Fire Brigade Contest

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31304, 25 February 1967, Page 14

Fire Brigade Contest

(N.Z. Press Association)

GREYMOUTH, Feb. 24. Waipa State Mill eclipsed the performance of Te Awamutu yesterday by winning two of the three events in the second day of the 1967 United Fire Brigades’ Association of New Zealand competitions being held in Greymouth. Conditions for the championships Improved considerably this afternoon and skies were again clear. Waipa won the hose and standpipe with breeching, as well as the featherweight pump with disabled feeder event. Te Awamutu won the third event, Its third In the year’s championships. This was the featherweight pump with extension event.

Leader Injured Waipa State Mill had early difficulties when a team leader, B. R. McCredle, was Injured, and a Conical Hill member, A. Peterson was called in as substitute. This did not, however, slow down the Waipa team. The three other members are brothers, William, Maurice and Albert Solomon. The first local team to gain a place was Hokitika, which was second to Waipa in the hose and standpipe event. 1 Palmerston North performed

with distinction on this second day. taking third in the hose and standpipe event, as well as second equal with Pahlatua in the pump with extension event. Commanding Lead Te Awamutu scored extra points in the pump with disabled feeder event to take a commanding lead in the chamRlonshlp shield points ladder : could have beaten Waipa In the hose and standpipe event, but a five second penalty took care of that. Te Awamutu has 43 points, Waipa State Mill 31. Morrfnsvllle 24, and Palmerston North and Matamata, 21, follow.

Results Hose and Standpipe, with breeching.—Waipa State Mill (43.3 sec) 1. Hokitika <46.0 sec) 2, Palmerston North (46.35ec) 3, Hastings and Matamata (46.9 sec). 4 equal. Walnuiomata and Kaiapol (47.0 sec) 6 equal. Featherweight Pump, with extension.—Te Awamutu (42.4 sec) 1. Pahlatua and Palmerston North (43.9 sec) 2 equal. Gore (44 sec) 4, Kaiapol 44.3 sec) 6. Eltham (44.7 sec) 6. Featherweight Pump, with disabled feeder. —Waipa (40.6 sec) 1. Te Awamutu and Oamaru (42.1 sec) 2 equal, Temuka (43.4 sec) 4, Cambridge 43.7 sec) 6, Carterton (43.9 sec) 6.