AMATEUR ATHLETICS.
iWlowors of local athletics will no . doubt'regret'to liear that W. A. Woodger, ■ the! Petone sprinter, has been' forced- to temporarily-abandon'training owing to a ' , recurrence of tho strain ' which he' sustained when compoting in the Australasian •' championships, eighteen months 'ago. Tho champion sprinter has been undergo- ' ■ ing.a hard preparation for the provincial championships'next Saturday, but is now an unlikoly starteh His medical adviser . has Tecommended--him -to -take o-'thor-; ongh rest from track iroHi in order 1 " ha may be well again .by tho. time that he arrives Homo to compete in the English. championships. . ST. PATRICK'S, DAT SPORTS. (By - Telegraph—Press Association.) Blenheim, January 9. It .was decided to-night to hold' the Hibernian sports on St. Patrick's Day. Th<v sum of. JEISG 15s. will ■ bo given in -The principal race, the St.. Pat".rick's Handicap, 150 yds., is worth .£IOO, there being six prizes, the first of ,£GO.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1021, 10 January 1911, Page 7
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