Sportsman’s Notebook CANTERBURY'S SUCCESSES IN HOCKEY CHALLENGE SHIELD

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29269, 29 July 1960, Page 6

Sportsman’s Notebook CANTERBURY'S SUCCESSES IN HOCKEY CHALLENGE SHIELD

When Canterbury drew with Otago in its first defence of the New Zealand Hockey Challenge Shield for the season last month, it was the forty-second challenge which the province had successfully withstood since 1908. Canterbury has held the shield since it won it from Auckland at a shield tournament in Christchurch in 1956, and has withstood five challenges since that date. Canterbury first won the shield as far back as 1912, but never before has it held the trophy for such a long period. Auckland has the best record for tenure of the trophy, having defended the shield successfully on 63 occasions, and it is Auckland which Canterbury has to fear most in the remainder of the challanges this season. Auckland has the next challenge, and the game will be played on August 13. Auckland has also held the shield for the longest time in one stretch, being unbeaten from 1932 to 1945, when Canterbury beat it 4-3 in the first match played for the shield after the Second World War. * • • Table Tennis Losses Although the touring Australian table tennis team has not yet been defeated in its eight matches in New Zealand, the players have not achieved outstanding success in their doubles matches. The pair, G. Jennings and M. Wilcox, won the New South Wales title on the evening before the start of their tour, and are regarded as a fine combination. However, since their first match in the Dominion they have lost in doubles to J. Armstrong and B. A Foster (South Island), Foster and J. Dougall (Otago), R. Kawharu and E. Harris (Marlborough) and M. L. Dunn and J. S. Crossley (Wellington).

' Athlete’s Farewell • The Christchurch Technical Col- , lege Amateur Athletic Club will ■ hold a function in honour of its . most distinguished member. Miss . V. Sloper, tomorrow evening. The I occasion will be a farewell to Miss I Sloper, who will represent the i Dominion in the women’s shot . and discus events at the Olympic Games in Romq next month. Club I trophies and certificates will also . be presented. ! j Inter-Club Golf 1 The sixth round of the Canter- - bury Provincial Gold Association’s . inter-club competitions will be . played on Sunday, on the Wail mairi club’s course. Competition . is very tense in the Woodward Cup and the leading team, Chrigt- , church A, will meet Christchurch . B, which has yet to score. Waitit kiri, a } point behind Christ- ; church A, has a bye on Sunday. Waitikiri. leading in the Blank Cup, has a bye, and the second teams Avondale and Rangiora meet Kaiapoi and Walmairi respectively. In the Simon Cup Harewood, with a J point lead, meets Rangiora. Show And Ice Report Falls of snow in the Canterbury ! ranges during this week have improved conditions for ski-ing. ■ Hard frosts in the last two days ' have also made the prospects for outdoor ice-skating good for the week-end. Ski-ing is reported to be good above 5000 ft in the Craigiebum range and at Temple Basin, and tows are operating at all fields. Ski schools have commenced at several clubs.