Fire Brigades' Meet: No Local Luck

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 30, 16 March 1948, Page 5

Fire Brigades' Meet: No Local Luck

No Major Placings To Bay Brigades In Fire Fighters' Competitions

By the extremely narrow margin of a point, the Stratford Fire Brigade won the championship shield for the most points in all events when the New Zealand United Fire Brigades Association concluded its national demonstration on Cook's Garden, Wahganui. Brigades from all parts of the Dominion took part and the standard reached was described as the highest for some years. The Petone Fire Brigade, after leading on "the championship ladder for the greater part of the demonstration, obtained a total of 94 points, but was headed by Stratford with 94 2-12 points. The final result was not known till the conclusion of the last event on the programme. Stratford put up a remarkable performance completing their work, but were penalised 5 seconds.

Of the Bay of Plenty brigades competing, none gained any major success. In the two-men event the Mount Maunganui team finished fourth. Whakatane was sixth in the four-men motor event, while Matamata finished fifth in the three-men disabled event. When the final event was concluded the first six brigades on the championship ladder were: — Stratford 94 2-12 Petone 94 Patea Freezing Works 83 11-12 Taumarunui 60 8-12 Reefton 47-i Hastings 33£ Following are the names of the first 4 teams in each event, followed by the times for the Bay of Plenty teams. One-man Coupling Event: Hastings, 43 4-ssec, 1; Stratford, 55 4-5 sec, 2; Patea, 57 2-ssec, 3; Lyttelton, 60 2-ssec, 4. Te Puke, 101 4-ssec; Tauranga 74 sec; Whakatane 75 2-ssec. Four-Men Motor Event—Coiled Hose Dry Drill: Stratford, 25 l-ssec, 1; Petone, 27 l-ssec, 2; Reefton, 27 4-ssec, 3; Addington Railway-28sec, 4. Te Puke, 38 l-ssec; Matamata, 29 2-ssec; Opotiki 28 4-ssec. Two-Men Hose and Standpipe Event: Hastings, 28 2-ssec, 1; Petone 28 4-ssec, 2; Reefton, 30 4-ssec, 3; Mount Maunganui, 31 4-ssec, 4.

Te Puke, 38sec; Whakatane, 36 sec; Matamata, 34 4-ssec; Tauranga, 34 4-ssec; Opotiki 38sec. Four-men Motor Event: Stratford, 38 2-ssec, 1; Petone, 42sec, 2; Patea Freezing Works, 43 l-ssec, 3; Kumara, 43 4-ssec, 4. Te Puke, 66 3-ssec; Opotiki 54sec; Mount Maunganui, 52 2-ssec; Tauranga, 52 l-ssec; Whakatane, 46 2-5 sec.

Three-Men Disabled Hose Event: Petone, 38 l-ssec, 1; Wairoa, 39 2-5 sec, 2; Taumarunui, -40 sec, 3; Te Kuiti, 43 l-ssec, 4. Te Puke, 51 4-ssec; Tauranga 46 sec; Mount Maunganui, 53 3-ssec; Matamata, 43 2-ssec; Whakatane, 50 2-ssec; Opotiki, 49 2-ssec. Four-Men Trailer Pump Event with Extension Ladder and Union: Taumarunui, 50 4-ssec, 1; Patea Freezing Works, 55sec, 2; Te Kuiti, 57sec, 3; Reef ton, 57 4-ssec, 4. Tauranga, 50 4-ssec; Whakatane, 69 l-ssec.

Four-men Hose and Standpipe Event: Reef ton, 29 4-ssec, 1; Wairoa, 30 3-ssec, 2; Petone, 30 4-ssec, 3; Kumara, 31 3-ssec, 4. Te Puke, 46sec; Mount Maunganui 36sec; Whakatane, 37 4-5 sec; Matamata, 47 4-ssec; Tauranga, 35sec; Opotiki, 42sec. Three-Men Motor Event (Dressing): Petone, 56sec, 1; Patea Freezing Works, 56 l-ssec, 2; Lyttelton, 57sec, 3; Stratford, 58 2-ssec, 4. Matamata, 72 3-ssec; Whakatane, 63sec; Opotiki, 66sec. Two-Men Rescue Event: Patea Freezing Works, 39sec, 1; Hastings, 39 2-ssec, 2; Stratford, 41sec, 3; Te Kuiti, 41sec, 2; Marton, 41 4-ssec, 4. Three-Men Trailer Pump Event: Stratford, 35sec, 1; Taumarunui, 37 4-ssec, 2; Patea Freezing Works, 38 2-ssec, 3; Lyttelton, 39 2-ssec, 4. Mt. Maunganui, 42 l-ssec; Opotiki 42sec; Matamata, 43sec. Four-Men Trailer Pump Event : Stratford, 52sec, 1; Taumarunui 52, and Patea Freezing Works, 52sec, equal 1; Patea, 52 2-ssec, 4. Whakatane, 69sec; Opotiki 60 1-5 sec; Tauranga, 90sec; Mount Maunganui, 55 4-ssec. Four-Men Trailer Pump Event with Suction Lengths: Petone, 61 sec, 1; Marton, 62 2-ssec, 2; Patea Freezing Works, 62 2-ssec, 2; Lyttelton, 66 l-ssec, 4. Matamata, 76 l-ssec; Whakatane, disqualified. Four-Men Motor Event showing Two Waters: Taumarunui, 30 2-ssec, 1; Stratford, 36 2-ssec, 2; Ueefton, 37sec, 3; Petone, 37 l-ssec, 4. Whakatane, 59 4-ssec.