ATHLETICS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18887, 11 October 1929, Page 4

ATHLETICS.

CANTERBURY CENTRE. The annual meeting of the Canterbury Vfwi 6 New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association was held last evenMr R. Beattie presided over a 1U rn«. atten^ance of delegates. election of officers resulted:— Mr* 3 !* u l, Beattie; vice-president, ~ r ii,. h. Cross; honorary secretary and vr^f Ure £l Mr G - L*- Austin; executive, Messrs G. G. Lockwood, C. 11. Taylor, r T* -A. Grose, C. Sanderson, M. Doadbetter, W. q. FleweUen and R. finance committee, Messrs R. Beattie, Grose, C. H. Taylor, G. G. Lockwood and G. L. Austin; honorary soli*2* S- Thomas; honorary auditor, Mr O. W. B. Anderson; delegates to association, Messrs H. I. Austad and W. Vy handlesppers, (running) Mr E. £*L oa « V (cycling) Mr R. Hill; tixnekeeper, Mr C. IL Taylor, jun. Harriers’ Club was grante to ttie centre. , The Omihi Club was granted permishold its annual sports meeting on t>ct°ber 28, and the programme was approved. 1 w as granted permission to rae cting on December 28. The Kaiapoi Club was granted permission to hold the country champion--BhiPa on Its ground. The late secretary reported that the formation of a club had been considered at Greymoutli. The promoters wore asking to meet members of the centre to discuss matters before completing the scheme. The matter was left to the executive. Mr A. B. Clark spoke regarding the suggestion _to hold the Canterbury championships in conjunction with the visit of the Canadian athletes to Christchurch. In his opinion, the suggestion would not meet with general approval. He moved as a recommendation to the executive that the Canterbury championships be held a fortnight prior to the New Zealand championships, so as not to clash with the visit of thto Canadians. The chairman said it was not advisable to tie the hands of the executive. The extecutive, however, would probably fall in line with the recommendation. The motion was carried. Mr Flewellyn moved that in future relay races be handicapped. His ground was that his club, the Canterbury Chib, had won every race in which it entered last season. Thte club was very strong and wished to compete on fairer terms with the other clubs. Members spoke against the proposal, stressing the burden on the handicapper, and stating that matters would adjust themselves in time. The sporting motion of the Canterbury Club was much appreciated. Mr Malcolm Leadbetter said he had run under both conditions in Wellington. It was perhaps discouraging for some clubs to be beaten every time. A similar situation had arisen in Wellington, and a system of point scoring according to the number of teams entering was adopted, under wliioh every team entering scored at least one point. He himself favoured the scratch relay. It was decided to run the relays on lines indicated by Mr Lealdbetter, scratch races with a system of points according to the number of teams. It was decided to thank Mr Eugeni Spitz for the gift of a challenge cup for a ladies* 100yds race. Mr L. Smith suggested a system under which one club might challenge another to a scratch meeting. Mr G. G. Lockwood 'said that the difficulty was the securing of grounds. The president said the cencre would keep the question in view, and the clubs might take note of it. A member raisted the question of Inviting Australian representatives to be_ present, such as Carlton, on the occasion of the visit of the Canadian athletes. The secretary stated that American competitors would be visiting-trhe Commonwealth and the services of Australian athletes, most probably would be required in their own country. _ He was in touch, however, with leading New Zealand performers, with a view to persuading them to visit Christchurch for the occasion. The matter was left to the executive. The matter of tho jumping pit at Lancaster Park was brought up, members stating that it was in a bad condiMr Lockwood stated that tho field event men were responsible for the mislaying of material. Both matters were referred to thfe Grounds and Equipment Committee. REPRESENTATION. A lengthy discussion took place on representation of clubs on the executive, but matters wero allowed to recussion by asking if it wouid noc be ims; B ?we? ,a 5 r th| ed ilubs it 3.S twenty-eigrht, and to allow of each represented the rules would have to be altered, besides making the executive to fllr representing the | Canterbury' Club, said that his club was entitled to three delegates on the Centre, but only one of those, himself, had been elected to the executive for the past year. The club, however, did have other members on the executive, but they were representing country clubs It was probably from this factor that the trouble arose. The country clubs, however, would pick out for themselves the members they thought best fitted to represent them. Last year his cluo was the premier club. This year it nad a remit to put before tho Centre that tn future all relay races be made handicap events. This was brought about by the fact that his club had won seventeen races out of seventeen. It would be seen from this that the Canterbury Club was not attempting to domineer tho Centre in any way, rather the reverse. Mr Calderwood said he had not meant to cast any reflection on the Centre. He had not quite understood the position when he raised the question. Mr A E. Purse said it would appear that the fault lay, not with the Centre, but with the clubs themselves in the choice of their delegates. Naturally the country clubs would sort out the most energetic men to represent them on the Centre, and the Centre, too, wanted these energetic men to obtain a good executive. If the country clubs would scout around and secure the services of old athletes, keen, but not active and not connected with any clubs, it would dispose of the trouble, and they would not be overlapping as they were now It could possibly be found that a man would be a member of the committee of one club, the secretary of another and representing still another club on the Voices: That is the kind of man we want. Mr G. G. Lockwood said it was perhaps desirable to have a member from each club on the executive, but there was one essential that had been overlooked, the ability and enthusiasm of those representatives, which were not by any means equal in every -ase. To exclude competent men from tho executive because they came from one particular club was “ club spirit running mad.” The work of the Centre and the work of the clubs did not clash, and no one could point to cases of favouritism. Mr L. Smith said that the country clubs which were not represented on the Centre felt that they were not kept so much in touch with its affairs. There was no suggestion that members of the executive had used their office for the benefit of their clubs. The matter was then allowed to drop

TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL. On Wednesday afternoon, a commencement was made with the annual athletic sports meeting amongst the boys of the Christchurch Technical High School, when a number of preliminary events were staged at the Technical College ground at Ensor’s Road, Opawa. On the whole the standard of the performances, especially those registered in the various junior (under fifteen) contests, was distinctly high. Tho following were the results:— Throwing the Cricket Ball Senior Championship (record. 99yds, 2ft llin, F. T. J. French, 1927)—Todd (84yds lft 6in) 1, Westwood (84yds Ift 4in) 2, Collison (78yds Oft 4in) 3. Throwing the Cricket Ball Senior Handicap—Arscott (25yds) 1, Twiss (25yds) 2, J. Campbell (30yds) 2. The winner’s gross distance was 102yds 2ft 7in. Throwing tho Cricket Ball Junior (undter fifteen) ’Championship (record, 79yds ll't 9in, L. Buchanan,, 1912)—E Hill (80yds lft 4in) 1, Dunn (77yds 2xt sin) 2, C. Roberta (73yds 2ft 2in> 3. A record. Throwing the Oricket Ball Junior (under fifteen) Handicap—E. Hill (25yds) 1, Dunn (20yds) 2, G. Roberts (20yds) 3. Tho winner’s gross distance was 105yds lft 4in. High Jump Senior Championship (record. sft. E. Grafton, 1923, and H Spencer. 1924)—Gallaoher (4ft 9in) 1 May (4ft 9in) 2. Four boys tied for third place, and, in order to decide the allocation of points for the hou°e f'ham pionship, will jump off next week. High Jump Senior Handicap—Neate (3in) 1, Gallaoher (sor) and May (lin) (equal) 2. Long Jump Senior Championship

(record, 18ft, E. Grafton, 1923)—Gallacher (17ft sin> 1, M'Vinnie (16ft 2iji) 2 Neatto (13ft lOin) 3. Long Jump Senior Handicap—Neate (lft 3in) 1, Vaughan (Ift) 2, M'Vinnie (scr) 3. The winner's gross distance was 17ft 2in. Long Jump Junior (under fifteen) Championship (record, 17ft, L. Buchanan, 1912)—Moody (16ft 4in) 1, Hern (16ft Sin) 2, Tolputt (14ft Bin) 3

Long? Jump Junior (under fifteen) Handicap—Tolputt (Ift Bin) 1, K. Roberts (2ft 81n) 2, Hern (Ift lin) 3. The Winner's gross distance was 16ft 4in. A commencement was. also made with the high jump junior (under fifteen) championship and handicap, but, owing to the large number of entries, these two events have not yet been decided. The present position in the house championship is as follows:—Mr Denny’s houso 24 points, Mr Wise’s house Si points, Mr Kirby’s house 5 points, Mr Keyes’s house 4J points, Mr Phear’s house 3 points. Mr Cartnerfc* house 1 point, and Mr M'Bride’s house and Mr Newton’s house nil Two points have yet to be allocated* in connection with the third place in the high juhip senior championship. The preliminary events are to be continued next week, whilst the actual sports dav lias been set down to take place on Friday, October 25. at the Ensor’s Road ground.