AMATEUR ATHLETICS

Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 87, 11 March 1935, Page 10

AMATEUR ATHLETICS

TWO FRESH RECORDS EVENTS AT WANGANUI. Per Press Association. WANGANUI, March 10. The New Zealand amateur athletic championships were completed on Cook's Gardens on Saturday in fine weather. There was a Large attendance of the public. Two New Zealand records were broken, W. G. Bainbridge, of Auckland, covering the 220 yards in 21 3-ssec. and clipping two-fifths of a second off the circular track record, and F. A.- Finlayson, of Auckland, taking 55 3-ssec. for the 440 yards hurdles, which was one fifth of a second better than the record established last year by A. T. Anderson, of Canterbury. The championship shield was Fon by Auckland with 40 points, Wellington being second with 29. Then came Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay 20, Canterbury 20, West Coast (North Island) 16 and Otago 9. Auckla-nd also won the Queensland Memorial Shield with 21 points, Canterbury being run-ners-up with 9. In the following list of results the abbreviations are: —Auckland A., Canterbury C., Otago 0., Wellington W., West Coast (North Island) W.C.N.1., Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay H.8.P.8.

120 ya.rds hurdles. —Final: P. Bowie (W.) 1; F. Sliarpley (H.8.P.8.) 2; H. Milner (O.) 3. Inches separated Bowie and Sharpley. Time, 15 4-ssec. 100 yards.—Final: J. McFarlane (C.) 1; W. S. Bainbridge (A.) 2; G. Quin (H.8.P.8.) 3. Won by a yard. Time, lOscc. 830 yards.—C. E. Evans (W.C.N.1.) 1: E. Feme (H.8.P.8.) 2; T. Allen (0.) 3. Time, lmin. 57 l-ssec. Evans gained on the last corner and held his own to the finish, winning by about four yards. Feme and Allen made strong efforts and half-way down the straight it looked as though Evans might be beaten. Putting the shot.—P. Munro <W•) 41ft. 9in., 1; E. G. Steere (W.C.N.1.) 41ft. liin., 2; A. D. Adlam (W.) 38ft. lllin., 3. . 220 yards hurdles. —Final : r • AFinlayson (A.) 1; N. E. Tvelhgan (C.) 2; J. Blakewav (W.) 3. Won by three yards. Time, 26sec. „ . , 220 yards—Final: W. S. Bainbridge (A.) 1; J. McFarlane (C.) 2; G. Quinn (H B P. 8.) 3. Bainbridge won bv about a yard, making a New Zealand record for a. circular track, his time being 2T 3 sse.c " 100 yards ladies.—First beat: Mistf G. Symes (H.8.P.8A 1, Miss K. dial linan (C.) 2, Miss B. Bowes (W.) 3. Time 11 3-osecs. Second heat: Miss F. Gudsell (C.) 1, Mrs B.Thomas (A.) 2, Miss A. Gibbs 3. Time 11 2 o sec. Final: Miss Gudsell 1, Miss Symes 2, Miss Callinan 3. Miss Gildsell sprinted up to a good finish winning by about a yard. Time, 11 Se iligh jump—T. J. Crowe (W.) sft. Hin 1, P. J. Hackett (A.) sft. 10m. 2 A. Cameron (C.) sft. oin. 3. . One mile walk.—T. Driscoll (H.8.P.8.) 1, B. Campbell (W.C.N.1.) 2. Coleman reached the finishing post six yards ahead of Driscoll but was disqualified by a majority of the Finlayson (A.) 1, A. T. Anderson (C.) 2 H. B. Ball (A.) 3. Time, 55 3-osec. Darby stumbled on landing over a hurdle half-way. This put him out of the running and Finlayson held an advantage over the last obstacle tc come on and win nicely by a couple of yards, making a fresh New Zealand record. c , ~ Throwing the hammer. —M. If. bpillane (C.) 151 ft. 7*in. 1, A. D. Adlam (W.) 114 ft. iOiin. 2, R. Johnson (H. 8.P. 8.) 101 ft. 3. „ _ . • 440 yards.—Final: W. B. Bainbridge (A.) 1, S. A. Black (W.C.N.1.) 2, T. R. Kerr (A.) 3. Time, 49 l-o Se After one break they got away well and Evans was overhauled by Iverr at the half-way, with Black commencing to move up and Bainbridge also handy. Black took the lead running to the turn, but Bainbridge was in front when they straightened up and, finishing resolutely, won by seven yards. Kerr finished better than Newburgh to get third place, six yards back. Evans was hopelessly out of it. Throwing the javelin— S. A Bay (W.C.N.1.) 187 ft lin. 1. K. D. Gillespie (A ) 178 ft. Olin. 2, C. P. Clegg (W.C.N.1.) 160 ft. lin 3 Three miles.—M. S. Cooper (A.) 1, A. W. Atton (A.) 2, C Weller (W.C. N. 1.) 3. Time, 14min. l-ssec. Before they entered the final stages Coopei had lapped Weyrnan and came on to win by over 70 yards from his teammate 'Atton, who nearly lapped Weyman. Weller was third, 200 yards behind, just holding off a late diallenge l>y Cook, whilo Bills ftnd rv£yman finished out of the course. Hop, sten and jump.—H. A. Brainsby (A.) 47ft. 7J,in. 1, A. Cameron (O.) 47ft. siin. 3, T. G. Morrison (C.) 45ft. 4Jin. 3. tt i t n Ladies’ relay race. —Hawke s BfrvPoverty Bav (Misses E. Symes, R. Tong, V. Morton and T. Choveaux) 1, Wellington 2, 'West Coast (North Island) 3. Time, oljsec. Championship relay.—Hawke s BayPoverty Bay (Quin 440, Bickerstaff 220, Callinan 220, Forne 880) 1. Canterbury (McCaskery 440. McFarlaiie 220. Barrell 220, McNaughton 880) 2, Wellington (Thompson 440. Robinson 220, Wellington 220. Ogg, 880) 3.