AMATEUR ATHLETICS

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 65, 18 March 1933, Page 15

AMATEUR ATHLETICS

CIVIL SERVICE TOURNEY

The Civil Service inter-departmental sports tourney for the Ward Memorial Challenge Trophy concluded yesterday afternoon when an excellent athletic programme was held on the Basin Reserve. There was a large crowd present, and the weather was fine. The events were run off in a mos(; expeditious manner.

The trophy, which was presented for inter-departmental competition in swim-. ruing, tennis, and atbjetics, was won for the fifth time by the Post and Telegraph Department which fielded a particularly strong team. The trorihy was competed for in 1911. 1912, 1913, and 1921. and this ye nr marks a revival of the tournament. Well over three hundred individuals competed in the 41 events, some of which required as many as twelve heats to be run off before the final was leached. borne of Wellington's best-known athletes competed including P. Munro, M. D. H-, C°oke> L- C. Veitch, and J. Fleming, and there were many fine performances " ■P^t j rr co,mraencement of the sports, i-ost and Telegraph were leading with 24 ypmts from Government Insurance-Valua-tion Departments with 21 points, and they lost no time m making a bigger gap with the result thatthey,lnishef with a' total 37 points Kaihvav being second with Departments which competed are represented in the results as follows:—Agriculinent (Adt.), Census Office (Cens ) EduInSn^r^* W lo' Govem'S&t Life OffiZ m -(?^H Government Printing lS ( i «nd C-)' Na«°™l Provident «*-?«? Office (N.P. md t'pW i VerP epartment (Nat-). Post ?> , ~J-e l£graph Department fP and T 1 Public Trust Office (Trust) PoKce De partment (Pol ; ), Railway >' Depart (Win Shi C Wol' ks Department Stl'tp'v- rte Advances-Office (Adv.), 300 yds Open.—D. MuXicol, Byds, 1; A Sta£i££? n> 26yti3> 2: J- Barlow- 18 >ds'3: an ri hT° l M p-eS, Hl ndl™P--A- L. Stevens (P. T) P'o6o^',, I W- D' H- Cook (P. and ','' S T C, r' 25,?• Pedersen (P. and T.), 40yds, 3. Time, lomln 41 2-ssec. There were v> starters. Stevens took the lead with a mile I gone and held his handicap from Cook o *8 second mile, when Cook camo up and ~re th« e ,dlstan" separating them. Stevens lapped the field with half a mile to co Cook came away at tho bell, and In a brilliant finishing sprint finished 10 yards behind Stevens who ran a finely judged race. Half-mile Cycle.—J. Howe (L.D. and S) 20yds, .1; l. Devlin (P. and T.l, 50yds, 2L. B Roberts (Rly.), sc r, 3. Won by two lengths. Time, Imin 6sec. 75yds ladies' Handicap.—Final: Miss X '?xT e 9 'IK-'- P'^ 1: Miss S- Corbett (C.l!>; jycta, 2; Miss J. Sharp (L.D. and S.), scr, 3 Time, 9 4-ssec. Men's Race, 40 years and over (75 yards) — 'V Calcinai (P.w.D.), j ; j. Coo l k ft",,,'\;. C. Whyta (P. and <!.). 3. Time, 6 2-ssec. Three-legged Race.—Miss Parker and King (M and C), 1; Mrs. Sutherland and Sutiicr(PWD) 3 "' MISS Wa" and Glelm Cigarette Race.—Miss Bell and Christie (Government Lite), 1; Miss SHirrock and X Williams (Government Life), 2. Broad Jump.—L. W. Smith (Fire), 2ft Oin ll !t -"I1, 1: Wl Roberts <A(I(>. 2« Gin, 21ft 6in, 2; M. J. Cooper (Ed.), 2ft 91n, 20ft Sin 3. There were 37 competitors. Throwing the Discus.—P. Munro (Pol.) scr 127 ft 4in, 1; D. J. McHolm (P. and T.), 30ft 127 ft, 2; D. Munro (P. and T.), 35ft, 125 ft 61n, 3. ' Tug-of-war (5 men In team).—Railways "A," 1; Railways "B," 2. Tho javelin throw, for which there were,44 entrants, was abandoned owing to the javelin breaking. Men's Relay (4 laps of 110 yards) .—Lands and Survey Department (Kelly, Evlce, ArthuA. and Nestor), l; Post and Telegraph (Crook, Julian; Caulton, and Mclntyre), 2; Treasury (Phillips, Veitch, Magee, and Jones), 3. Time, 50 2-Dsec. One Mile Medley Relay.—Post and Telegraph A, 1; Post and Telegraph B, 2; National Provident Fund, 3. Time, 3min 55see. Mixed Relay (60 yards), teams of two men and two women.—Lands and Survey, 1; PrintIng, 2. Boys' Race.—P. Qulnn, 1; A. Earle, 2. The following are the points scored yesterday in the trophy competition:—Post and Telegraph, 84; Railway, 37; Audit, 25; Government Insurance-Valuation, 24; Marine and Customs, 24; Public Trust, 20; Treasury, 17; Census, Office, 20; Lands and Deeds, 14; Public Service Commissioner's Office, 13; Agriculture, 17; Lands and Survey, 11; Printing, 6; Police, 5; Education, 7; National Provident, 4; Lands and Contracts, 2; Public Works, 2; State Advances. 2; Pensions, 1.