ATHLETIC SPORTS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 628, 3 April 1929, Page 13

ATHLETIC SPORTS

PIO PlO MEETING A SUCCESSFUL FIXTURE (From Our Own Correspondent) TE KUITI, Tuesday. That popular local fixture, the Pio Pio Sports and Athletic Club's annual meeting, took place at Pio Pio on Easter Monday, and as in former years there was a very large attendance from neighbouring centres. The Eltham Pipe Band, under Drum-Major J. Bell and Pipe-Major J. Crawford, provided popular music for the dancing events, and also at the dance held in the Town Hall in the evening. Several keen contests were witnessed, the big chopping event (12in. standing chop) being especially interesting. A Maori named Pu won this event In lm 4s, also winning the second I2in. chop. The chief results are as follow: Horse Events Boy Rider, under 12.—C. Baker, 1; D. McKenzie, 2. Girl rider, under 12: Nell Houghton, 1; Betty Holloway, 2. Best paced hack: C. Milne’s Plain Bill, 1; L Cotter, 2; Miss Crawley, 3. Pony jump: Bovs and girls under 16: W. Northcott, 1; C. Mel lor, 2; C. Baker, 3. Best lady rider: Miss Crawley, 1; Miss Mcßeth, 2; Miss Me Adam, 3. Maiden hunters* competition: W Northcott, 1; Mrs. J. Ryall, 2; J. Johnl ston, 3. Open hunters: £. Milne’s Plain Bill, 1: J. Johnston’s Jellicoe, 2; H. Houghton’s Stella, 3. Consolation Jump: J. Cullen, 1. Stockmen’s competition: S. Voyce, 1; A. Davenport, 2. Running 880Yds Handicap: J. Griffin (65yds). 1; D. Robertson (65yds), 2. Young ladies' race: Miss Smith, 1; Miss Bilton, 2; Miss Northcott, 3. IOOYds Handicap: C. Hartwell (14yds), 1; A. Peterson (14yds), 2; J. James, 3. Time, 9 2-ss. 440Yds Handicap: D. Robertson (28yds), 1; F. Sowry (30yds), 2. 220Yds Handicap: C. Hartwell, 1; A. Peterson and J. James (tie), 2. Time, 235. One Mile Handicap: J. Griffin. 1; H. Warriner, 2; B. Smyth, 3. Time, 4.59 1-5. Married women's race: Mrs. McConachie. 1; Mrs. Kiore, 2. Factory suppliers' and employees’ race: Dempsey, Nealey, McGin, Rollinson (dead-heat), 1. Dependent’s race: N. Griffin and Mason (tie), 1; Tuitoka, 2. High jump: N. Griffin (sft 3in) r 1; Taltuka and Ronaldson (tie), 2. Chopping Standing 12in. (open): Pu, 1; G. Tucker, 2; Remnant, 3. Time, 1.4. Standing, 12in.: Pu, 1; R. Barrett, 2; G. Tucker, 3. Standing, 14in. (open): G. Tucker, 1; G. Smith, 2; E. Smith, 3. Time, 1.26. Dancing Highland Fling: Gwen McNaughton, 1; Jessie McLauehlan, 2; K. Reid, 3. Sword dance: G. McNaughton, 1; K. Reid, 2; J. McLauehlan, 3. Hornpipe: J. McLauehlan, 1; G. McNaughton, 2; K. Reid, 3. Sean Triubhais: G. McNaughton, 1; J. McLauehlan, 2; K. Reid, 3. Irish Jig: .T. McLauehlan, 1; K. Reid, 2; G. McNaughton, 3. Piping (marches): Douglas Matheson. 1; Dan Ferguson, 2; A. Russell, 3. Strathspeys and Reels: D. Matheson. 1; Dan Ferguson, 2. Miss Gwen McNaughton, with an aggregate of 473 out of 500 points, won outright the points challenge cup valued at £2O for dancing events.

