BALCLUTHA DISTRICT NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22203, 5 March 1934, Page 11

BALCLUTHA DISTRICT NEWS

I (From Our Own> Cobresponbekt.) i BALCLUTHA, March, 4.i - The Balclutha Amateur held a carnival at the public oaths yesterday afternoon in weather that could hardly be' called propitibus-r-a strong wind ; With' alternate, rain showers—and only; occasionally did the aunMshine out This no doubt affected the attendaacej which was not as large as'the merits ot the programme warranted. Resultß:-r ;"■ ■' . Beginners' Race:—Girte: NaricyvL e ßS*tk' ' 1, Eileen Richmond 2. Six.started. .Boys: Colin 1 Mulvey 1, E. Aitken 2. Fpur,,. • started. Intermediate (12-16 years) f -£t, Boys: R. Bennett 1, Bert Stevenson. Seven started. :Girls: Edna Lyall 1, Mar- >. jorie Ludlow 2. Seven started.. Begin- - ners (mixed)— Bruce Stevenson .1, Marjorie Ludlow 2. Seven started, Boy?, (club members): Bruce Stevenson }r 'jack Randle. 2. Girls 2-3 Yards): ;3renda .Mitchell"; 1, .Edna . Lyall 2. . Time, 20sec ■. ' v , Men (33 1-3 Yards): ; Alf. Waters I,> H.:Meers 2. Five competed. ;-■ ■;'■■■., ■:':■ Boys' Intermediate (66 2-3 Yards): Ri ■■•,: Bennett 1, M. Wyber 2. Time, "Imm r 2sec. Club Members (66 2-3 Yardß) v : A. ; Waters 1, W. Duncan 2. Time,' 53sec, ~", Ladies (33 1-3 Yards): Kyra M'Auslan 1, ■-. L. Goss 2.- Four started. Intermediate Boys (66 2-3 Yards): Bert Stevenson 1, G. Mulvey 2. Time, lniin Usee. Men's 100 Yards: Alf. Waters 1, Basil Spbott•■■.;• 2. Time, lmin 19 2-ssec.Ladies {66 2-3. ', Yards); Open: L. Goss 1. K. M'Auslan! 2. Time, lmin lOsec Men's 66 2-3 Yards:V ; • A.'Waters 1, B. Spoon 2. Time, 44sfic». Ladies' Diving: Miss Cunliffe I, ; ."Misjy; Hall 2, Miss Lyall 3. Six competitors, i Mep's Diving: J. Sweeney 1, W. Duncan; - 2, A. Waters 3. Five competed.. Ladies' ■• ■ , 100 Yards, Open: L.' Gobs (Milton) i-1, K.: ■ M'Auslan 2; L Fullarton 3,v Time, hriin 59sec. Breaststroke (66 2-3 Yards): A. ■ Watersl,D. Cheyne2. Time, IminlOsec.v ' Unterwater Swim: D. Cheyne 1» Mist Wilkins (Milton): 2. Open Diving (three styles) :G. Mulvey 1, W. Duncan 2, Mis a Wilkins 3. High Dive (Open) :W. Dun- :/ can 1, Edna Lyall 2, J. Sweeney 3. Six" competed. Hurdle Dive: W. Duncan 1, J. Sweeney 2, M. Wyber- 3. Six com- > peted.-. Thread-the-heedle Race: A. Waters and-Miss Goss 1,: Miss" Mulvey ~s. and Miss Lyall 2. Four pairs competed.: Long Plunge: Miss;K. M'Auslan-1, Misa Wilkins 2, G. Mulvey 3. Nine competed. Corfu Dive: W. D«ncan 1, M. Wyber 2. Five competed. 'Relay Race: Thd win-, ning team comprised Misses E. Lyall and Goss and Waters and Duncan. , The president of the Swimming Club 1 (Mr A. R. Dreaver) at the close ■ distributed trophies to the value of mora i> than £12,, in addition to the cups, to the/, winners of the various events. The Nicolson Challenge Cup, for most points ; v in swimming, went to Alf. Waterß (20 l points),"who also won P. Greaney's mihiat \ v ture cup. Gold's'Challenge Cup for Jhbsfc' •' points in diving and* T. M. Thompson's' miniature cup. went to W. Duncan (161 points). The trophy fop most; pbihts, iai , ladies' events was wbn by Kyra" M'Auslan,. (16 points).', Mr Dreaver also made , special mention of the two Milton ladies. (Misses Goss' and '-Wilkins), who /bad: ; cycled all the way, and then put ia a . strenuous afternoon, competing in nearly: all the open events* • > ■;■ ■.:*■'■. • .:• ■/" CRICKET. •■ £*;s& ;;'''.':

High School Old Boys-had a good win,: over' Kaitangata A at, Balclutha. day. Kaitangata took the first knock fori? ? the small -total of 36. Old Boys refilled? with 90. Scores:—Kaitangata: Hampton, b Guest, 16; Lowe, b Guest, 0; - Blackburn, lbw,b,Gormack,' 2; Smith, e' Plow, b Guest, 0; M'Millan, c Guest;; b Gormack, 3; M'Farlane, c Hurring, b ■ Gormack, 0; Stewart, not out, 2: Hale, b Guest, 1; Leichman, c Plow, bGuest,!; Kichardson, c Hurring, b Gormack,' .1 ;a | extras, 10;—total, 36. Bowling: .■• Quest;"?.and Gormack were the only tow bowlers ■ for Old Boys, the former taking sis wickets for 15 runs and the" latter four

for 12. ;-;■-' " '•■ •/.: ' High School Old Boys—Reach; V e . M'Millaiii b Blackburn, 41; , Guest, b " Blackburn, 1; "Hurring, b Blackburn, 7; ;*.; Stewart, b Blackburn, 12; Green, c .-■ - Stewart,* Hale, 19: Mulvey, b"Hale, 11; "' Bowcott, c and b Hale", 3; D. Gormack,;; run out, 10; Plow, e Smith, b Lbwe,H;< R, Gormack, b Stewart, 0: Tsukigawaj: not out, 1: extras, 4;-—total, 90. Bowk . ing: Blackburn, four for 10; Hale.three for 9; Stewart, one for 3; Jjowe, oh 6 none. -:. ■ -' ■■*■■■ ■■■■:■■.■■■.■'..■■■. '- : '■■-■ .-y . ■ BRIDGE WATER MAIN. :; ; The tender of the Hume Pipe Company,.-.. Wellington, at £430 Is 5d has been accepted by the Balclutha Borough Council for the supply of 12in concrete piping: and, fititngs for the water' main, to '••Be laid; across the new traffic bridgf.