LIMEHILLS SPORTS

Southland Times, Issue 22207, 27 December 1933, Page 4

LIMEHILLS SPORTS

LENGTHY PROGRAMME

A. FORDE WINS SHEFFIELD.

TAKINGS SHOW INCREASE.

Bright sunshine greeted the fortyfirst annual sports held by the Limehills Athletic Club yesterday. There was a good attendance of the public. The gate takings amounted to £69 5/-, an increase of £5 over those for last year. A large programme was run off in an expeditious manner, and a highly interesting day's sport was witnessed. A strong gale marred competition in the distance events.

The entries showed a considerable drop over those for last year, mainly owing to the fixture clashing with the Balfour sports. Generally speaking, the finishes were good and in the case of the 220 yards handicap there was considerable dispute over the second placing.

Outstanding success in running events was secured by the Forde brothers, of Winton. A. Forde won the Sheffield off 81 yards and was second in the 75 yards handicap, while M. Forde was third in the Sheffield off 2 yards, and won the 440 off 10 yards. W. H. Jones, also of Winton, ran well, winning the 75. N. A. Garden, of Orepuki, won the 220, while H. Buchanan, of Riverton, has proved a real “find,” and won the mile in fine style. The Christchurch runner D. Flanagan also reproduced Edendale form, winning the half-mile event and coming second in the quarter-mile, off scratch.

The main cycle race was spoilt by a crash in the straight, four cyclists falling. The bushcraft events proved highly interesting, champions from the West Coast and Southland competing. This is the first time that bushcraft events have been staged at Limehills, and the committee arranged them in a manner worthy of emulation. The Winton School won the school shield with 611 points, Limehills securing 50} points. Competition was very keen. R. Thomson, of the Limehills School, secured the Herbert Smith Trust Cup for the year for most points in school shield events. The dancing sections, which attracted satisfactory entries, proved very entertaining and the judge, Mr John McCrostie, expressed himself as being more than pleased with the work presented. Some of the younger competitors, notwithstanding the unfavourable wind, put up creditable performances, he said. Prominent in the prize list were Mavis Gregory, who secured both the under 16 years classes, and Joyce Tinker, who gained the awards in "the Highland Fling under 10 and 12 years respectively. Other meritorious performancse were those of Malcolm McKellar (Oamaru) and Audrey Moylan, Sword Dance, Maureen Lindsay, Irish Jig, and Ursula Calder, Highland Fling. Messrs Lindsay Taylor and Farquhar Findlayson supplied the pipe music for the dancing. Over 50 events were run off promptly by hard-working band of officials under Mr G. Wilson, jun. (president), and Mr E. J. Crowe (secretary). The Browns Pipe Band was in attendance. Tire following are the results:—RUNNING. MAIDEN 100 YARDS. First £l, second 10/- (Seven entries): R. Frampton 1, H. Boyle 2, D. J. Smith 3. A well-contested race. Time, 10 4-ssec. LIMEHILLS SHEFFIELD HANDICAP, 135 yards. First £l4, second £4, third £2. First heat: A. Forde 1, M. Forde (2yds) 2, A. McKenzie (61yds) 3. Six started. Won by a yard each way. Time, 13 l-ssec. Second heat: W. H. Jones (41yds) 1, J. McCorkindale (Syds) 2, T. Valli (6Jyds) 3. Six started. Inches separated the placed men. Time, 13 3-asec. Final. A. Forde 1 J. McCorkindale 2 M. Forde 3 This was a splendid race with an exciting conclusion. All the runners got away to the best start of the season, and A. Forde with a great effort finished two yards ahead of McCorkindale, M. Forde inches away third. Time, 13 2-ssec. 75 YARDS HANDICAP. First £3 and president’., gold medal, second £1 10/-, third 10/-.—First heat: T. Valli (21yds) 1, R. Frampton (4Jyds) 2, J. Hardy (syds) 3. Five started. Time, Bsec. Second beat: D. Crawford (41 yds) 1, A. Forde (2|yds) 2, W. H. Jones (21yds), 3. Five started. Time, 7 4-5 sec. Final. Jones 1 A. Forde 2 Valli 3 The final proved most exciting, and Jones ran a well-judged race. A last moment burst in a great finish gave him victory by six inches, the same distance separating second and third. The rest were close up. 220 YARDS HANDICAP. First £4, second £1 10/-, third 10/-. (Seven starters). N. A. Garden (10yds) 1 B. McDonald (4lyds) 2 R. Frampton (12yds) 3 In a great finish all the runners were bunched together, making the task of judging difficult. Time, 23 l-ssec. 440 YARDS HANDICAP. First £4, second £1 10/-, third 10/-. (Eight entries). M. Forde (10yds) 1 D. Flanagan (scr) 2 N. Garden (17yds) 3 Forde was fully extended to win by two yards from the scratch man, a yard separating second and third. Time, 54sec. 880 YARDS HANDICAP. First £4, second £1 10/-, third 10/-. D. Flanagan (scr) 1 L. Aitken (55yds) 2 L. Wood (40yds) 3 Seven started. The scratch man reproduced his Edendale form and ran a good race. His spurt near the tape saw him win by half a yard from Aitken, three yards separating second and third. Time, 2min 3 l-ssec. ONE MILE HANDICAP. First £4, second £1 10/-, third 10/-. (Seven starters). H. Buchanan (70yds) 1 D. Thomas (35yds) 2 L. Wood (30yds) 3 Buchanan maintained a strong lead until the last lap when he was displaced by Thomas, but he took the lead again to win by two yards, the third man well back. Time, 4min 46sec. 135 YARDS DISTRICT HANDICAP. Open to runners within a five-mile radius • of Limehills. First 1, second 10/-. (Five entries) : B. McHugh (10yds) 1 J. A. White (Iyd) 2 E. McCoombes (6yds) 3 MISCELLANEOUS EVENTS. ONE MILE BICYCLE HANDICAP, open. First and second prizes, trophies. M. Smith (35yds) 1 A. Chilton (120yds) 2 G. Elliott (75yds) 3 Eight started. W. Kent pulled out early. W. Pickford and Smith were making up ground fast in the last 200 yards. When entering the straight a collision occurred among the leaders, M. Thornbury upsetting D. Chilton,

