COAST FIRE BRIGADES

Greymouth Evening Star, 2 November 1931, Page 10

COAST FIRE BRIGADES

DEMONSTRATION AT WESTPORT Heavy and incessant rain made conditions unpleasant for the West Coast Fire Brigades’ Demonstration held at Westport on Saturday, the sodden state of the Victoria Square militating against fast times. Teams representing Cobden, Greymouth, Kumara, Ross, Hokitika, Westport, Denniston, Reefton and Otira competed, and the performances registered despite the weather conditions, were proof of the steady and systematic training carried out by each brigade. The Grogan Shield, which, with other prizes was offered for the team gaining the highest aggregate points was won by Hokitika. All the competitors were the guests of the Westport Brigade at a social held in the Westport Brigade’s station on Saturday evening, and the prizes won at the demonstration were then presented. All the events except the Five Man Reel Competition were decided on the Saturday, on account of the weather conditions the Five Men Reel event taking place yesterday morning. Results in detail were: — ONE MAN EVENT— (Browning Memorial). Otira, 64Jsecs 4 Hokitika, 683 secs (including 2sec penalty) 2 Cobden, 74J secs 2 Westport, 74|secs •• Also competed: Reefton 91secs. Kumara 82secs, Ross 77isecs, Denniston 82secs.

TWO MEN COUPLING Hokitika “B", 39secs •• •• J Westport “A!’ 42secs • ■ • - Denniston, 44secs and Cobden “B” a dead heat 2 Also competed: Reefton 46 4-5, Otira 60, Ross 45, Kumara 49, Greymonth 45, Cobden “A” 46 2-5, Hokitika “A” 47 2-5, Westport “B” 47, Otira “B” 44 2-5. ■ THREE MEN DISABLED HOSE EVENT. Ross (Houlihan, Parker, Bridgeman) 56secs 1 Hokitika 58 2-ssecs (including 2 secs penalty) • • • • 2 Otira, 59 3-ssecs 2 Also competed: Hokitika “A” 68 2-5, Reefton “A” 64 2-5, Cobden “A” 70, Denniston “A” 61, Ross “A” 62 4-5, Greymouth “A” 63 2-5, Kumara “A” 64, Reefton “B” 65, Cobden “B” (disqualified), Otira “B” (no test), Denniston “B” (no test), Greymouth “B” (blowout), Westport “A” (disqualified), Westport “B” 60 4-5, Kumara “B” (no test). FIVE MEN CARRY Westport, 33 4-ssecs • • • • 1 Hokitika, 34 4-ssecs • - • • 2 Cobden, 35 2-ssecs (including 2secs penalty) 2 Also competed: Ross 38, Kumara 37 2-5, Greymouth 38, Otira 35 4-5, Denniston 49 1-5 (including penalty of 12secs), Reef ton 47 4-5. RESCUE COMPETITION Kumara “B” 29secs ... ... J Westport “A” 29 4-ssecs * • • 2 Cobden “B” 30 4-ssecs .. •• 2 Kumara “A” 32secs 4 Also competed: Cobden “A” 35 3-5, Ross (disqualified), Otira 44 2-5, Denniston (no test), Greymouth (no test), Reefton 41, Westport “B” 37. FIVE MEN REEL EVENT Hokitika 65 2-ssecs 4 Kumara 65 4-5 secs • • • • 2 Westport (including Isec penalty) 3 Otira 66 2-ssecs 4 Also competed: Denniston 86 4-5, (including 12secs penalty), Greymouth 67 4-5, Ross 66 3-5, Cobden (disqualified), Reefton (no test).