GALA SPORTS.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19140, 25 October 1927, Page 9

GALA SPORTS.

ADVANCE ASHBURTON ASSOCIATION. GOOD GATHERING IN SPITE OF WEATHER. The success which attended the Advance Ashburton Association's annual gala, held in 'the Domain yesterday, was gratifying, - taking, into consideration the.squally weather conditions. The undertaking reflected nothing but credit on the organiser (Mr W. H. Amos) and all helpers,' who worked courageously iin face of rain. The running of a j Queen Carnival in .conjunction with the [gala added to the spirit of enthusiasm. A large number of people from Timaru, Springbum, Christ church, • and interi mediate stations took advantage of the convenient train arrangements to visit the gala, while all sections of the county were well represented. In places the Domain was nothing better than a quagmire. There were over 3000 people' present. The side-shows, which provided a variety of entertainment, were the i life of the carnival, and helped to keep ■ the. gathering in good spirits. The .various stalls wero well patronised, and bore a very depleted appearance to- | wards evening. The Highland dancing drew good entries, and the competitions were followed with keen interest. The Ashburton Band contributed items during the day. Last evening the Domain:was nicely illuminated, and again there was a good attendance. As if to 'damp the efforts of the promoters at the outset, a driving enowstorm'set in at 10 a.m., the time for the procession to commence from the traffic bridge. In spke'of this, however, the long train of exhibits and participants, stretching for about three-quarters _of a niilu moved off in. the thickly-falling fukes.' Considering the adverse conditions, the procession proved to bo almost equal to any previous effort from a spectacular point of view.r The decorated cars and trade exhibits stood the test o' the'rain and snow very well, and were not greatly affected. Oyer 100 school children with, decorated bicycles and push-carts, instead of taking part in: the procession, were directed to the Arcade, where • their exhibits were judged. The whole of the route from the bridge up East street' and .along Walnut avenue to the Domain was lined with cars, and over 3000 people, and the decorated cars and trade exhibits presented a great sight.. The procession, which .was under the capable supervision of Mr Harold ■ Smallbone,; was beaded.by the Ist New Zealand Mounted Rifles. (0.Y.C.), under Captain A. J. Nicoll, and included the. Bugle Band of the 4th '■ Cadet Battalion, Canterbury Regiment, the*Ashburton. Silver Band, Pipe Band, Fire Brigade, St. Stephen's Boy Scouts,: and two- buses containing inmates" of Tuaraiigi Old Men's Home. Owing to the continuance of the rain the executive decided to curtail the programme of. sports, : the'.principal events deleted being the One-Mile Cycle Invitation Scratch Race and the .Two Mile {Jala Wheel Race. . T.he hundred yards track was.in'fair order under the circumstances, but a pool of water at the bend.of the 440 yds track considerablyhampered the back-markers. ' The judges of exhibits in the_procession' were Mesdames R. Galbraith, W. W; Garton, J. Lane, F. M. Brodie, A. T. •Smith,. E/B. Now.toh, L. C. Dunn, Angus Horsey, CM. Innes, C. G. M. Bbyce,' Messrs . Angus,; Horsey, and R. Gal-., braith. The judges remarked that the' children's decorated prams,, barrows, and were the most difficult section they ever had: to adjudicate upon. The results were as follows: — %i

