THAMES PREVAIL

Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20784, 20 April 1939, Page 15

THAMES PREVAIL

SCHOOL ATHLETICS WAIKATO SECONDARY SPORTS HAMILTON HIGH'S FINE RECORD For the first time since the inauguration of the sports, seven years ago, Hamilton High School were defeated for the Waikato secondary schools’ senior athletic championship, conceding the title to Thames High School, when the annual fixture was held at Hincmoa Park yesterday. Nor did the local High School fill second place, Hamilton Technical defeating them by three points. It was a Stirling contest amongst the three schools, the relay deciding the fate of the title and in this event the, excitement of the spectators was at. o high pitch. The relay was the final event on the programme and prior to its decision. Thames were leading with 2 1 points with Hamilton High 2 1 and Hamilton Technical (16) second and third respectively. The big race carried with it 10 points for the winning team. Thames i gained the lead early from Technical | and Hamilton High were well out of j the running until the second lap of ! 220 yards when they forged ahead. I However, they could not hold the adI vantage and in the final sprint they | were overtaken by Technical and : Thames, the former securing the clej cision with Thames second and Hamilton High third, great was the interest in the relay that at the completion of the final lap, hundreds of schoolboys surged towards the finishing mark to cheer their various teams as they raced down the straight. Intermediate Title ! Although Hamilton High were dei prived of their traditional first place i in the senior contest they annexed the j intermediate with little difficulty. They | gained three firsts, including the relay, ] three seconds and a third to compile 129 points. Thames 22 were second and Hamilton Technical 19 third, j With two firsts, two seconds and a i third. Hamilton Technical won the 1 junior championship. securing 22 i points against Hamilton High's 20 and Te Aroha's 13. 1 Hamilton High were deprived of the junior championship, being disqualified in the relay for over-carrying the baton. The team appeared to have gained first place and were credited with a record. However, when the matter was referred to the referee he decided to disqualify the winning team and Technical were placed first, Te \mha second and Huntly third. The record was. consequently, not recognised. Following were the points gained ! hv the competing schools:— ' senior.---Thames High 30. Hamilton Technical 26. Hamilton High 23. Waihi High to. Matamata High t. Cambridge High, Marist Brothers. Te Aroha High and Huntly High n - Intermediate. —Hamilton High 29, j Thames High 22, Hamilton Technical

19, Marist Brothers Waihi High 3, Huntly High 2, Matamata High i, Cambridge High and Te Aroha High 0. Junior.—Hamilton Technical 22, Hamilton High 20, Te Aroha High 13. Huntly High 7, Cambridge High and Thames High 4, Marist Brothers and Waihi High 1, Matamata High 0. Records Shattered Six records were shattered during the afternoon in spite of the wet I weather conditions which made the. j track heavy for the first-class per- ; formances. Two others were equalled. In the senior grade J. Devcich ■ ' (Thames, registered the only two new | standards. He won the 120 yards hurdles in the excellent time of 1645, beating the previous best performances • of .J. Row ,Technical; and K. FarquL i har Hamilton High, who covered the 3 i distance in 17s. Devcich also won the ’ high jump when he leaped sft. 4£in. ' 1 to break the existing record of sft. 3 4 [ ' in., set by J. McKenzie (Hamilton ' i High; in 1936. 1 j The intermediate division saw three ' new records established. G. Bose j (Technical ran the ton yards in 11 ’ * l-5s to belter the previous time by •| l-ss. Registering 13 2-5 sin the 90 s | yards hurdles. E> J. Kingham 1 : Thames > made fresh figures for the ■ ; race. Hamilton High School did well j lo cover the 880 yards relay in 1.49 1 j l-5s and beat the record by nearly s | two seconds. 1 1 There was one record in the junior { grade and that went to the Ham* 1 ilton High School- W. M. Burns • had little difficulty in setting new ‘ figures for the 440 yards, striding over the course in 59 l-ss. improving 1 the standard by l-ss- ~ , In addition two records in the junt inr grade were equalled, both by Burns. ’ j He ran the too yards in 11 4-5 s and 1 the 220 yards in 26 2-ss. j Great credit reflects on those re- ~ , sponsible for the organising of the flx- • ture, which was held under adverse | conditions. j In the following results abbrevia- | tions are employed for the various -'schools. viz:—Cambridge Chge . -> Hamilton High HH . Marist Brothers -> i MB , Hamilton Technical HT . Te V- Aroha To \ . Thames Th . Huntly filly,, Waihi Wai , Matamata Ma .