KAKAHI SPORTS WADE BREAKS CYCLING RECORD (From Our Own Correspondent) TAUMARUNUI, Tuesday. Winning four cycling events on end, and coming second in his fifth start, J. H. Wade crowned a meteoric run of successes at the Kakahi sports by breaking the record in the two-mile open race for the Mercer Cup, the champion’s time being 4m 455. In the track events, J. Wells won both the sprints off good marks. Results are as follow: One Mile Maiden.—P. Endres (25yds), 1; J. E. Walsh (35yds), 2. Time. 2m 555. Three-quarter Mile Roadster. —J. H. Wade (scr), 1; P. Endres (150yds), 2. Time, lm 58 4-ss. Quarter Mile.—J. H. Wade (scr), 1; C. G. Galbraith (12yds), 2. Time, 33 4-ss. Two Miles Open, Mercer Cup Race.—J. H. Wade (scr), 1; B. Fenning (240yds), 2; C. G. Cunningham (300yds), 3. Time, 4m 455. One Mile Kakahi Championship.— Wade. 1; Galbraith, 2; C. G. Cunningham, 3. Time, 2m 25 l-sa. Two Miles Open Handicap.—C. Hill (360yds), 1; J. H. Wade (scr), 2; D. Dowman (360yds), 3. Time, 4m 40s. One and a-half Miles Farewell Handicap.—D. Morris (185yds), 1; B. Fenning (175yds), 2. Time, 3m 36e. The results in the athletic events were as follow: — 75yds Maiden.- —D. J. O’Connell (scr), 1; F. Wood-Mass (4yds), 2. Time, 9s. 100yds Handicap.—J. Wells (10yds), 1; E. Lawler (7yds), 2. Time. 10 2-ss. 220yds Handicap.—Wells (15yds), 1; D. J. O’Connell (15yds), 2. Time, 25 l-ss. 440yds Handicap.—D. J. O’Connell (30yds), 1. Time, 54 l-ss. TE AROHA MEETING A RECORD ATTENDANCE (From Our Own Correspondent) TE AROHA, Tuesday. A record attendance of 2,500 people was present at the annual sports held at Te Aroha on Easter Monday. A big programme of cycling, running and woodchopping was put through in good time, and some keen competition was witnessed. Results are: IOOYds Maiden Race.—Castledine, 1; Whitten, 2; Olney, 3. One Mile Cycle Handicap. Coulton (150yds), 1; Gilbert (175yds), 2; Newsome (225yds), 3. 120Yds Handicap. Mellett (12yds), 1; Maloney (9Jyds) 2; Miller (11yds), 3. Time, 11 l-ss. One and a-half Miles Cycle Handicap. —Coulton (180yds), 1; Stace (70yds), 2; Gilbert (210yds), 3. Time, 3m 35*s. One Mile Boys’ Cycle Race.—PilkingW.i (50yds), 1; Francis (50yds), 2; Gilbert (scr), 3. 15in Standing Chop.—McCormick (30s), 1- Honey (245), 2; Patterson (28s), 3. 120 Yds Handicap.—Kellett, 1; Ruston, 2. 15in Underhand Chop.—Honey (255), I. Time, 61s. 220Yds Handicap.—Watson (22yds). 1; Kellett (20yds), 2; Millar (21yds), 3. Two Miles Cycle Handicap.—Pilkington (115yds), 1; Caulton (240yds), 2; Francis (200yds), 3. Time, 4m 575. 12in Standing Chop.—J. McCormick (16s), 1; J. Honey (18s), 2: H. McCormick (14s), 3. Time, 26 3-ss. 440Yds Handicap.—Molesworth (32yds), 1; Kellett (36yds), 2; Dye (32yds), 3. Time, 47 3-ss. Three Mile Cycle Race.—Gilbert (370yds) 1; Slater Hayes, 2; Francis (300yds), 3. Time, 7m 27 2-ss. BSOYds Handicap.—Walker (60yds), 1; Darlington (42yds), 2; Sharkey (30yds), 3. Time, lm 55 2-ss.