RECORD FIXTURE

Southland Times, Issue 22488, 24 January 1935, Page 4

RECORD FIXTURE

BROWNS SPORTS LARGE CROWD PRESENT F THOMSON WINS SHEFFIELD Glorious sunshine yesterday made atonement for the preceding days blustery weather. It was fitting, therefore, that the Browns Athletic Society should have such a day to stage its most successful meeting to date Record entries and a record attendance gave every foundation for the statement made by competent critics that the Browns fixture ranked second only to the Tuatapere meeting—which is regarded as the biggest sports carnival in the Dominion. ~ , Mr T. Pettit, ex-world champion sawyer and axeman, and renowned Australian judge on bushcraft events, was in attendance at the sports. Along with the Hon. T. O’Byme he spent much time watching the bushcraft events. Both these gentlemen were warm in their praise of the meeting and said the proceedings reflected great credit on the officials responsible. The track events were of a high standard, good times being recorded in the majority of events d ..pite a strong cross-wind. F. Thomson, of the Pioneer Club, Gore, was the most successful competitor of the day, and won the President’s Cup, presented by Mr J. T. Smith, for most points in all held events. Thomson’s performance was especially meritorious in that he won the 75 yards, 220 yards and the Sheffield, all within a comparatively short space of time. As usual, the bushcraft section provided some exciting competition. One event in particular, the underhand 18inch chop, created a great deal of interest. The chopping in this was of a uniformly high standard throughout, Mr A. E. Cocker, the well-known Bushbushcraft judge, stating that it was the best he had seen for many years. During the afternoon the president ot the society stated that his club was deeply indebted to Mr A. Wachner for the presentation of nine prizes for the women’s and children’s running events. The gate takings on the day were a record since the club’s inception 40 years ago, being £7O 2/- as compared with £62 last year. Details of the programme are as follows: —

TRACK EVENTS. MAIDEN 100 YARDS. (First £1 10/-, second 10/-, third 5/-.) First heat: C. Johnson 1, A. Whyte 2, A. Reynold 3. Time: 11 l-ssec. Second heat: I. Malcolm 1, D. Weir 2, A. Shaw 3. Time, 11 2-ssec. Final. Whyte * Johnson " Malcolm " The starter’s gun caught the field unawares and only four finished. Inches separated the placed men. Time: 11 l-ssec. 75 YARDS. (First £2, second 15/-, third 5/-). First heat; F. Thomson (3J yds) 1, T. Valli (2iyds) 2. Time, Bsecs. Second heat: T. Robins (4yds) 1, D. Crawford (syds) 2. Time, 8 l-ssec. Third heat: E. Cowie (3 lyds) 1, D. McCaughan (3Jyds) 2. Time: 8 l-ssec. Final. Thomson' 1 Valli 2 .The final was run at a fast pace, Thomson just heading Valli in a narrow finish. Time: 7 3-ssec. 135 YARDS SHEFFIELD. (First £B, second £3, third £l.) First heat: F. Thomson (B)yds), and M. Sutherland (2yds) 1, D. Morrison (10yds) 3. Time, 13 3-ssec. Second heat: E. Cowie (sJyds) 1, A. B. Sutherland (81yds) 2, T. Robins (9yds) 3. Time, 13 4-ssec. Final. Thomson 1 Morrison 2 Robins 3 220 YARDS OPEN. (First £2, second £l, third 10/-). F. Thomson (6yds) 1 T. Hogan (12yds) 2 E. Cowie (3yds) 3 With a field of 11 runners the scratch men found it hard to get through. Thomson came away well in the straight to win by three yards. Time, 25 l-ssec. 440 YARDS. (First £3, second £l, third 10/-.) G. Cochrane (17yds) 1 T. Valli (syds) 2 D. Smith (24yds) 3 Cochrane secured an early lead and maintained it, despite a strong challenge by Valli, to win by two yards. Time, 56sec. HALF-MILE. (First £4, second £l, third 10/-). H. Lawson (55yds) 1 T. Hogan (34yds) 2 G. Cockrane (15yds) 3 Lawson used his handicap and long stride to the best advantage, and never looked like being headed. Cochrane came up at the finish, but appeared to delay his sprint a trifle too long, Hogan heading him by four yards. Time, 2min. 2 2-ssec. MILE OPEN. (First £4, second £1 10/-, third 15/-). G. Crochrane (scr) 1 H. Lawson (40yds) 2 T. Hogan (30yds) 3 The pace was slow till the last lap was reached, when Cochrane, who had been running in the ruck, moved out, closely followed by Lawson. A terrific struggle ensued between these two, the scratch man only prevailing in the last few yards. Time, 4min. 55 l-ssec. BROWNS LADIES’ HANDICAP. (First, trophy donated by Mr J. N. West, second, trophy valued at £1 1/-). V. Robb 1 M. Withington 2 E. Withington 3 A keenly-contested race. Time, 12 l-ssec. FARMERS’ RACE. (First, two ton of lime, second one ton. Donated by Browns Lime Co.) J. Malcolm 1 R. Hardy 2 F. Brown 3 Won by three yards. No time was taken. ONE AND A-HALF. MILE CYCLE. (First £2, second £1). T. Hoffman (100yds) 1 T. Smith (60yds) 2 D. Brown (55yds) 3 What promised to be an exciting race was robbed of all interest when Robertson, the scratch man, crashed, bringing with him Lee, Bone and Knowler. Hoffman won easily. Time, 3min. 50 4-ssec. ONE MILE CYCLE. (First £2, second £1). J. W. Lee (90yds) 1 T. Smith (45yds) 2 C. Knowler (40yds) 3 , The long handicap men had the besti

