SCHOOL ATHLETES

New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11686, 26 November 1923, Page 4

SCHOOL ATHLETES

SATURDAY’S SPORTS WELLINGTON COLLEGE BOYS ON THE RUNNING TRACK. FINE PERFORMANCE. Tho secondary schools athletic championships were decided at Athletic Park on Saturday in good weather, on a fair track, and before a moderate attendance of people. The meeting was conducted by the Wellington Secondary Schools’ Athletic Association, which was organised in 1922 for the purpose of promoting and controlling joint athletic meetings, or other sporting activities, open only to the boys’ secondary schools of Wellington. The following schools comprise the association :—Wellington Boys’ College, Scots College, St. Patrick’s College, Technical College, Wellesley College, Petono District High School, and Hutt District High School. IN THREE CLASSES. Tho first athletic championship meeting was held at the Basin Reserve, in November, 1922. and resulted as follows : Wellington College, 81 points; Scots College, 37J points; St. Patrick’s College, 23 points; Technical College, 17J points; Petono D.H.S.. 2 points; Hutt D.H.S., 1 , point; Wellesley College, 1 point. Wellington College was thus the holder of the athletic championship shield, which was presented to the association in 1922 by Dr. MeEvedy, and through Saturday’s success, retains it. For the purpose of inter-college competitions, contestants are divided into three classes—junior, intermediate, and senior. Junior are those under 144 years on October Ist; intermediate, those under I'll years on October Ist; senior, those under 20 yettrs on October Ist. It; is intended to extend the association’s activities to include control of inter-college competitions in other branches of sport when conditions will permit. The schools are indicated in the ’ list of results as follow: —Wellington Collego (WN), Scots College (S), St. Patrick’s College (St. P), Technical College (T), Wellesley College (WY). Petone District High School (P), Hutt District High School (H). OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION The officers of the association are:— President. Rev. Father Gilbert; vice-pre-sidents. Messrs T. R. Cresswell. J. H. Howell, H. Amos, W. Vines, J. Tamblyn, D. Bedingfield; chairman, Mr J. N. Millard; hon. secretary, Mr J. Y. Walls; referee. Mr A. T. Davies; marshal, Mr J N. Millard; judges, Messrs A. C. Kitto, M. Burness, W. Watts, A. Amos; field judges, Messrs T. S. Ronaldson, J. Sharpe, W. H. Jones; walking judge and starter, Mr T. W. Leslie; time-keepers, Messrs W. N. Tucker, J. O’Sullivan, A. C Gifford; Press steward, Mr T. S. Atkinson ; call stewards, Rev'. Father Kane, Messrs Thompson, Marks, MoLeod, Melody, Wilson. Heron; result boards, Messrs Caddiok, McWilliams, and Rev. Father Kingan. POINTS SCORES. Points were scored on Saturday as fol-

STANDARDS BEATEN. Some fine performances were registered. In the senior 100yds C. H. Jenkins (Wellington) was timed to do 10 2-ssec, thus heating the standard and the previous best (10 3-ssec). In the intermediate halfmile R. Anderson (St. Patrick’s) ran 2min 18 4-ssec, easily beating the standard (2min 18sec). He won the senior halfmile in 2min 9 l-ssec, again beating standard time, 2min 13sec. Jenkins, by running the senior 220yds in 22min 3-ssec. beat ihis last year’s performance and the standard. The standards were bettered alse by Thompson (Wellington) and Smith (Wellington) in the intermediate and junior 220yds events. J. D. Gray cleared the bar in the high jump at sft 34in, beating the sft 2in standard. In the junior and intermediate long jump contests the standard was improved on. THE RESULTS. Results in detail are:— 50 YARDS JUNIOR;. First heat—D. H. Currie (Wellington), 1; H. Campbell (S.), 2; G. Marshall (T.), 8. Time, 6 8-Sseo. Second heat —C. P. Fisk (Wellington), 1; Owens, 2; W. H. Atkins (Wy.), 3. Time. 6 3-sseo. Final —Currie, 1; Fisk, 2; Campbell, 3. Time, 6 8-ssec. 100 YARDS SENIOR. First heat—C. H. Jenkins (Wellington), 1; T. Taylor (St. Patrick’s), 2;' E. Martin (9.), 3. Time, llsec. ' Second beat —H. C. Bailey (Wellington), 1; J. Smith (St. Patrick’s), 2; B. McCarthy (Wy.), 3. Time, 10 3-ssec. Final—Jenkins, 1; Taylor, 2j Bailey, 3. Time. 10 2-ssec. 100 YARDS INTERMEDIATE. First heat—H. N. Anderson (Wn.), Is T. Coleridge (Wy.), 2; A. Cullimore (T.), 3. Time, 11 l-ssec. Seoond beat—C. Thompson (Wn.), 1; H. A. Hands (Wy.), 2; N. Goodson (St. P.), 3. Time, 11 2-ssec. Final—Anderson, 1; Thompson, 2; Goodson, 3. Time, 11 l-ssec. 440 YARDS SENIOR. J. M. Lawson (Wn.) 1 T. Taylor (St. P.) 2, L. Oakley (T.) 3 Time, 54eeo. HALF-MILE SENIOR. R. Anderson (St. P.) 1 C. A. Rushbrook (Wn.) 2 J. M. Lawson (Wn.) 3 Time, 2min 9 l-ssec. 120 YARDS HURDLES, INTERMEDIATE. First heat —J. Gentry (Wn.), lj J. Strachan (S.), 2. Time, 19sec. Second ,hcnt —N. Goodson (St. P.), 1; H. A. Hands (Wn.), 2. Time, Msec. Final—Gentry, 1; Goodson, 2; Strachan, 3. Time, 18 2-ssec. 120 YARDS HURDLES, SENIOR. First heat—R. Brien (S.), 1; N. Hare (Wn ), 2. Time, 17 2-Ssec Second heat—J. Smith (St- P.), 1; E George (Sd, 2. Time, 16 4-ssec. Final —Hare, 1; GeoTge, 2; Brien, 3 Time, 16 2-ssec. 100 YARDS, JUNIOR. First heat —D. H. Currie (Wn.), 1; W Owens (T.), 2; H. Campbell (S.), 3. Time, 11 4-ssec. Second heat—C. P. Fisk (Wn.), 1; A. Pearcy (St. P.), 2. Time, Msec. Final—Fisk and Currie (tie), 1; Campbell, 3. Time, 11 3-ssoc HIGH JUMP, SENIOR. J. D. Gray (Wn.),'sft 34in l W. Moore (T.). sft 14in £ ONE MILE OPEN HANDICAP. R. Morton, 90yds l R. Rose, ser 2 E. Rose, 65yds 3 Time, 4min 36 3-ssec. 220 YARDS, INTERMEDIATE. First heat—ll. N. Anderson (Wn.), 1; R. Murray (T.), 2; T. Coleridge (Wn:), 3. Time, 25 2-ssoc. Second heat—C. Thompson (Wn.), 1; H. A. Hands (Wn.) 2; N. Goodson (St. P.), 3. Time, 24 4-ssec. Final—Thompson, 1; Anderson, 2; Murray, 3. Time, 24 4-ssec. 220 YARDS, SENIOR. First heat—C. H. Jenkins (Wn.), 1; ;E. Martin (S.), 2; E McFarland (St. P.), 3. Time, 24sec . Second hoat—J. Smith (St. P.), 1; H C. Bailey (Wn.), 2; E. George (S.), 3! Time, 23 4-ssee.

