ANNUAL PICNIC

Waikato Independent, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3675, 2 March 1940, Page 5

ANNUAL PICNIC

THE HAUTAPU SCHOOL RESULTS OF THE RACES An enjoyable picnic of the Hautapu School was held in the beautiful grounds of Mr and Mrs Potts, "Broadmeadows," on Wednesday. There was a large gathering of children and district residents. The weather was ideal and the track fast for racing. The following are the results of the events held: Girls, 4 and 5: Merle Laidlaw 1, Barbara Wallace 2, Marlene Hooker

Boys, 6 to 8: Stuart Wright 1, Colin Hargreaves 2, Angus Wright

Girls, 6 and 7: Lois Discombe 1, Jocelyn Cubis 2, Jocelyn Laidlaw 3. Boys, 8 to 10: Jim Hooker 1, Trevor Pederson 2, Roy Discombe 3. Girls, 8 years: Pat Perry 1, Betty Hinton 2, Rona Cartmill 3. Boys, 10 years:" Roy Mitchell 1, Geof. Peebles 2.

Girls, 9 to 11: Joyce Vincent 1, Dawn Newcombe 2.

Girls over 11: Ailsa Wallace 1, Dorothy O'Neill 2, Betty (Hodgson 3. Boys' Championship: Graham Woods 1, Colin Wallace 2, lan Weir 3.

Girls' Championship: Joyce Vincent 1, Betty Hodgson 2, Charlotte Crawford 3. Boys' three-legged race: Colin Laidlaw and Neil Buchanan 1, lan Woods and lan Weir 2.

Girls' three-legged race: Helen Wallace and Rona Cartmill 1, Charlotte Crawford and Dorothv O'Neill 2. Boys' jun. RoR: Graham Woods 1, Stuart Wright 2, Trevor Pedersan 3.

Girls' Blindfold: Dawn Hooker 1, Pat Perry 2. Boys' leap-frog: lan Weir 1, Geof. Peebles 2, Roy Discombe 3. Boys' Sen. Crawl: lan Weir 1, Colin Wallace 2, Roy Discombe 3.

Girls' thread the needle: Veronica Watt 1, Zelda Crawford 2, Joyce Vincent 3.

Boys' Sandwich: Jim Hooker 1, Geof. Peebles 2, Colin Laidlaw 3. Girls' egg and spoon: Dawn Newcombe 1, Joyce Vincent 2, Veronica Watt 3.

Boys' wheelbarrow: Colin Wallace and lan Weir 1, Graham Woods and Roy Discombe 2. Girls' potato: Joyce Vincent 1, Betty Hodgson 2, Charlotte Crawford 3.

Boys' backward: Colin Wallace 1, Geof. Peebles and Jim Hooker, dead heat, 2.

Girls' hopping: Ailsa Wallace 1, Betty Hodgson 2, Charlotte Crawford 3.

Boys' sack race: Colin Wallace 1, lan Weir 2.

Girls' hunt the slipper: Zelda Crawford 1, Joyce Vincent 2, Betty Hodgson 3. Boys' Jun. backward: Jim Hooker 1, Colin Laidlaw 2, Geof. Peebles 3.

Girls' consolation: Marie McGovern 1, Shirley Crawford 1, Nita Mitchell 3.

Boys' throwing tennis ball: Geof, Peebles 1, Colin Wallace 2.

Girls' throwing tennis ball: Charlotte Crawford 1, Veronica Watt 2.

Boys' Jun. Crawl: Roy Discombe 1, Graham Woods 2, Jim Hooker 3. Adult Events

Stepping chain, ladies: Mrs J. Newcombe 1, Mrs C. Hargreaves 2, Mrs J. Dunning 3. Stepping chain, men: Mr B. Discombe 1, Mr E. Brough, Mr J. Dunning 3. Single ladies: Joan Palmer 1, Jocelyn McGovern 2, Audrey Herbert 3.

Young men's race: J. Dunning 1, I. Palmer 2, G. White 3.

Married ladies: Mrs J. Newcombe 1, Mrs N. Perry 2, Mrs R. Hooker 3. Ladies' guessing competition: Mrs Dunning and Mrs Herbert, equal, 1. Long sheaf throw, combined length of lady and gentleman: Mr and Mrs T. Hargreaves 1, Mr R. Mitchell and Miss A. (Herbert 2.

High sheaf throw: Mr T. Hargreaves 1, Mr G. Watt 2. Bruntwood Cup for couples: Miss I. Newcombe and Mr M. Vincent 1, Miss J, McGovern and Mr J. Dunning, jnr. 2. ;