HIGHLAND GAMES IN HASTINGS

Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28259, 23 April 1957, Page 17

HIGHLAND GAMES IN HASTINGS

Record Attendance (New Zealand Press Association) HASTINGS, April 22. More than 31,000 persons have attended Highland games events in Hastings this Easter. This is the estimate of games officials, who believe that all previous attendance records have been broken. The attendance figures are based on a crowd estimated at 10,000 on Saturday, 7500 at the massed bands’ disf>lay yesterday, and 2000 at the skatng events last night, and approximately 12,000 at Windsor Park today. Major events today resulted:— Athletics The “Scottish 75” (women).—R. Estcourt (Hastings) 1, G. Pescini (Levin) 2, H. M. Mclntyre (Wellington) 3. Time, B.ssec. "City of Hastings Mile”.—M. G. Halberg (Auckland) 1, R. A. Ward (Hutt) 2, M. W. du Fresne (Waipukurau) 3. Time, 4min 7.7 sec. Three Miles, Open.—N. I. Scott (Auckland) 1, P. L. Richards (Palmerston North) 2, P. R. Kitchen (Feilding) 3. Time, 13min 55sec. One Mile Walk.—A. Angus (Napier ), 215yds, 1: N. R. Read (Hawera), scr. 2: R. W. Wilson (Wellington), 40yds, 3. Time, 6min 573 Cycling Greater Hastings Highland Games Wheelrace, two miles.—M. Chestnut (Christchurch) 1, R. P. Calder (Foxton) 2, D. Chote (Hastings) 3. Time, fmin 10_2sec. Dancing North Island Championship, Reel o’ Tulloch, under 16 years.—Robyn Hislop (Dunedin) 1, Colleen Frethey (New Plymouth) 2, Ann Boyer (Dunedin) 3. New Zealand Championship, Highland Fling, Open.—Julie Sparks (Hastings) 1, Enid Johnston (Dunedin) 2, Barbara Dick (Christchurch) Piping North Island Championship Slow March, Open.—A. Macaulay (Whaagarei) 1, J. Macgee (Wanganui) 2, D- Thoresen (Hastings) and F. Mackinnon (Wellington) (equal) 3. Hastings Highland Games Championship, Open.—D. Thoresen (Hastings) 1, A. Stewart (Dunedin) 2, L- Mackinnon (Wellington) 3.