Fire Brigade Competition

Thames Star, Volume XXXXI, Issue 10498, 14 December 1903, Page 1

Fire Brigade Competition

i AEN" IMTORESTIIiXiG EVENIT.

On SatuiKdiiy aifteamoora » ciauiipettifcion in single man coupling, was held in the Victoria, Reserve by menibers of thet Thaajies Vol-miteer Fire Brigade. Keen imtere&b was -takem ;n the event, .sixteen* firemen competing for .the handlsorae -mfidail jw-fesented ty S'liiporintondenb A. Biiirns. Tlhe fastest times ware pint upl by Firemen I* Alexander horn saraitch in 35 3-ose:s, Firdiuam Billing ■s icraitcili, 38saa, and Fireniain G-arrott scratch, in 39 3-i>. the soaikd handi caps were oip«iiedl Fireman 'Coutts, -iO 3-5-s-2c«, was found to bo the winnerl, his lOscu liaridioiij)' rodiuc-irw? the tinie to 3-i5 .slcld Fh-einan J'cnibinsi, 4.0 1-5804 with LseO pcdiiilty, wais second, hi* 9sec fiandkiap' reducing: his time lv 32 4-sseo. Firejnan Afcxandof, 35 3-sscc. tvomt zacnivh, gaiined 1 third plaoa. TDiet dotaiils of the perfornir a.iice of the various <.'ioini[>etito-i'S i, giving;' their -times', penalties^, hamdioap'S, i and points are w under:— I

- The judges were: Superintendent- , A. Bums and iClaptain Addison; tli-a stattter was Fireman H. Stone; and the timekeepers Messrs Ek L, Wright $n& P, Watson. j

Sec. Fireman Coutts ' .. 10 „ Jenkin „ 9 „ Corcoran 6 „ Alexander so. „ E. Kenuy. 4 ,;,,,, Willetts.. 3 „ Billing 1 .. so. „ Giirrett .. so. „ Sawyer .. 10 „ J.Pratt.. 7 „ E-. Pearse ft „ E. Gorbv (i „ T. Kerr".. 10 „ Bateirmn.. 4 „ Nowdick.. 8 „ : White .. 10 Actual time. Penalty, Time 40 J 0 30J 40J 1 32* 41-.V 1 3fl| 3o£ 0 35£ 41 0 37 40 1 38 as 0 38 i 39? 0 39; i ill .2 39J ■13 4 40 41» 0 41 475 0 41J 61 2 43 48J 0 44* 63J 3 48f 57 3 50 ;