LIMEHILLS SPORTS

Southland Times, Issue 22774, 27 December 1935, Page 9

LIMEHILLS SPORTS

• MILNE WINS SPRINT DOUBLE A BIG PROGRAMME The Limehills sports were held yesterday in cool, fine weather. There was a good attendance, while the nominations were on a par with those for last year. The gate money totalled £65, a drop of £5 on last year. The programme was a long and comprehensive one, but it was run off promptly. The most successful open runner was C. Milne, of Invercargill, who won both the 135 yards and 75 yards handicaps. Running from a back mark, he showed that he is at the top of his form by winning the finals decisively in both races against strong competition. E. W. Fish (Dunedin) was again running well and won the 220 yards handicap after a fine run from six yards. He beat A. McPherson in the sprint, though conceding the latter four yards. It was an exciting, finish to a good race. The quarter-mile event was little less spectacular, Fish again demonstrating his ability over this distance but just failing to win. As at Edendale, he was defeated at the very finishing post when W. Forde threw himself ahead. H. Buchanan now has a solid record behind him as a Southland distance runner. He won the mile race yesterday from scratch, but had to concede too long starts in the half-mile event. A large number of school shield events for the W. M. Swale Shield, valued at £l5 15/-, were run off during the afternoon. The winning team was Winton A with 66 1-3 points, Limehills being second with 33 points. Winton B (8 1-3 points) and South Hillend (2 1-3 points) also competed for the shield. In all, about £lO 15/- in cash as well as handsome trophies goes to the individual competitors in this section, so that it was disappointing to see only three schools enter when all Southland schools are eligible to compete. There was a splendid finish to the final of the 15-inch underhand chop, with a dead-heat between J. Bone and A J. Hodges. There was almost as good a finish to the 18-inch doublehanded sawing, this event being won by C. and W. Donnelly. All three placed teams finished almost together. Three interesting amateur cycle races were also staged. Mr James Hargest, M.P., at the instigation of Mr H. Hammond (president), presented Miss V. Robb, of Hokonui, winner of the Southland 100 yards ladies* championship, with the trophy attached to the race. The patron (Dr P. Gow) presented the Swale Shield to the Winton school (holder). The dancing competitions made a pleasing branch of the gathering and the judge, Mr John Watt, remarked that a very high standard was maintained throughout, the highest percentage of his markings going as high as 92 and the lowest to only 75. Quite a number of the competitors danced as it they were performing a physical exercise, he said. As there- was no force in poetry, and as dancing was the poetry of motion, force had no place. The Browns Pipe Band under PipeMajor H. Gilmor, which paraded in full force, was a bright spot in the proceedings and added materially to the enjoyment of the gathering. Results were:— •

RUNNING. 100 YARDS MAIDEN RACE. First prize £l, second 10/- (four entres): R. S. Pickering 1, J. Gillan 2, A. Blackman 3. Time, 12sec. 75 YARDS HANDICAP. First prize £4 and president’s gold medal, second £1 10/-, third 10/- (12 entries).-First heat: R. Webb (6|yds.) 1, W. A. McDonald (7yds) 2, T. Valli (scr) 3. Time 7 4-ssec. Second heat: C. Milne (4yds) 1, R. Frampton (4yds) 2, A. McPherson (41yds.) 3. Time, 7 3-ssec. Third heat: E~ Cowie (3yds.) 1, J. Gallagher (51yds.) 2, D. J. Smith (6yds.) 3. Time, 7 3-ssec. Final: Milne 1, Gallagher 2, McDonald 3. In this race Milne showed great dash and won by five feet. There was a close contest for second place, Gallagher being successful by inches. Time, 7 3-ssec. 135 YARDS LIMEHILLS SHEFFIELD. First prize £l4, second £5, third £2, fourth 10/- (13 entries). First heat: F. Thomson (7yds.) 1, T. Evans (9yds.) 2. Time, 13 2-ssec. Second heat: E. W. Fish (7yds.) 1, R. S. Pickering (12Jyds.) 2. Time, 13 3-ssec. Third heat: C. Milne (6|yds.) 1, J. Gallagher (11yds) 2. Time, 13 2-ssec. Final: Milne 1, Pickering 2, Fish 3, Evans 4. This final was a good test for Milne, but he won with nearly a yard to spare. Inches separated the other placed competitors. Time, 13 2-ssec. 220 YARDS HANDICAP. First prize £5, second £1 10/-, third 10/- (11 started). —E. W. Fish (6yds) 1, A. McPherson (10yds) 2, D. J. Smith (15yds) 3. This was the best race of the day, with a big field all fighting hard. Fish came round on the outside to win in fine style, though with only a foot to spare. Inches separated McPherson and Smith, while Webb and Frampton headed a bunch of other runners. Time, 23 l-ssec. 440 YARDS HANDICAP'.' First prize £4, second £1 10/-, third 10/- (eight started). —W. Forde (22yds) 1, E. Fish (4yds) 2, F. Egan (22yds) 3. In a great finish Forde threw himself against the tape to beat Fish by a very small margin. Egan was close up third. Time, 53 2-ssec. 880 YARDS HANDICAP. First prize £4, second £1 10/-, third 10/- (10 entries).—G. Cochrane (20yds) 1, H. A. Lawson (15yds) 2, F. Egan (45yds) 3. The unluckiest runner was W. Gillan, a limit boy, who would have come second but tripped two yards short of the tape. Cochrane won by six yards, two

