SCHOOL STEEPLECHASE

Taranaki Daily News, 6 October 1934, Page 5

SCHOOL STEEPLECHASE

ULENBERG WINS SENIOR W. SQUIRE THE INTERMEDIATE. G. BOWEN JUNIOR WINNER. The annual steeplechase of the New Plymouth Boys’ High School was run yesterday at the Waiwakaiho golf links. Although the weather was fine a stiff westerly breeze blew in the runners’ faces along the beach. The race was run in three divisions, senior (over 16), intermediate (under 16) and junior (under 14). The course for the senior event was three and a-half miles. It ran almost direct to the sandhills, through the lupins and on to the beach, which provided heavy going. After a three-quarter mile run in sand the track came around the flagstaff and back along the front of the sandhills almost to the spot at which it. entered the lupins. Then doubling back it passed behind the redoubt' at the head of the Rewa Rewa rifle range, passed through the Dell and, turning sharply, finished in a straight below the club-house. The finishing post was just below the eighteenth green. The 'course for the intermediate runners was the same until the flagstaff was reached, whence it went straight to the redoubt without dfiubiing back and so cutting off about half a mile. The junior course did hot go into the sandhills, turning along the front of them to the redoubt and home the same way as the others. The distance was one and a-half miles. '• ■ , • • The senior event was won by F. P. Ulenberg who, running from the scratch mark, also gained fastest time. He thus wins both the 1911 challenge trophy for ’ first place and the Brice Cup for fastest time for the'second year in succession. He ran a great race, reaching the front early in the race and holding his place. His time was 17m 21'2-ss, compared with his last year’s time of 16m 47 2-5 - over the same course. W. Squire off the 40s mark won the challenge cup for first place in the intermediate event,’’also the Eastoh Memorial Cup for fastest time. His time was 15m 51s. Last year’s fastest time was 14m 15 l-ss. The Noakes Cup for the winner of the junior, race was won by G. Bowen from the 40s mark. M. Tamati (scr) and J. Damey (10s) tied for the .fastest time, which decides the holder of the Herbert Smith Trust Cup. The junior, race, run first,' started at 2.15 p.m. The.limit men set off at a fast pace, gradually slowing as the spectators were left behind. The field soon began to. close up, but about half way round Rollitt.and Kinnell, the tw.o long handicap runners, led from Bowen, Murray and Diprose. Bowen worked to the front, being 30 yards ahead of Damey at the Dell, with Tamati (scr) third. Coming up. the straight Bowen increased his lead, winning from Damey by 60 yards. Tamati from the scratch mark ran well to finish third. Smith just beat Caiman, scratch, to gain fourth place. The results were:— , Junior. G. Bowen (40s), 11m 24s 1 J. Damey (10s), 10m 55s 2 M. Tamati (scr), 10m.55s 3 E. Smith (10s), 11m 18s 4 J. Caiman (scr), 11m 9s 5 D. Huggett (10s), 11m 20s 6 J. Deighton (20s), 11m 35s 7 J. Young (30s), 11m 46s .......... 8 Hi Langley (70s), 12m 26s 9 - 3. Woodward (scr), 11m 21s 10 Damey and Tamati were eqtial for fastest time, having taken 10m 555. Caiman was third; being 14s slower. Last year’s time was 11m 9s. Then followed B. Couchman, H. Avery, S. Faris, K. Diprose, G. Walsh, K. Malcolm, J. Murray, D. Rollitt and H. Woodham. Fastest Times. J. Damey (10s), 10m 55s 1* M. Tamati (scr), 10m 55s 1* L. Caiman (scr), 11m 9s 3 E. Smith (10s), 11m 18s 4 D. Huggett (10s), 11m 20s 5 J. Woodward (scr), 11m 21s 6 v G.' Bowen (40s), 11m 24s ...,. 7 ♦Equal 1. INTERMEDIATE RACE. The runners in the intermediate race also started smartly. The field had closed up at the sandhills with the longer handicap men still in the lead. Coming off the beach a group of five consisting of Squire Fenton, Dowding, George and Bullot were in front. This group kept together until the straight, where Dowding, Squire and Fenton broke clear. About 200‘yards from the finish they increased their pace. Squire and Fenton fighting hard put in a great finish, Squire winning in the last sprint by about three - yards. Dowding was close behind, followed by George, Bullot and Adams. The first scratch men in, Hunter and Faris, also had a tussle, but Hunter showing more speed won on the post. The results were:— W. Squire (40s), 15m 51s 1 F. Fenton (80s), 16m-34s 2 L. Dowding (60s), 16m 30s 3 J. George (50s), 16m 27s 4 R. Bullot (70s), 16m 27s 5 C. Adams (70s), 16m 49s . 6 J. Couchman (30s), 16m 20s ........ 7 P. Winter (60s), 16m 50s 8 J. Abum (80s), 17m 18s 9 C. Evetts (80s), 17m 23s 10 J. Clark (50s), 16m 55s 11 A. J. Moss (40s), 16m 45s 12 M. Hunter (scr), 16m 5s 13 I. B. Faris (scr), 16m 5Js 14 Those following were D. Waldie, G. Hodgson, R. Bell, ——, E. Law and J. Bewley. Squire ran steadily all the way, still having a little reserve for the finish. He ran a clever race and gained fastest time from the scratch men, Hunter and Faris. Fastest Times. . 1 W. Squire (40s), 15m 51s 1 M. Hunter (scr), 16m 5s 2 I. B. Faris (scr), 16m 5Js 3 J. Couchman (30s), 16m 20s 4 R. Bullot (50s), 16m 27s 5* J. George (60s), 16m 27s 5* L. Dowding (70s), 16m 30s 7 ♦Equal 5. THE SENIOR CONTEST. w-' 1 " The start of the senior event was notable for the speed at which Ulenberg led the scratch men, who vainly tried to keep up with him. In the lupins Ulenberg was as far up as 20th, the field being led by Moss, Morey and Turnbull. At the flagstaff three runners about 30 yards apart appeared. Ryan led' and Ulenberg, then third, was gradually gaining. Half-way along the zig-zag in front of the lupins he took the lead, holding it until the end to win by about 80 yards from L. Ryan. Lucus (10s) caught and passed Luscombe in the straight and came in third, these two being followed by O’Reilly, Hutton and Moss. The results were:— F. P. Ulenberg (scr), 17m 21 2-5 s .. 1 L. Ryan (50s), 18m 25s 2 M. Lucus (10s), 17m 54s ......... 3 S. Luscombe (10s), 17m 55s ........ 4 B. O’Reilly (20s), 18m 24s 5 N. Hutton (50s),118m 59s 6 H. Moss (60s), 19m 16s 7 I. Meiklejohn (20s), 18m 37s ...... 8 Jillett (50s), 19m 9s 9 W.G. Rawson (40s), 19m 10 ”b. Purser (40s), 19m 2s .....11 H. Johns (10s), 18m 45s 12 R. Morey (70s), 19m 47s 13