Procession Prize List. Beßt Decollated Private :Motor-car—F. Clark 1, J.E. Richardson 2* Mrs fezer:3. - . Best Decorated . Bicycle or Wheelbarrow, : open" to all school pupils or. students ' over 15 years of age—Elsie Furniss 1, Pearl Hor- . ton 2. . ~-.,». Best. Industrial or Commercial Advertising Display—Dairy Factory 1, ,0. Judge 2 and special. Most Original Advertising Display—L. Hopkins- 1, Farmers' Co-op. Association, Ltd. 2. Most Original Display not Advertising— F. Clark 1, Rona Vincent 2. Best Decorated Cycle, boys under. 15 years —Bert Coker 1, Eric Williams 2, Joshua Tucker 3, Ken Moore and George Currie (equal) 4. ' ... Best'.. Decorated Cycle, girls under 15 years—Olive Clßrlc 1, Flo Opie:2, Nancy Bishop 3, Bona Vincent 4. Best School Team, group of five, open to all schools, boys ■ or girls ■ decorated cycles arid costumes in character —Borough School (Gwen'Bairstow,. Joan GJover, Naomi Yeoman, Velma Anthony, Joan Meeking) 1, .Ash-burton-East School 2. ' "• . Best Decorated Display, open to boys .or girls under 14 years, for prams, barrows, trolleys,, carts, .etc.—Audrey Amos and Ewen Knox 1, Beky Gass 2, Marie Beauvais 3. Most Original Display, open to boys and girls under 14 years—Trevor Childs 1, Colin Patterson. 2. . • *' Aciateur Running. 100 yds Amateur Handicap—First heat , (5): J. A. Gasson (7Jyds) 1, W. M. .Ewart (7yds) 2, R. Cordery (syds) 3. Time, 10 l-ssec. Second heat (3): M. Blackmore (syds) 1, H". W. Crozier (Byds) 2. Time, 10' l-ssec. Final. . -Ewart" .. .... ' •'■ I ■' Gasson ... .;•'• . • • • • • * .t • Blackmore .... ... i> Time, 10 2-ssec. Gasson was overhauled a few yards from the tape, and'lost by inches, a yard separating second and- ; third. X .22OYDS AMATEUR HANDICAP. First heat (5): F. Cordery .(7yds) 1, W. M. Ewart (13yds) 2, G. Field (14yds): 3. Time, 24sec. Second heat (s):' M. Blackmore (9yds) i; J. A. Gasson (14yds) 2, W. J. Brown (14yds) 3. Time, 23 3-ssec. Final. • Ewart .. • • • • 1 Gasson . . '• • ~ Cordory .. - .. > • a Time, 24 1-osec. Ewart took the lead from the start, and in-,a good, finish won by a foot. Cordery missed second place by a.narrow margin. Cash Running. - 100 YDS GALA HANDICAP. First heat (5)": C. M. Walden (9yds) 1, H. Gibb (9Jyds) 2, E. D. Cameron (7Jyds) 3. Time, 10 2-ssec. Second heat (6): D. 0. Clarke (9vds) 1, H. Goodman (7yds) 2, H V. Spicer (11yds) 3. Time, lOsec. Final. Clarke .. '.. .. 1 Cameron .. • • '- Gibbs .. .. -• 3 Goodman .. .. 4 Time, lOsec. From a perfect start Clark took the lead and went on to win by two feet. Inches separated second and third. 220 YDS HANDICAP. First heat (7): H. Gibb (10yds) 1, . H. Goodman (lljyds) 2, H. A. Mahan (lljyds) 3. Time, 24 l-56ec. Second heat (6): D. K. Clarke (lOJyds) 1. H. V. Spicer (16$ yds) . 2, O; M. Walden (12Jyds) 3. Time, 24sec. .Final. Clarke ■ .. .. ' .. 1 Gibb .. .. ..2 Walden . . .. .. 3 Time, 24 l-ssec. Clarke headed the field entering the straight and won by a yard. (Jibb beat W'aldon for second place by a narrow margin. 830 yds Handicap (10) —A. Bennison (55yds) 1, T. A. Shalders (30yds) 2, L. Moore (52yds) 3. Time- 2min Bsec. Ben- j nison led for the first lap and then was replaced by Moore, who stayed in front until entering the straight, when he fell. Bennison came on to win by eight yards from Shalders. Moore'regained his feet and'ran into third place. Amateur Cycling. One Mile Handicap—First heat (7): T. O'Brien (30yds) 1, L. J. Pearce (45yds) 2, H. Quill (75yds) 3. Time 2mm 23 2-ssec. Second heat (7): E. Parsons (100 yds) 1, RB. Daly (100 yds) 2. Time, 2min 23sec. Final. Pearce .. .. 1 O'Brien .. .. .. - Quill .. .. ..3 Time, 2min 17 2-ssec. Quill went to the front in the last lap, but was. overtaken by Pearce halfway round, the, latter winning by half a wh#el. ONE AND A HALF MILE CYCLE HANDICAP. First heat (5): T. O'Brien (50yds) 1. H. Quill (90yds) 2, L. J. Pearce (60yds) 3, W.. J. Parkes (85yds) 4. Time, Smirt 47sec Second heat (5);. E. B. Daly (140 yds) 1. B. P. Parsons (140 yds) 2, W. John (200 yds). ?»

