H.B.-P.B. ATHLETES EXCEL AT N.Z. CHAMPIONSHIPS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22888, 7 March 1949, Page 7

H.8.-P.B. ATHLETES EXCEL AT N.Z. CHAMPIONSHIPS

(P.A.) NEW PLYMOUTH, March 7. Another seven records were broken on the last day of the New Zealand women and junior men’s track and field championships, which were watched by close on 8000 people in Pulcekura Park on Saturday.

The defeat of the Australian Olympic representative, Miss Shirley Strickland, by two New Zealand women in both sprint events

she competed In and the Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay centre’s easy win in the junior points competition

were of outstanding interest. An exciting race was the final of the 100 yards’ women's championship with the Otago sprinter Miss S. Hardman and Miss R. Dowman (Auckland) both beating Miss Strickland by a fairly comfortable margin. After two false starts Miss Strickland gained an early lead but Miss Hardman sprinted powerfully and passed her 20 yards from the tape closely followed by Miss Dowman. The time, 113-10 sec.. was well above Miss Strickland's best.

Even More Convincing Win

Miss Hardman and Miss Dowman beat Miss Strickland even more convincingly in the 75 yards event. Miss Hardman finished a good two yards in front of Miss Dowman, who beat Miss Strickland narrowly. The lime for the race was 8 3-10 sec., better than the previous New Zealand record but l-10sec. more than Miss Hardman's record breaking run on the first day. Miss Strickland made no mistake in the 80 metres hurdles. Taking the ; jumps with smooth precision, she steadily went ahead and created a new record of 11 7-10 sec. Miss J. Schoch < Wellington), placed second, took the title. Miss Strickland also won the 220 yards fiat race with room to spare. One of the most thrilling races of the day was the 440 yards. R. F. Johnson (Hawke's Bay-Poverty Bay) won narrowly from G. N. Cox (Canterbury )to take l-10sec. off the record. It was Cox, however, who provided the thrills. He came through the field in a last-minute challenge but missed by a very narrow margin. Towers Shield To H.8.-P.B.

Shield points were:— Towers Shield.—Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay 44, Canterbury 28, Wellington 27, Auckland 26, Waikato 21, Otago 14, West Coast North Island 3.

Lumley Sisters’ Memorial Shield.— Otago 28. Auckland 24, Hawke’s BayPoverty Bay 15, Canterbury 11, Wellington 8, Waikato 2, West Coast North Island 2. Results:— JUNIOR EVENTS Junior 100 Yards. —R. Meban (Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay), 3. Time, 10 3-10 sec. lington), 2; I. MacDonald (Hawke's Bay-Poverty Bay). Time, 10 3-lOscc. 220 Yards.—Jowett, 1; Meban, 2; B. Ringwood (Wellington), 3. Time, 25-10 sec. 440 Yards.—R. F. Johnson (Hawke's Bay-Poverty Bay), 1; G. N. Cox (Canterbury). 2; M. Hanna (Wellington), and R. F. Warren (Canterbury), equal, 3. Time, 50 9-10 sec. 880 Yards.—N. T. O. Wilson (Auckland), 1; R. V. Nicol (Canterbury), 2; B. Millington (Waikato), 3. Time, lmin. 55 4-10 sec.

Two Miles.—B. Derwin (Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay), 1; A. R. McKernan (Otago), 2; T. Mudge (Wellington), 3. Time, 9min. 44 6-10 sec.

120 Yards Hurdles.—E. A. Taylor (Waikato), 1; K. D. Loader (Canterbury), 2; L. Dunne (Otago), 3. Time, 15 l-10sec. 220 Yards Hurdles.—Meban, 1; L. McIlraith (Auckland), 2; Loader, 3. Time, 25 7-10 sec. High Jump.—M. Pope (Hawke's BayPoverty Bay), sft. Bin., 1: D. Milne (Otago), sft. 7in., and A. Blackie (Canterbury). sft. 7in., equal, 3. Hop, Step and Jump.—Johnson, 44ft. 9.}in., 1; A. D. Thomson (Otago), 44ft. 7£in„ 2; G. Martin (Wellington), 43ft., 3. Javelin Throw.—N. Grinter (Waikato), 181 ft. 3iin„ 1: Martin. 162 ft. 2}in., 2; R. Henderson (West Coast, North Island), 156 ft. 3in., 3. Hammer Throw.—Grinter, 148 ft. Jin., 1; D. Young (Canterbury), 144 ft. llin., 2; G. McCormick (Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay), 124 ft. 9in., 3. ....Shot Put.—G. Ormsby (Auckland), 43ft. l|in., 1; C. Torrey (Hawke’s BayPoverty Bay), 42ft. 2; B. Connell (Canterbury). 39ft. OJin., 3. ....Relay.—Wellington, 1: Hawke’s BayPoverty Bay. 2; Canterbury, 3. Time, lmin. 37 l-10sec. WOMEN’S EVENTS

75yds.—Miss S. Hardman (Otago), 1; Miss R. Dowman (Auckland), 2; Miss Strickland (Australia), 3. Time, 8 6-10 sec.

100 Yards.—Miss Hardman, 1; Miss Dowman, 2; Miss Strickland, 3. Time, 11 3-10 sec.

220 Yards. —Miss Strickland, 1; Miss L. Rowe (Auckland), 2; Miss Hart, 3. Time, 25 7-10 sec. Hurdles.—Miss Strickland, 1; Miss J. S. Schoch (Wellington), 2; Miss J. Shackleton (Canterbury), 3. Time, 11 7-10 sec. Javelin Throw.—Miss C. Rivett-Car-nac (Hawke’s Bay .Poverty Bay), 104 ft. lOJin., 1; Miss Y. Williams. (Otago), 101 ft. 2Jin., 2; Miss G. Taylor (Waikato), 100 ft., 3. Shot Put.—Miss Williams., 36ft. jlin., 1; Miss D. Birkes (Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay), 32ft. |in., 2; Miss R. Roberts (Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay), 31ft. 2iin.., 3. High Jump.—Miss Birks, sft., and Miss H. Burr (Wellington). sft., equal, 1; Miss N. Kruse (West Coast, North Island). 4ft. llin., 3. Relay.—Otago, 1: Auckland, 2; Canterbury, 3. Time, 49 5-10 sec.