REGIMENTAL SPORTS
j A large crowd of about 300 put on ! their summer best to drift along to iseo the .Regimental sports on Easter Saturday. Khaki was the predominating (colour on the lawn and several patrons (wore the new style open back shirt. I The refreshment stall, erected with ; great pleasure toy BSD McKinnon on J the assumption apparently, that something a little stronger than lemon drink would be sold, did good business and would have done better perhaps were it not for the drinking vessels (tins with beautifully serrated edges) and the irn hand of the QM-. The tote functioned very smoothly under the able direction of Capt. Dixon - it took everyone’s money and strange to say gave 95/6 back'. Bdr • Sander , the winner of the i Championship, proved himself the outstanding all-round atholete and thoroughly deserved his win. L/Bdr. Jackson, the runner up, showed himself as a runner above the average in. winning, both the 440 and the 880. Results : -
100 yds: Lusby; Schroder; Hopkins* 220 yds: Sandor; Russel; Glangarry. 440 yds: Jackson; Gow; Fish. 880 yds: Jackson; Collins; Nickles. 1 mile: (Hewitson ) Trotter (Collins )
Put -the shot: Schroder; Manson/ High Jump:- (Sander ) Allen (Greenfield) Broad Jump: Mus croft-Ta ylor; Pakkinson. Hop, stop & Jump: Sander; Parkinson* Relay: 204 HAA Bty; 150 Hy Bty. Tug-O-War: 150 Hy Bty ....(Contd) ,
In to r-B atte r y Championship: 131 Hy Bty 35 points 234 ujL Bty 33 " ,150 Bty ■• ■ 20 ' ll ’
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Gun Flash, Issue XXI, 22 May 1943, Page 3
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240REGIMENTAL SPORTS Gun Flash, Issue XXI, 22 May 1943, Page 3
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