Girl Athletes Give Display

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 811, 4 November 1929, Page 7

Girl Athletes Give Display

SHOW OF COLOURS VIRILITY AND GRACE The fourth annual sports meeting of the Auckland Girls’ Athletic Association was staged at Blandford Park on Saturday afternoon. At each successive fixture the great work that the association is doing in fostering athletic sports among Auckland girls becomes more noticeable. The displays of athletic events and massed drill and marching which the large crowd watched on Saturday afternoon were a revelation of the progress which has marked the association’s activities since its inception. r the onlooker it was a scene of sheer delight. Supple, graceful, well-formed girls, clad in costumes of vivid and attractive colours, entered into both massed and team events with the utmost enthusiasm. Virility and girlish zest were seen on all sides, and the effects lent by the bright and artistic team uniforms caused one to think of the pageantry which marked the recreations of a bygone era. The introduction of eurythmics demonstrated the girls’ versatility, and the massed effect was most spectacular. They went through the classic movements of this section with the grace of young Naiads and the crowd was charmed, as its warm applause indicated. In physical drill and marching the girls excelled themselves. Alertness, precision of movement, discipline and military snap rapidly dispelled all prehistoric notions that the sterner sex alone is capable of such work. The display reflected great credit on Miss E. W. S. Crammond, physical director of the Y.W.C.A., who coached the girls in this section.

The Grand Challenge Cup presented by the directors of the New Zealand “Herald” to the team gaining highest aggregate points was won for the fourth year in succession by the Presbyterian Bible Class Union, the runnersup being Howard Abbott Limited, who won the Runners-up Cup, presented by Mr. W. S. Pratt. The Tvolin Challenge Cup for the team gaining most points in team events was won by the Presbyterian Bible Class Union and the Auckland Ladies’ Hockey Association was successful in the competition for the Shearer Challenge Cup for the team gaining most points in single events. Abbreviations in the results are as follow:—Auckland Ladies’ Hockey Association (L.H.A.) : Browne Bros, and Geddes, Limited (8.8. and G.); G. A. Coles and Co. (G.A.C.) ; Girl Citizens (G.C.); Grammar Old Girls (Gram.); L. Heard (H.) ; Howard Abbott Limited (H.A.L.) : K.K. Footwear, Limited (K.lv.) ; Presbyterian Bible Class Union (F.8.C.); Technical College Past Students’ Association (Tech.); TLirners and Growers, Limited (T. and G.) ; Y.W.C.A. Clubs (Y.W.C.A.); Y.W.C.A Hostel (Hos.). Results: Drill and Marching Competition.—Grammar, 1; Y.W.C.A., 2; Girl Citizens, 3. SKIPPING RACE First Heat: L. Butler (G.A.C.), 1; J Matthews (G.C.), 2. Second heat: E. Cuom (P.8.C.), 1: T. Svenson (Y.W.C.A.), 2. Third heat: M. Mack (G.A.C.), 1; T. young (H.), 2. Fourth heat: R. Mansfield (H.A.L.), 1; P. Wilson (T. and G.), W Final: T. Svenson (Y.W.C.A), 1: J. Matthews (G.C.), 2; R. Mansfield (H.A.L.), 3. SNAKE RELAY First heat: Girl Citizens, 1; Heard’s, 2. .Second heat: Grammar, 1; Presbyterian 8.C., 2. Final: Grammar, 1; Presbyterian 8.C., 2: Girl Citizens, 3. 75YDS CHAMPIONSHIP First heat: M. Trainer (8.8. and G.), 1; M. Mack (G.A.C.), 2. Second heat: J. Scouller (P.8.C.), 1; K. Lynch (I-1.A.L.), 2. Third heat: M. Addis (Hostel), 1; L. Butler (G.A.C.), 2. Fourth heat: W. Wade (Gram.). 1; D. Morgan (P.8.C.), 2. Final: J. Scouller, P.8.C.. 1; K. Lynch, H.A.L., 2; M. W'ade, Gram, 3. CIRCLE BALL CATCHING First beat: Heard’s, 1; Brown Bros, and Geddes, 2. Second heat: Presbyterian 8.C., 1: Y.W.C.A. Hostel, 2. Third heat: Howard Abbott’s, 1; Grammar and Y.W.C.A.. 2. Final: Howard, Abbott’s, 1; Heard’s, 2; Presbyterian 8.C., 3. POTATO RACE First heat: P. Ringer (Host.), 1: E. Keane (8.8. and G.), 2. Second heat: J. Harper (Gram.). 1; J. Bassett (Y.W.C.A.). 2. Third heat: T. Young (Heard’s), 1: D. Humbv (G.A.C.), 2. Fourth heat: Tv. Lynch (H.A.L.), 1; M. Bain (Y.W.C.A.), 2. Final: P. Ringer (Hos.), 1; ,T. Bassett (Y.M.C.A.), S; D. Humby (G.A.C.), 3. BALL AND HOOP RELAY First heat: Heard’s, 1; K. Iv. Footwear, 2. Second heat: Howard Abbott's, 1; Technical Old Girls, 2. Final: Howard Abbott’s and Heard’s, 1: Presbyterian 8.C., 3. 100 YARDS CHAMPIONSHIP First heat: T. Young (Heard’s), 1; E. Rubber (K.K.), 2. Second heat: E. Simpson (LHI), 1: G. Armstrong (P.8.C.), 2. Third heat: M. Rowan (G.A.C.), 1; P. Ringer (Hos.), 2. Fourth heat: R. Beere (Tech.), 1; E. Coom (P.8.C.), 2. Final: R. Beere (Tech.), 1; E- Simpson (L.H.A.), 2; M. Rowan (G.A.C.), 3. NOVELTY MOTOR RACE First heat: K. McLean (Heard’s), 1; L. Hall (G.A.C.), 2. Second heat: L. Cullum (L.H A.), 1; .1. Harper (Gram.), 2. Third heat: N. Holst (Hos.). 1; H. Jacobs (8.8. and G.), 2. Fourth heat: M. Baird (P.B.C.V. 1: M. Jones (T. and Final: L. Cullum (L.H.C.), 1; J. Harper (Gram.), 2; K. McLean (Heard’s), 3. INTER-TEAM FLAG RELAY First heat: Heard’s, 1; G. A. Coles, 2. Second heat: Presbyterian 8.C.. 1: Technical 0.G., 2. Final: Presbyterian 8.C., 1; G. A. Coles, 2: Heard’s, 3. ZIG-ZAG BOUNCE BALL First heat: G. A. Coles. 1; Heard’s, 2. Second heat: Grammar, 1; Presbyterian 8.C., 2. Final: Presbyterian 8.C., 1; Grammar, 2; G. A. Coles, 3. HOOPS AND RIBBONS First beat: Heard’s, 1: G. A. Coles, 2. Second heat: Howard Abbott’s, 1;, Presbyterian 8.C., 2. Final: Howard Abbott’s, 1; G. A. Coles, 2; Presbyterian 8.C., 3.