ATHLETICS

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XX, Issue 70, 6 March 1930, Page 3

ATHLETICS

HASTINGS AMATEUR CLUB SUCCESSFUL MEETING. A very successful sports meeting was held yesterday evening at Nelson Park by the Hastings Amateur Athletic and Cycling Club. The weather conditions were perfect, and though there was not a large attendance, some keenly contorted races were witnessed. The results of the events are as follow: — Junior Ladies 75 yards.—Misses J. Rees 6vds) 1, E. Bates (5) 2, R. Tong (scr) 3. Time, 9Jsec. Men’s 100 Yards Handicap—First heat: N. Collinge (9yds) 1, L. Eddy (4|) 2, L. Hewitt (11) 3. Time, 10 1-asec. Second heat: Gillespie (74yds) 1, Verry (6|) 2, Wilson (11) 3. Time, 10 2-ssec. Final: Gillespie 1, L. Eddy 2, Collinge 3. Time, lOsec.

Ladies’ 100 Yards Handicap.— First* heat: Misses G. Symes (3}yds) 1, R. Tong (9) 2, Morton (4) 3. Time, 12sec. Second heat: Misses M.. Henry (Byds) 1, J, Rees (12) 2, B. Burfield (16) 3. Time, 11 4-ssec. Final: Misses J. Rees 1, B. Burfield 2, M. Henry 3. Time, 11 4-ssec. 880 Yards Relay Race.—High School B (Milne, Jones, Howard, Gilby), 50yds, 1; High School A (Hill, Apsey, Dyer, Patrick), 80yds, 2; Hastings (Eddy, McLaughlin, Verry, Johnson), scr, 3. Time, Imin 33 3-ssec. Two Miles Cycle Handicap.—L. Mahtieson (180yds) 1, F. Robson (100) 2, C. Robson (80) 3. Time, 4min 52 4*ssec. The final lap brought an exciting finish. F. Robson being well ahead of the rest 100 yards from the tape, but Mathieson forged ahead in a great spurt to win with a margin of about ten yards. 220 Yards Secondary Schools’ Handicap.—Griffin (3yds) 1, Apsey (scr) 2, Milne (5) 3. Time, 23 l-ssec. Ladies' Relay Race, 440 yards.— Misses Henry, Robertson, Burfield, long. Time, 59 4-ssec. The winning team become the holders of the Hayes Buttons. Medley Relay Race, one mile.— Eddy, Johnson, Verry, McLauchlin, 1. Time, 4mni 54 4-ssec.

Mile Cycle Handicap.—L. Mathieson (100yds) 1. Stevenson (80) 2, F. Moolison (200) 3. Time, 2min 17sec.

Secondary Schools’ High Jump.Patrick (scr) 1, Milne (scr) 2, Gilbv (3in) 3 Winner’s jump. 4ft lOin. LERMOND BEATEN. WANGANUI MAN OVERTAKES HIM. Wanganui, March 5. Keen interest was manifested in the races at the Wanganui-Taranaki Centre Amateur Athletic Association’s sports meeting to-night, when George Golding (Australia) and Leo Lermond (America) competed. Golding won his event, the 440 yards race, in beautiful style from M. Strange Lermond looked like winning the 1000 yards, but going round the back for the last time D. Evans, who was handy, made a sudden spurt to the leading position and maintained this to win. The time, 2min 18sec, is in the vicinity of a New Zealand record.