SCHOOL SPORTS
IDEAL CONDITIONS PREVAIL. SUCCESSFUL DAY FOR TE KUITI. Under ideal conditions the King Country School Sports were held on the Te Kuiti Domain on Saturday. The tracks were in first-class hrder and many records were broken. The Committee in charge of the arrangements is to be congratulated on the efficient manner in which the sports were controlled.
At the conclusion of the meeting, the President of the Association, Mr. C. Hotson, in presenting the cups to the various schools, referred to the necessity for the keenness of every school in the Association if the sports were to be carried on as they had been in the past. Three out of the four cups were won by Te Kuiti School, the Senior Boys, Junior Boys, and Junior Girls, while Taumarunui were successful in winning the Senior Girls’ Cup. Mr. Hotson also presented the Teddy Shield to T. Teesdale captain of the Te Kuiti School Football Team.
Amongst the records broken were: 120 Senior Hurdles, 120 Junior Hurdles, 220 Senior, 440 Senior, 440 Junior, 1 Mile Junior, y 2 Mile Junior Walk, Junior Hop, Step and Jump, Junior Boys’ Jump, Junior Girls’ 75 Yards.
The schools competing were: Te Kuiti, Te Awamutu, Pio Pio and Taumarunui. The results were as follows: 120 Yards Hurdles (Senior). — First heat: Findlay (Oto) 1, Bevege (Pio Pio) 2. Second heat: Beable (T.K.) 1, Clark (Oto.) 2. 120 Yards Hurdles (junior).—First heat: Hetet (T.K.) 1, Miles (Te Aw.) 2. Second heat: Sheeran (T.K.) 1, Crolley 2.
Girls’ 75. Yards (senior). —First heat: S. Phillips (Oto.) 1, J. Fifield 2, 1. Voyce (T.K.) 3. Second heat: R. Lee (T.K.) 1, G. Larsen (P.P.) 2, P. Johnston (O.) 3. Girls 75 Yards (junior).—First heat: A. Hattaway (Te A.) 1, Mexted 2, E. Morgan (P.P.) 3. Second heat: J. Were (T.K.) 1, G. Ross (P.P.) 2, Baddeley (Te Aw.) 3. 100 Yards (senior). —First heat: Beable (T.K.) 1, Paul (Te Aw.) 2, F. Fairbrother (Oto.) 3. Second heat: R. Findlay (Oto.) 1, Ormsby (T.K.) 2, Westgate (Te Aw.) 3.
100 Yards (Junior). —First heat: B. O’Neill (P.P.) 1, Nabbs (Tau.) 2, Clark (Te Aw.) 3. Second heat: Sheeran (Te K.) 1, Miles (Te Aw.) 2, Haupapa (Tau.) 3. Girls’ 100 Yards (Senior). —First heat: Fifield 1, S. Phillips (Oto.) 2, G. Larsen (P.P.) 3. Second heat: I. Voyce (T.K.) 1, Sneddon 2, P. Johnston (Oto.) 3. Girls’ 100 Yards (Junior). —First heat: A. Hattaway (Te Aw.) 1, G. Ross (P.P.) 2, Mexted 3. Second heat: J. Were (T.K.) 1, E. Morgan (P.P.) 2, Baddeley (Te Aw.) and J. Hooper 3. 220 Yards (Senior). —First heat: Beable (T.K.) 1, Fairbrother (O.) 2, Farr (Te Aw.) 3. Second heat: Findlay (Oto.) 1, Ormsby (T.K.) 2, Westgate (Te Aw.) 3. 220 Yards (Junior). —First heat: Nabbs (Tau.) 1, Cochrane (Oto.) 2, Sheeran (T.K.) 3. Second heat: O’Neill (P.P.) 1, Clark (Te Aw.) 2, Bayley 3. One Mile (Senior). —McCormack (T.K.) 1, Kirton (Tau.) 2, Paul (Te Aw.) 3.
High Jump (Junior). —Harding 1, Hinton (Te A.) 2, Carruthers (T.K.) and Dodunski (Oto.) 3. Height 4ft. 7in.
Final Girls’ 75 Yards (Senior). — Fifield 1, I. Voyce (T.K.) 2, S. Phillips (Oto.) 3. Time, 9 2-5 secs. (Record.) Final Girls’ 75 Yards (Junior). — J. Were (T.K.) 1, Mexted 2, Hattaway (Te Aw.) 3. Time, 9 1-5 secs. (Record.) One Mile (Junior). Bratton (T.K.) 1, Cochrane (Oto.) 2, Carruthers (T.K.) 3. Time, 5 min. 7 4-5 secs. (Record.)
High Jump (Senior). Finlay (Oto.) and Beable (T.K.) 1, Smith (T.K.) 3. Height sft. 13in. Throwing Cricket Ball (Junior). — Hinton (Te Aw.) 1, Haselden (Te Aw.) 2, Hetet (T.K.) 3. Length, 185 ft. 4in.