B. Robb (30s), 19m 15s .-. ..14 R. Sole (40s), 19m 27s 15 D. Brash (30s), 19m 20s ..16 L. Birdling (30s), 19m 22s 17 M. Ulenberg (10s), 19m 10s 18 D. Blackley (30s), 19m 38s 19 A. Keller (30s), 19m 42s 20 Ulenberg ran the course in 32 seconds less than Lucus, who was the second fastest, and Luscombe Is later was third. Fastest Times. F. P. Ulenberg (scr), 17m 21 2-5 s .. 1 M. Lucus (10s), 17m 54s t 2 S. Luscombe (10s), 17m 55s ........ 3 B. O’Reilly (20s), 18m 24s 4 L. Ryan (505),. 18m 25s 5 I. Meiklejohn (20s), 18m 37s .... 6 H. Johns (10s), 18m 45s 7 N. Hutton (50s), 18m 59s 8 G. Rawson (40s), 19m 9 D. Purser (40s), 19m 2s 10 Points for the championships were won by the following: Senior, F. Ulenberg 5.1. Grant 3, M. Ekdahl 1; junior, M. Hunter 5, I. Faris 3, R. Farnell 1; under 14 years, M. Tamati 5, L. Caiman 3, J. Woodward 1. The members of the staff acted as officials. The golf club granted the use of the links for the steeplechase, and Mr. Blundell moved his sheep from near the course.