The St. Albans District School held its annual athletic sports meeting last week. Championship winners were:— Girls.—Senior: Adrienne Russell. Junior: Adrienne Smith. Boys.—Senior: Neil Malcolm. Junior: Geoffrey Ormandy. Results were:— Championships Ball Throwing.—Senior girls: Adrienne Burrell 1, Ailie Miller 2, Denise Wheatley 3. Junior girls: Helen Burrell 1, Loraine Busch 2. Margaret Angus 3. Senior boys: David Smart 1, Neil Malcolm 2, Bryan Laby 3. Junior boys: Brian Spear 1, lan McLean 2, Geoff Ormandy 3. Long Jump.—Senior girls: Annette Garside 1, Gail Coulthard 2, Helen Guise 3. Junior girls: Adrienne Smith 1, Judith Marriott 2, Carol Lightfoot 3. Senior boys: Neil Malcolm 1. Harold Mauger 2. Brian Sheard and Roger Gaskell (equal) 3. Junior boys: David McQueen 1, Robert McWhinnie 2. Brian Spear 3. High Jump.—Senior girls: Adrienne Burrell 1. Ailie Miller, Gail Coulthard, and Jennifer Odering (equal) 3. Senior girls: Linda Rutledge 1. Adrienne Smith 2, Judith Marriott 3. Senior boys: David Smart 1. Graham Alderson 2, Tommy McGee 3. Junior boys: Geoff Ormandy 1. David Cox 2. Eric Cobeldick 3. 75 Yards—Senior girls: Gail Coulthard and Jocelyn Simpson (equal) 1, Helen Guise 3. Seniqr boys: Neil Malcolm 1 Brian Sheard 2. John Beattie 3. 50 Yards.—Junior girls: Adrienne Smith 1, Sandra Govan 2. Margaret Angus 3. Junior boys: Geoff Ormandy 1, Eric Cobeldick 2, Brian Meadowes and David McQueen (equal) 3. Under-age Races Under Eight.—Girls: Esther Dodge 1. Elizabeth Philpott 2, Diane Jordan 3. Boys: Graham Smith 1. Denis Sheard 2, Alan Ward 3. Under Nine.—Girls: Clare McKinley 1, Shirley Taylor 2. Betty Mawson 3. Boys: John Jackson 1, Brian Isherwood 2, Geraint Breese 3. Under 10.—Girls: Adrienne Smith 1. Sandra Govan 2, Linda Rutledge and Dawn Wadman (equal) 3. Boys: Geoffrey

Ormandy 1, Wayne Reid 2, David Cox 3. Under 11.—Girls: Gail Coulthard 1, Gillian McDonald 2. Susan Lockhart 3. Boys: John Beattie 1, Jim Tully 2. Reger Whatman 3 Under 12.—Girls: Jocelyn Simpson 1, Annette Garside 2. Helen Guise 3. Boys: Brian Sheard 1, Colin Brunt 2, Trevor Grimes 3. 12 and Over.—Neil Malcolm 1, Adrienne Burrell 2, Marion Carruthers 3.