ATHLETICS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 28 April 1922, Page 5

ATHLETICS.

I KAPONGA SPORTS. I — • The Kaponga Athletic Sports Club's annual was Held at Victoria J'arK^Haponga, yesterday, in glorious Weather. " i?'or a shorts 'meeting the attendance must have been well nigh a recoi-u, as even passers-by could nave noticed by the number of motor cars tnat were parsed all along tne street outside the gropnds. Perhaps the most outstanding portion or the day's proyuiiuitte was tne seven-aside football tournament, which was a great attraction ana whien provided some exceptionally good football. The running events, too, were exceptionally good, ;uiu *t.e> presence of some Jiawera competitors considerably helped matters. jL'h© entries in all tne events were large, and the result was a distinctly success- ' i'ul meeting. 'Tee marquee in which refresnments were being served" was under the management of Mrs Hevan. The Opunake .federal Band was present, and throughout tne day provided * much appreciated programme of music. Xh© mucn sjj.u^ht alter points prize was carrieu oif Dy Con Couiton, and the seven-aside Kugby shfelcl went to the' .Petone, team. Details were: .boys' "Kace, under 14.—Ji. Noonan 1, . J. iiansen '2, J. Npoiian'S. 100 Yards ivTsLiden.—U. Marsh 1," Jones 2, U. i)es gorges 3. Uoys r Kace, under iv.—A. Hansen 1, IS. Porteous 2, A. Castle S. \ id) iards Handicap.—First heaf-. CCouiton (12yds) 1, C. Ansford (11yds) 2, AL. O'i)wyer (6yds) 3. Second heat: '1". Chadwicfc (?yds) 1, R. Hodgson (11yds) )i. ii Wilson * Final: C. Loulton 1, 5?. O'Dwyer_2, B. Wilson 3. fcscliodl ±ioys' Cnampionship, 100 yards.—^J. Noonan 1, A. Briscoe 2, C. / I Jtiarding 3. : i Doubte-nanded Sawing, loin.—Milne and Young (7sec) ,1, liemnant Bros. (ssec) 2 3 liichtsead and Volzke (2sec) 3. 220 Yards Handicap.^ —C. Ansford (24yds) 1. T. Chadwick (19yds) 2, B. Wilson (16yds) 3. Time, 22 4-ssec. / 220 Yards School Boys' Champion- <> ship.—^J. Noonan 1, A. Briscoe 2, R. Noonan 3. Time, 29 2-osec. Motor Tyre Race, boys under 12.— K. Behl 1. G. Davies 2, R. Noonan 3. 440 Yards Handicap.—A. J. Skjel-

lerup (35yds) and C. Coulton (35yds) 1, D. N. Anderson (32yds) 3. Time, 49sec.

440 Yards School Boys' Championship.—A. Briscoe 1, J. Noonan 2,< P. Harding 3. Time, 60 2-osee. 440 lards, boys under 17. —C. Hansen 1, S. Porteous 2, A. Castle 3. Tim©, 62sec. 880 Yards Handicap.*—W. MqCaul (75yds) 1, H. George (70yds; 2,' R. Langlands (50yds) 3; , ■ Ladies' Race. —Miss Swinburne 1, Miss-Syme 2, Miss Smith 3. Footballers' Relay Race, 440 yards.— Kaponga 1. Hawera 2, Kaponga Hockey 3.

One Mile Handicap.—W. McCaul (130 yds) 1, H. Freikley (130 yd?) 2, R. Langlands (90ytts) 3. 12in. Chop.—W. Hackett (28sec) 1, N. L. Remnant (20sec) 2/ S. M r Coombe (losec) 3. , Putting the Shot.—. Warner, 32ft 4in. 1; M. O'Dwyer, 31ft. 2in. ? 2. Open Chop, loin.—A. W. ' Volzke (20sec) 1, E. V. Remnant (35sec) 2, W. A. White (20sec) 3. Football Tournament. •? -. '

The first round resulted as follows: Petone beat Stratford B. 13 to 5; Ka)onga beat Wa:-mate, 14 "to nil; Havera beat Okaiawa, 14 to nil; New Plynouth JJigh School beat Kaponga C, € to nil; Kaponga Hockey beat Stratf ordr i, 8 to 3. "Kaponga. B a bye. In the second round Petone beat Kaponga B by 11 points to nil; Kaponga A. beat Hawera by 6 points to nil; New Plymouth High School beat Kaponga Hockey by 13 points to 3 The*semi-final proved, a fast, open game, in which the Petone players showed their*superiority. Petone scored three tries and were the winners by 9 points to nil. .The final lay between Petone and the New Plymouth High School. The boys put up" a splendid fight against theix* more experienced opponents, and on numerous occasions won the applause of the onlookers. Following on the kick-off the school attacked, but Nicholls Bros, became prominent and the ball came back to the school half of the field, where, after a passing bout, Thomas got the ball and scored. M. Nicholls' kick failed, and the spell ended:,Petone 3, School nil. When the play opened again School attacked, and Foden made an attempt to pot, but failed. The School worked hard, but Thomas intercepted a pass and broke away and scored. M. Nicholls' kick was successful. It was than that the School players did some exceptionally fine work, and the result of a passing bout saw Foden cross the line and score between the posts. Foden's kick was unsuccessful, the ball hitting the bar. Mr"W. A. Guy was referee.