ATHLETICS AND ATHLETES

Taranaki Daily News, 4 December 1930, Page 4

ATHLETICS AND ATHLETES

I • ✓ • : SPORT IN NORTH TARANAKI . / .. ■— 1: X~EW PLYMOUTH CLUB ACTIVITIES I ■•/ ' I~ , • I L BUG FIELDS FOR SECOND SERIES. I ' . L/4 (By “Acron.”) I - The New Plymouth Amateur Athletic r/dub began its second series on luesl/day at Pukekura Park and increased fe were a feature of all events.. The handicapper, Mr. G. H. Weir, I was in form 1 and most events found I three and four competitors crossing the .line practically' on terms. It was certainly the .best meeting held this sea- -• son. •’ T. K. Cambie, the fine Hawera sprint- // 'er, will be unable to compete in the .•»; invitation 220 yards race at the carx- nival on Boxing Day night. In adti z .''vising the promoters of the race Cambio greatly regretted he would be outi aide the province'during the holidays. Williamson, a promising half-iniler, running off the 15 yards mark in Wellington, has signified his intention of competing at the electric light meet-

ing. /■' The. Eltham Amateur Athletic Club has noininated M. Prince to represent it ' ••..■in 1 the invitation 220 yards (short limit) handicap at the December 26 carnival. S. A. Black continues to run in great ' form. On Tuesday night he won his heat and the final of the 100 yarils off £•'< two yards in 10. l-ssec. Extended, he /•. could probably have run even tifne. • / : The B relay team has held the buttons since they were first competed for V this season. On Tuesday the B team was back on the scratch mark, but good exchanges throughout the contest were mainly for the team’s success. // With eight and nine riders in each, of the cycle races on Tuesday two good contests were witnessed. Experience /.. mainly gave the half-mile to Gillies, / > the back-marker /' saving considerable ground at the bends and stealing up on the inner coming into the straight the < last time. There was rather a surprise in the two-mile cycle race which seemed a certainty for Gillies, who hit the front at the beginning of the last lap. Gillies, however, appeared to be caught napping, aud a new rider, Burr, beat him by half a length. Burr rode a well-judged race and should be improved with the exX perience. . R. J. Stewart has been doing best among the runners over distances this ‘ season and t he won the two-mile handicap well on Tuesday night. Fox and Smith both challenged .hotly over the last 50 yards, but Stewart sprinted even better than they. Both Fox and fimith are improving. ’ . . , R. B. Walsham had his first track race .of the season in that event, but ran a long way below form and did not complete- the course. Hodgson had the benefit of Kingston as a paee- ■. ;< maker and rau a much better race than he didi. the previous week. He outsprinted Kingston at the finish and beat his co-marker by a •Couple of yards. X This was Hingston’s first serious run this season, however, and his effort was •’-<‘pleasing one. _ I George Sullivan was in fine form ; and this all-rounder ran third in the 100 yards handicap, won the javelin throw and equalled Sid Fookes in the long . -jump. Sullivan threw the javelin 133 ' ft. 7in. and jumped 21ft. lin. in the long jump.* Jack Fleming, the star attraction in the invitation 220 yards handicap, has • fine record over sprint distances. His ■//'• best performances are second "to J. V. gcholta (at Wellington), 1026, in the 100 yards; first, beat Lloyd Hahn and 'W. Kyle, 1926,-in the 440 yards handi- '• ; i cap; first Wellington provincial championship 100 yards and 440 yards, 1927; first New Zealand championship 100 yards and 440 yards (record time), ■1928; first invitation 440 yards v. G. A. Goldinw (New South 'Wales), at Wel1930; first New Zealand championship 440 yards (50sec.), 1930. The Hawera Club is staging a ladies’ Carnival at Hawera. on December 16, and the New Plymouth Club will _ be strongly represented at the gathering. A fiu° programme includes the following ‘i ' events for ladies; 75 yards handicap, javelin, secondary school 100 yards, discus, 120 yards handicap, putting the shot, primary school 100 yards, 440 yards walk, hop, step and jump, and 440 yards relay. . 'The second evening meeting of uno second series of the New Plymouth Club will be decided at Pukekura Park next Tuesday night. The following events are on the programme: 220 yards handicap, 880 yards handicap, one mile handicap, one and three mile cycling handicaps, high jump, putting the shot, 440 yards hurdles handicap, 220 yards junior handicap and tho ladies events are 220 yards handicap, high jump and relay.'