JUBILEE SPORTS

Taranaki Daily News, 10 May 1935, Page 8

JUBILEE SPORTS

KAPONGA CHILDREN CELEBRATE. GATHERING MOST SUCCESSFUL. Jubilee sports celebrations held at Kaponga yesterday afternoon were a success from every angle. The weather was all that could be desired and about 350 children were catered for by an energetic committee with Mr. R. A. Law as marshal and Mr. A. W. Anderson as secretary. The children assembled at the post office and were marched to Victoria Park, Piper L. Lines heading the procession. Before the commencement they were assembled at the grandstand, where Mr. Law briefly addressed the gathering on the importance of the event which they 'were, celebrating. The following distinctive letters are used to denote the schools taking part: Kaponga Public (K), Kaponga Convent (C), Riverlea (RD, Rowan (RO), Mangatoki (M). Points scored were: Kaponga 91, Mangatoki 63, Kaponga Convent 57, Riverlea 39 and Rowan 15. In addition to a bag of sweets as they entered the park gates each child taking part in the races was given a prize. Results were (placings being first, second and third unless otherwise stated): — Boys’ Events. 50 yards:—6 to 7 years, Tom Izett (K), Albert Muller (M), Arthur Gordge; 7 to 8, Terry Crowley (C), Roydon Wilson (RD, Remi (M). 70 yards: 8 to 9, James Butler (C), Bernie Izett (K), Arthur Powell (K); 9 to 10, first race, Clive Kenyon (RD, Dan Fitzgerald (C), Kevin Butler (C), second race, Harry Taylor (M), Charles Bublitz (M), Maurice Thurston (K); H to 12, Maurice Gordge (K), Eric Purdy (RD, John Sheerin (M). 100 yards: 12 to 13, Charles Mclntosh (RD, Joe Hammersley (C), Lindsay Morgan (M); 13 to 14, Jim Harper (K), Nigel Frost (R); over 14, George Gordge (K), Dave Powell (K), Peter Bertie (K). Additional boys’ races: —6 to 7, Barney Drought (C), Cliff Ricketts (K), Howard Scott (K); 7 to 8, Ron Parkes (K), Johnnie Muller (M), Jim Dunlop (RO); 8 to 9, Brian Abbott (K), Oliver Bennie (M), Jack Carlson (M); 11 to 12, Jimmie Muller (M), Cyril Dempsey (K), Bill Broad (K). Boys’ open 100 yards: Peter Norgate (K), Tom Fowler (K), Don Hatcher (K). Boys’ 440 yards for Mr. E. L. Abbott’s special trophies: Lindsay Morgan (M) 1, Charles Mclntosh (RD 2,* George Gordge (K) 3, Ernest Chapman (RD 4. Open wheelbarrow races (boys and girls): No. 1, John and Erice Sheerin (M), Brian Abbott and June Thurston (K), Freda and Herman Schicker (M); No. 2, Mary Roguski and Kevin Butler (C), Doris Jackson and George Worner (RO), Fay Bennie and Henry Taylor (M). Girls’ Events. 50 yards:—6 to 7, Molly Hammersley (C), Lorna Gibson (RD, Margaret Dawson (K); 7 to 8, Betty Butler (C), Joyce Hooper (RD, Mary Gray (K); 8 to 9 No. 1, Joy Rowell (RO), Maureen Bennie (K), Betty Ricketts (K), No. 2, Annie Chamberlain (C), Ella Guy (K), Wilma Marr (K); 9 to 10, Fay Bennie (K), Enid Spurdle (K), Dawn Bennie (K). 70 yards: 10 to 11, Minnie Candy (C), Jean Spurdle (K), Doris Hammond (M); 11 to 12, Freda Schicker (M), Mary Chamberlain (C), Audrey Carlson (M); 12 to 13, Erice Sheerin (M), Doris Jackson (RO), Mary Roguski (C); 13 to 14, Patty Drought (C), Loma Rutherford (RD, Marie Fischer (RD; over 14, Mavis Lavell (RD, Lucy Lavell (RD. Girls’ additional races:—B to 9, Jean Manley (M), M. Voullaire (RD, Jessie Munro (RD; 9 to 10, Margaret Zimmerman (C), Jean Pease (M), Theresa Crowley (C); three-legged race, Fay Bennie (M) and Dawn Bennie (K) 1, Erice Sheerin (M) and Freda Schicker (M), 2, 220 yards: Fay Bennie (M), Rene Candy (C), Erice Sheerin (M). 100 yards, Rene Candy (C), Mary Roguski (C), Jean Thurston (K) 2. Girls’ special 220 yards for Mr. E. L. Abbott’s trophies: Mary Roguski (C) 1, Norsa Sleeman (K) 2, Freda Schicker (M) 3, Jean Spurdle (K) 4. Three-legged races:—loo yards over 14, George Gordge and P. Bertie (K), Charles Norgate (K) and D. Rowell (K); mixed, L. Morgan and J. Muller (M), Tom Abbott (K) and J. Hammersley (C), Doris Jackson and H. Worner (RO); Maurice Thurston and Brian Abbott (K), Noel Cran and Jim Gray (K), Dennis Harte and Peter Munro (RD; Cyril Dempsey (K) and George Worner (RO), C. McIntosh and Clive Kenyon (RD, Arthur McKay and Dick Eden (RO); June Thurston (K) and Patty Drought (C), Ruby Dew and Lorna Rutherford (RD; C Mclntosh and Ernest Chapman (RD, Maurice Gordge (K) and Joe Hammersley (C), Jack Carlson and John Sheerin (M); Erice Sheerin and Freda Schicker (M), Evelyn Sattler and Sheila Dunlop (RO), Josephine Bates (C) and Dawn Bennie (K); E. Izett and B. Abbott (K), Don Pease and Herman Schicker (M), Maurice Thurston and Jim Gray (K); Doris Hammond and Fay Bennie (M), Ruby Dew and Pearl Dew (RD, Iris Izett and Dawn Bennie (K). At the conclusion of the sports, which were concluded to time-table, the children were entertained at a picture screening in the town hall. There was a fair attendance of parents at the sports. A bonfire and fireworks display opposite the town hall at night was largely attended. The display was supervised by Superintendent A. Melville and members of the Kaponga volunteer fire brigade. OKAIAWA DISTRICT NEWS. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. The third of a series of euchre and dance parties organised by the Okaiawa Football Club was held in the hall on Tuesday night. Prizes were won by Miss D. Robertson 1, Mrs. W. Johnston 2; Mr. B. Walsh 1, Mr. W. Blair 2. Mrs. Johnston subsequently gave her prize back to the committee. Supper was served by the committee. A short aance was held after the euchre, Miss Mabel Guy (Matapu) playing the music. Mr and Mrs. 0. Elmers and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. H. Elmers and son, Hamilton, were the guests of Mrs. Retter during the week-end. Miss B. Better is spending a holiday at Hamilton. Through the horse he was riding falling, Mr. Simon Lean, a farmer, Tempsky Road, Okaiawa. on Tuesday suffered a broken ankle. The injured man was later removed to the Hawera Hospital by ambulance. Mr. J. Graham left on Tuesday for Invercargill to attend the funeral of his mother. Miss D. Corbett has left for Auckland to attend the capping ceremony at Auckland University College.