of the race all the way, Lee drawing away in the straight to win by three lengths from Smith, who finished fast. Time, 2min. 46sec. BUSHCRAFT EVENTS. TOM PETTIT’S VIEWS. • > " Mr Tom Pettit was non-comittal when pressed for his opinion on the standard of this section. He stated that the choppers he had seen in action that day were good men, but too light to be able to compare with Australians such as the Winkle brothers, M. McCarthy, or J. Caldwell. Men such as these set a high standard for comparison, however, as they were in world’s championship class. Regarding the sawing, Mr Pettit said he was very impressed with the showing of the novices, while the standard all-round was good. He would like to mention though, that he had noticed on the part of most of the sawyers a tendency to sacrifice length for speed. A longer stroke and a little less weight applied on the saw should result in a vast improvement. Results were as follows:— 12-INCH MAIDEN CHOP. (First £2 10/-, second £l, third axe). First heat: W. E. Brown 1, K. Middleton 2, J. Kidd 3. Time, 46sec. Second heat: A. Tillard 1, J. Wybrow 2, W. Donnelly 3. Time, 45sec. Final. Donnelly 1 Middleton 2 Kidd 3 15 INCH UNDERHAND CHOP. (First £6, second £2, third £1). First heat: R. Hogg (19sec) 1, J. Swale (24sec) 2, G. Blanks (15sec) 3. Time, 64sec. Second heat: F. G. Brown (22sec) 1, W. Bone (15sec) 2, R. Anderson (13sec) 3. Time, lmin 18sec. Final. Hogg 1 Blanks 2 Bone 3 Time, lmin 13 2-ssec. 18 INCH MAIDEN SAWING. (First £3, second £1). First heat: D. Horrell and H. Knowler 1, R. Riley and D. Brown 2, Hogg and Brown 3. Time, 21 4-ssec. Second heat: Middleton Bros. 1, Duggan and Murdoch 2 ,Davidson and Arnold 3. Time, 24 l-ssec; Final. Horrell and Knowler 1 Middleton Bros. 2 Riley and Brown 3 Time, 22 2-ssec. 18 INCH SPECIAL UNDERHAND CHOP. (First £5, second £2, third 13/-). A. J. Hodges (3sec) 1 G. Blanks (3sec) 2 J. Swale (22sec) 3 The best chopping event of the day. Hodges won by a blow in the great time of lmin 59 3-ssec. 12 INCH UNDERHAND CHOP (First £5, second £llO/-, third £1). — First heat: C. Donnelly (lOsec) 1, M. Donnelly (15sec) 2, J. Anderson (16sec) f and J. Swale (13sec) f. Time, 35sec. ■ Second heat: S. Wybrow (lOsec) 1, W. Tillard (13sec) 2, W. Donnelly (16sec) 3. Time, 36 3-ssec. Third heat: J. W. Cringle (18sec) 1, H. Middleton (18sec) 2, T. Donnelly (16sec) 3.' Time, 42 1-5 sec. Final. Tillard 1 Donnelly 2 Swale 3 A close finish. Time, 33 3-ssec. 18 INCH DOUBLE HANDED SAWING. (First £4, second £1 10/-, third £1). —First heat: Donnelly Bros. (Isec) 1, W. Lee and W. Collinson (ssec) 2, D. Brown and R. Riley (6sec) 3; Time, 17 3-ssec. Second heat: W. A. Bone and J. Swale (3sec) 1, C. and W. Donnelly (4sec) 2, H. Knight and J. Anderson (4sec) 3. Time, 19 2-ssec. Final. Lee and Collinson 1 Bone and Swale 2 Knight and Anderson 3 A great final. Time, 20 2-ssec. LADIES’ DOUBLE-HANDED SAWING. (Trophies donated by Mr J. N. West). Withington sisters (4sec) 1 Tippett sisters (Bsec) 2 Robb sisters (scr) 3 An interesting tussle throughout. Time, 34 2-ssec. Platform Events. The judge of the dancing, Mr J. McCrostie (Invercargill) expressed himself as being very pleased with the standard shown in all events. Entries were numerous and this section must be regarded as being highly successful from all points of view. It was stated that the standard in the piping section was also high. Results:—

HIGHLAND FLING. (under eight years). H. Clark ' 1 M. Kirkwood 2 M. White 3 HIGHLAND FLING (10 years and under). N. McLeod 1 J. Tinker 2 / HIGHLAND FLING (16 years and under). W. Gerken 1 P. Lange .2 M. Hamilton 3 SWORD DANCE (under eight years). M. Kirkwood 1 L. Campbell 2 H. Clark 3 SEANN TRUIBHAIS. M. Kirkwood 1 M. White 2 L. Campbell 3 The cup for most points in dancing under eight years was presented to M. Kirkwood. SWORD DANCE (10 years and under). J. Tinker 1 N. McLeod 2 SWORD DANCE (10 years and under). J. Tinker 1 N. McLeod 2 SAILOR’S HORNPIPE (16 years and under). M. Hamilton 1 P. Lange 2 R. Tomlin 3 IRISH JIG (16 years and under). W. Gerken 1 P. Lange 2 M. Hamilton 3 MARCHES OPEN. (First £2, second 15/-). J. Cameron 1 M. Watson 2 STRATHSPEYS AND REELS. (First £2, second 15/-). J. Cameron 1 M. Watson 2 MARCH B BANDSMEN AND YOUTHS, under 20 years. (Trophy donated by Mrs J. West and Mr J. Poole, Browns.) G. Elder 1 • YOUTHS’ PIPING, under 20. (First 30/-, second 10/-). Bell 1 Miss D. Doyla 2