TIKORANGI SCHOOL PICNIC

Taranaki Daily News, 13 February 1933, Page 11

TIKORANGI SCHOOL PICNIC

GENERAL AND PERSONAL ITEMS. The Tikorangi and Otaraoa. Road schools held their annual combined school picnic on the Waitara beach on Saturday, although the weather left much to be desired, there was a large attendance of children and parents and a good afternoon’s sport was had even though the sea was too rough and cold for swimming. Mr. Metcalf, headmaster at Tikorangi, and Mr. Johnson, master at Otaraoa Road, ’were in charge of the sports, and were assisted by the respective school committees. > The following won races and competitions: Potato and bottle race, Rex Dowding; book race, junior boys, Loris Jury 1, Jack Alexander 2; senior boys, Bob Hills 1,. Gill Beaven 2; book race, girls, Jean Garner 1, Nola Watson, 2; [boys’ balloon bursting, Gill Beaven; girls’ balloon bursting, Doris Lye; throwing cricket ball 50 yards, Bob Hills; throwing at the wjcket, Bob Hills; John-tin-race, Jack ’ Alexander and Bob Hills 1, Albert Jupp 2; senior boys over 12 years, first heat, Rex Dowding 1, L. Hodson ■ 2, L. McCullough 3; second ■ heat, Davis 1, Bob Hills 2; final, R. Dowding 1,

B. Hills 2, L. Hodson 3; under school age, Maurice Sarten £ Margery Hunt % Marcia Allen 3; girls under ten years, Maureen Jones 1, Daphne Cunningham 2; boys under ten years,. Gordon Jupp and Vernon Sarten 1 equal, Jack Bennetts and C. Smaller 3 equal; girls ‘under 12 years, Loma Watson T, Nola Watson 2, Lucy Hunt 3; girls’ hop-scotch dribble, Lucy Hunt 1, Joan Orchard 2; boys’ hop-, scotch dribble, Jim Gamer 1, Bob Hills 2; sack race, first heat, Les McCullough, second heat, Bob Hill, third heat, Doug. Hills, 5 final, Doug. Hills 1, Bob Hills 2, L. McCullough 3; potato throwing, Sid Soffe 1, Doug. Hills' 2, Sid Davis 3; adults’ step-the-chain, Mr. . H. Sarten E» Mrs. T. Hine 2, Mr. H. Alexander 3. —The young people’s sports club committee met-on Wednesday when it was decided to ..hold a: dance. .? The Women’s Institute potato-digging competition, is almost complete and-some fairly heavy yields have.been produced. The weights will be averaged at the next meeting, when Mrs. Kaye will give an address to the members. Miss Pearl Hicks, who has been in hospital for a fortnight, has returned home. - Miss Betty Sarten left for Stratford last week to attend S. Mary’s Djocesan School. ' Mrs. W. Grant, Hawera is visiting Mrs, Lea Sarten, '