TAIHAPE FLOODLIGHT SPORTS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 27, 3 February 1939, Page 10

TAIHAPE FLOODLIGHT SPORTS

AMATEUR ATHLETIC CLUB CYCLING AND RUNNING EVENTS (Own Corespondent). TAIHAPE, Feb. 2. Keen competition and close finisnes were features of the floodlight, sports meeting neld on the Taihape Domain last evening under the auspices of the Taihape Amateur Athletic Club The meeting was largely attended and the big crowd of spectators took a keen interest in the various events. Competitors were present from Wellington, Wanganui, Marton, Feilding, and other centres. Light rain made the cycling track greasy and R. Ulmer, the British Empire Games representative cyclist, did not do himself .justice on the slippery track. His machine was fitted with tyres suited to a hard track and the

conditions at Taihape did not suit him. Results are as follows: — Running Events. Girls' 75 Yards Handicap (Herbert Smith Trust Cup), Il to 13 Years. — June Roley 1, D. Percy 2, J. Stevens 3. Time, 10 3-ssec. Boys’ 100 Yards (Herbert Smith Trust Cup), 11 to 13 Years.—l. Brooxes 1, D. Thompson 2, A. Hodge and D. Curtis (equal) 3. Time, 12 415 sec.

Men's 100 Yards' Handicap.—First heat: L. V. Hamlin (Taihape), 12yds., 1; L. Moss (Marton), syds., 2; R. Johnson (Taihape), 9yds., 3. Time, 9 4-ssec. Second heat: J. H. Little (Taihape), 11yds., 1; H. Watson (Taihape), 12yds., 2; J. Hardy (Ohakune), 7yds., 3. Time, 9 4-ssec. Final: Hamlin 1, Watson 2, Little 3. Time, lOsec. Boys’ 100 Y’ards (under 10 years).— R. Jenkins 1, K. Naylor 2, R. Broome and R. King (equal) 3. Girls’ 100 Yards (under 10 years).— D. Marchioni 1, H. Pine 2, S. Murphy Ladies' 75 Yards Handicap.—E. Watson (11yds.) 1, B. McNie (6yds.) 2, P. McCarthy (7yds.) 3. Ladies’ 100 Yards Handicap.—B. McNie 1, E. Watson 2, P. McCarthy

Girls' 100 Yards (under 14 years).— B. McNie 1, J. Stevens 2, P. Taylor 3. Girls’ 100 Yards (under 14 years).— H. Scott 1, L. Scot 2, J. McDougall 3. Men’s 880 Yards Handicap.—S. J. Christopher (Marton), 41yds., 1; L. J. Stephenson (Wanganui). 50yds., 2; J. Nicholson (Taihape), 60yds., 3. One Mile Handicap.—S. J. Christopher 1, L. J. Stephenson 2. 440 Yards Handicap.—L. V. Hamlin (38yds.) 1, S. J. Christopher (35yds.) 2, L. J. Stephenson (30yds.) 3. 220 Y’ards Handicap.—J. H. Little (21yds.) 1, L. V. Hamlin (22yds.) 2, L. Moss (Marton), 14yds., 3. Time, 22sec. Boys’ 880 Yards Handicap.—H. Naylor 1, D. Bond 2. Bandsmen's Race. —S. Gardner 1, Easton 2, Meekings and Gregory (equal) 3. Girls’ Walk, 440 Yards.—L. Chesnutt 1, S. Scott 2, J. Flight 3. Boys’ Walk, 440 Yards.—P. Naylor 1, J. Olsen 2. Cycling Events. Half-mile B Grade Cycle Handicap. —G. Allen (Feilding), 110yds., 1; N. Lawson (Feilding), 35yds., 2; C. O’Hanlon (Taihape), 110yds., 3. Time, 3min. 50 4-ssec. Half-mile Cycle Handicap. —First

heat: G. Allen (90yds.), 1; N. Lawson (55yds.), 2; E. Walker (35yds.), 3.. Time, 64sec. Second heat: C. O’Hanlon (90yds.), 1; K. Kelly (35yds.), 2, A. Allen (Feilding), 20yds., 3. Final: G. Allen 1, N. Lawson 2, A. Allen o. One Mile Cycle Handicap. —First heat: F. Graham (Taihape), 50yds., 1; G. Allen (Feilding), 180yds., 2; A. E. Dewe (Feilding), 170yds., 3. Final: G. Allen 1, K. Kelly 2, A. E. Dewe 3. Three Miles Cycle Handicap.—l. Graham (80yds.), 1; E. Gibbs (Marton), 65yds., 2; A. Allen (50yds.), 3. Five Miles Cycle Handicap.--E Gibbs (120yds.), 1; K. Kelly (185yds.), 2; R. Ulmer (Wellington), scr., 3. Only three finished. The remainder of the big field fell during the race. Boys’ Half-mile Cycle.—King 1, Naylor 2, Olsen 3.