University wins again
The University ot earner* bury A team continued its fiommation ot winter athletics wnen it won the annual centre inter-club senior relay at South Brighton Domain on Saturday, it was its tourrh win this season. lecnuxcdu a i an particularly; len to take second iu iront ot ieu xirignton a, third. Lnixeiaiix showeu exceptional tieogth xn depth bx taaing first, uu:tu. seveniu, and tenth placngs. Martin CouidweU gave Lnixersa good stait bj taking second •dice in the first stage of the elay with thiiu fastest over-all ■me ol lamin 42sec. trank Brookes, who took fastMt and record time for the iree-iap testing coarse, looked easily the most impressive atbiete on the day He gave Technical a fine start aith a time of 15min 25sec. His team mate. Kevin Hamilton, ran a fine anchor leg of Limin 29sec to clinch Technical s •econd placing. Both broke the course record. These two were well supported by Stewart Hill and Alan Oxennam in the middle lap. There was a marked improvement in the over-all standard. J. D. MacDonald. J. K. Macdonald, and R. Stevens, all of Olympic, all broke the veterans course record. The relays attracted a record entry of 140 teams. This was more than 50 per cent up on last y ear. The New Brighton club again dominated the women’s events. The course was partly soft, sandy, forest running, but the footing was dry and the flat sections were fast. Misty rain fell throughout most of the meeting. Men Results.— Senior <4 x 3 miles'.—University A (CouidweU, B. Kennelly.
D. Brown, B. Taylors 64:39, 1; Technical A Brookes. Oxenham. Hill, Hamilton), 65:35, 2; New Brighton A *W. Swords. M. Radcliffe, B. Rollo, A. McLaren), 65:50, 3; University B 4; Olympic A 5; United A 6; University C 7; Veterans A 8; New Brighton B 9; University D 10. Fastest lap times: Brookes. 15.25, 1; Hamilton, 15.29, 2: CouidweU 15.42 3: A. Gavigan •"United* 15.52 and J. D. Macdonald (Olympic), 15.52, equal 5; Kennelly ■ University) 15.54 6. Veterans (over 40‘. —Olympic A. 69 04. 1; New Brighton A. 73.30. 2: Toe H A. 79.46, 3. Fastest Veterans laps: J. D. Macdonald. 15.52. 1: J. K. MacDonald, 16.43. 2: R. Stevens, 17.14. 3: D. Greig. 17.23. 4: C. F. Reece, 18.02. 5; L. Maxted. 18.15. 6
Boy s under 17 (3x2 milesh— Cashmere A, 34.56, 1; New Brighton A, 35.59, 2; Avon A, 35.58, 13. Fastest laps: S. Parsons (New Brighton), 10.59, I; P. Renner (Cashmere), 11.07, 2; N. Wiiby (New Brighton'. 11.39. 3. Bov’s under 15 (3 x 1 mile).— Toe H. 17:44. 1; Presbyterian, 18:38. 2: Christchurch, 18:46. 3. Fastest laps: C. Gunn (Toe Hi, 15:37, 1: A. Taylor (Toe H), 5:44. 2; J. Flint (Presbyterian), 5:51, 3. Women Senior (3 x 2 miles).—NewBrighton B. 42:41, 1: Nev Brighton A, 42:56, 2; Avon. 43:52. 3. Under 15 (3xl mile;. —New Brighton A. 19:10. 1; Pioneer, 19:46. 2; New’ Brighton B. 20:10,
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