SPORTS AT TRENTHAM

Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 110, 12 May 1919, Page 10

SPORTS AT TRENTHAM

A sports gathering was held at Trentham on Wednesday afternoon for Territorials and Senior Cadets undergoing training. • Tho usual claas boxing tournament was held on Thursday evening, and at tho conclusion of the evening's 6port the prizes for both tho athletic events and the boxing were presented by Major Talbot. Good entries wero received for both days, and all events were well contested. Captain Crawford, N.Z.M.C., rofereed the boxing.. The results a-re as follow:— ...

100 yds Flat—Sgt.' Butcher 1, Cpl. Muir 2. 60yds Sack Eaco—Sgt. Lowe l; Cpl. Muir 2. Relay Race—Physical Training No. 1 (Butcher, Shorer, Lowe/ Greig). Hop, Step, and Jump—L.-Cpl. R. W. Smith 1, Sgt. Neville 2. Pillow Fight—. C.S.M. Greig 1, Sgt. Novillo 2... Threelegged Race—Lowe and Edwards I,' King and Richards 2. High Jump—L.Cpl. R. W. Smith 1, Cpl. Cook 2. Wheelbarrow Race —Muir and Sh'eror 1, Smith and Jefcoat 2. Ha.lf-mile Flat .Race—Cpl. Cahte 1, Cpl. Smith 2. 120 yds Open—Cpl. Muir 1, Cpl. Anderson 2. Blindfold Race (hospital patients), 30 yds—Pte. Watson 1, Pte. Bingham 2. Tug-of-War—Physical Training Class No. 2, 1. Boxing—Middle-weight: winner, C.S.M. Greig, Auckland, list 71b; .P.T.; runnerup, Sgt. Ward. Welter Weight: winner, Sgt. Edwards, Wellington, lOst lib, P.T.; runner-up, Sgt. Lowe. Light-weight: winner, L.-Cpl. R. W. Smith, Otago, 9st lib, P.T.; runner-UQ, Sgt. Neville. Bantamweight: winner, Sgt/ Rogers,' Auckland, Bst 111b, Inf.; runner-up, Cnl. Corner. Fly-weight: winner, Cpl. Smith, Otago, 7st 81b, Musk.; runner-up, Cpl. Vince. Paper-weight: winnor, Cpl. Harvey, Canterbury, sst 9£lb, Inf.; runner-up, L.-Cpl. Stuart. Champion Athlete on the Course —L.-Cpl. R. W. Smith, Otago, Physical Training Course. Best Loser of a Boxing Conest—Sgt. Ward, Musk..