People In The Play

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30895, 30 October 1965, Page 11

People In The Play

I The Technical athlete, A. ■ Cook, showed good early • season form in the open- : tag inter-club meetings at : Rugby Park. He was sec- • ond to H. Neeson (Riccar-

: ton) in the two raffles on t opening day, only losing ■ the race in the sprint to ; the finish. His fane was ; 9min 50.8 sec. Last Satur- ■ day he was third in the • senior male after setting ; the early pace. Later in : the season he could show I up well over distances of ■ three to six miles. : # ifc ; While he has not been : particularly prominent on : the national scene in re- • cent months, the Auckland ■ road runner, D. Wiberg, is : still a force to be reck- : oned with. In the recent

; New Zealand 10-mi'le cham- ; pionship he recorded the ■ good fane of 52mdn lOsec. ■ His tenth placing in an ; extremely strong field of : 43 was quite satisfactory I considering the amount of • preparation he had done. ; Wiberg won the event two : years ago. : # * # : Top scorer on the North ■ Queensland men’s basket- ; ball team’s tour of New ! Zealand was the outstand- • ing forward, K. Sugars. ■ His total for the tour, inI eluding one test match ■ against New Zealand, was ; 127. Second highest scorer » was L Birkett with 88.

Military training commitments may seriously handicap the progress of the Canterbury surf race champion, D. Staples (Waimairi), this season. It is understood that he will still be able to compete in the provincial championships but . will be unable to maintain his training schedule. This is a considerable blow to Canterbury for the belt champion and former surf race champion, G. Dann, is now a professional. & ak *

Although Canterbury fared no better than usual at the recent New Zealand men’s basketball championships, it was certainly no fault of the outstanding forward, C. Morris. So impressive was his form that he was chosen by the national selector (Mr C. Agnew) for the New Zealand training squad—the first to gain this honour from Canterbury for many years. Two others, R. Entwistle and J. Smith, were selected for the South Island team.