5000 ATTEND PETONE SPORTS

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 128, 23 February 1939, Page 13

5000 ATTEND PETONE SPORTS

Fitness Week Meeting Une of the largest gatherings in the history of athletics in the Hutt Valley was held at tße Petone Recreation Ground last night, when 5000 people attended the meeting conducted under the auspices ot the Petone Amateur Athletic and Cycling Club, in connexion with Fitness Week. The meeting was preceded by a procession, in which 500 took part, including 300 girl ami boy pupils from the Hutt Valley Memorial Technical College, who made’ an impressive sight in their neat school uniforms. The parade was headed by the Hutt Valley Pipe Band, and included a harmonica band, Petone Wrestling Club, and Y M.C.A. members and representatives of other sports. At the ground the wrestling club members gave exhibition bouts, and the Y.M.C.A. members a display of gymnasties ; A sporiw event in which there was great interest was the industrial relay. This was won by the General Motors team which was picked by the ex-New Zealand Army Rugby player, Lieutenant E. King. The large attendance showed the possibilities of a revival of public interest. in athletics, and the prospect of the development of athletic contests be-

tween the industrial concerns in the valley. The sports resulted : — 100 Yards Junior.—Jackson, 1; Sandle, 2; Seymour, 3. Time, 112-5. 100 Yards Open.—H. R. Valk, 1; T. Tullock, 2; M. Sutherland, 3. Time, 10 2-5. 75 Yards Women.—Miss B. Marston, 1; Miss Crampton, 2; Miss Nicholas, 3. Time, 9. 880 Yards Cycle.—T. Roe, 1; R. Dutton, 2; S. Webber, 3. Time, 60. Secondary Schools Relay, 440 Yards.— St. Patrick’s College (Sllverstream), 1; Hutt Valley High School, 2; Hutt Valley Technical College, 3. Time, 51. Industrial Relay.—First heat: Rower Board, 1; Hutt Workshops. 2. Time, 53 3-5. Second heat: General Motors, 1; Capstan, 2 Time, 521-5. Final: General Motors (j. Eastwood. H. Robinson, L. Brown, I. Sullivani, 1; Power Board, 2; Capstan. 3. Time, 52 3-5. Mile Cycle.—Roe, 1; Dutton, 2; Pennington, 3. Timo, 2.12. . 100 Yards Women.—Miss J. Crampton, 1; Miss M. Nicholas, 2; Miss B. Marston, 3. Time, 113-5. „ . „ _ . 220 Yards.—Sandle, 1: Tuilock, 2; Sutherland, 3. Time, 22 2-5. Three-mile Hutt Valley Championship.— Busby. 1; Talbot, 2; Turner, 3. Time. I®- 31 2-5. „ „ „ Three-mile Cycle Points Race. —T. Roe. 28pts„ 1; R. Dutton, 20pts„ 2; C. Biggs, Capstan, 15; Petone, 10.