Athletics TECHNICAL CLUB

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28801, 23 January 1959, Page 7

Athletics TECHNICAL CLUB

The Christchurch Technical College Amateur Athletic Club continued its club championships st Ensors road on Wednesday evening The strong wind made for slow times, and dose finishes were the order of the day. Th® closest finish was in the women’s 100 yards, when Miss L. Anderson beat Miss Y Campbell on the tape in 11.8 sec. Results:— Senior 220 Yards.—L? G. Jones 1, G. F. Hack 2, G. B. Riach 3. Time, 23sec •80 Yard*.—G. F. Hack 1, P. J Watts 2, G. R. Smith 3. Time, 2min 3.ssec. Seven Miles Walk.—H. Wheeler 1. Time, 56min ASJaec. Discus.—A. Benin* 1, R. Gilbert 2. D. G. Mangnal! 3. Distance. 108 ft Sin. Long Jump— R. L. Gaskell 1. C. J. Courtney 2. Distance, 18ft 9in. Junior . 220 Yards—J. Neither 1, D. Minards 2, X. Davies 3. Time. 24.25ec 880 Yards.—S. Pavne 1. A. Evans 2. D. Vaughan 3. Time. 2min s.2sec Discus. —J. Munnings v l. P. Anderson 2, D. Vaughan 3. Distance. 98ft sin. Long Jump.—G. Lowery 1, P. Anderson 2, J. Munnings 3. Distance. 18ft 4in. Under 17 220 Yards.—T. Pateman 1, P. Taylor 2, G. Campbell 3. Time, 24Jsec. 880 Yards.—P. Taylor 1, G. Campbell 2. Time, 2min 24sec. Discus.—P. Taylor 1, G. Campbell 2. Distance, 58ft lin. Long Jump.—P. Taylor I, G. Campbell 2; Distance, 15ft lOin. Under 15 220 Yards.—M. Harwood 1, D. Tranter 2. Time, 28.3 sec. MO Yards.—D. ’ Tranter 1. Time, 2min 2B.ssec. Women 100 Yards. —L. Anderson 1, Y. Campbell 2, A. Howman 3. Time. ll.Ssec. High Jump.—L. Anderson 1, J. Wicks 2, V. Blair 3. Height, sft. Discus.—V Blair 1. J. Wicks 2. A Howman 3. Distance, 114 ft Sin. ■ 100 ¥«rd,.-S l *’chi*d«rton 1, K. Anderson X Tim*. IJ.isec. Cb l Xr£if n i P --&ig^ d S O ?in. l - Discus.—G. Chadderton 1, K. Anderson t. Distance, 61ft Bin. ' Under 14 100 Yard*,—J. Pateman 1. Tiipe» 14.4 sec. •

N.Z. Junior 440 Yards Record Broken

tNew Zeaiana Press AssoemUon) WELLINGTON, January n. The brilliant Onslow sprinter, J. W. Taylor, broke the New Zealand junior M 0 yards record and equalled the national junior 100 yards time under floodlights at the Basin Reserve, Wellington, last night.; Taylor also figured in a record-breaking M 0 yards junior relay run, In which the Wellington A team beat the touring Fijians, but could not Claim , nsUonal record The Wellington relay team—Taylor. J. D. Hardy. R. Nalah. and R. R. Thompson—sprinted and changed meticulously for a 43.Hsec run over M 0 yards, which beat the national record bv .3*ec. A new national mark could not be claimed because they were juniors competing in a senior event. Taylor returned 49sec for 440 yard* to clip .ssec off the existing JOew , Zealand mark and break the Wellington centre junior ■. and/< ? «enior events. Earlier in the evening, with a time of Iteec, he equalled the 100 yards national junior ' /record. However, Taylor i* still auditing ratification of hi*. 9.Bsec run at Masterton on Monday. But Taylor can . claim a centre junior 100 yard time, which he . could not qualify for at Mastinton. The Fijian shot putter, M. Bakuro, le i.to beat a Welllngten centre dis-