F. H.-. Prince (110 yds) 4. Time, 3min 46 4-ssec. Final. _ O'Brien '. . . . . . 1 • Pearce .. .. 2 Quill ...... .. '.,3 Time, 3miu 46sec. O'Brien, who was lying handy, took the lead in the last lap. Although challenged by Pearce, he maintained his lead to win by half a length! ' About five yards divided second and third. Cash Cycling. HALF MILE HANDICAP. First heat (5): W. A. Muir (23yds) 1/ D. Underwood (65yds) 2, J. McGirr (15yds) 3. Time, 63 l-ssec. Second heat (5): F. Ward (25yds) 1, E. F. Eastwood (60yds) 2, G. T. Tutty. (75yds) 3. Time, 63sec. Third heat '(4): G. Eatchelor (75yds) 1, J. Henderson (scr) 2, 0. Bright (10yds) 3. Time, 64 4-ssec. Fourth heat (8): W. R. Willmott (20yds) 1, J. Ryan (55yds) 2, J. Bearman (10yds) 3. Time, 64sec. Semi-flhal —First heat: Muir 1, Willmott .2, Henderson 3. Time, 64' l-ssec. Second heat: Eastwood 1, Bearman 2, McGirr 3. Time, 63 l-ssec. Final. Willraot .: .. -. 1 McGirr .. ... .. .2 [ " Bearman . . . . ' ' . . 3 Time, 66 2-ssec. Willmott led over the last 50 yards and won comfortably by eight yards. Half a length separated second and third. Highland Dancing. Highland Fling (local), boys and girls under 10 years—J. Chambers 1, J. Mcintosh 2, J. Jary 3. Sword Dance (local), boys and girls under 14 years—Thelma Harper 1, M. Tait 2, M. Mcintosh 3. • Seann Triubhais (local), boys and girls under 14 years—Thelma Harper 1, M.. Tait 2, M. Andrews 3, • Highland Fling (open), boys and girls under 15 years—Emma Weston 1, Bessie Kearney 2, Nancy Drew 3. Sword Dance (open), boys and girls under 15 years—H. McKay 1, P. Gale 2, Nancy Drew 3. Soann Triubhais (open) boys and girls under 15 years—Hazel ilcKay 1, Bessie Kearney 2, M. Mcintosh 3. Highland Fling (open), boys and girls over 15 years—Bi Preddio 1, Mona Donn 2, E. Turner 3. Sword Dance (open), boys and girls over 15 years—-Mona Donn. 1, B. .Preddie 2, E. Turner 3. Seann Triubhais (open), boys and girls over 15 years—M. Donn 1, B. Peddie 2, E. Turner 8. Sailors' Hornpipe (open), B. Peddie 1, M. Donn 2, E. Turner 3. , Irish Jig (open)—M. Donn 1, B. Peddie 2, E. Turner 3. Queen Carnival. Great enthusiasm was shown in the Queen Carnival, the voting for which closed at 8 p.m. Each section handed in substantial sums just prior to. the closing, and the Hospital Queen topped the poll. The amounts received were as follows:

This makes a total of £403 19s Id, which exceeds the original estimate by nearly £2OO. It is estimated that the expenses will amount to about £SO, while there, is a similar sum still to be received. The crowning ceremony was postponed last evening on account of the wet weather, and the date will bedecided upon at a meeting of the executive to be held to-night.

£ 3. d. ETospital Queen (Miss ftgaire Eainey) 146 5 7 Country Queen (Miss - Elsie Brown) 141- 19 4 Sports Queen (Miss Aline McClurg) ,. 115 14 2