Final —Jenkins, 1; Bailey, 2; Smith, 3. Time, 22 3-ssec. 220 YARDS, JUNIOR. First heat— C. P. Fisk (Wn.), 1; A. Pickard (T). 2; G. Rice (Wy.), 3. Time, 27 1 - 556 > *' Second heat—Tl. K. Gully (Wn.), 1; J. McKay (T.), 2; H. Campbell (S.), 3. Time, 27 4-sseo. Final —Fisk, 1; Pickard, 2; McKay, ‘3. Time, 26sec. ONE MILE SENIOR. A. J. Burnes (T.) 1 Cook (Wn.) t J. Living (S.) t Time, smin 0 l-ssee. HALF-MILE INTERMEDIATE. R. Anderson (St. P.) 1 D. /Holdsworthi (T.) 2 A. Mawson (T.) 3 Time, 2min 18 4-ssec. 440 YARDS JUNIOR RELAY. Wellington College 1 Technical College 2 Wellesley College 3 Time, 53 4-ssee. 880 YARDS INTERMEDIATE RELAY. Wellington College 1 Technical College 2 St. Patrick’s College 3 Time, lmin 43 l-ssec. 880 YARDS SENIOR RELAY. Wellington College 1 St. Patrick’s College 2 Technical College 3 Time, lmin 36seo. LONG JUMP, JUNIOR. J. Wilson (Wn.), 16ft 9in 1 H. Campbell (S.), 15ft 6jin 2 A. J. Robb (Wn.), 14ft 9in' 3 * LONG JUMP, INTERMEDIATE. ‘ W. Kemball (S.), 18ft. 1 H. Macaskill (Wn.), 17ft lOin 2 Strachan, 17ft sin 3 LONG JUMP, SENIOR. F. M. Hanan (Wn.), 19ft lin 1 J. Smith (St. P.), 18ft 104 in 2 N. Hare (Wn.), 18ft 04in 3 HIGH JUMP, JUNIOR. E. H. Gifford (Wn.), 4ft lljin 1 J. Wilson (Wn.), 4ft lOJin 2 Smith, 4ft 4Jin 3 HIGH JUMP, INTERMEDIATE. H. Macaskill (Wn.), 4ft lljin 1 J. R. "Wilson (Wn.), 4ft 94in 4 S. Fleming (S.), 4ft isin - t 100 YARDS OPEN HANDICAP. F. S. Hill, 7yds 1 R. Davis, 9yds 2 P. Levy, 9yds 3 Time, 10 l-ssec. ONE MILE WALK. R. Meadows (Wn.) 1 I R. Fraser (S.) 2 K. Beaglehole (Wn.) 3 Time, Bmin 17sec. ■ 440 YARDS JUNIOR. J. Wilson (Wn.) 1 J. McKay (T.) 2 Rice 3 Time, 63sec. 440 YARDS INTERMEDIATE.' F. J. Burton (Wn.) 1 J. Fraser (S.) 2 D. Holdsworth (T.) 3 Time, 57 2-ssee.

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