Young Farmers’ Sports

Manawatu Times, Volume 65, Issue 60, 11 March 1940, Page 8

Young Farmers’ Sports

MEETING IN PALMERSTON NORTH There was a good attendance at the Sportsground on Saturday night for a sports meeting conducted by the Wellington provincial council of the Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs. Over 200 members of the organisation took part in various athletic and other events, and tho programme proved full of interest. There was no lack of entrants, the 100 yards championship alone attracting 50 starters, while in the tug-of-war there were over 20 teams.

The sports were capably controlled by officials of the movement, assisted by a number of outsiders. The trophies wero presented by Mr. J. Hodgens, M.P., while a dance on the grass provided a fitting finish to the gathering. Results were as follow:

100 yards championship.—First heat: B. Kennedy (Dannevirkc) 3, C. Eddie (Ballanc-) 2; time, 12sec. Second heat: J. Cairns (Woodville) 1. K. Balmer (Pohangina) 2; time, 32sec. Third heat: C. Golder (Woodville) 3, D. Bailey (Oroua Downs) 2; time, 13 2-3 sec. Fourth heat: A. Bush (Marton) 3, D. Tennant (Oroua * ->wns) 2; time, 11 see. Fifth heat: R. Wing (Marton) I,H. Marshall (Levin) 2; time, 31 1-5 sec. Sixth heat: K. Coles (Marton) 1, H. Sloan (Levin) 2; time, llscc. Seventh heat: A. B. Marshall (Marton) I, G. Garnett (Alton) 2; time, 31 2-5 sec. Eighth heat: W. Saggers (Alton) 3, G. H. Buchanan (Dannevirke) 2; time, 31 2-sscc. First semi-final- Bush 3, Golder 2, Kennedy 3; time, 31 l-ssec. Second semi-final: Coles 3, Sloan 2, Saggers 3; time, 10 4-ssee. Final: Sloan 1, Saggers 2, Bush 3; time, 30 4-3 sec.

SBO yards championship. —First heat: D. Bailey (Oroua Downs) 3, O. Miller (Woodville) 2, T. Schroder (Ballance) 3; time. 2min. 23 2-ssec. Second heat:

C. Eddie (Ballance) 3, Lodge (Kimbolton) 2, L. Morris (Waituna) 3; time. 2min. 19 3-ssce. Third heat: A. MacDonald (Pohangina) 3, B. Garlick (Alton) 2, D. McDonald (Dannevirke) 3; time, 2min. 32soe. Final: A. MacDonald 3, Lodge 2, Morris 3; time, 2min. 13 l-ssee.

440 yards championship.—First heat: •T. Howell (Pohangina) 3, B. Garlick (Alton) 2, A. Geo (Bunnythorpe) 3; time, 59 4-ssee. Second heat: Coles (Marton) 1, C. Mullins (Bulls) 2, G. Garnett (Alton) 3; time, 62sec. Final: Mullins 3, Coles 2, Howell 3; time,

220 yards. —First heat: H. Sloan (Levin) 3, C. Golder (Woodville) 2, K. Balmer (Pohangina) 3; time, 27 2-ssec. Second heat: W. Saggers (Alton) 3, A. Bush (Marton) 2, K. Reisman (Dannevirke) 3; time, 26 4-ssec. Third heat: J. Cocker (Rongotea) J, D. Kearney (Apiti) 2, I. Neill (Pohangina) 3; time, 25sec. Final: Sloan 1, Cocker 2, Saggers 3; time, 25 l-ssec. Mile walk: H. Hearsey (Oroua Downs) 3, R. Blackburn (Levin) 2, H. Kempton (Marton) 3; time, Bmin. 51 Long jump: C. Golder (Woodville) 19ft. sin. 1, C. Eddie (Ballance) 2, B. Garlick (Alton) 3.

High jump: V. Nix (Kairauga) sft. 2m. J, B. Kennedy (Dannevirke) 2, A. Marshall (Marton) 3.

Putting the shot: J. Harvey (Dannevirke) 2< ft. 9in. 1, W. Brown (Kirnbolton) 2, T. P. Blyth (Dannevirke) 3. Inter-club relay (two by -200 yards): Marton A 1, Oroua Downs 2, Alton 3; time, 52 2-ssec. Ten teams competed. Inter-district relay (four by 110 yards): Wanganui 1, Manawatu 2, Taranaki 3.

Tossing the sheaf; W. Dalgety (Oroua Downs) 21ft. 1, L. Thurston (Colyton) i f M. Boswell (Rongotea) 3. Tug-of-war.—First round: Apiti A beat Kairanga, Whakarongo beat Bunnythorpe B, Dannevirke beat Haicombe, Bunnythorpe A beat Levin, Oroua Downs beat Norse wood. Second round: Pohangina beat Waituna A, Apiti A beat Colyton, Dannevirke beat Whakarongo, Apiti B beat Oroua Downs, Bunnythorpe A beat Rongotea A, Rangiwahia beat Rongotea B, Opiki beat Waituna B. Third round: Apiti A beat Dannevirke, Bunnythorpe A beat Apiti B, Rangiwahia beat Opiki, Pohangina won by default. Semi-finals: Apiti A beat Pohangina, Rangiwahia beat Bunnythorpe. Final; Apiti A beat Rangiwahia.