TUG-OF-WAR CONTESTS

Taranaki Daily News, 9 June 1932, Page 14

TUG-OF-WAR CONTESTS

RESULTS OF HEAVY WEIGHTS. The heavy-weight pulls were contestj ed on Tuesday, the results being;— First Round. Taranaki Maoris beat Manaia Road, holding the strain throughout except on two occasions. Black and White (Pungarehu) beat Waimate, winning by 10 inches after holdinw the pull all the time. Soutk Island beat Waiokura. It wa& a fairly even contest at first. South Island gained 4 inches and finished with that lead after holding for the remainder of the spell. Second Round. ~ Taranaki Maoris beat Black and White by 3 inches. The pull was evenly divided at the outset but the winners settled down to a steady strain with 3 inches to spare and were never shifted. Manaia Road beat Waimate by six inches after taking a steady lead and maintaining it throughout. Black and White beat Waiokura by two inches, after holding the lead. Waiokura made a good showing but failed to get across. Third Round. Taranaki beat South Island by five inches. They gained this lead early in the null and were never, disnlaeed.

inches. They gained this lead early in the pull and were never displaced. Fourth Round. Black and White beat South Island by . 3 inches. They had the ascendency by two inches most of the time, gaining another inch just on time. . Semi-Finals. Manaia Road beat Taranaki. Taranaki took the strain first, gaining a lead of two inches. Once Manaia Road had a lead. Then they had the rope for a few flashes, Taranaki recovering with steady pulls. Manaia Road gained a wavering ascendancy for a period and finished with a lead of 3 inches. A protest was entered against Manaia Road putting in a substitute for McCook in the first pull, but the committee dismissed the protest. Black and White declined to pull in the semi-final and the final took place between Taranaki and Manaia Road, the Taranaki Maoris taking on a substitute to equalise McCook’s inclusion. j Manaia Road Win Final. Taranaki took the lead first, Manaia recovering and-holding the advantage by about an inch for the first minute. This was increased to 2 they held the pull the rest of the time, winning by 3 inches. Jubilee Committee pulled the tug-of-war committee, the contest ending in a draw after both teams hod had an equal share of the pull. The lightweight tug-of-war contest last night was won by Manaia Road, who went through the pulls without a loss. The runner-up was Parihaka, who had one loss. The final pull was a very ev?n contest, Manaia Road winning by only 21 inches.

LAZY-STICK PULLS.

S. REVELL THE WINNER

S. Revell was the winner of a series of lazy-stick pulls which resulted:—

First round: Revell beat Davidson 2 to 0; C. Paterson beat Davy 2 to 1; Charteris beat Symes 3 to 0; A. Miller beat R. Paterson 3 to 0; Round beat Hickey 2 to 0; Cantelin beat Pepperill junr. 2 to 0.

i Second round: Revell beat C. Paterson 2 to 0; Cantelin beat Charteris 1 0; Lound beat Miller 2 to 1. Semi-final: Revell beat Cantelin 2 to 1. Final: Revell beat Lound 2 to 0.