SCHOOL SPORTS

Southland Times, Issue 23768, 16 March 1939, Page 13

SCHOOL SPORTS

SUCCESSFUL GATHERING The Mataura school sports, which were postponed because of wet weather, were held in fine weather and the meeting was successful. At the end of the sports, Mr R. Pryde, in the absence of the chairman of the School Committee, Mr W. Buchanan, presented the championship cups to the winners:— Results:— Girls 50 yards, under nine: Sylvia Gillies 1, Eleanor McAra 2, Margaret Robertson 3. Boys’ 50 yards, under nine: Clive Ball 1, Norman McLeod 2, Gavin Cullen 3. Girls’ 50 yards, junior championship: Ina Gilles 1, Joyce Valentine 2, Ruth Ashby 3. Boys’ 75 yards, under 10: Desmond Christiansen 1, Russell Spooner 2, Thomas Thompson 3. Girls, under 10: Sylvia Pay 1, Isabel Heaps 2, Dora Robertson and Shirley Thompson (equal) 3. Junior boys’ 100 yards: Horace Nunn 1, Ivan Dickie 2, Gilbert Thompson 3. Senior boys’ 100 yards: Ivan McKelvie 1, Sydney Nixon 2, Ewen Piercy 3. Girls’ skipping race, junior championship: Ina Gillies 1, Joyce Valentine 2, Ruth Ashby 3. Girls’ skipping race, senior championship: Alma Redman 1, Joyce McDonald 2, Gwen Gillies 3. Girls’ high jump, senior championship: Joyce McDonald 1, Gwen Gillies 2. Girls’ high jump, junior championship: Ina Gillies 1, Betty Cockburn 2, Ruth Ashby 3. Boys’ high jump, senior championship: Ewen Piercy 1, Leo Dobbs 2, Sydney Nixon 3. Boys’ high jump, junior championship: Ivan Dickie 1, Gilbert Thompson 2, Ken Muir 3. Boys’ 220 yards, junior championship: Horace Nunn 1, Gilbert Thompson 2, Alex Gillies 3. Boys’ 220 yards, senior championship: lan McKelvie 1, Sydney Nixon 2, Ewen Piercy 3. Boys’ 75 yards, junior championship: Ivan Dickie 1, Horace Nunn 2, Gilbert Thompson 3. Boys’ 75 yards, senior championship: lan McKelvie 1, Sydney Nixon 2, Ewen Piercy 3. Boys’ 100 yards, under 12: Rodney Gillies 1, Edgar Weatherburn 2, Ken Muir 3. Girls’ skipping race, under 10: Shona McLeod 1, Sylvia Pay 2, Elsie Scarlett 3. Senior girls’ skipping championship: Joyce McDonald 1, Edna Redman 2, Gwen Gillies 3. Junior girls’ skipping championship: Joyce Valentine 1, Ina Gillies 2, Betty Cockbum 3. Girls’ 75 yards, under 12: Valmai Ball 1, Muriel Thompson 2, Nancy Poskill 3. Boys’ 100 yards, under 10: Desmond Christiansen I, George Fowler 2, Athol Hutton 3. Girls’ 100 yards, junior championship: Joyce Valentine 1, Ina Gillies 2, Ruth Ashley 3. Boys’ 100 yards, over 12: Ivan Dickie 1, Horace Nunn 2, Gilbert Thompson 3. Girls’ 100 yards, senior championship: Joyce McDonald 1, Alma Redman 2, Gwen Gillies 3. Threelegged race, girls under 12: Nancy McDonald and Nancy Poskitt 1, Avis McKelvie and Fay Johnston 2. Girls’ three-legged race, open: Valmai Ball and Muriel Thompson 1, Dorothy McLeod and Joyce Valentine 2; Boys’ 440 yards, open: Leo Dobbs 1, Gilbert Thompson 2, Alex Gillies 3. Boys, hop, step and jump, senior championship: Ivan McKelvie 1, Sydney Nixon 2, Ewen Piercy 3. Hop, step and jump, junior championship: Ivan Dickie 1, Gilbert I Thompson 2. Graded relay race, boys: R. Cullen, G. Fowler, A. McGregor, A. Gillies and I. McKelvie 1; S. Nixon, H. Nunn, B. Cockburn, H. Clearwater and J. Fowler 2. Giris: G. Gillies, R. Ashley, V. Ball, N. Poskitt, R. Jenkins, E. Alexander and S. Gillies 1; N. Ashley, J. Valentine, I. Clearwater, N. Robertson, P. Boyd and I. Wylie 2. Girls’ basketball: Gwen Gillies 1, Ina Coster 2. Cycling, boys: Ewen Piercy 1, Edgar Weatherburn 2, Jack Ramage 3. Bicycle race, slow: Jim Mclntosh 1, Edgar Weatherbum 2. Cycling, girls: Ailsa Osborne I, Ina Gillies 2, Muriel Thompson 3. Senior championship, girls: Joyce McDonald. Junior championship, girls: Ina Gillies. Senior championship, boys: lan McKelvie. Junior championship, boys.—lvan Dickie.