ATHLETICS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20054, 11 March 1935, Page 5

ATHLETICS

DOMINION AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS AUCKLAND WINS SHIELD By Telegraph—Press Association WANGANUI, March 9. The New Zealand amateur athletic championships were completed to-day in fine weather. There was a large attendance of the public. Two New Zealand records were broken, W. G. Bainbridge, of Auckland, covering 220 yards in 21 3-ssec, clipping two thirds of a second off the circular track record, and F. A. Finlayson, of Auckland, taking 55 3-ssec for the 440 yards hurdles, which was one-fifth of a second better than the record established last year by A, T, Anderson, of Canterbury. The points for the championship shield were:— Points. Auckland 40 Wellington 29 Hawkes Bay Hawkes 8.-Poverty B. .. 26 Canterbury .. 20 West Coast, North Is 16 Otago 9 Auckland also won the Queensland Memorial Shield with 21 points, Canterbury being runners up with 9. In the following list of results abbreviations are—Auckland A, Canterbury C, Otago O, Wellington W, West Coast, North Island W.C.N.1., Hawkes BayPoverty Bay H.8.P.8. Results:— 120 Yards Hurdles Championship Final P. Bowie (W) 1 F. Sharpley (H.8.P.8) 2 H. Milner (O) 3 Inches separated Bowie and Sharpley. Time—ls 4-5. 100 Yards Championship Final J. McFarlane (C) 1 W. S. Bainbridge (A) 2 G. Quin (H.8.P.8.) 3 Won by a yard. Time—lOsec. 800 Yards Championship C. E. Evans (W.C.N.I) 1 E. Forne (H.8.P.8.) 2 T. Allen (O) 3 Time—lmin 57 l-ssec. Evans gained on the last corner and held his own to the finish, winning by about four yards. Forne and Allen made strong efforts and half way down the straight it looked as though Evans might be beaten. Putting the Shot P. Munro (W) 41ft 9in . . .. 1 E. G. Steere (W.C.N.1.) 41ft 13in 2 A. D. Adlum (W) 38ft lliin.. 3 200 Yards Hurdles Championship Final F. A. Finlayson (A) 1 N. E. Nelligan (C) 2 J. Blakeway (W) 3 Time—26 sec. Won by three yards. 200 Y’ards Championship Final W. S. Bainbridge (A) 1 J. McFarlane (C) 2 G. Quin (H.8.P.8.) 3 Bainbridge won by about a yard in the New Zealand record time for a circular track of 21 3-ssec. 100 Y’ards Women’s Championship First heat: Miss G. Symes (H.8.P.8.) 1, Miss K. Callinan (C) 2, Miss B. Boyes (W) 3. Time—ll 3-ssec. Second heat: Miss F. Gudsell (C) 1, Mrs B. Thomas (A) 2, Miss A. Gibbs 3. Time —ll 2-ssec. Final Miss F. Gudsell (C) 1 Miss G. Symes (H.8.P.8.) .... 2 Miss K. Callinan (C) 3 Miss Gudsell sprinted up to a good finish, winning by about a yard. Time —ll 3-ssec. High Jump Championship T. J. Crowe (W), sft llin.. .. 1 P. J. Hackett (A) sft lOin .... 2 A. Cameron (O) sft sin 3 One Mile Walk Championship T. Driscoll (H.8.P.8.) 1 B. Campbell (W.C.N.1.) 2 Coleman reached the finishing post six yards ahead of Driscoll, but was disqualified by a majority of the judges.

440 Yards Hurdles Championship Final F. A. Finlayson (A) 1 A. T. Anderson (C) 2 H. B. Ball (A) 3 Time—ss 3-ssec. Darby stumbled on landing over the hurdle at half way which put him out of the running. Finlayson held an advantage over the last obstacle to come on and win nicely by two yards in New Zealand record time. Throwing the Hammer Championship M. R Spillane (C) 151 ft 7lin.. 1 A. D. Adlum (W) 114 ft 10Mn .. 2 R. Johnson (H.8.P.8) 101 ft .. 3 440 Yards Championship Final W. B. Bainbridge (A) 1 S. A. Black (W.C.N.1.) 2 T. R. Kerr (A) 3 Time—49 l-ssec. After one break: they got away well. Evans was overhauled by Kerr at the half way mark, with Black commencing to move up and Bainbridge also handy. Black took the lead running to the turn, but Bainbridge was in front when they straightened up and finishing resolutely won by seven yards. Kerr finished better than Newburgh to get third place six yards back. Evans was hopelessly out of it. Throwing the Javelin Championship S. A. Lay (W.C.N.1.) 187 ft lin 1 K. D. Gillespie (A) 179 ft Olin 2 C. P. Clegg (W.C.N.1.) 160 ft lin 3 Three Mile Championship M. S. Cooper (A) 1 A. W. Atton (A) 2 C. Weller (W.C.N.1.) 3 Time—l4min l-ssee. Before they entered the final stages Cooper had lapped Weyman and came on to w'in by more than 70 yards from his team mate Atton, who nearly lapped Weyman. Weller was third 200 yards behind. just holding off a late challenge by Cook while Bills and Weyman finished out the course. Hop, Step and Jump Cliamuionship H. A. Brainsby (A) 47ft 7iin 1 A. Cameron (O) 47ft 5 lin .... 2 T. G. Morrison (C) 45ft 4Sin .. 3 Women’s Championship Relay Race Hawkes Bay-Poverty Bay (Misses E. Symes, R. Long, V. Morton, and I. Cloveaux) 1 Wellington 2 West Coast, North Island 3 Time —511 sec. Championship Relay Hawkes Bay-Poverty Bay (Quin. 440 yards. Bickerstaff 220 yards. Callinan 220 yards, Forne 880

yards 1 Canterbury (McCaskey 440 yards, Macfarlane 220 yards. Errell 220 yards, McNaughton 880 yards.. 2 Wellington (Thomson 440 yards. Robinson 220 yards, Welpy 220 yards, Ogg 880 yards) 2 TEAM FOR OLYMPIC GAMES FULL PERIOD OF TRAINING United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright WANGANUI, March 8. “Pressure should be brought to bear right awav to enable whatever New Zealand athletic team is chosen for the Olympic games to obtain a full period of training in Berlin.” said Mr Norman McKenzie, representing the Hawke s Bay-Poverty Bay Centre at the annual conference of the Amateur Athletic Centre delegates here to-night. Mr L. A. Tracy, honorary secretary; What would you call a full period? Mr McKenzie: At least seven weeks. Mr R. O. Johnson (Otago) supported Mr Mackenzie and said that it was impossible for the New Zealand team to reach top form in two or three weeks after landing. If trials were to be held to select the team, they should bi fixed early in the season.