ATHLETIC SPORTS

Southland Times, Issue 22729, 4 November 1935, Page 4

ATHLETIC SPORTS

SECONDARY SCHOOLS FIVE RECORDS BROKEN N. H. WELSH OUTSTANDING Despite the poor public attendance and the fact that the promise of ideal weather conditions given by the warm sunshine of the morning was not fulfilled, the ninth annual athletic championships of the Otago and Southland secondary schools staged at Rugby Park on Saturday were an unqualified success. The senior championship shield went to Waitaki Boys’ High School, who had a runaway victory, the intermediate shield to Otago, and the junior to St. Kevin’s. The Southland Boys’ High School was runner-up for both the senior and junior’ shields and demonstrated its all-round strength by winning the senior and junior championship relays, as well as filling second place in the intermediate relay championship. The outstanding competitor of the day was N. H. Welsh (St. Kevin’s College, Oamaru), who won the junior championship. Welsh entered for four events, won all four, broke the quarter mile record, and, the sole representative for his college in the junior section, carried off the junior team’s championship for his school, as well as the individual honours. It was a magnificent effort and won the applause of spectators and competitors alike.