CALEDONIAN SPORTS.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXIV, 29 December 1926, Page 3

CALEDONIAN SPORTS.

eGO OD performances. e money better than expected. „„ money at the Waimate £ Society's sporte meeting totalled £l3O, which, un compares with the amount jt the Jubilee meeting latt Mil 7s 6d. President of the , Caledonian Society, was a the sports with a party . Visitors were also pres- * Oamara and Timaro Sogfid also from the Otago of the visitors conifen the excellent arrange B wnnertion with the meeton the fact that th;-, gwranraie was handled as ,I,'as at most gatherings in te centres; and for this I,’ ice to the Society's officials netting the capable secre £ Albert J. Hoskins. ioeal lad L. C. Veitch annexed j e f event in the cash running tinniii? the Caledonian Han ft® D. I. Barclay, another |e County lad, by about a He 220 yards saw the plae- • persed, Barclay defeating by a narrow margin. D. L. feted J. H. Thompson in le, the third place being ocbv J. Sim. These were the tt to finish. H. S. Johnston easy win in the half mile, dieap of 35 yards proving for the scratch man R. G. The quarter mile resulted in Hni-h S. A. Polaschek Juist ; the tape in front of Johnki Allan. mile amateur race proved a teresting one, and fell to the an F. F. Simpson, the seciw going to another local K.Giles, a pupil at the Waifetrict High School, both : from the 50yds mark. Simp-ibli-hed a lead early in the at Murray (15yds) was on ms with Giles when half the s was covered. On the last Giles put in a great effort, Murray, and gained on Simp i ran home an easy winner by tfe. In the half mile Simpson iTimaru competitor (A. Malin much for him, and had to at with second place. Malroved a consistent performer, ring from the 2yds mark he sited with A. D. Bishop in the j ids event, and with A. Me I i Waimate boy, in the 440. j f the outside competitors in itrar events eame from TimK'h centre was also respontthe support received at the ■ateur meeting held here, ecycling- section, there. were dels absent who would have i had the meeting been held •S Day. There were, how- I fields in the various and the crack Phil O'Shea and ateon, were numbered a- * competitors. Both the U however, failed to secure ® the handicap events, their too much for them. M unfortunate enough to rtaL-'trap in the start of his the John Ross Memorial two ’• >nd withdrew; but he War win in the scratch n ' p ’■inner of the Ross Mem.t.Ward (Tiir.aru) made a I’m?, improving verv great- « form at the Tcmuka J- Fhinag.in (ChristT ™ soured ' i-ond place, »» ■ the mile a adli:,r,v eairt second tw,er!:i:, (Christchurch) and third in the half rinse.,, a ],„ r hler, won „,. ■ • • : n (Timaru) ' trom th? same mark, W., events;. a! ,,] piping and ' ‘ ' 3 g" (|]., number of ' ■ a "i th;-: h c-. ents proved |.a>. ( ,f ;he day’s am additional recycling. i^ s memorial handi i r . ’ —First Mw" on(! ,17I, ”-A. Han ; R - Hainl y n < 200) L* (1 '0) 4. c. F. Smith also rode. Time 4 _ e 'ond Beat: R. Chamber huL Fll ’ ni, ' an (100) 2 ’ I? 3 ' J SL Rvan (230) k and F. MeKay also ( L Is ®. 52 3-ssecs. Final [j (55) 1. F. Flanagan (2 30) 3 Time JEi E 2 CYCLE RACE > 14 10s > «-P. O'Shea 1,

