Roller Skating N.Z. CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28794, 15 January 1959, Page 7

Roller Skating N.Z. CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING

Start After Two Days’ Delay

HASTINGS, January 14. Roller-skating events at the New Zealand championship meeting in Hastings got under way today after two days’ delay because of rain. The organisers are endeavouring, by holding extra sessions, to catch up witn original arrangements. There are 122 competitors, including many from centres outside Hawke’s Bay. The fastest times ever recorded on the Hastings rink were returned in the speed events before a capacity crowd. Rsults: — Intermediate Girls’ Quarter-mile Speed.—Mary Bennet (Levin) 1, Margaret McKee (Hastings) 2, Glenda Burling (Hastings) 3. Time, Imin 2.9 sec. Kindergarten Solo Freestyle. — Dean Hayes (Hastings) 1, Christine Matthews .(Napier) 2, Judith Ellingham (Palmerston North) 3. Juvenile Boys’ Quarter-mile Speed —John Nimmo (Picton) 1, James Harvey (Picton) 2, Graham Hhntler (Hastings) 3. Time, Imin 6sec. Intermediate Boys’ Quarter-mile Speed.—John Ramsay (Hastings) 1, Peter Mclndoe (Petone) 2. Peter Levitt (Hastings) 3. Time, 56.25ec. Junior Free Dance.—Faymond and Gay Hayes (Hastings) 1, lan Jones and Daine Wharton (Napier) 2, Trevor Wharton and Elaine Matthews (Napier) 3. Junior Boys’ Quater-mile Speed Championship.—Paul Snadden (Napier) 1, Colin Nimmo (Picton) 2, Donald Hume (Hastings) 3. Time, Imin 2 l-ssec. Junior Girls’ Quarter-mile Speed.— June Dillon (Hastings) 1, Corrine Grant (Hastings) 2, Jennifer Cartwright (Hastings) 3. Time. Imin 2.4 sec. Senior Men’s Quarter-mile Speed.— John Walker (Hastings) 1, Mervyn Wybrott (Hastings) ,2. G. Miller (Paraparaumu) 3. Time, 56sec.