SCHOOL FOR DEAF.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20485, 11 December 1934, Page 11

SCHOOL FOR DEAF.

Annual Sports at Sumner Y esterday. The annual sports of the School for the Deaf were held at St Leonard’s Square, Sumner, yesterday afternoon. There was a large attendance of parents and friends. On account of a recent bereavement at the school, the arrangements were not quite on the same scale as those of previous years. Results:— Boys’ Events. 100yds senior championship—Ronald? Robson l, George Warnock 2, Nelson Fairbrother 3. 100yds junior championship—Clarence Moore 1, Mervyn Forman 2, Charlie Thorpe and Wallace Williams equal 3. 100yds senior handicap—George Warnock 1. Vincent Whittaker 2, Fred Jennings 3. 100yds handicap—First heat, medium boys: Ivor Gardner 1, George Paxton 2, Wallace Williams 3. Second heat: Clarence Moore L Gordon Sawyer 2, Charlie Thorpe 3. Final: Clarence Moore 1. Ivor Gardner 2, Charlie Thorpe 3. 50yds junior handicap—John Wilson 1, Gordon Wallace 2, Ray Forman 3. 35y<?s baby boys—John M’Rae and Ray Forman equal 1, Keith Gordon 3. Girls’ Events. Senior championship—Betty Twaddle 1, Vera Elder 2. Betty Sutherland 3. 75 y<?s junior championship—Audrey Parker 1, Elma Page 2. June Belcher 3. 100 yds senior handicap—-Betty Twaddle 1, Vera Elder 2, Nola Wishjowski 3. 75yds handicap, medium girls—Elma Page 1, Winnie Stewart 2, Doreen Treanor 3. 50yds junior handicap—Kathleen Toomey 1, Frances Leeden 2, Isabel Dvysdale 3. 25yds baby girls— Jean Goodhue 1, Pauline Barkle 2, Thelma Lay 3. Relay Events. Overhead and tunnel ball—Betty Twaddle’s team 1, George Warnock*s team 2. Hockey relay—Boys’ team 1. Rope jumping relay—Girls heat boys. Lip-reading relay—Boys' team beat girls’. Flag relay—Stanley Corbett’s team 1, Ray Forman’s team 2. Kangaroo relay—Boys beat girls. Zig-zag ball relay—George Paxton’s team 1. Roy Leney’s team 2. Tunnel ball relay —Mervyn Forman’s team 1, Isabel Drysdale’s team 2. Obstacle relay— Edgar Spark’s team 1. Cup balancing— Norma Marks 1, Nettie Moffatt and Verna Garnett equal 2. Cup balancing, under ten years—Wanda Wells 1. Football in sacks—North Island? 3 points, South Island 0. Hopping relay— Betty Clark's team 1. Sack relay—Te Manawa Paeroa’s team 1, Ron Twaddle’s team 2. Overhead hall relay—Elma Page’s team 1, Wallace Williams’s team 2. Leap frog relay—Betty Twaddle and George Warnock’s team equal 1, Isobel Tudor's team 3. Spry ball— Nelson Fairbrother's team 1, Betty Twaddle’s team 2. Cork relay—Boys 1 beat girls. Ball and saucer relay—girls’ A team 1, girls’ B team 2. An interesting folk dancing display was given by the girls. In the evening, the annual Christmas party was held in the school, and the sports prizes were presented.