EMPIRE LIST

Press, Volume CV, Issue 31016, 23 March 1966, Page 21

EMPIRE LIST

N.Z. Hopes At Jamaica

(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter— Copyright) AUCKLAND. New Zealand’s greatest chance of success in the Jamaican Empire Games athletics next August will be in the field events, if the current Empire ranking list is a true guide.

The following are the New Zealand athletes included in the ranking list: — L. R. Mills (Auckland), shot, first; discus, third. R. A. Williams (Auckland), decathlon, first. . ... R. I. Johnson (Otago), 440 yards hurdles, equal, first. D. McKenzie (Greymouth), marathon, second. Mrs V. I. Young (Canterbury), shot, second; discus, third. Miss D. L. Charteris (Canterbury), shot, third; discus, fourth. Miss S. A. Flynn (Canterbury), javelin, third; shot, twelfth. Miss B. Matthews (Auckland), 80 metres hurdles, third. P. Welsh (Otago), 3000 metres steeplechase, third. D. Norris (Auckland), long jump, fourth; triple jump, sixth. N. I. Scott (Auckland), three miles, fourth; six miles, tenth; marathon, fifteenth. J. L. Davies (Waikato), mile, fourth. Auckland women’s 4 x 110 yards relay team, fourth. Mrs M. A. M. Stephen (Canterbury), 440 yards, sixth; 880 yards, sixth. W. D. Baillie (Auckland), three miles, sixth; six miles, ninth. M. Ryan (Waikato), marathon, seventh; six mites, twelfth. D. McGonagle (New Plymouth), pole vault, seventh. Mrs A. Mclntosh (Auckland), 80 metres hurdles, equal, seventh. R. D. Tait (Otago), discus, eighth. R. Hargreaves (Waikato), shot, ninth.

M. Jeffries (Auckland), high jump, ninth. I. Babe (Northland), 3000 metres steeplechase, ninth. Miss B. Poulsen (Canterbury), shot, tenth. J. L. Julian (Auckland), marathon, tenth.