WELCOME WEEK

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 21, 25 January 1924, Page 10

WELCOME WEEK

ATHLETICS BY NIGHT

MEETING AT NEWTOWN PARK

UNIVERSITY RETAIN HEENAN ••■' , BATON.

In spite of an attractive programme, the attendance at Newtown Park was disappointing last evening, when a sports meeting, at which several champion athletes were present, was held. Owing to the slippery nature of the ground after the recent rain, the cycling events were postponed till to-raorrow. for the Heenan Baton relay race teams were:—University: D. Priestly C W Davis, F. S. Hill, and L. Tracy; Selwyn= R- A. Rose, M. Rose, E. Brown, and H. Sergeant. Rose led Priestly by about three yards over the first lap. I racy; University's last man, sprinted .well home, giving hist club the. baton by a win of 70 yards. The time taken for the entire distance, two miles (one lap of a half-mile, one of a quartermile, and two of 220 yards) wa s '3min 50sec. . . Results of the other races are100 Yards Ladies1 Race.—E. Porter (siyds), 1; M. Hayvice (2yds), 2: S. Swinburne (scr), 3. Time,. 13 l-ssec. 100 Yards Handicap.—First heat: A. Stevenson (9yds), 1; A.' Grigg (10yds), 2; L Crane (Byds),'-3. Time, llsec. Second heat: B. ; Barker (12yds),M; G Fisher (syds), 2; C. Leer (10yds), 3. Time, 10 4-ssec. Final: A. Stevenson 1 A. Grigg 2, B. Barker 3. Time, 10 4-Ssec. /One- Mile Handicap.—L. Payne (issyds), 1; E. Whitehouse (160 yds), 2; C Bowler (85yds), 3. Time, 4min 32sec. -Three clubs entered for the mixed relay race, as follows.:—Selwyn: Misses S Swinburne and J. Mac Donald, and A^lf ?•• A^- Grigg and H- Seargeant ; Athletic: Misses M. Hayvice and M. Wilkms, and Messrs. A. Stevenson acd A. Ev? n «J vVell"Jgton: Misses E. Posselt and E. Porter, and Messrs. C. Leer and L. Crane. At the end of the first lap Selwyn was leading, and although Athletic improved their position they'could not catch Selwyn, who finished first, Athletic second, and Wellington thir3 Time, lmin 21sec. One Mile Walk.-W, R, Tonkin (85yds) 1; C. R. Lovatt (100 yds), 2] M;lntosh (scr), 3. Time, 7mhf l-ssec Kepzie and M'lntosh, the scratch men, kept together for the first lap, but MKenzie retired before the second lap was completed. M'lntosh's time for the i.A istance' was 7min 3 7-10 sec. i n^2 rdsU Handicap.-C. W. Davis (10yds), 1; C. Campbell (10yds), 2; H Seargeant (19yds), 3. Time, 53 3-ssec'