DID THEIR BEST

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17179, 8 February 1930, Page 7

DID THEIR BEST

MINOR PLACED ATHLETES GAINED 28PTS. FOR GISBORNE (Notes by “Discus.”) .Minor-placed competitors helped to seal Gisborne’s' s(access at the second Hawke’s Bay'-Poverty Bay ■sub-centre championship meeting, held at. the Reserve on Saturday att'oi'nobii last. So far little has been said of these performances, which meant so much to Gisborne. The proceedings concluded with Gisborne 37 points ahead of-Napier,-tut (lie fact must not lie lost, sight of that 28 of Gisborne's total number of points, 85, were contributed by athletes gaining either second or third places. Deduct this number from the..margin of points ,separating the two leading teams, and you have nine points, which would nor. have been -,sufficient to win the day foi Gisborne had the -visitors fielded an additional representatives ■in some of the events. Therefore, the honor of success does not rest upon -the -shoulders of the Winners only, but is to lie shared among all the placed competitors. fine of -those who ■ did- his best to carry Gisborne’s colors to tile fore in every race in which lie participated was P. McMahon, who won the one-mile cycle championship, and finished second to F. Robinson, the Napier wheelman, in both the half and three-mile contests. McMahon’s performances were good - lie is the most reliable cyclist in Poverty Bay when it conies to the test. A. Lockett assisted splendidly in the field .section, ’ gaining a second in the broad jump and finishing third in the hop, step and jump championship. Lockett did not show his true form on Saturday, and his jumping was erratic. Floyd Atkins’ attempt at a “treble" was just short of a few feet-. He annexed the shot putt and discus events comfortably, but found his match in C. Geddes in the hammer throw champion ship, suffering defeat, at the hands of the Napier champion by 3ft. Sin. Of the three Gisborne representatives in the half-mile flat championships, R. Wallace was the only one to gain points. He finished second, being beaten by I’. Verrv, Hastings, by ■ llvds. in 2min. 9 l-sser. Wallace fought gamely to the finish, and succeeded -in outclassing <hu Napier runner, A. C. Bird. W. Hutchinson deserved to win (ho one-milo flat race, but after leading the field for over three laps be was beaten by 11. R. Fisken. Apart from being a good runner, Hutchinson is, a. great sport, and be is always) handy when there is any work to lie done on the track. Athletics give him more pleasure than anything else; he loves the game, ar.d the game seems to, agree with him. J. Algie was placed third in tho shot, putt and discus contests, while similar placings were given to D. Coates in the broad jump and pole vault championships. Thornley and Arch. Campbell were third in the three-mile and one-mile cycle championships respectively, while W. Williamson finished third in the three-mile flat race. V. Caulton and P. Ryan helped to- swell the total with thirds in tho hammer throw and high jump. MISS R. WINTER INJURED. Miss Rose Winter, of New South Wales, lady high jump champion of Australia, with a brilliant record of 4ft. sustained a fractured ankle wheal she fell while attempting to beat tier record. Australia has some fine lady athletes, among whom is Miss Cln-issie Dahm, of New South Wales, who recently shattered her own Australian record for th-e ladies’ century by clocking 11 l-ssce. Miss Clarice Kennedy, who hails from New South Wales, is the champion lady hurdler of Australia. She has broken the world’s record for 80 metres hurdles. CARLTON’S CONSISTENCY. Once again the brilliant New South Wales and Olympic sprinter, Jimmy Carlton, showed Ids consistency by thrilling the spectators on the second day, as he had done on the first day of the Australian national championship meeting. This lime it was the 220yds. championship. In the second of tho two heats Carlton won by 2yds. from 1., M. Smith (Victoria) in 22 l-10sec., breaking the Victorian record. lie did ever, bettor in the. final, winning in 21 3-ssec., which equals the Australian record previously held !>v N. Grehan (Queensland). THE GISBORNE CLUB The executive of the Gisborne Amateur Athletic and Harrier Club met last evening, Mr. W. Jenkins p/rcsid-

ing. Then 1 were also present Messrs. A, 11. Thorpe, P. Fulton, A. Swan, W. Campbell. C. Sutcliffe. W. Hutchinson, J. Mercer, R. Wildish, A. H. Hart, A. D. Hollis, IT. F. Forster, and E. Algie, lion, secretary. It was decided to forward letters of thanks to Messrs. C. Greig, A. Cassin, A. Denham, K. Smith, and A. Menzies for giving valuable assistance at the Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay sub-centre championship meeting, to Messrs. H. Stubbs, B. Aisludie, mid R. .1. Kerriilge, mul to the press, Tho following programme , for the sports meeting to be held at. the reserve on the evening of Friday, February IT, was approved; 75yds, men’s handicap: 120yds. ladies’ handicap, final distance for the Norma Wilson Cup; 440yds, flat: handicap, for Dr. I). L. Muir’s trophy; three-mile cycle handicap; hop, step and jump handicap; bulie.s’ broad jump handicap, for Mr. A. C. Swan’s trophy.

The selection committee was empowered to choose a loam to represent (he club at the annual contest for the Din with he-Walker Sh ield to lie held in Napier on March 1.