ATHLETICS CLUB’S FINAL MEETING: EVENTS RUN IN DARK

Grey River Argus, 12 March 1947, Page 6

ATHLETICS CLUB’S FINAL MEETING: EVENTS RUN IN DARK

The final meeting of the Greymouth Amateur Athletic Club held last evening under ideal conditions. So large was the programme that the last throe events, the junior hop, step and jump, and the junior and senior 440yds. were decided in the dark. The runners were difficult to identify as they parsed along the back stretch of the track. Results: — SENIOR. 75 yds.: Ist. heat—T. Harker (6) 1, R. Nelson (34) 2, J. Perrin (7) 3. 2nd. heat—B. J. Guerin (6) 1, P. Conaghan (3) 2, R. McDougall C 6) 3. Final—Harker 1, Guerin 2, Nelson 3. Time 7 4-ssecs. High Jump: K. Perrin (3) 1, R. McDougall (8) 2, J. Perrin (5) 3. Height sft 54in. 660yds.: D. Stewart. 1, J. Fitzgerald 2, A. Roper 3. Time 3min 17sec. 440yds.: T. Harker 1, B. Guerin 2. Time 55 2-ssec.

JUNIOR.

75yds.: Ist. heat —A. Batey 7 (9) 1, J. Steel (5) 2, H. Hill (2) 3. Time 8 l-ssec. 2nd. heat—W. Kelly (5) 1, W. Williams (11) 2, L. McDougall (scr) 3. Time 8 l-ssec. Final— Batey 1, Kelly 2, Steel 3. Time 7 4-ssec.

660yds.: P. Guerin 1, G. Watson 2, B. Eder 3. Time 3min 20sec. 440yds.: L. McDougall 1, J. Steel 2, A. Batey 3. Time 54 l-ssec. Hop, step and jump: T. Gillaly 1, A. Blackie 2, II Hill 3. Distance 37ft lOin. WOMEN. 75yds.: P. Crooks (6) 1, B. Vial (7) 2, V. Nelson (4) 3. Time 9 l-ssec. Shot Putt: L. Acker (scr) 1, P. Crooks (31ft) 2, D. Hlil (2ft) 3. Distance 21ft sin. 80 metres hurdles: Ist. heat—P. Crooks 1, M. Molloy 7 2. 2nd. heat — L. Williams 1, M. Cleghorn 2. Final — L. Williams 1.