PATRIOTIC SPORTS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20492, 28 February 1941, Page 2

PATRIOTIC SPORTS

TWELVE GIRLS' TEAMS tw6 session display V • • "-CO? ' . Td-MORRbW'S FIXTURE If 4h*. interest taken in the training of teams for the event is any reliable indication, The . attendance at tomorrows patriotic sports at. the. -Childers.'ftaad.. Sererve should be entirely satisfactory .for the promoters of the function, the Gisborne Thirty-Thous-and .Club. -The; proceeds of the sports are 40 be presented to the East Coast Provincial; Patriotic' Council, and .this provides* a’ri added reason for expecting 'a substantial degree of public support'. Irf i all, ; there will be 12 teams competing in* the qpblrts, which will comprise a’tWo-sessfon "programme with the marching*' competition as the principal-feature. of the night session on tlie reserve., TJiie'teairis have been trained under the supervision of Territorials,. National Military Reservists, and, .’flome. 1 .Guardsmen, and have reaplied a highly creditable standard ■of drill. •;; •... The evolutions they will be called upon to perform are standardised, and their preparation'"has" involved long hours of drilling and inarching during recent weeks. .-- .The, spirit of. emulation Jias developed so. keenly that instructors; have-had .to. curb a tendency to overdo the training in some cases. Most of the teams have been doing a minimum, of two, hours' work each day for the. past fortnight. Procession, of Teams A procession of teams will be held prior to.: -session of the sports pro'gramnve, and tfye girls will take part.ip; al'speclal contest, en. route to the reserve. National Reservists will control the rqute, and the public is asked to co-operate in giving the teams the best possible chance to display their talents in the contest. ~ highlights bi'tbe afternoon session will include: the ./Ridging’, of. v the uniforms chosen, by . the respective teams, arid the public .will be given the opportunity of.sefeipi the teams at their best and sTnartest.;' ; An; interesting series of teafn and' individual competions also will be held. ■ A display of gymnasium work by a Y.M.C.A. class will be included in the afternoon sessipn.. „ The. evening programme ■ will bej.contributed to by a platoon di: the'lst Hawke’s Bay Regiment; which will give a display of rifle exercises. The^rpardiing.events Will be judged by Seargearit-’Majoi- L. R. Stichbury and Staff-Sergeant? R. D. Kelly and C. R.; Morris. The physical drill awards'for .the girls’ teams will be made; by.: Messrs. H. Le Bas and E. Wilßariiisbh. Other officials will include, MrBA W, A. .Bowie and Miss B. Dqbsoft,.judges of uniforms; Mr. A. J. Cox. jianittepdr; and Mr.. J. T. McLdiighlih,;. rriafshal.. The W.E.C.M.R. Band Will parade under Mr. J. Davis, deptiiy-cdnductbr. ..... .