85th Annual Caledonian Sports Held At Timaru

Press, Volume C, Issue 29402, 3 January 1961, Page 11

85th Annual Caledonian Sports Held At Timaru

(From Our Own Reporter)

TIMARU, January 2. The weather was cool and overcast for the South Canterbury Caledonian Society’s eighty-fifth annual sports meeting at the Caledonian Ground today.

In the final of the half-mile amateur cycling race. N. Fisher, of Timaru, led the field into the back straight. The fastest scratch man away was D. Hillary (Dunedin), who was leading into the home stietch. However, R. Baenesch. of Australia, rode brilliantly to win. In a very close finish to an exciting race. K. Clinch, of Christchurch, won the South Island boys-’ one-mile amateur cycling championship under 16. The winner of the IJ-mile Caledonian wheel race was G. Grant, of Timaru. P. Mora (Christchurch Marist) won the 880 yards men’s amateur handicap, and P. Taylor (Christchurch Technical) finished first in the 100 yards amateur handicap race. A. Potts of Dunedin, sprinted home to win 'the 10-mile modified marathon road race, and to set a new record for the meeting of 50min 41.8 sec. He finished about four minutes in front of J. D. McDonald (Christchurch). B. Cooper. New Zealand University three-mile champion was third. K. Brown (Christchurch) won the South Canterbury Centre Cup awarded for most points in cycling over the four meetings—Waimate, St. Andrews. Temuka and Timaru. C. F. Stricke. of Christchurch, established a Canterbury record of 12ft 4Jin in the amateur pole vault event. Results were:— CYCLING Half Mile, Boys Under 16. D. Litoff 1. K Clinch 2. N. Helmes 3. Time. Imin 12.5 sec. One Mile Handicap.—E. Gluestein 1. L. Lock 2. D Swanston 3. Time. 2min 24.55ec. One Mile Handicap.—B grade: P. Cook 1. G. Wallace 2. P. Smith 3. Time. 2min 8 3-ssec. One Mile. —Boys, under 16. amateur South Island championship: K. Clinch 1, P. Clemence 2, R. Biggs 3. Time. 2 min 20 4sec. One Mlle.—Owen Mills Memorial Handicap (local): E. Gluestein 1. G. Moore 2, G. Grant 3. Time. 2min 4-5 sec. Half-mile Amateur Handicap.—R. Baenesch 1. N. Fisher 2, D. Hillary 3. Time. 58 4-ssec. Two Miles Amateur Handicap.—N. Fisher 1. G. Ulmer 2. R. Harrison 3. Time. 3min 59 l-ssec. Three Miles Scratch Cash.—B grade: B. Spicer 1, P. Cook 2, J. Andreassend 3. Time. 6min 52 2-5 sec. A grade: D. Swanston 1, K. Brown 2. G. Grant 3. Time. smin 41sec. Three Miles Amateur Scratch Race. —A Grade: R. Baenesch 1, T. Cameron 2. A Davie 3. Time, 6min 20 2-ssec. B grade: W. Partel 1. B. Finnie 2. D. Todd 3. Time, 6min 32 3-s®ec. One Mile and a half Caledonian Wheel Race.—G. Grant 1, J. R. Williams 2.-L. Lock X Time, 3min 10 4-ssec. One Mile Amateur Handicap.—D. Stowell 1. P. Bartels 2, D. Hillary 3. Time. 2mln 2 3-ssec. ATHLETICS Men’s Events High Jump Amateur Handicap.—B. Spicer 1. B. Hutchins and J. J. Chatterton (equal) 2. Height. sft 11 in. 100 Yards Amateur Handicap.—P. Taylor 1. C. A- Law 2. B. Kerr 3. Time. lOsec. 880 Yards Amateur Handicap.—P. Mora 1. B. Molloy 2. 8.-Smith 3. Time. Imin 52.8 sec. Tossing the Caber.—Cash handicap: J R. Cartwright 1. E. Rooney 2. G. Rooney 3. Distance. 38ft 10}in. Putting 161 b Stone. —Amateur handicap: D. C. Leary 1, J. White 2. Distance, 45ft Cash handicap: E. Rooney 1, J. R. Cartwright 2. J. Rouse X. Distance. 28ft 9m. Hammer Throwing.—Cash handicap: J. R. Cartwright 1, J. Rouse 2. G. Rooney 3. Distance. 78ft «lin. 220 Yards Amateur Handicap.—B. Rowman 1. G. F. Hack X C. Maguire 3. Time. SJaec. Bop, Step, and Jump Amateur Handicap.—J Chatterton 1. J. White 2. J. Hurst 3. Distance. 44ft 3in. One Mile Amateur Handicap.—L. N. Hill 1, T. W. Deam 2, R. J. McMillan 3. Time, 4min 14 4-ssec. Ten Mile Modified Marathon Road Race.—A. Potts 1. J. D. McDonald