Pickford and D Moore. Smith won by a length third well back. Time. 3min 6sec.

CONSOLATION ONE MILE BICYCLE RACE. (Seven starters): W. Pickford (65yds) 1 M. Smith (30yds) 2 D. Chilton (scr) 3

Won by three-quarters of a length, a length and a half between second and third. Time, 3min 12sec. HIGH LEAP HANDICAP. First £1 10/-, second 10/-. (Six entries): I. Gordon 1

B. Langford 2 MAIDEN CUMBERLAND WRESTLING, 12st and under First £l, second 10/-. (Seven entries): W. Mcßae 1

T. Casey 2 SOUTHLAND LADIES’ CHAMPIONSHIP. 100 yards. First £4 4/-, trophy, second £2 2/- trophy and trophies for third and fourth. (Eight entries) : Miss V. Robb 1 Miss R. Stewart 2 MARRIED MEN’S RACE, under 40 years. Trophies. (Five entries): S. Payne 1 MARRIED MEN’S RACE, over 40 year. Trophies. (Six entries): C. H. Withington 1

J. A. McDonald . 2 SINGLE LADIES’ RACE. Trophies (Eleven entries): Miss E. Withington 1, Miss I. Livingston 2. LADIES’ HIGH JUMP, handicap, limit of 31 inches. Trophies. Miss I. McDo.-ald (lin) 4ft 6Jin 1 Miss E. Withington 2 Miss V. Robb 3 The jumping was of a very high standard. STEPPING THE DISTANCE. Men: T. O’Connor 1 Ladies— Mrs L. J. Cody 1 SCHOOL SHIELD EVENTS. 100 YARDS BOYS’ RACE, under 15: R. Thomson (Limehills) 1 J. Ward (Limehills) 2 BOYS’ HIGH JUMP, under 13. Lindsay and Jamieson (Winton) equal 1 Hawkins (Limehills) 3 600 YARDS RELAY RACE, for teams of 4 boys under 15. Morton (Winton) 1 J. Ward (Limehills) 2 220 YARDS RACE, for boys under 15.—R. Thomson 1, A. Blackmun (Winton) 2. 100 YARDS, for boys under 13.—D. Lindsay (Winton) 1, W. Jamieson (Winton) 2. BOYS’ HIGH JUMP, under 15.—R. Thomson 1, Marshall and Gerrard (Winton) equal 2. 440 YARDS RELAY RACE, for teams of 4 boys under 13. —A. McDonald (Winton) 1, R. Hawkins (Limehills) 2. 400 YARDS RELAY RACE, for teams of 4 girls under 15.—N. Kettle (Limehills) 1, J. Nicholson (Winton) 2 300 YARDS RELAY RACE, for teams of 4 girls under 13.—J. Nicholson (Winton) 1, D. Thomson (Limehills) 2. BUSHCRAFT. 14 INCH UNDERHAND CHOP. First £5, second £2, third £l. First heat: J. Rodgers (21sec) 1, C. Bone (12sec) 2, H. Murdoch (21sec) 3. Five started. Time, 60 3-ssec. Second heat: R. Scott (17sec) 1, H. Gilman (17sec) 2, M. Donnelly (17sec) 3. Nine started. Time, 58 3-ssec. Third heat: R. Anderson (18sec) 1, C. A. Bates (21sec) 2, A. Wybrow (Bsec) 3. Six started. Time, 59sec. Final. Scott 1 Anderson 2 A. Bates 3 Won by llsec. Time, 53 l-ssec. 12 INCH UNDERHAND CHOP (Maiden). First £1 10/- and gold medal, second 10/- and silver medal, third 5/-.