ATHLETICS

Southland Times, Issue 23674, 24 November 1938, Page 11

ATHLETICS

SUCCESSES OF SEASON REVIEWED ST PAUL’S HARRIER AND ATHLETIC CLUB The many successes that were enjoyed by the St. Paul’s Harrier and { Amateur Athletic Club, during the < winter season were reviewed at the ) annual dinner held by the club last j night. Mr T. B. Dorman presided. ( The chairman congratulated the ( club on its successful winter season, j during which it had won the inter- , club relay, the George Mcßurney j memorial cup, the cross-country shield and the'. road race. He also gave a 5 welcome to the new members. . c The toast of the sport was proposed ; by Mr W. E. Mclndoe. Referring to ( the activities of the Otago Athletic Association he said that the association ' had done much to help' the sport. . During next month two Australian ; athletes would be in Invercargill for a day or two for coaching and would probably return on January 16 to compete in an evening meeting. The visit by these two athletes had been sponsored by the Otago association. Em- j phasizing the need for more competi- j tion, he said that the sport depended j on the club members and more par- j ticularly those who competed. There , was a tendency for competitors to begin training too late. This was a big mistake. The club Had enjoyed a good 3 winter season, but it could not live on , past successes. For that reason he , hoped that in the coming season the club members would do e y erytl Jl?f possible to make it successful. The club was deeply indebted to> the In vercargill Amateur Cycling Club because of its assistance in making the j sports meetings more interesting. j “I would like to urge members to get fit,” said Mr Mclndoe. “Fitness, of | course, comes only with a lot of discipline, but after all it is one of the . benefits of the sport. Many of the I competitors make the mistake of entering in too many events. It will. be , seen that the successful, competitors are those who specialize. Replying ort behalf of the Southland Amateur Athletic Association, and the Invercargill, club Mr W. Torrance said that the athletes were well .satisfied with the way in which the sport was controlled. He paid a tribute to. the work of the secretary of the. association, Mr John Walker. Referring to the death of Mr T. Pickering Mr Torrance stated that he was one of die finest young men who had competed m running in Southland. " _ , Replies were also made by Messrs D. Dorman ’(Otago association and Otago University), I. Muirson (club champions), George Murray (Collegia e Club), D. Patton (Invercargill Cycling C The toast of the president and. vicepresidents was proposed by Mr K. Clarke In his reply Mr J. D. Gilmore outlined proposals for a new sports ground in Invercargill and asked for the cooperation of all the clubs. HANDICAPS FOR TONIGHT Handicaps for the athletic meeting being held this evening are as fol10100 YARDS OPEN.—First heat: K. Laidlaw 2yds, R. Jenkins 3yds, R. Dalton 3Jyds, R. Alley syds, L. Tobin 7yds, J. Metcalfe 7Jyds, N. Bennie 10yds, Second heat.-G. Henderson 3yds R. Mahony 3yds, L. Small 3yds, B. Hoffman 4yds, J. Sinclair 6yds, G. Shand 9yds, S. Hillis 7yds. 440 YARDS OPEN.-W. Donaldson scr, R. Dalton scr, J. Smith syds, a. Mayne Byds, R. Mahony 9yds G. McLauchlin 10yds, J; Chaplin 14yds, J. Metcalfe 18yds, D. Dick 25yds. ONE MILE OPEN.—F. Mayne scr, M. von Tunzelman 25yds, J. Cooper 35yds, J. Metcalfe 45yds, W. Eastlake 85yds, R. Hughes 95yds, R. Dixon 100yds, J. Gill 90yds, D. Dick 130yds, R. Watson 15 SHOT PUTT (open).—G. B. Orbell scr, F. R. Muirson 2ft 6in, T. Knapp 3ft 61 BROAD JUMP (open).—R. 'Mahony scr, R. Jenkins 9in, A. Walker Ift, W. Barrett Ift 9in. v 220 YARDS JUNIOR.—First heat: K. Laidlaw scr, J. Ruffin 7yds, A. Edwards Byds, W. Eastlake 10yds, T. Jenkins 18yds. Second heat. —D. Robb 3yds, L. Chambers syds, P. Chilwell 10yds, P. Dalton 14yds, W. Barrett Byds. HIGH JUMP JUNIOR.—J. Muirson, A. Walker scr, S. Jenkins 4in. WOMEN’S RELAY (four 75yds).— Thomson and Beattie scr, Collegiate Basketball Club 3yds, Herbert, Haynes 18yds, Broad,' Small 18yds, W. H. Boyes 25yds. „ MEN’S RELAY (four 110yds).—First heat: Education Board (Atley, Milligan, Donaldson, McCurdy) scr, Printers (McKenzie, Waddell, Tobin ) 25yds, P. and T. No. 2 (Glubb, Shields, Grant, Hennessey) 25jds; Blues Football Club (Kennedy, Mahony, Breen. Chisholm) 7yds. Second heat: Calder Mackay (Jenkins, Atley, Shand, Davenport) 15yds, P. and T. No. 1 (Mayne, Mutch, McCormick, Sinclair) syds George Poole and Son (Harvey, i Elder, Hillis, Boyd) 18yds, Waikiwi (Metcalfe, Watson, Lainchbury, Dick) 20yds. Third heat: Sargood, Son and Ewen (Adam, Klapp, Joel, Edwards) 20yds, Boys’ Brigade Old Boys Soccer (H Bennie, N. Bennie, Dawson, Bell) ' 25yds, Rattray and Son 18yds, H. and [J. Smith syds, Europa Petrol .

HEATS ANNOUNCED FOR CYCLE HANDICAP The following are the heats for tht Calder Mackay cycle handicap: First heat.—W. Smith, M. Toole, S. Rayner, A. Willis, V. Donaldson, A. Parmenter. Second heat.-F. Ross, P. Donaldson, A. Rayner, A. Duncan, H. Smith, G. Kilpatrick. , „ _ , . . Third heat.—J. Noble, C. Erskine, A. Waddick, N. Munnings, C. Robinson R. Henderson, L. Kennard. _ First, second and third will qualify for the finals. PROGRAMME FOR OLYMPIC GAMES HELSINKI, November 22. The 1940 Olympic Games in Finland will comprise 132 events, of which 33 are athletics, nine gymnastics, 16 swimming, seven rowing, four sailing, nine canoe racing, 14 wrestling, five weightlifting, eight boxing, five shooting, seven fencing, six riding, five cycling and two gliding. There will also be football and a modern pentathlon. Omissions from the Berlin Games programme are handball, basketball, polo and hockey. New events are the 10,000 metres walk, the women’s weight putting, the women’s long jump and the women’s 200 metres.