ATHLETIC CONTESTS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 17986, 13 January 1933, Page 12

ATHLETIC CONTESTS

PROFESSIONAL MEETING NEW YEAR’S PROGRAMME Tho first truck meeting of the new your was held by the Poverty Pay Professional Athletic and Cycling Club last, evening on the Victoria Domain, with a good attendance of tho public. Many of the runners who had entered for the respective events were unable, for one reason or another, to take their places in the fields, and as a result, the running section was weak, and one event, the Halfmile Flat Handicap, bad to be postponed, while another, the relay race for tho Bradley miniatures, was carried forward for decision at a future meet.

There were some close finishes registered in those contests which did eventuate, however, and the final of the Ladies’ 100yds Flat Handicap was so closely contested that the judges had difficulty in making their awards. Most interesting of the other events was the Mile Cycle Handicap, in which 10. W. Davis won both his heat and the final in good time. A strong north-easterly breeze affected the times of both sprint and cycle races to some extent.

Results were registered as under: 220yds Flat Handicap (7 starters).—G. Murland, 12yds, 1: L. Williamson, 13yds, 2; A. Beale, 11yds, 3. Time, 25 2-ssec.

100yds Ladies’ Flat Handicap (9 starters). —First heat: Miss A. Lloyd, 2yds, 1; Miss 1. Outen, IJyds, 2; Miss D. Haugh, syds, 3. Time, 13 1-ssec. Second heat: Miss G. Gritton, Byds, 1; Miss G. Gooch, 4yds, 2; Miss A. Hollis, 7yds. 3. Time, 13sec. Final: Miss Lloyd, 1; Miss Haugh, 2; Miss Gooch. 3. Time, 13 l-ssec.

One-mile Cycle Handicap (15 starters). —First heat: E. W. Davis, 250yds, 1; A. Church, 130yds, 2; F. Wells, lOO.vds, 3. Time, 2min 23 1-5 sec. Second heat: Clarrie Davis, 170 yds, 1; K. O’Connell, 160yds, 2; B. Thomson, 130yds, 3. Time, 2min 40see. Final: E. W. Davis, 1: B. Thomson, 2; F. Wells, 3. Time, 2min 3'9sec. The club will hold the next evening meeting on Thursday next, when it is expected there will be a fuller representation of club members.

AMATEUR EVENTS YESTERDAY’S MEETING Owing to a number of the usual competitors taking a rest after tho holidays, the entries at the weekly evening meeting of the Gisborne Amateur Athletic and Harrier Club, held at the Childers road reserve yesterday afternoon, were not as largo as they have been at previous meetings this season. The weather was overcast, and although favorable to competitors, was not conducive to a largo attendance. Results:— - 100yds. Ladies’ Handicap (7 starters). —Miss E. Sired, Byds, 1; Miss P. Simpson, 12yds, 2; Mrs. E. Algie, 15yds, 3. Time, 11 2-ssec. lOOvds. Junior Handicap (4 starters). —C. Sebire, Bycls, 1; E. Gregg, Byds, 2; H. Sebire, Byds, 3. Time, 10 l-ssec. One and a half Mile Cycle Handicap (10 starters). —P. Markie, 20yds, 1; F. Pollard, 105yds, 2; J. * Bardwell, 105yds, 3. Time, 3min. 59 l-ssee.

440yds. Men’s Handicap (7 starters). — T. Leslie, 43yds, 1; G. Marshall, 49yds, 2; E. Grant, 32yds,. 3. Time, 50 2-ssec.

Men’s Shot Put Handicap (8 starters). —J. Algie, ser., 34ft. 6in., 1; P. McMahon, 9ft., 34ft. 4in., 2. Men’s Broad Jump Handicap (4 starters). —G. Phillips (Napier), scr., 20ft., 1; T. Leslie. 3ft., 19ft. 9Jin., 2. Ladies’ Relay.—Miss N. Wilson’s team, 1. Time, 53 l-ssec. The club will hold its next evening meeting at the reserve on Thursday, at 5.30 p.m.