THE OPEN ROAD

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20782, 17 July 1937, Page 16 (Supplement)

THE OPEN ROAD

HARRIER ACTIVITIES (By “Marathon”) Season’s Fixtures July 31—Visit from Christchurch Clubs. August 14 —Orr-Walker Cup Race; South Canterbury Championship, Caroline Bay. August 28—Canterbury cross-country championships, at Christchurch. September 11—New Zealand crosscountry championships at Timaru. September 18—Temuka-Timaru road race handicap. The Norrie Cup Race run at Waimate last Saturday provided one of the finest cross-country races held amongst the local harrier clubs for some time. Some 21 runners faced the starter and the race was full of interest from start to finish. One of the pleasing features of the race was the excellent performances of some of the younger runners. Lloyd Williams is to be congratulated on his success in winning the Norrie Cup. his time for the race was 4 seconds slower than Donovan's time last year. D. Squire who is having his first run as a senior this year ran a well-judged race. He was with the leaders over most of the journey and at one stage of the race was leading the field with Williams and Taylor at his heels. He is to be congratulated on his splendid performance and he will provide keen competition in the Orr-Walker Cup this year. Rex Taylor who ran into third place was not quite up to his excellent performance of last year, his time for the race on Saturday being 8 seconds slower than last year. George McKirdy finished in fourth place, the same position he held last year. Errol Darby another of last year’s junior runners, also ran a splendid race and finished well up in sth place. H. Ward finished in sixth place, only Imin 23sec behind the leader.

In the teams’ race for the Powell Shield the Timaru Club again owe their success to the even balance of their team and though only represented by four runners they never lost the hold of the race during any part of the journey. The following are the detailed results and times for the individual runners in the Norrie Cup.

I, Williams, 26min 34sec .... 1 D. Squire, 26min 40sec .. .. 2 Rex Taylor, 26min 42sec .. .. 3 G. McKirdy, 27min 3sec .... 4 E. Darby, 27min 34 sec .. .. 5 H. Ward, 27min 57sec 6 T. Shivas, 28min 7sec 7 E .Wilson, 28min lOsec 8 J. Winnington, 28min 15sec .. 9 C. Langrish, 28min 23sec .. ..10 J. Strachan, 28min 24sec .. .. 11 R. Smith, 28min 48sec 12 A. H. Williams, 28min 57sec .. 13 J. Wallace, 31min lOsec .. .. 14 J. Meechin, 31min 19sec .. ..15 A. Craig, 31min 20sec 16 V. Hadlee, 32min 2sec 17 S. Jackson, 32min 17sec 18 I. Powell, 32min 44sec 19 W. Chiles, 32mln 45sec 20 D. Drennan, 33mm 17sec .. ..21 The Sealed Handcap was won by D. Squire, handicap Imin 45sec. E. Darby was second, handicap Imin 30sec, The Powell Shield results were:— Timaru —D. Squire 2, H. Ward 6, T. Shivas 7, E. Wilson 8. Points 23, 1. Anglican—R. Taylor 3, E. Darby 5, A. Williams 13, J. Msechin 15. Points 36, 2. Presbyterian—G. McKirdy 4, J. Winnington 9. J. Strachan 11, J. Wallace 14. Points 38, 3. West End—L. Williams 1, C. Langrish 10, R. Smith 12, S. Jackson 18. Points 41, 4. Maxwell Memorial Cup The junior race for the above above trophy was won by J. Donaldson iWest End). This young runner led the field all the way and had practically no opposition, his nearest competitor being H. Allchurch (Timaru), who finished in second place 22 seconds behind Donaldson. The three promising Anglican juniors, Ramsay, Jones and Knowles, filled the next three place, 3,4, and 5 and assured the Anglican club winning the Te Huru Huru Shield for the junior teams’ race. F. Walker (Timaru), who was expected to do well on Saturday finished well back in eighth place. Results of junior race were— J. Donaldson, 21min 18sec .. 1 H. Allchurch, 21min 40sec .... 2 K. Ramsay, 21min 55sec .... 3 B. Jones, 22min ssec 4 J. Knowles, 22min llsec .... 5 W. Pollard, 22min 57sec .. .. 6 J. McKim,\23min 7sec 7 F. Walker, 23min 16sec 8 J. Hardie. 24min 6sec 9 F. Ross, 24min 30sec 10 V. McKay, 24min 37sec .. ..11 E. Brown, 24min 46sec .. .. .. 12 Teams’ race, Te Huru Huru Shield: Anglican—K. Ramsay 3, B. Jones 4, J. Knowles 5. Points 12, 1. Timaru—H. Allchurch 2, F. Walker 8, F. Ross 10. Points 20, 2.

Presbyterian —W. Pollard 6. J .Hardie 9, E. Brown 12. Points 27, 3. Halswcll Cup Race This event is to be run on Saturday and will be controlled by the Christchurch Harrier Club. The Timaru Harrier Management Committee, have decided to enter a team. The following runners have decided to make the trip:—L. Williams, D. Squire, Rex Taylor, H. Ward, C. Langrish, J. Strachan. This is a fairly strong team, and should benefit by the experience in a cross-country race with strong competition from the city club runners. G. McKirdy, T. Shivas, E. Wilson and J. Winnington are unable to take the trip. To-day’s Club Runs The Timaru Club will hold their weekly run from the residence of Mr F. Ross, Sarah Street, as the guests of Mr and Mrs Ross. The West End Club will combine with Timaru for to-day’s run. The run will commence at 1.30 p.m. The Anglican Club will hold their weekly run from Roslyn Terrace as the guests of Mr and Mrs W. Tubb. The run will commence at 2.30 sharp. The Presbyterian Club will hold their weekly run from the Presbyterian Children’s Home, North Street, as the guests of the matron, Miss Campbell. The run will commence at 2.30 sharp.