ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING

Greymouth Evening Star, 8 March 1924, Page 2

ATHLETICS

CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING

So far sis weather conditions were conCrirhed,- the .luck of thO We#t Coast Centre' df thO.NeW Zealand Athletic arid Cycling PriiOil tight Oflt today, wheri the 13tfi- Champiofiship Meeting opened at Victoria Pfli'to' The rain of thd jiast few days had had effect, and the Cycling and running tracks were in . a vet’y heavy state.-This-cannot fail to affect trib times recorded, arid must make all trio difference to the winning chances Of many ,of the competitors. ■ “We must carfy on,” said Mr. G. E. Perkins,. (Secretary, of; the Greymouth Athletic and Cycling Club), when asked- this morning whether the rain had necessitated any alteration in the arrangements for the New Zealand Championship Meeting, set down, for to-day and Monday at Vic--, toria Park. “A postponement would : be impracticable,” added Mr. Perkins, “as we could not expect the visiting athletes to wait. It may be found necessary to re-arrange the programme, and hold over the bicycle races as long as possible, to give the track a chance of improving.” The meeting will be concluded on Monday, when the . programme will include most of the championship events.