SCHOOL SPORTS

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVIII, Issue 97, 5 April 1928, Page 3

SCHOOL SPORTS

HASTINGS HIGH’S MEETING

GREEN HOUSE ANNEXES BANNER. FINAL RESULTS. The seventh annual athletic sports meeting of the Hastings High School was continued yesterday afternoon. Fortunately, the rain held off, but a strong breeze made the running difficult. The track was in excellent condition, and the school has every reason to be proud of its ideal snorting arena. It was a very lengthy programme that faced the school staff, but they made light work of the problem, and from start to finish everything went according to schedule. There was not one delay, and the exciting nature of the finishes gave the numerous parents and friends a most enjoyable afternoon’s sport. Main interest centred around the contest for the banner. This us competed for by the four houses of the school. Excitement ran high amongst the pupils, for it was not until the second to last ra<* of the day that the winner could be ascertained. so keen was the competition. The points gained bv the various houses are given below: — Boys. Girls, Total. Green 95 67 162 I’urpie 75 68 143 Gold 59 70 129 wlue 23 47 70 Un the basis of 5-3-1, the senior championship was won by Apsey, with 15 points (.one nrst, t u ee seconds, and one tim'd). Hagenson was runner-up witii 13 points (two firsts and three thirds). Next on the list weie Collinge 10 points. Beamish d, Patrick 5, and Duke 3. The .junior championship was annexed by 1. Hill with 30 points (six firsts,), Jones with 9 points (three seconds) being runner-up. Others who scored points were Dawson and J. W. Shrimpton 5 points each, C. Taylor 4, and Bower one.

Additional results’to those published in the “Tribune” are given below ;— BOYS’ EVENTS Senior High Jump.—Collinge (Purple) 1. Patrick (Green) 2, Duke (Gold) 3; height 4ft lOJin, 100 Yards Junior Championship.— 1. Hill (Purple) 1, Dawson (Green) 2, J. N. Simpson (Green) 3. Time, 12 2-ssec.

100 Yards Senior Championship.— Collinge (Purple) 1, Apsey (Green) 2, Hagenson (Blue) 3. Time, 11 4-5 sec. 100 Yards Junior Handicap. -Heffernan (Green) 1, Boag (Green) 2, Fear (Purple) 3. Time, 13 2-ssec. JOO Yards Senior Handicap.—Dyer (Green) 1, Beatson (Gold) 2, Raymond (Green) 3. Time. 12 2-ssec. Sack Race.—C. Muir (Green) 1, McKay (Purple) 2. O’Neill (Green)

200 Yards Junior Handicap.—Boag (Green) 1, Beatson (Blue) 2, Palmer (Gold) 3. Time, 29 3-ssec.

220 Yards Senior Handicap. — Gumbley (Purple) and Dyer (Green), equal, 1, Cooper (Purple! 3. Time. 27 2-ssec.

220 Yards Junior Championship.— I Hill (Purple) 1, J. W. Simpson (Green) 2. Dawson (Green) 3. Time. 27 ,"-sspc.

220 Senior Championship.—Hagenson (Blue) 1. Patrick (Green) 2, Apsey (Grten) 3. Time, 26secs. 120 Y’ards Junior Hurdles Handicap.—Brady (Gold) 1. Sharpley (Blue) 2. Fear (Purple) 3. Time. 24 4-ssecs. 120 Yards Senioi Hurdles Handicap.—Lorry (Purple) 1. M. Milne (Purple) 2, J. Sharpley (Green) 3. Time. 21 4-ssecs. 120 Yards Junior Hurdles Championship.—l. Hill (Purple) 1, C. Taylor (Gold) 2. J. W. Simpson (Green) 3. Time, 20 2-ssecs 120 Yards Senior Hurdles Championship—Collinge (Purple) 1, Duke (Gold) 2, Patrick (Green) 3. Time, 19isecs. 440 Yards Junior Handicap.—Beatson (Blue) 1, Meads (Purple) 2, Stanley (Blue) 3. Time, 73 l-ssecs. 440 Yards Senior Handicap.—Ravmond (Green) 1, Dyer (Green) 2. Gumbley (Green) 3. Time. 64 4-5 secs. 440 Yards Junior Championship.— 1. Hill (Purple) 1, Jones (Blue) 2, Dawson (Green) 3. Time, 66 4-ssecs. 440 Yards Senior Championship.— Hagenson (Blue) 1, Apsey (Green) 2, Patrick (Green) 3. Time, eijsecs. 880 Y’ards School Handicap.—Raymond (Green) and Sharpley (Green), equal, 1. Ashcroft (Purple) 3. Time, Tmin. 37 3-ssecs.

880 Yards Junior Championship.— L Hill (Purple) 1, Jones (Blue) 2, Bower (Blue) 3. Time, 2min. 43secs. 880 Yards Senior Championship.— J. Beamish (Green) 1. Apsey (Green) 2, Hagenson (Blue) 3. Time, 2min. 26 2-ssecs.

Tug-o’-war —Gold 1, Green 2, Purple 3. Relay Race.—Green 1, Gold 2, Purple 3. GIRLS’ EVENTS. Tunnel Ball and Goal Throwing House event: Purple 5, Gold 5, Green 4. Blue 4. Blindfold Race—Blue 1, Purple 2, Gold 3. 100 Yards Junior Handicap—G Symes (Purple) 1, H. Fendal] (Blue) 2. IV. Shaw (Blue) 3. Time, 12 4-5 secs. 100 Y’ards Senior Handicap—M Nelson (Blue) 1, N. Retter (Blue) 2 H. Whyte (Green) 3 Time, 13 3-5 secs. 100 Yards Junior Championship— W. Nelson (Blue) 1, E. Morton (Gold) 2. G Symes (Purple) 3 No time taken. 100 Yards Senior Championship y- & rv l* (Gteen) 1, D Anderson (Gold) 2, E. Carpenter (Purple) 3'. No time taken. Hopping Race—G. Giles (Gold) 1, R. Jarvis (Green) 2. E. Carpenter (Purple) 3. Ball Passing—House teams: Blue I. Green 2. Gold 3. Egg and Spoon Race—R. Jarvis (Green) and B. Lindsay (Green), equal 1, D. Coates (Purple) 3. Book on Head—M. Cassin (Blue) I.M Mayo (Purple) 2, E. Morton (Gold) 3. Bicycle Steering—G. Symes (Purple) 1. B. Ebbett (Purple) 2, H. Fendall (Blue) 3. Sack Race.- J. Macaulay (Purple) 1. M Irwin Gold) 2, G. Symes (Purple) 3. Overhead Ball Passing.—Purple 1, Blue 2. Green 3 Three-legga.l Race.—H. Whyte and R. Jarvis (Green) 1. G. Svnies and E. Carpenter (Purple) 2. W. Nelson and M. S"BW (Blue) j.