HARRIERS

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 126, 30 May 1931, Page 6

HARRIERS

The Hutt Valley Harrier and Amateur' .'Athletic Club intends conducting a relay event on 3rd June from.Petone Post Office •to Mnstertou Post Office, a. distance of '5S miles. The team will consist of twelve runners, eleven o£ whom will run five miles.each,-and one three miles. The team will assemble at Petone Post Office at 7.40 a.m. The Mayor of Petone, Mr. D. M'Kenzie, will be present to start the team 'at S a.m., and place a message from himself to the Mayor of Masterton (Mr. Jordan) in the baton which is to be carried throughout the journey. _ Upon arrival at the Masterton Post Office the baton will be handed by the captain of the team to' Mr. Jordan, who later will entertain the team to afternoon tea. The team selected is composed of seasoned runners, and includes the club's veteran, J. Goodall, who is 40 years of age." There-is no intention of trying to put up sensational time for the distance. An average time o£ 35 minutes per man has been set and the team is espocted to arrive in Mastextou at 3 p.m. ' The team is aa follows:—L. Carinicliael; C. King, T. Garrett, C. McCarthy, M. Patterson, E. Il'. Sanders', J. Goodall, E. Lewis, K. Kent, D. M'Grath, F. Kenwood, V. Smith (captain). . ,■; The changes-over will take place at the following places:—First, Cemetery road, Taita; 5 ■ miles r second, St. Patrick's Col-, lege, Silverstrearn,-10 miles; third, Crnickshanks road, Upper Hutt, 15 miles; fourth,' top .of Mangaroa Hill, 20 mijes; fifth, roadman's hut, at the foot of Kimutaka hill, 25 miles; sixth, tea rooms at; top', .of Rimutaka hill, 28 miles; seventh, concrete bridge, foot of hill, 33 miles; eighth, Tauherenikau Hptel, 38 miles; ninth,,. Greytown Post OfHci'. 43 miles; tenth, Royal Oak Hotel, Cai'terton, 4S miles; eleventh, concrete, bridge, half-way between Cartertou arid- Masterton, 53 miles; -twelfth, final run to. Masterton Post Office,