F. C. Ward 2, F. Flanagan 3. Time, 3min 36 3-ssec. S. Running 220YDS. AMATEUR HANDICAP trophies first £2 2s, second £1 Is. First Heat (4) : A H Malcolm (2yds) and A. D. Bishop (7yds) dead heat 1, J. MeEaehen 3. Time 25 l/ssees. Second Heat (3): L H. Bishop (3yds 1, F. Gibson 2. Time 25 2/5 sees. Third Heat (5) : A. Dobbs (14yds) 1, A. B Hayman (scr) 2. Time 24 3/5 Final: A. Dobbs (14yds) 1, A. B. Hayman (scr) 2, A. H. Malcolm (2yds) 3. Time 24 3-5. A close finish 220 YARDS HANDICAP (Open) £4, £2, 10s.—First Heat (4): D. K. Clarke (9yds) 1, G. S. Gillespie (6) 3, J. H. Harris (scr) 3. Time 24 2-ssee. Second Heat (4): D. I. Barclay (16) 1, L. C. Veitch (24) 2. Time 23 3-ssec. Third Heat (3) F. Cain (6) 1, S. A. Poleschek (6) 2, Time 24 2-ssec. Final: D. I. Barclay (16) 1, L. C. Veitch (24) 2, D. K. Clarke (9) 3. A. close finish. Time, 23 4-ssec. 440 YARDS HANDICAP (Open): £5, £2, 10s, —S. A. Polaschek (4yds) 1, H. S. Johnston (12) 2, R. G. Allan (4) 3. A. foot separated the first two Time 54sec. 440 YARDS AMATEUR HANDICAP; £2 2s, £1 -Is (6) A. H. Malcolm (6yds) and A McNeill (26) dead-heat 1, A. Dobbs 3. Field Events. PUTTING LIGHT BALL (Open) 40s, 20s, 10s.—L. Foley (sft) 1, M. O’Connor (sft) 2, A. W. Dunstan (3ft 6in) 3. Distance 37ft 2in. QUOITS MATCH; £1 Is, 10s 6d— J. Briggs 1. LIGHT HAMMER HANDICAP, (Open); 40s 20s 10s—A. Eathorne (13ft) 106 ft 6in, 1; J. G. Murphy (scr) 100 ft 2, D. McCarron (lift) 95ft Bin, 3. HOP, STEP AND JUMP; 40s, 20s.—G. Frank (24in) 41ft 9Jin, 1; A. G. Hogg (24in) 40ft lin 2. WRESTLING (most points in three styles); £7, £3, £2.—L. Foley 1, A. W. Dunstan 2, T. McVev 3. TOSSING CABER; 20s 10s.—A. Eathorne (2ft) 45ft 9Sin, 1, A. W. Dunstan (2ft) and J. O’Shea (scr) dead-heat 2. RUNNING HIGH JUMP (Amateurs) ; £1 Is, 10s 6d. —A. H. Malcolm (ser) sft 3Jin, 1, J. O’Malley (4in) sft 3in 2. RUNNING HIGH JUMP (Open); 40s, 205.-—D. I. Barclay (6fn) sft lOin, 1; J. G. Frank (4in) sft 8 Jin, 2. RUNNING LONG JUMP (Amateurs) 40s 20s.—A H. Malcolm (scr) sft 3Jin, 1, J. O’Malley (4in) sft 3in 2. Piping and Dancing HIGHLAND FLING (Boys under 12 years) 15s, 7s 6d, 2s 6d.—F. Tay lor 1, P. Shanahan 2, E. Waters 3. HIGHLAND FLING (Boys under 16 years); 15s 7s 6d, 2s 6d. —F. Tay lor 1, E. Waters 2, P. Shanahan 3. SEAN TRIUBHAIS (Girls under 16 years); 20s, 10s, 5s. —N. Liddell 1, N. Spavin 2, P. Gale 3. SEAN TRIUBHAIS (Girls under 12 years) 15s, 7s 6d, 2s 6d, L. Hayden 1, N. Pullar 2, G. .Jardine 3. JIGS AND HORNPIPE; 60s, 40s, 20s.- —J. Cameron 1, G. Robertson 2, G. Yardley 3. SWORD DANCE, (Girls under 12 years); 15s 7s 6d, 2s 6d, —N. Liddell 1, P. Gale 2, G. Jardine 3. SWORD DANCE (Boys under 12 years); 15s, 7s 6d, 2s 6d. —P. Shanahan 1, E. Waters 2, F. Taylor 3. SWORD DANCE (Girls under 16 years) ; 20s, 105,5 s—-L. Hayden 1. G. Jardine 2, G. Richardson 3. MARCHES AND STRATHSPEYS (Open- to members of Waimate Pipe Band) 40s, 20s, 10s. —R. Smillie 1, H. B. Sullivan 2, J. Borthwick. 3. ■SWORD DANCE (Boys under 16 years) ; 20s, 10s, 5s. —F. Taylor 1, ! E. Waters 2. P. Shanahan 3. HIGHLAND REEL (Boys and I Girls under 12years); 15s, 7s 6d, 2s Cd. —N. Spavin 1, F. Taylor 2, N. Liddell 3. HIGHT AND REEL '(Boys and Giris under 18 years); 20s, 10s 5s, — G. Riehadson 1, N. Pullar 2, L. Hayman 3. SAILORS HORNPIPE (Girls under 18 years): 20s, 10/-, 5/-.— L. Havden 1, N. Pullar 2, G. Jardine 3. IRISH JIG (Girls under ISyeaw-) 20s. 10s. ss.—V. Cameron 1, R. Miller. 2, G. Jardine 3.