—First heat: K. Bonney 1, F. H. Hodge 2, C. Donnelly 3. Nine started. Time, 37 3-ssec. Second heat —T. Donnelly 1, J. Anderson 2, J. Rogers 3. Seven started. Time, 43 3-5 sec. Final. T. Donnelly 1 Anderson 2 Hodges 3 Time, 51sec. 15 INCH DOUBLE-HANDED SAWING HANDICAP (two cuts). First £4, second £1 10/-, third 10/—. First heat: A. Wybrow and F. Brown (7sec) I. W. Gill, jun., and J. Irwin (ssec) 2, R. Anglem and J. Anderson (ssec) 3. Six started. Time, 25 2-ssec. Second heat: Donnelly Bros. 1, Scott and Bone 2, Lee and son 3. Seven started. Time, 26 4-ssec. Final. Wybrow and Brown 1 Donnelly Bros. 2 Scott and Bone 3 No time was taken. 15 INCH DOUBLE-HANDED SAW (Maiden), one cut. First £2 and silver cups, second trophies. First heat: C. A. Bates and A. Wybrow 1, R. Riley and D. A. Brown 2, Bonney Bros. 3. Five started. Time, 11 l-ssec. Second heat: C. and W. Donnelly 1, H. Withington and J. W. Lee 2, R. Robb and J. Davidson 3. Four started. Time, 13 4-ssec. Final. Wybrow and Bates 1 Riley and Brown 2 Bonney Bros. 3 Won by 2-ssec. Time, 10 l-ssec. LADIES’ DOUBLE-HANDED SAWING HANDICAP, 14 inch. First £3, second £1 10/-, third 10/- (four pairs entered): Misses Tippett (llsec) 1, Misses Robb (scr.) 2, Mrs Harvey and Mrs Forde (Bsec) 3. Time, 23sec. PLATFORM EVENTS. SWORD DANCE, under 8 years. First 15/-, second 10/- (four entries): Audrey Moylan 1, Bearnedette Langford 2. SWORD DANCE, under 10 years. First 15/-, second 10/- (10 entries): Malcolm McKellar 1, Mavis Jamieson 2, Jessie Morton 3. HIGHLAND FLING, under 10 years. First 15/-, second 10/- (11 entries): Joyce Tinker 1, . lannie McLeod 2, Margaret Mcßae 3. HIGHLAND FLING, under 12 years. First 15/-, second 10/- (seven entries): Joyce Tinker 1, Ursula Calder 2, Maureen Lindsay 3. SEANN TRIUBHAIS, under 16 years. First 20/-, second 10/- (four entries): Mavis' Gregory 1, Violet Campbell 2. IRISH JIG, under 12 years. First 15/-, second 10/- (eight entries): Maureen Lindsay 1, Joyce Tinker 2, Ursula Calder 3. SAILOR’S HORNPIPE, under 16 years. First 20/-, second 10/- (seven entries): Mavis Gregory 1, Maureen. Lindsay 2, Joyce Tinker 3. CONSOLATION HIGHLAND FLING, under 12 years. First 15/-, second 10/(four entries): Ursula Calder 1, Bearnedette Langford 2. SWORD DANCE (Winton class pupils, restricted). First, miniature cup; second, medal; third, medal. A Section: Bearnedette Langford 1, Mavis Jamieson 2, Audrey Moylan 3. B.

Section: Emma Anderson 1, Margaret Kirkwood 2, Heather Clark 3. Special, prizes: Jessie Morton and June Nicolli