yards separating second and third. Time, 2min 4 2-ssec. MILE HANDICAP. First prize, £4, second £llO/-, tljird 10/- (six started). —H. Buchanan (scr) 1, H. A. Lawson (20yds) 2, A. H. Brown (55yds) 3. The field was bunched entering the last lap. Lawson led into the straight and was only caught by Buchanan in an excellent final sprint. Buchanan won by a yard, Brown being well back third. Time, 4min. 38 4-ssec. SOUTHLAND LADIES’ CHAMPIONSHIP (100 yards). First prize trophy value £4 4/-, second trophy value £2 2/-, third and fourth tropies (eight entries). —First heat: Miss V. Robb 1, Miss E. Withington 2, Miss E. Marshall 3. Time, 12sec. Second heat: Miss J. Macdonald 1, Miss D. Thomson 2, Miss I. Livingstone 3. Time, 12 4-ssec. Final: Miss Robb 1, Miss Thomson 2, Miss E. Withington 3, Miss Macdonald 4. Won by inches each way. Time, 12 l-ssec. 75 YARDS LIMEHILLS BASKETBALL GIRLS’ RACE.—First heat: F. Payne 1, N. Kettle 2, M. McHugh 3. Second heat: M. Hammond 1, M. Thomson 2, L. Thomson 3. Final: F. Payne 1, M. Hammond 2 (run off after a dead heat). SCHOOL SHIELD EVENTS. (For the W. M. Swale Shield.) 100 Yards Boys under 15—J. Woods (Winton) 1, G. Henderson (Winton) 2, W. Jamieson (Winton) 3. 75 Yards Girls under 15—J. Nicholson (W.) 1, H. Nicholson (W.) 2, M. Knight (W.) 3. 100 Yards Boys Under 13 —K. Lindsay (W.) 1, J. Anderson (W.) 2, L. Ward (South Hillend) 3. 75 Yards Girls Under 13—C. Marshall (W.) 1, M. Thomson (Limehills) 2, A. Hewat (W.) 3. 220 Yards Boys Under 15.—J. Wood (W.) 1, G. Henderson (W.) 2, W. Jamieson (W.) 3. 600 Yards Relay Race for Boys Under 15—Winton A (J. Wood, G. Henderson, J. Anderson, W. Jamieson) 1, Winton B 2, Limehills 3. Relay Race, Girls Under 15—Winton I, Limehills 2. 300 Yards Relay Race, Boys Under 13 —Winton 1, Limehills 2. 300 Yards Relay Race, Girls Under 13—Limehills 1. AMATEUR CYCLING. ONE MILE (six started).—T. Egan (20yds) 1, A. H. Chilton (30yds) 2, M. Thornbury (45yds) 3. In a good finish Egan won by half a wheel, over a length separating second and third. Time, 3min 0 2-ssec. ONE AND A-QUARTER MILES (seven started) —T. Egan (15yds) 1, A. J. Chilton (35yds) 2, M. Thornbury (50yds) 3. There was a good finish to this race also, Egan winning by half a wheel. The third rider was well back. Time, 3min 4 4-ssec. ONE AND A-HALF MILES (six started) —A. H. Chilton (45yds) 1, T. Egan (syds) 2, M. Thornbury (70yds) 3. Won by half a wheel, third five lengths back. Time, 4min 33 2-ssec.

