SOLDIERS' SPORTS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2479, 4 June 1915, Page 9

SOLDIERS' SPORTS

AT TRENTHAiiI A SUCCESSFUL GATHERING I I I t A most successful sports gathering i was hold on the Trontliam racocourso 1 yesterday by the members of the Now 1 Zealand Expeditionary Force now in j camp. Fully six or seven thousand , fcrooi>ers were present as spectators, or ] took part in the meeting, while there j. woro some hundreds of visitors from t town, including Their Excellencies Lord ] and Lad.y Liverpool and the Hon. i James Allen (Minister of Defence), and His Worship the .Mayor and Mrs. Luke, t Besides the conventional events, there g were several of thoso unique and inter- i esting contests usually associated with t military sports. [ The Management Committee for the j gathering was as follows: —Captain a Adams (president), Captain JlacNab, | Lieutenants Siren, Thompson, Evans, I Muir, Sievwright, Cuthbertson, Ford, c and Christopher, N.C.O.'s. Todd, Bt. r Leger, Gibb, Fleming, Cood, Hewitt, I. Howat, Harper, Burns, Yore, lsitt, v Colfitt, Smeaton, Q.M.S. Manning, and o Wm. J. Bennett (secretaries), and Mr. t A.. Marryatt (president N.Z.A.A.A.). f The various events resulted as fol- l low: — Inter-Uilit Cross-Country Run. —A I Squadron, oth Reinforcements, 1; N.Z. Engineers, 2; N.Z.F.A., 3. ■> High Jump.—AY. T. Andrews (A Co., * 6th), i; J. ii. Colquhouu (A Co., sth), 2. I Wrestling (Cumberland). —E. Norman (2nd "Trents" B Co.), 1; G. Norman (D Co., sth), 2. . 100 yds. Championship.—First heat: B. Batstone (C Co., 6th), X; C. Mafcliias (C Squad, sth), 2. Second heat: * G. S; Strack (7th Infantry), 1; F. Proc- , tor (D Co., 6th), 2. Third heat: T. L Fox (B Co., 6th), 1; A. Abrahams v (N.Z.E.), 2. Final. —Batstone, 1; Mathias, 2; Strack, 3. 220 yds. Championship.—B. Batstone C. Co.,6tk), 1; R. E. W. Fordham (7th Infantry, 6tli), 2; Andrews (A Co., 6th), 3. One Mile Championship—Parkinson (B Co., sth), 1; Scott (B Co., Ist "Trents"), 2; Cameron (A Co., 6th), 3. " 100 yds. Officers' Championship.— Lieut. Ellis, 1; Lieut. Turnbull, 2; Lieut. Burn, 3. Inter-lfnioii Tiig-of-War.—B Co., sth c Reinforcements), 1; C Co. (oth), 2; B t Co (6th), 3. t ■ One Milk Walk Championship.— I Lieut. A. B. Sievwright (7th Infantry), 1 1; U. H. Rose (N.Z.E.), 2; E. C. With- c ell (7th Infantry), 3. < Inter-Unit Relay Race. —N.Z. En- t gineers, 1; C Co. (6th Reinforcements), 2; C Co. (sth), 3. i 440 yds. Championship.— Quarter-ma- t ter Mann (A Squad, 6fcli), 1; Proctor c (D Squad, 6th), 2; La Roelie (7th 1 Mounted), 3. f Drill and Rifle Exercises. —Mounted, 1 A Squadron (Gtli Reinforcements), 1; t C Squadron (6th), 2; D Squadron (6th), 1 3; B Squadron (6th), 4. Infantry—B t Co. (6th), 1; A Co. and D Co. (6th), 2; i C Co. (Ctli), 3. i Sack Race. —M'Curdv (B Co., Ist v "Trents"), 1; Findlay (B Co., Ist i "Trents"), 2. (l 880 yds. Championship.—A Parkinson (B Co.. oth), 1: Goliins (C Co., 2nd I "Trents"), 2; C. W. Stobie (C Co., 6th), 3. , Shot Putting.—P. Munro (Stationary. Hospital), 1; R. H. Rose (C Co., , 6tW. 2, t Tent-Pitching Competition.—A Co. (6th Reinforcements), 1; B Co. (6th), 2. « Hop, Step, and Jump.—Sutherland, 1; R. M'Keown (7th Infantry), 2; Cap- i tain Bogle (Ist "Trents"), 3, , Permanent Staff Race. —Sergt.-Major ( Shank, 1: Serjit.-Major Dudson, 2; Sergt.-Major Goring, 3. Bandsmen's Race (100yds.).—Stono, 1; S. Hodge, 2; Jones, 3. Pick-a-Back Race. —J. Hill and D. T. Gillespie, 1; W. Johnson and F. P. Silver. 2. _ E