AMATEUR ATHLETICS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 28, 2 February 1907, Page 5

AMATEUR ATHLETICS.

The" attention of thoso who enjoy a rcully good afternoon's athletic spoTls 16 called to an aiihduncenient made in this issue by the Civil Service and Port Nicholson combined dubs' committee. All the I ©vent* for the gathering next Saturday have filled spkndidly in tho matter bf entries. The 120 yds handicap has d 0 competitors, the lOOydu maiden 33, 4W yds 30, 300vds combined clubs' race 30, 440 yds 15, 680 yds 16, thrce-qtutrter mile combined clubs' 15, one mile Indies' bracelet 20, 120 hurdles 13, one and a half miles steeplechase 6, putting the shot I^. high jump 12, http. fit0 ,P> nnd ivi vm ?tf% wrestling p, and two rililfea run 8. With sucli fine fields the meeting should prove ■a ftreat success. The committee of dubs Is sparing no expense in an endeavour to niake the gathonng tho best bf its kind held for some time. A little souvenir bookl.it of provincial champions, past and prcsitit, is to b 6 issued early next week. , . At a meeting of tho Wellnigton Centre of tho New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association last night (Mr. R. W. JfYflly 1 presiding), the Wanganui Club wrote stating that Mr. T. W. Leslie had been appointed its second delegate to the centre. Permiosion was given to the Catholic Young Men's Athletic Club to hold a sports meeting on the 27th inst., ttnd an All-day meeting on 16th March. The programme of tho Wellington A.A.O. and tho combined Port Nieholacjn and Civil Service clubd meetings were approved. The 1 six men (Meters Hettdei6qn> Fisher, Bradbury, Kerr, Halligan,and Thomaeeeni, wlio won • provincial championships on Ist January, wete selected to represent the centre ab tne championship meeting to bo held At Christcliurch on. the Zlst and 23rd inst. A committee wa* nlsfo set Up to s:lect bix more representatives. Mr. W. H. Pollock wtus appointed manager.