MILSON

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 89, 14 March 1934, Page 2

MILSON

(From Our Own Correspondent.) MILSON, March 14. The annual picnic of the Milson School was held at the Esplanade. In the eany part of the day the weather looked anything but promising, but it eventually cleared and a most enjoyable outing was provided for the children. Mr M. R. McEwen and members of the School Committee bad charge of the arrangements for the day and put through a varied programme of athletic sports. The Herbert Smith Trust Cup for the boys was won by Gordon Johanson, and that for the girls by Phyllis Chalk. In the race for married ladies, a dead heat was declared between Mrs Grigg and Mrs Jacobs, and it was decided that the pair race tho distance again. Mrs Jacobs won tho run-off. Tho children, many of whom were accompanied by their parents, wore conveyed from Milson to the picnic ground by bus. The committee contributed free cordials, fruit, sweets, and ice-creams to tho children, and arrangements were made for hot water. The site of the picnic ground with its shelter and playing area proved ideal. Following aro results of the sports:—Boys under 7: Ron Blackwell 1, John Hoskins 2, Ken Cummings 3; girls, Beryl Jacobs 1, Lorraine Mudgway 2, Ngaire Rowan 3. Boys, under 8 years: Monty Richmond 1, Stuart Franklyn 2, Alfred Britton 3; girls, Valma Mudgway 1, Ivy Donaldson 2. Boys under 9: W. Cummings 1, R. McAvoy 2, lan Rowan 3; girls, E. Thomson 1, Shirley Sweeney 2, Kola Bulmer 3. Boys under 10: Jim Rankin 1, Laurie Chalk 2, Lucian Fahey 3; girls, Helen Hill 1, Chrissie Frankiyn 2, Marjorie Pepper 3. Boys under 11: I'irst heat, Shand 1, Barclay 2, Fahey 3; second heat, Blackwell 1, Robertson 2, McAvoy 3; final, Shand 1, Robertson 2, Blackwell 3. Girls under 11: S. Rowan 1, D. McKenzie 2, W. Pearso 3. Boys under 12: W. Ludvigsen 1, C. Ludvigsen 2, C. Robbie 3; girls, Fay McAvoy 1, Mavis Cummings 2, Martha Rankin 3. Girls under 13: Evelyn Hoskins 1, Mary Shand 2, Thurza Koehler 3; boys, Johanson 1, Ron Pearco 2, Sid Thompson 3. Boys over 13: McDonald 1, Johanson 2; girls, Molly Hill 1, Thurza Koehler 2. Boys’ championship events: 75 yards, Johanson 1, Pearce 2, Thompson 3. iOO yards, Johanson 1, Pearce 2, Thompson '3; 150 yards, Johanson 1, Pearco 2, Thompson 3.' Points for Herbert Smith Trust Cup: Johanson 9, Pearce 6, Thompson 3. Girls’ championship events: 50 yards, Phyllis* Chalk 1, Mary Shand 2, Evelyn Hoskins 3; 75 yards, Phyllis Cha'k 1, Evelyn Hoskins 2, Mary Shand 3; 100 yards, Mary Shand 1, Phyllis Chalk 2, Evelyn Hoskins 3. Points for Herbert Smith Trust Cup: Phyllis Chalk 8, Mary Shand 6, Evelyn Hoskins 4. Three-legged race: Junior boys, Cummings and Robbie 1, Leslio and Bulmer 2, Hutchison and Ludvigson 3; senior, Pearce and Johanson 1, Robertson and Robbie 2, McAvoy and ’Thompson 3. Girls: If. Hoskins and T. Koehler 1, M. Cummings and M. Hill 2, S. j:iowan and 11. Hill 3. Sack race: Girls, M. Hill 1, T. Koehler 2, M. Cummings 3; hoys, C. Robbie 1, J. Robbie 2, G. Barclay and Rowan 3 (dead heat). Skipping race: T. Koehler 1, M. Hill 2, F. McAvoy 3. Old Girls’ race: Doreen Hoskins 1, June McKenzie 2, Joan Leslie 3. Married ladies’ race: Mrs Jacobs 1, Mrs Grigg 2. Married men’s race: M. R. McEwen 1, \V. Hoskins 2, J. Donaldson 3.