SCHOOL SPORTS

Waikato Independent, Volume XXVII, Issue 2765, 31 March 1927, Page 4

SCHOOL SPORTS

CAMBRIDGE GATHERING. . .; ON .SATURDAY NEXT. The athletic sports meeting to oe held .by the Cambridge District High .School on Saturday next promises to be both spectacular and highly entertaining to young and old. Tho commiftee and teachers much appreciate the action of tho Borough Council in grad- > ing the bicycle track at Victoria Square, and the readiness with which the Rugby Union responded'"to the request for the erection of the grandstand in time for the gathering. This has given a setting to the ground which will not only enable spectators to obtain an excellent view, but will also facilitate the running off of the many events on the programme. The . Municipal Baud has intimated its intention of being present it ml should prove an. additional attractifrflri The programme of seventy events is a guarantee of a substantial bill of fare, and it is as various afe it is long. Fed- ® ;hires .ofi.it are the boys’- handicap for the Burt medal (100yds)j 220yds hurdles, primary and Bocondary; class relays, in which 250 children, .will, actually ,‘compete; overhead ball competitions with ISO competitors; girls’ detorrt«.‘d bicycle race; boys’ mile cycle and foot races... .The programme is . punctuated with. novelty events such as the .Biam- ; esc, sack and potato races, too nuraberous td mention. . For’the convenience of country visitors hof’w'ater will be provided free, while an ice-cream, sweets "and soft .drinks,stall 4s beings conducted, by the , school.;•'••'•Proceeds will be devoted entirely to- the prizes and the sports fund. Invitations have been oxtonded to district .schools to attend the sports, which'arc froe to all children. •