OPENING MEETING

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21589, 16 December 1944, Page 7

OPENING MEETING

AMATEUR ATHLETICS Many Gisborne, athletic enthusiasts took the opportunity of attending the opening meeting of the Gisborne Amateur A.thjetic and Harrier Club held on the Childers Road Reserve on Thursday nijdit. A programme of 1-1 running.. Jumping and Cycling events was run off, many of them being keenly contested. The meetings will be held weekly throughout the season and it is hoped Gisborne will be represented at the. women’s! and junior titles to he held ..in Napier in February. The New Zealand men’s titles; will be conducted in Wellington early in March. Result.’.:— 50><ls Handicap.—Roys: M. Merritt, 1 : IT. Cudd. 2; R. Lo Has. 3. Girls: E. Sharpies. 1; K. Goodwin, 2; B. Thomas, 3. Men’s: Attcrwell, l; I). Davis, 2; A. Hughes, 3. Time, Gsec. Women: Miss A. Shields, 1 ; Miss ,7. Torrie, 2. Time, f> 3-ssec. Long: Jump.—Men: D. Davis. I.3ft 11 in, 1: B. Whitten, 18ft fdn, 2: G. Hughes, 18ft 3in. 3. Wnmpn: Miss J. Torrie, 16ft, 7; Miss Shields, 15ft Bin. 2. Cycling, i Mile Handicap.—G. Bain, 1: K. Cox, 2; S. Parker, 3. Time, Imih 18 3-f>see. Men’s 440vds Handicap.—B. Whitten, 25 sec., 1; C. Johnson, 15sec, 2; Ti. Smith, 5 ioc., 3. Time, 2rnin ISsec, 100yds Handicap.*—Women: Miss J. Torrie, 1 ; Miss A. Shields, 2. Time, 12sec. Mon: Atterwell, 1; (Jr ah am, 2; Bain, 3. High Jump, Men.—B. Whitten, sft 1 in., 1; D. Davis and K. Graham, 4ft lfdn, equal, 2. Boys’ 220yds Cycle Handicap.—R. McDonald, 1; W. Fryer, 2F. Leßas, 3. Men’s One-mile Cycle Handicap.— K. Cox, 1; S. Parker, 2; V. Veen, 3. Time, 3min 2 l-ssec. Boys’ 440yds Fryer, 1; Gibson, 2 ; B. Smith, 3. Time, lmin 15sec.