AMATEUR SPORTS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23620, 2 April 1940, Page 12

AMATEUR SPORTS

PENTATHLON MEETING LYNNDALE CLUB'S EVENTS JUNIOR DISCUS RECORD Several fine performances were registered at the 'Lynndale Amateur Athletic Club's annual pentathlon meeting on Saturday. In the junior discus event, M. Hughes created a new club record, his distance being 77ft. lin. Tho senior pentathlon was won by E. Olson, with 2742 points, and the junior bv M. Hughes, 2898 points. As a mark of respect to the memory of the late Rt. Hon. M. ,J. Savage, competitors observed two minutes silence at 3 p.m. Following were the results:— Senior 220 Yds. —H. Emus. 1; A. W. Clark and E. Olson, dead-heat, 2. Time. '23 3-ss. Senior Discus. —B. Howells, 70ft Sin, 1; E. Olson. OSft 2in. '2; J. Howells, 62ft lin, 3. W. S. Hook way threw 120 ft in an exhibition. Senior Long Jump.—H. Emus, 17ft lOin, It A. W. Clark. 17ft 3in, 2; V. Heron. 1 (ift llin. 3. Senior Javelin. —B. Howells, 116 ft. 1; E. Olson, OSft, 2. Senior One Mile.—A. Browne, 5m ss, 1; J. Howells, om 10s, 2. Junior 220Yds.—R. McGeehan, 1; B. Carrick. 2; M. Hughes, 3. Junior Discus.—M. Hughes, 77ft li n^J n club junior record). 1; It. McGeehan. 5/ft sin, 2; B. Carrick. 47ft sin, 3. Junior Long Jump.—R. McGeehan, 10ft lin, 1; M. Hughes. 14ft Sin, 2: B. Carrick, 13ft 7in. J». n Junior One Mile. —R. McGeehan, li_ B. Carrick. '2; M. Hughes, 3. Time. ">m 7s. Pentathlon Points.—Senior: E. Olson. 27.12; B. Howells. 2008: J. Howells. 2-10S; H. Emus, 228-5; A. Clark, 2212; A. B. Browne. 2012. Junior: M. Hughes, 2S!)S; R. McGeehan. 2100; B. Carrick, 1640. Ladies' IOOYds. —Miss L. Richardson. 1; Miss E. Blackie, 2; Miss D. Hall, 3. Ladies' 75Yds. —Miss D. Hall, 3yds. It Miss S. Richardson, scr, 2; Miss E. Blackie. 2yds, 3. Time, y 1-os. . Girls' IOOYds. —S. Cox. 1; B. Le Grice jind M. George, dead-heat, 2. Time, 13s. Boys' SOOYds. —N. Mathieson, 23yds. Is R. Dunn, ISyds, 2; M. Dunn. 12yds. 3. Boys' IOOYds. —D. Bennett, 1; M. Dunn. 2; R. Dunn, 3. Time. 12s. SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS MOUNT ALBERT GRAMMAR The Mount Albert Grammar School's annual athletic sports were commenced at the school ground yesterday, when the preliminary events and several finals were decided. A feature of the events was the fine performance of D. H. Carow in the senior broad jump, his distance being 21ft sin, bettering the previous record established in 1026 by llin. The championship events decided yesterday were as follows: — One Mile Senior. —X. A. McMillan, 1; v. :N. Christie, 2; K. H. Hemus. 3. Time, 4m •59 1-oS. „ „ , .. Senior Broad Jump.—D. H. Carew, 1; N. T. Potter, 2; A. C. Thorn. 3. Distance. 21ft 5in —a record. 440 Yds, Under 16.—A. C. Hanlen. 1; M. W. Logan, 2; P. V. Walbran, 3. Time. The finals will be held this afternoon, commencing at 2 p.m.

HAMILTON TECHNICAL EVENTS [>HOM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT] HAMILTON, Monday Tho annual sports of the Hamilton Technical High School were concluded at Hinemoa Park to-day, large fields taking part in all events. The track was firm and as a result fast times were registered and ni a number o( cases records were broken. Ihe winner of. the boys' senior championshipi G. Rose. was successful in lowering the senior 100 vards record by one-fifth of a second, hk Time being 10 2-ss. In breaking the record of Bft for the intermediate hisli jump. T. Parkhouse. who jumped oft 2in, established a record higher than that of the senior figure. W- Hood cleared sft l%lti to beat the record for the senior high jump by /„inIn the 140 yards open. N. Sutton created a record by running the distance ui *7° s - In the junior girls' section, J. Hart, he winner of the junior championship, had the distinction of breaking three records—the hop, step and. jump, the long jump, and the 100 yards, her time for the last event bcinfC 12s Records in several other events were also lowered. Following were results of the championships:— Boys' Championships.-—Senior: G. Rose, -l points, 1; R Judge, 13% 2;A. Matthews. 12, 3. Intermediate: D. Tiffin, 20. 1, JGummack. 17, 2; F. Buckingham, 13, 3. Junior: T. Allen. 23. 1; V. Fol ett, 10, 2, D. Churches and L. Scott, 8, equal, 3 House: Arawa, 1-: IS, 1; Tainui, 00, 2; Tokomaru. 87. 3; Aotea, 09, 4. . Girls' Championships.—Senior: Jojce O'Loughlin. 25, 1; Betty Small 11, Barbara Till, 7, 3. Junior: ov'<T 1; Ann Kepplo, 0, '2; Betty Elliott. 3. | ~ TAURANGA HIGH SCHOOL \ [by telegraph —own correspondent] TAURANGA, Monday Keen racing and interesting field events were witnessed at the Tauranga District High School's sports, which were held, on the domain. The club points were as follows: — Ponies, 81%; Albions, 88%; Pirates, 89; Ponekes, 131. . , . . The individual championship points were:— Senior boys: J. Thomas (Ponekes) 29; K. Morris (Piral.es), U; T. Bongard (Pirates), 11. Senior girls: B. Graham (Pirates), 13; E. Robin.-on (Ponekes), 12; G. Gumbley (Albions), 5. Junior boys: W. Owen (Ponekes), 22; J. Graham (Pirates), 10; L. Pattie (Ponekes), 0. Junior fjirls: B. Faulkner (Ponekes), 15; L. Mackie (Ponekes), 8; h.. O'Brien (Albions), 7%.