Throwing Cricket Ball (Senior). — Westgiate (Te Aw.) 1, Finlay (Oto.) 2, Beable (T.K.) and Farr (Te Aw.) 3. Length, 230 ft. 2in. Final 100 Yards (Senior). —Finlay (Oto.) and Ormsby (T.K.) 1, Beable (T.K.) 3. Time, 10 3-5 secs.
(P.P.) 1, Nabbs 2, Miles (Te Aw.) 3. Time, 11 1-5 secs. (Record.) Final Girls’ 100 Yards (Senior) : Fifield 1, I. Voyce (Te K.) 2, S. Phillips (Oto.) 3. Time 12 secs. Final Girls’ 100 Yards (Junior): J. Were (Te K.) 1, Hattaway (Te Aw.) 2, Mexted 3. Time, 11 4-5 secs. Final 120 Yards Hurdles (Senior): Beable (Te K.) 1, Finlay (Oto.) 2, Bevege (P.P.) 3. Time, 14 4-5 secs. (Record). Final 120 Yards Hurdles (Junior): Sheeran (Te K.) 1, Hetet (Te K.) 2, Miles (Te Aw.) 3. Time, 12 secs. 880 Yards Walk (Senior): Sillick (Te K.) 1, Lofthouse 2, Morris (Oto.) 3. Time, 4 mins. 17 2-5 secs.
880 Yards Walk (Junior): Bratton (Te K.) 1, Carruthers (Te K.) 2, Crotty 3. Time, 3 mins. 31 1-5 secs. (Record). Final 220 Yards (Senior): Ormsby (Te K.) 1, Beable (Te K.) 2, Finlay (Oto.) 3. Time 24 secs. (Record). Final 220 Yards (Junior): Nabbs 1, O’Neill (P.P.) 2, Sheeran (Te K.) 3. Time, 26 1-5 secs.
Broad Jump (Senior): Finlay (Oto.) 1, Fairbrother (Oto.) 2, Beable (Te K.) 3. Length, 19ft. lin. (Record). 880 Yards (Junior): Hetet (Te K.) 1, Cunningham (Te Aw.) 2, Bratton (Te K.) 3. Time, 2 mins. 20 3-5 secs. Broad Jump (Junior): Harding (Te Aw.) 1, Dodunski (Oto.) 2, Hetet (Te K.) 3. Length, 16ft. 4ins. 880 Yards (Senior): McCormack (Te K.) 1, Paul (Te Awa.) 2, Ryder (Te K.) 3. Time, 2 mins. 12 2-5 secs. Overhead Ball (Senior.) —First heat: Pio Pio, Otorohanga. Second heat: Te Awamutu, Taumarunui. Final Overhead Ball (Senior): Otorohanga 1, Te Awamutu 2, Pio Pio 3. Time, 31 secs. Overhead Ball (Junior). —First heat: Te Kuiti 1, Te Awamutu 2. Second heat: Te Awamutu and Otorohanga 1, Te Kuiti 3. Final Overhead Ball (Junior): Otorohanga 1, Te Awamutu 2, Te Kuiti 3. Tunnel Ball (Senior). — First heat: Pio Pio, Te Kuiti. Second heat: Te Kuiti, Taumarunui. Final Tunnel Ball (Senior): Taumarunui 1, Pio Pio 2, Te Kuiti 3. Time, 32 2-5 secs.
Final Tunnel Ball (Junior): Pio Pio 1, Taumarunui 2, Te Kuiti 3. Time, 36 2-5. secs.
440 Yards (Senior): Ormsby (Te K.) 1, Beable (Te K.) 2, Finlay (Otorohanga) 3. Time, 55 2-5 secs. (Record.) 440 Yards (Junior): Hetet (Te K.) 1, Harvey 2, McDonnell (Oto.) 3. Time, 61 secs. (Record) Hop, Step and Jump (Senior): Finlay (Oto.) 1, Beable (Te K.) 2, Smith (Te K.) 3. Length, 41ft. iy 2 ins. Hop, Step and Jump (Junior): Hetet (Te K.) 1, McDonnell (Oto.) 2, Waymouth 3. Distance, 37ft. 2y>ins. (Record). Girls’ Relay Race (Senior): Otorohanga 1, Taumarunui 2, Pio Pio 3. Time, 39 2-5 secs.
Girls’ Relay Race (Junior): Te Kuiti 1, Te Awamutu 2, Otorohanga 3. Time, 40 1-5. secs.
Boys’ Relay (Senior): Te Kuiti 1, Te Awamutu 2, Taumarunui 3. Time, 4 mins.
Boys’ Relay Race (Junior): Te Awamutu 1, Te Kuiti 2, Otorohanga 3. Time,
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXXI, Issue 4566, 8 November 1937, Page 5
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