Outdoor Quoits Competition

Press, Volume C, Issue 29637, 6 October 1961, Page 20

Outdoor Quoits Competition

The first matches in the Gray Shield outdoor quoits competitition among working men's clubs resulted:—

Woolston v. Riccarton at Riccarton—B. Thin and G. Bogue beat N. Morris and J. Price, 21-9. 21-20; P. Wakefield and T. Schollard beat N. Packman and D. Brocherie. 22-15, 22-10; J. Maffey and N. Glasson lost to J. Maxwell and T. Stevens. 5-22, 9-22: K. Carey and G. Smith beat P. McGinn and W. Stapleton, 22-9, 21-12: R. Newton and L. Keats lost to J. Douglas and W. Creagh. 14-21. 20-21; L. Kendrick and M. Gone beat M. Dunn and K. Mundy, 21-8, 21-17 Total: Woolston 8. Riccarton 4.

New Brighton v. St. AlbansShirley—A. Tootell and G. Mather beat J. Errington and R. Hall. 21-15. 21-14: G. Hardaker and D. Adams beat P. Linton and D. Welsh, 21-10, 21-13; T. Mugford and A. Adams drew with C. Hamilton and A. Forsyth. 15-21. 21-20; D. Corson and R. Hartigan beat O. Taylor and L. Conner. 21-8. 21-10; J. Hardaker and J. Gutsell drew with C. Bell and S. Young 21-11. 10-21: J. Niven and D Kirk beat T. Stevens and W. Foster. 21-4. 21-1. Total: New Brighton 10. St Albans-Shirley 2. beat Christchurch, Richmond a bye.

Warning For Speed (AZ. Pres* Assn.—CopyrigM) DAYTONA BEACH (Florida), October 4. The American astronaut. Captain Virgil Grissom, when stopped by • policeman last week tor driving at 45 miles and hour in a 4G miles an hour zone, said: “I’m terribly sorry, officer. I don’t usually go this fast,” the Associated Press reported today. Captain Grissom who had travelled at 5280 miles an hour in a space caosule. and his companion, a fellow astronaut. Commander Alan Shepard, were let off with a warning.