PATEA SEASIDE IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY

Patea Mail, 3 January 1941, Page 2

PATEA SEASIDE IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY

.» v'ii - ANNUAL GALA ' A SUCCESSFUL DAY * The annual Gala of the Patea Seaside Improvement Society was held at the beach on New Year’s Day in the presence of a record number of spectators. Inspector McKee, of the South Taranaki Automobile Association was present and arranged for The parking of the 200 odd cars which completely filled the parking,area. The gate receipts, approximately' £lO, were & record, being nearly £5 in excess of the previous record. The whole of the arrangements were carried through without' a hitch, Mr. 0. S. Martin acting as starter, Mess is L* T, Adams and F. C. "Vcrncv being the judges and Lieutenant A. B. Currie the handicapper. Good business was done at the various side shows, the Patea Municipal Band enlivening the proceedings throughout the afternoon, as...did Mr. Gunnison’s loud-speaker unit. The results of the various events' were as under. — Finlayson Cup, across the river and back: A. Bernard 1, M. Boagey 2, J, . Barnard 3. Scott Cup (open dive): Miss B. Bownes 1, R. Sheppard and C. D. Johnston equal 2. ’’ Ramsbottohv Cup, down the river swim, 600 yards; T. Close I, J. Ber- . uard 2, H. Maddern 3. Canoe Race; R. Willis 1, M. Fitzwater 2, E. Horner 3. Girls under 10: M. Martin 1, H. Peaeocke 2, B. Verney 3. Boys under 10: R, Canty 1, J. Lee 2. Quickcnden Gup, 100 yards, boys under 16: R. 'Dalliaon 1, G. Honeyfield 2, P. Quickenden 3. Peter Pulley Cup, 60 yards, girls under 16: I. Quickenden 1, D. Kreegher 2, B. Mills 3. Boys under 14, 40 yards; D. Maui 3, B, Tidswell 2, B. Lloyd 3. Girls under 14, 40 yards; First heat: T. Smith 1, J. Patterson 2, jB. Martin 3; second heat, I. Quickenden 1, M. Winchester 2; final, T. Smith 1, I. Quickenden 2, J. Patterson 3. , Boys under 12, 30 yards: J. Winchester 1, B. Lloyd 2, H. Hills-JL " : Girls under 12, 20 yajds: E.- Smith.T, M. Martin 2, M. Buchanan 3* ; Backstroke under 16; I. Quickenden 1, P. Quickenden 3. : . Plate Diving: E. Horner' 3 plates'3. B. Craig Cup, women. (g;;50 yards'.; T. Smith 1, I. Quickenden 2, % Pillow Fight: M. Stanford . -' t Four man relay: Hawera (Johnston, Barnard, Maddern, Sheppard) -scr 1, Patea 10s 2, Second relay”'-Hawera scr 1, Patea 22s 2. , ========= ‘ate-: