PIONEER ATHLETIC CLUB
INITIAL MEETING AT GORE. The recently-formed Pioneer Athletic Club held its first meeting at the. Gore Celedonian grounds on Wednesday evening. The entries for the various events were numerous and the competitors made good times for a first meeting of the season. The following were the detailed results :— 75 Yards SjiriMf (18 entries): First heat: R. Burgess 1, N. Forbes 2. Second heat: R. Pickering 1, J. Mitehell 2. Third heat: R. Aitken 1, W. Tither 2. Final: W. Tither 1, J. Pickering 2. 220 Yards, boys under 14 (12 entries) : L. Crawford 1, R. Hazlett 2. Sheffield Open Handicap, 135 yards (19 entries) : First heat : J. Mitchell 1, W. Tither 2. Second heat: M. O’Shea 1, J. Pickering 2. Third heat: N. Forbes 1, R. Aitken 2. Final: Tither 1, Pickering 2. A close finish. 440 Yards High School Boys: J. Stewart 1, R. Aitken 2. Schoolboys’ Race: J. Mackie 1, F. Nicolson 2. Schoolgirls’ Race: D. Crawford 1, G. Ferguson 2. 220 Yards Open (15 entries) : E. Briggs 1, N. Forbes 2. Won by half a foot. High Jump (8 entries) : B. Sutherland (sft. 3in.) 1, J. Stewart (sft. 2in) 2. 440 Yards Open (16 entries): J. Ferris 1, W. Archer 2. Half-mile (8 entries): E. Briggs 1, R. Burgess 2. The only finishers. 100 Yards Married Men (8 entries): E. Tregarthyn 1, C. McMath 2.
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Southland Times, Issue 21273, 19 December 1930, Page 10
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