Championship Results j Senior Events > ion Yard.'.—D. R. Clifford (HHI 1, L. ' Hayward (Th; a, n. Gibson HT; 3. Time, 1 1 f ! -55. U-n Yard.- Hurdles. — J. Devcich Th > 1. \v. Aitken HH) 2. J. Warring-ton (HT) , 3. Time. lo> .new record;. I ??o Yard-, n. Gibson HT 1. 1.. Hayward Th e. A. V. Griffiths (HH; 3. Time, 1 * 4 in’Yards.—K. M. Galloway (Th) 1. F. , Hodgson .HH 2. N. Sutton (HT; 3. Time, 1 * s.-n Yards. A. O’Neil (Wai; 1. R Puck i Ingham HT G. Williams Ma 3. » Time, cm 13 3 -ss. ; One Mile. \. fTNeil Wai 1. R. Rockingham lIT 2. W. ClifTe (HUi 3. Time, ■ r.m 1 9 4-ss. High Jump.- .1. V. Devcich Th 1. W. 1 Phillips 1111 s. w Hood (HT; 3. Height, . srt i 1 in ' new record I '. 1 Long .tump W. C. Phillips > HH > 1. 3 J. V. Devcich Til 2. J. Paterson i HT; i Di-tance. ?ort oin. p Mile Relaw Hamilton Technical (p. Hart, \. Sutton, fi. Paget, o. Gipson) 1. 1 Thame? j, Hamilton High 3. Time, 4m j i Intermediate Events 100 Yards.—G. Rose (HT) 1, I. J. Grin*

ter (HH) 2. P- Jones (MR) 3. Time, 11 1 On Yard* Hurdles.—E. J. kingham ' Th , C. I.eitch (HH) 2. J. < lIT S ' o/nTaYd” now 'HT. t. I. i. firm tPr* (HH j 2, D. Hitchcock (lity) 3. Time, *'Yin* ’yards.— J. H. McCnskrl* (HH) t. n. WHTen IIT) a. N. Burrcit Th) 3 r '«# Yards—D. A. Drover (HH t. R. Rroadfoot iWal 2. J. Wright (Htjr) 3. rime. I'm 22 3 ss. Long Jump.—J. McLean (Th) 1, J Paterson HT. 2. P. Winter (HH) 3. Distance. 1-rt i * in. s«o Yards Relay.—Hamilton High school ,j ii McCoskrle. 1. J. Grlnler, S. Rove-. W. F. Fowler 1. Thames High School ?. Hamilton Technical 3. Time, lin 49 1-5 s i new record). Junior Event* 75 Yards.—B. Magner-Hanna (HT) 1, E. Strange 2, I. O. Boyes (HH) 3.

Time, o 1 - ss. ion Yards.— W M Bums (HTT) i, ». Magnet Hanna <HT) s. f. Strange (Tb) 3. Time, tt 4 5s rrjml to record). ??n Yards.—W. V Burn- (HI!; 1 j. Thomas Te A 2. P. llulsc -Cbre) 3. Tines ;> r»s equal to record). 440 Yards.—W M. Burns (|fH) 1, p . I Hiihe : Cambridge i •». i Buckingham (HTi 3. Time, 59 1 5« 'new record*. I fcsn Yards.—G. Collin- Te A) and 1. Paterson 111 l equal 1. J Wallace (MB; 3. l ime. I'm 2 4>. High Jump.— Awn Hty) 1. 1 Park- . I house (HT/ 2. V Thomas (Wai) 3. ■ j Height. 4ft 7*tn. ' 4(0 Yards Relay. -First Heat Te Aroha I, 1. HuritD 2. Time. 54 4 ss. second Heat . i Hamilton High 1. Hamilton Technical ?. . I Time. s:is ( new rec<»rd >. Final Hamilton Technical 1, Te Aroha High ?, Huntly Hirh 3. Primary Schools 440 Yards Rrlav.— First Heat Whitlora 1. Fairfield 2. Time, 57 1-s*. Second Heat Hamilton West 1, Marist Brothers ;• Time, 58 2 ss. Final: , Whitlora 1, Hamilton Weal 2, Fairfleld 3. . Time, 58s,