Ice-Skating PROVINCIAL TITLES

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30231, 9 September 1963, Page 15

Ice-Skating PROVINCIAL TITLES

Young Entrants Impressive

The Canterbury Ice Skating Association held its annua) championships at the indoor ice rink, Centaurus road, yesterday. The present senior Neu Zealand title-holders, Miss W Grafton and I. McDonald, met with mixed success in defending their provincial titles. They won the dancing from D. F. Hewinson and Mrs Hewinson. but were beaten in the freestyle pairs by last year's intermediate champions. G. Glover and Miss S. Bayne. Miss S. Jack, after being down on the school figures, which provide 60 per cent of the total possible marks for the title, gave a fine free-skating performance in the afternoon, and won the women’s championship by a narrow margin. McDonald retained the men's title for the fifth successive year, but Glover, recently promoted from the intermediate ranks, was never far behind The outstanding competitors in the speed events were P Bastion in the intermediate and Glover in the senior. Bastion’s skating was particularly impressive. He is only 15 years of ■ age. but his times in the intermediate quarter-mile and mile were faster than Glover’s winning times In the senior. Results were:— Figure Skating Senior Women.—Miss S Jack 1, Miss W. Grafton 2. Miss S. McClea 3. Senior Men.—l B. McDonald 1. G. M. Glover 2. Intermediate Women.—Miss C. Besley 1. Miss V. Smith 2 Intermediate Men.—A. W. Smale 1 Junior Women.—Miss B Lindsay 1. Miss S. Coleman 2. Miss L. Pearce 3. Junior Men—A. C. Sparrow. Jun. 1. B. P. McCabe 2, A I Rowe 3. Dancing Senior.—l. B. McDonald and Miss W. Grafton 1. D F. Hew-; inson and Mrs Hewinson 2. Intermediate.—G. M. Glover and Miss S. Bayne 1. R. StanHon and Miss P. Ball 2. Pairs Skating Senior.—G. M. Glover and Miss S. Bayne 1. I B McDonald and Miss W. Grafton 2. Intermediate—A. W. Smale and Miss V Smith 1. Speed Events Senior.—44o yards: G. Glover 1. W. Edwards 2. P. Spragg 3 Time. 55.0. 880 yards: G. Glover 1, P. Spragg 2, W. Edwards 3 Time. 1:49 7. Mile: G Glover 1. J. Grieve 2. W. Edwards 3 Time. 4:0.5. Intermediate. —440 yards: P. Bastion 1. F. Wood 2 R. Montgomery 3. Time, 53 8. 880 yards: P. Bastion 1, R. Montgomery 2. F. Wood 3. Time, 1:50.6. Mile: P Bastion 1. F Wood 2. R. Montgomery 3 Time. 3:57 4 Junior—23o yards: C. Sparrow 1. B. Layton 2, A. Rowe 3. Time. 34 4. 440 yards; C. Sparrow 1. B. Lavton 2. A Rowe 3. Time. 1:05 5.