ATHLETICS.
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL GAMES.
REMARKABLE OPENING SCENE.
FLAME LIGHTED BY TORCH FROM MELBOURNE.
(U.P.A. by Elec. Tel. Copyright)
(Received Jan. 26, 6.80 n.m.) ADELAIDE, Jan. -25
The opening ceremony at the Adelaide ! oval of, the 1936 national games was a remarkable arid moving scene. In a picturesque parade, live hundjred athletes marched post before the crowd of ten thousand. After the National Ahtliem two ' minutes’ -silence wa§ observed in memory of King George. The crowd stood rind cheered as twenty-two torch relay runners finished, their long trek from Melbourne, after covering 480 miles in fifty-two hours. The Games flame was then ignited by the torch from Melbourne. While the Olympic flag was being unfurled a hymn was sting and thousands of pigeons, emblematical of the dove of peace, were released. The results included tlie following: AVomeii’s lOOmetres championship. —Miss C. .KerinecV (New South AVales) 1, Miss Al. 'Turner (South Australia) 2, Mis? A 7. Carter (A 7ictoria) 3.«AVon by a foot. Time 13sec. Men’s 100 metres.—N. Dempsey (Queensland) 1, R. Aloffatt (Victoria) 2, AA 7 . Burfein (Queensland) 3, AA’on by two feet. Time 10 7-10 sec. C. Kennedy (New South AVales) 1, Miss D. Carter (Victoria) 2, Miss J. Edwards (South Australia) 5. limo 12 l-ssec. Miss Clarice Kennedy completed! a magnificent treble when she also won the javelin throw, with 114 ft. O^in. Men’s 400 metres.—H, Yate s (Victoria) 1, T. Irwin (Victoria) 2, B. Bonfield (Queensland) 3. Time 495-ec. 4500' metres,—G, Backhouse (A'im toria) 1, L. Brady (South Australia) 2, AV. AVightman (A’ictoria) 3. Time 3/39, an Australian record. 100 metres hurdles. =—G. Maslen (Victoria) 1, A. Gordon (Queensland) 2, C. Brooks (South Australia) 3. Time 164 sec. Other winners were:— High jump.— D. Shetlifie (New South AVales) 6ft. lin. Broad jump.—B. Graf (A ictona) 22ft 4fm, Shot putt.—F. Drew (Western Australia) 42ft lain. 500 metrics walk.—AV. Mars ten A 7 ictoria). Time 22min 54 3-10 sec. Duncan Gray (New South AVales), won the 1000 metres cycling championship.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 12769, 27 January 1936, Page 7
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