SCHOOL SPORTS

Southland Times, Issue 24000, 15 December 1939, Page 19

SCHOOL SPORTS

NORTHERN WAIAU DISTRICT SUCCESS OF PUKEMAORI A most successful sports nieeting and exhibition of work was held at the Orawia school by the schools of .the Northern Waiau District. Favoured by beautiful weather, the meeting, which was the first of its kind to be held in the district, proved an outstanding sucC£ The schools taking part were.—Birchwood, Clifden, Eastern Bush, Feldwick, Merrivale, Orawia, Otahu and Pukemaori. The sports were begun in the morning and continued till late in the afternoon, the long programme, in which more than 150 pupils participated, being carried through in an expeditious manner by the teachers of the various schools, aided by members of the committees and other willing helpers. A large number of parents inspected the exhibition of school work, a special feature of which was the arts and crafts section which demonstrated the ■n. ew trend in education since the abolition of the proficiency certificate. Interested spectators at the gathering were Messrs S. J. Irwin and J. G ; Gaspanch, members of the Southland inspectorate of primary schools. The champion school proved to be Pukemaori, whose children gave an excellent exhibition of athletics, showing evidence of careful coaching and training by their teacher, Mr R. Nimmo. The following are the results of the various events, abbreviations being as follows;—Birchwood, B; Clifden, C; Eastern Bush, E. 8.; Feldwick, F; Merrivale, M; Orawia, Or; Otahuti, O; Pukemaori, P:— Boys’ senior championship (80yds) — L. King (P.) 1,1. Bates (C.) 2, R. Sutherland (P.) 3. Girls’ senior championship (80yds). — R. Findlay (P.) 1, D. Calder (E. 8. 2, M. Sim (P.) 3. Boys’ junior championship (60yds).~H. Henderson (M.) 1, Will Todd (P.) 2, L. Devery (M.) 3. Girls’ junior championship (60yds). P. Hamilton (B.) 1, J. Watson (M.) 2, V. Simpson (C.) 3. •, x » Boys’ senior handicap (80yds). L. King (P.) 2yds 1, I. Bates (C.) 6yds 2, F. Brown (Or.) 14yds 3. Infant boys’ handicap (60yds).—-R. Winsloe (M.) 2yds 1, Leo. Devery (P.) 6yds 2, R. Stodart (P.) 6yds 3Girls’ senior handicap (80yds).—M. Sim (P.) 6yds 1, V. Simpson (C.) 10yds 2, R. Findlay (P.) 4yds 3. Infant girls’ handicap (50yds).—L>. Munro (E. 8. 2yds 1, M. Mac Gibbon (E. 8. 2yds and M. Finlay (C.) 4yds 2 eq. Boys’ three-legged race (80yds).—W. Todd and T. Palmer (P.) 14yds 1, I. Bates and J. Robson (C.) 6yds 2, R. O’Brien and L. Fahey (C.) 4yds 3. Infant boys’ three-legged race (50yds).—L. Devery and R. Stodart (P.) 4yds 1, A. Cassidy and N. Ballantyne (Or.) 2yds 2, R. and S. Gilbert (O.) Iyd 3. , x t. Girls’ three-legged race (80yds).—K. Ridder and D. Devery (M.) 4yds and L. Ridder and J. Watson (M.) syds 1 eq., M. Ridder and P. McAra (M.) 2yds 3. Infant girls’ three-legged race (50yds).—R. Fowle and M. Findlay (C.) 2yds 1, P. Findlay and L. Chamberlain (Or.) Iyd 2, S. Mclntosh and F. Bryan (Or.) 2yds 3. Boys’ Sack Race (80yds).—T. Palmer (P.) 14yds 1, W. Todd (P.) 14yds 2, B. Todd (P.) Byds and L. Devery (M.) 12yds, 3 eq. Infant boys’ sack race (50yds).—R., Stoddart (P.) 6yds 1, L. Devery (P.) 6yds 2, J. Watson (M.) 4yds 3. Girls’ sack race (80yds).—R. Froude (P.) 10yds 1, J. McLeay (O.) 6yds 2, P. Hamilton (B.) Byds 3. Infant girls’ sack race (50yds).—M. Findlay (C.) 6yds 1, M. Findlay (B.) 4yds 2, R. Fowle (C.) 4yds 3. Girls’ relay race (80yds each). — Merrivale (J. Watson, F. Ferrar, L. Ridder and D. Devery) 1, Pukemaori (R. Findlay, M. Sim, B. Palmer and H. Stodart) 2, Eastern Bush (D. Calder, J. Mac Gibbon, J. Munro and M. Scobie) and Otahu (L. Owen, J. McLeay, V. Johnston and S. McLeay) 3 eq. Boys’ relay race (80yds).—Clifden scr (A. Durham, C. King, I. Bates and J. Robson) 1, Pukemaori, 14yds (L. King, R. Sutherland, M. Stodart and W. Todd) 2, Merrivale, 10yds (D. Rabbitte, Y. Winsloe, H. Henderson and L. Devery) 3. Mixed infants’ relay race (50yds).— Pukemaori, 16yds (L. Devery, L. King, B. Stodart and R. Stodart) 1, Orawia, 10yds (A. Cassidy, N. Ballantyne, D. Chamberlain and L, Chamberlain) 2. Boys’ high jump.—J. Robson (C.) 3in, 4ft sin 1, I. Bates (C.) 3in, 4ft 4in 2, S. Mclntosh (Or.) scr, 4ft 2in and A. Durham (C.) lin, 4ft 2in 3 eq. Girls’ high jump.—H. McLeay (O.) lin 4ft Ilin 1, L. Owen (O.) lin, 3ft Ilin, M. Sturgess (F.) 2m 3ft Ilin, J. Mac Gibbon (E. 8. 3in 3ft Ilin, and P. Hamilton (B.) 4in. 3ft Ilin, 2 eq. Boys’ hpp, step and jump.—J. Robson (C) 18in, 31ft lOin 1, L. King (P.) 6in, 31ft lin. 2, I. Bates (C.) 18in., 30ft Bin. 3. Girls’ hop, step and jump.—M. Sim (P.) 18in, 30ft 6in. 1, R. Findlay (P.) 12in., 39ft 7in. 2, D. Calder (C. 8. 12in, 27ft BJin 3. . K Boys’ Long Jump.—H. Hill (E. 8. 4in, 14ft 4in 1, I. Bates (C.) 12in, 14ft 3in 2, S. Robson (C.) 12in, 13ft 9in 3. Girls’ long jump.—M. Sim (P.) 12in, 13ft 6in 1, M. Sturgess (F.) Bin, 12ft Bin 2, D. Calder (E. 8. Bin, 12ft 4in 3. TABLE OF POINTS In deciding the position of the different schools the points gained by each school were divided by the roll number, the winning school being that with the highest average of points a pupil, thus enabling the smaller schools to participate on a competitive basis with the bigger schoools. The following was the position of the schools:—

Pts. R.N. Av. Pukemaori 113 21 5.38 Eastern Bush 26J 14 1.89 Clifden 68 36 1.88 Merrivale 41 22 1.86 Otahu 154 16 .96 Birchwood 131 16 .84 Feldwick 54 7 .78 Orawia 17 35 .48