HARRIERS
RELAY RACE
LABOUR DAY EVENT
END OF LONG SEASON
(By
“Jog-Trot.”)
The relay race held on Monday marked the official close of the season for the Wanganui Harrier Club. It had been a long season, extending as it did from April to now. It also was a long time for a runner to keep fit, and it might be said that for a competitor to keep in good trim for such a long period was improbable.
The majority of clubs in other parts of the Dominion held their closing runs some two and a-half weeks ago. This year the relay did not attract as wide representation as has been the case in other seasons and it is thought that the race is held too late in the season for many of them. With improved transport facilities clubs are doing a good deal more travelling than formerly and in many instances when the season draws to a close runners feel that they have travelled enough. It is considered that if the race were held say a fortnight earlier it would draw more entries. Many members do not work on Saturday mornings and so would not be faced with the difficulty of having to get time off to travel. It is a suggestion that would merit the club’s consideration next year. Scottish Club came in full force and annexed both A and B grade trophies. Their effort was a splendid one and worthy of commendation. Their A team was a solid combination and one which would have extended a team from any other club in the Dominion. At the start of the race it seemed that Wanganui was to have a good chance of retaining the cup when K. Johnston established a substantial lead on Stevens, of Scottish. This lead Penberthy lost, not altogether because he was not running at his best but because Bruce, the Wellington man, was going so well. In the writer’s opinion Bruce put up the best performance of the day. Marton Club were unfortunate. L. Smith, their first man, could not go with the leaders, and at the first change the red singlets were well back. It was generally expected that Marton would have a good show and it would have been pleasing to have seen them lift the trophy as in the years that they have been competing they have not yet been successful. It appeared that the Wanganui Club would win the B grade when Carr took over the last lap. He had a good break, but F. Silver, of Scottish, made a great effort and came right through. “Freddie” is well known in harrier circles and is of likeable nature. He has been in the sport for a number of years now. These are the last notes of the season. Other sports will engage the attention of harriers during the summer months. Some will play tennis, others row, many will take up athletics, and possibly there will be some who will do nothing at all, but to all “Jog Trot” wishes the best of ■ luck until next April.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 255, 27 October 1937, Page 5
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515HARRIERS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 255, 27 October 1937, Page 5
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