BUSHCRAFT. 14-INCH UNDERHAND CHOP. First prize £5 and Plumb racing axe, second £2, third £1 (15 entries)—First heat: H. Gilman (16sec) 1, J. Bates (24sec) 2, N. Hibbs (20sec) 3. Time, 71sec. Second heat: J. Bone (19sec) 1, A. J. Hodges (12sec) 2, G. Blanks (15sec) 3. Won by half a second. Time, 69 4-ssec. Final: J. Bone and A. J. Hodges (dead heat) 1, H. Gilman 3. An excellent finish. Times, Imin 15 4-ssec and Imin 22 4-ssec (actual times). 12-INCH UNDERHAND CHOP. First prize £4, second £2, third £1- First heat (10 started): A. J. Bates (llsec) 1, A. Kinnard (16sec) 2, C. A. Hodges (lOsec) 3. Time, 34 l-ssec. Second heat (10 started): J. Gilman (lOsec) 1, N. Hibbs (15sec) 2, W. Collinson (18sec) 3. Time, 45 4-ssec. Final: Gilman 1, Hibbs 2, Kinnard 3. This was a good race, won by a fraction of a second. The third man was close up. Time, 28 4-ssec. MAIDEN 12-INCH UNDERHAND CHOP. Prizes, total £3 (10 entries)— J. Bates 1, C. Harvey 2, H. Middleton 3. 18-INCH DOUBLE-HANDED SAWING. First prize £4, second £1 10/-, third 10/- (19 entries).—First heat: Duggan and Sinclair (7sec) 1, Donnelly and Harvey (ssec) 2, Murdoch and Son (6sec) 3. Time, 20 4-ssec. Second heat: C. and W. Donnelly (ssec) 1, Bates and Cameron (6sec) 2, Lee and Son (4sec) 3. Time. 16 2-ssec. Third heat: Baird and Waldron (6sec) 1, Blanks and Arnold (4sec) 2. Time, 21 2-ssec. Final: C. and W. Donnellv 1, Donnelly and Harvey 2, Lee and Son 3. Time, 16 4-ssec. This was a wonderful contest, the placed teams finishing almost together. MAIDEN 18-INCH DOUBLEHANDED SAWING. First prize £2 and silver cup, second trophies (seven entries).—Bates and Cameron 1, Middleton Bros. 2. Duggan and Sinclair 3. A very close finish. Time, 19 l-ssec. PLATFORM EVENTS. SWORD DANCE, under 8 years. First prize 75/-, second 10/- (two entries).— Lorna Gilmour 1, June Nicol 2. SWORD DANCE, under 10 years. First prize 15/-, second,lo/- (eight entries).— Lindsay Campbell 1. Bearnedette Langford 2, Marjorie "White 3. HIGHLAND FLING, under 10 years. First prize 15/-, second 10/- (nine entries). —Betty Anderson 1, Lindsay Campbell 2, Bearnedette Langford 3. IRISH JIG, under 12 years. First prize 15/-, second 10/- (seven entries). —lsobel Macdonald 1, Nannie McLeod 2, Mary Hamilton 3. HIGHLAND FLING, under 12 years. First prize 15/-, second 10/- (six entries).—Nannie McLeod 1, Joyce Tinker 2, Bearnedette Langford and Betty Anderson equal 3. SEANN TRIUBHAIS, open. First prize £l, second 10/- (three entries).— Isobel Macdonald 1. Nannie McLeod 2. SAILOR’S HORNPIPE, open. First prize £l, second 10/- (three entries).— Isobel Macdonald 1, Rosie Tomlins 2. HIGHLAND FLING, consolation under 12 years. First prize 15/-, second 10/- (six entries).—Peggy Anderson 1, Audrey Moylan 2, Valerie Robinson 3. HIGHLAND FLING, consolation open, special prizes (six entries). — Athol McCrostie 1, Valerie Robinson 2, Margaret Kirkwood 3.

MISCELLANEOUS EVENTS. Married men’s race (over 40).—Brosnan and McCarthy dead heat 1. Committeemen’s race.—M. Kean 1, S. Payne 2. Ladies’ high leap (handicap limit of 31in). —Miss A. Macdonald (3in), 4ft 7in, 1; Miss E. Withington (scr), 4ft 6in, Z, Tiny tots’ race (for special prize donated by Mrs McLean, Benmpre).— Desmond Jamieson (Winton) 1. Loung ladies’ race.—L. Thomson 1, J. McDonald 2. Stepping competition.—Men: P. McLoughlin 1, T. O’Connor 2. Ladies: Miss H. M. C. Butler 1, Mrs Blackmun 2. Sheep guessing (actual weight, 821 b). T. Dixon (8231 b 1. The winner of the ladies’ competition was Mrs H. Grimwood (Barkly), 901 b.