2. B. Cooper 3, B. Buckley «. Time. 50min 41.8eec. 150 Yards. —Boys under 14. amateur handicap: G. McDonald 1, R. Faith 2, L. McErlane 3. Time, 19.2 sec. Long Jump Amateur Handicap.— J. White 1. D. C.-Leary 2, P. Keenan 3 Distance, 21ft Ilin. 440 Yards Amateur Handicap.—P. J. Cates 1, P. Taylor 2, C. J. Maguire 3. Time, 48.6 sec. Pole . Vault.—Amateur: C. F. Stricke 1, D. C. Leary 2. J. J. Chatterton 3. Height 12ft 4Jin. Javelin. —Amateur: D. C. Leary 1, B. L. Hutchins 2. M. Stewart 3. Distance. 204 ft IJin. Discus.—Amateur handicap: D. C. Leary 1. J. Munnlngs 2, J. White 3Distance, 138 ft Tin. * Women’s Events 100 Yards.—Amateur Handicap: S. Walker 1. M. Richmond 2. N. Bond 3. Time. Usee. „ High Jump.—Amateur Handicap: W. Thompson 1, N. Taylor 2, H. Longman 3. Height, sft Ojin. Long Jump.—Amateur Handicap: B. Williams 1. N. Taylor 2. J. Ryan 3. Distance, 17ft 7jin. 75 Yards Handicap.—G. Phillips 1. S. Walker 2, N. Bond 3. Time. 8.4 sec. Shot Put.—L. Gillanders 1, M. Tiffin 2, S. Walker 3. Distance. 34ft 7Jin. Javelin Handicap.—A. HoWman 1, J. Ryan 2, W. Thompson 3. Distance. 108 ft Ilin. Discus. —W. Thompson 1, S. A. Walker 2, L. Cameron 3. Distance. 204 ft Ilin. PIPING AND DANCING Highland Fling, under eight: Lynne Murray 1, Joan McCusker 2. Carlene Richards 3. Pipe Marches, B Grade: W. J. Milne 1, I. Munro 2. G. Henderson 3. Slow Airs. C Grade: R. May 1, G. Henderson 2. I. Munro and W. J. Milne (equal) 3. Reel o' Tulloch, under 16; Grace Wilson 1, Lorraine McEvedy 2, Anne Wilson 3. Seann Triubhais. under 10. South Canterbury championship: lola Smith 1. Denise Howard 2. Christine Moke 3. Strathspeys and Reels, A grade: A. Dodds 1, D. Bain 2. J. Ashwell 3. A Grade March. South Canterbury Championship: A. Dodds 1. D. Bain 2. J. Ashwell 3. Highland Reel, under 12: Lor-alne Dewar 1. Jknet Algie 2. Rosemary Armstrong and lola Smith (equal) Highland Fling, under 10: Denise Howard 1. lola Smith 2. Valda Bennett 3. Sword Dance, under 12: Lorraine Dewar 1. Rosemary Armstrong 2. lola Smith 3. Highland Fling, under 18. South Canterbury Championship: Lorraine McEvedv 1. Pamela Chapman 2, Grace Wilson 3. Under 18: Lorraine McEvedy 1. Grace Wilson 2. Barbara Jones 3. Sailor’s Hornpipe, any age: Robyn Hislop 1. Rhonda Webb 2, Patience McEvedy 3. Seann Triubhais. under 12: Lorraine Dewar 1, Rosemary Armstrong 2. Joan Glass and Cheryl Leonard (equal) 3. Highland Fling, under 14: Adrienne Taylor 1. Sheryl Jones 2, Lorraine Dewar 3. Irish Reel, any age: Robyn Hislop 1, Patience McEvedy 2, Joan Wlldermoth 3. Bat For A Boy A miniature cricket bat autographed by members of the touring M.C.C. team and a kindly Yorkshireman helped to. pacify a young boy, who broke his wrist at the Basin Reserve yesterday. Keith Norris, aged 8. of Lower Hutt, had fallen from a slide. He was taken to the dressingroom where O. Wilson, twelfth man for the M.C.C, and his description of the autographs kept the boy happy till a doctor arrived and the wrist was put in a splint