AMATEUR ATHLETICS

Taranaki Daily News, 17 December 1930, Page 4

AMATEUR ATHLETICS

SPORT AT PUKEKtIRA PARK.

FINE PERFORMANCES RECORDED.

Although the weather .Was unpleasant for the New Plymouth Amateur Athletic Club’s evening meeting at pukekura Park,, last night, the spectators Were. treated io a fine sports-pro-gramme. A feature was the splendid pefiofinanefe of 8. A. Blhck.itt Winning his heat of the. 100 yafds handicap off oiie yard iff even tithe add ybt Another good performance Whfi Credited. to G. Sullivan, Who recorded 43ft.,?in. iff the hop, step and jump. The rain . affected the track Ohly Slightly ahd the going wis gdod.. . The results are:— 440. yatds huidleS.—S'. L. Thorimon (2Syd&) 1, R. J. Stewart (MR 2, 8. F, FookeS (15yds) 3. Time, Imin. 1 2-5 sec. Half-mile cycle.—H. EVa (110yds) 1, Mddre (100 yd 2, Lowe (110yds) 3. Won. by 20 ydrds. Time, Imm. 7 1-5 £j.gC, . ’ ._ ■ 440 ylrds junior.—J. Somerton (25 yds) 1, M. Boyle (10yds) 2, K. Johnstone (30yds) 3. Won By two yards. Tims, 58 2-osec. . 100 yards/handicap.—Krst heat: S. A. Black (Iyd) 1, 8. S’. Fookes (oyds) 2, J. Medley (7yds) and J. A. Bank-, liur&t (Tjyds) 3; lOsec. Second heat: G. SiiUivan' (81yds) 1, K. Fookes (lOydsi 2, H. Wyatt (7iyde) 3; 10 l-ssec. Final: G. Sullivan 1, 8. Black 2,' S. .Fookes .3; Won by inches only; 10 l-ssec. Three mile. handicap.--L. E. Fox (280 yds) 1, 11. J. Stewapt (220yds) 2, G. Lander (450yds) 3. ./With half the journey covered G. Lander was nearly 80 yards ahead of. Thompson,. Eaddy, Fox, A Lander, Morton,. Hodgson and SteWAtt in a bunch. A mile from home the pace-maker’s lead was down to about 40 yards from Stewart, Eaddy and Fox. 'Going on to the last lap .Stewart took up tne running from Fox and Lander, but Fox drew alongside him coming ipto the straight and, sprinting in fine style, won by eight yards. Lander was. 15 yards further bapk and Eaddy fourth. Time, 15min. 45feec. One mile cycle.—R. L. Reed (90yds) 1, H. Eva (180yds) 2, F. Florence (160 yds) 3. The field Was bunched over the lae-t lap, but Reed came through at the entrance to the straight and won by a length. Time, 2min. 55sjec. 440 yards handicap.—H. S. Kingston (36yds) 1, R. Hoby (-38yds). 2, A. Hunter (34yds) 3. Hingston hit the front on the bend And lasted long Plough to win by, four yards, from Hoby. Time, 51 2-sfi.eC. Discus.—N. Webster (12ft.), -79 ft.. sin., 1; G. Sullivan (7ft.), 78ft. 10in., o. S. Fookes (sft.), 76ft. Bin., 3. "Hop, step and jump.—S. Fookes (pft.) 45ft. 2in., 1; G. Sullivan (scr.), ,43ft. 7in., 2; HL. S. Kingston (sft. 6in.), 43ft. 3im, 3.