ATHLETICS.
meeting at Otaki on Saturday a team £E£r w 6Fa c?mPeted- insisting of Si: lia\4ro:s e fe successful, and scored in many event/ foliouamPw n-Ship eVents they «co^d as follows: Weir was second in the 220 land champion) won; Frank was Lt fn hop, step and jump, doing 40ft Bin and fourth in the pole vfultSg , Si' 6m., won by Harvey, New Zealami champion.. In handicap events Julian was first m the 100 yards, off 4 yards i the time being 101-Ssec.' The times w^iSh' C-Siderin f g ; that the trS was lough. The sports were favoured ru'cceSw. WMUWr and ™ere »Ito«*er The team was placed third in the competmon for the shield, Wairarapa ' being first and Manawatu second. This
was very good, considering that the team was not up to full strength. The team visited Palmerston North on Monday and competed in the Caledonian snorts there. Grant won the mile handicap, l>rown ran third in the 880 yards handicap off scratch, and Weir was placed third in the 440 yards handicap.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 18 April 1922, Page 8
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173ATHLETICS. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 18 April 1922, Page 8
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