Tamara Press Again Betters N.Z. Record

Press, Volume CV, Issue 30962, 19 January 1966, Page 19

Tamara Press Again Betters N.Z. Record

<V fie Zealand Press INVERCARGILL. Miss Tamara Press. ?®Y iet set a new Southland record and bette the New Zealand record with a throw of 180 ft lOyin in the discus event, the first invitation event on tle programme at the international athletic meeting at Rugby Park, Invercargill, I lovvever Miss Fress * ias thrown the discus 182 ft 7lin earlier in the tour and this distance is awaiting ratification. 1 ler three throws " ere 170 ft, 180 ft 10 Jin and 166 ft

and Jin. In the shot put her best throw was 55ft Win which bettered both the Southland , open record and the i New Zealand record, I but it was still below her best performance in New Zealand. At Rotorua, she recorded 57ft 2in. W D Baillie (Auckland) and ' R. D. Welsh (Otago) thrilled the crowd in the twoniile event. Welsh led Baillie bv inches. , ... ~ Both were credited with the same time. Recent Performance For Welsh it was a repeat! performance, for he beat Bail-1 l ie at the Agfa meeting in Invercargill last year in this event in the same type of race. Welsh led Baillie

throughout the journey by about 18 inches and still kept enough in reserve to fight off Baillie's challenge in the straight.

The long-awaited clash between Miss I. Press and Miss P. Kilborn, of Australia, in the women’s 80 metres hurdles was disappointing.

i Miss Press, the world re- ] cord holder, tripped and ran off at the second ] hurdle, leaving the way clear for Miss Kilborn to win by about six yards from 16-year-old Brenda Mathews, of Auckland. Miss Kilborn’s time for the distance was ll.lsec. which bettered the Southland open record held by W. M. Hayes, of Victoria, while Miss Mathews equalled the record with her time of 11.2 sec. Reiko Wins Easily The Russian middle-distance runner, R. Reiko, was unextended to win the 1500 metres from R. Hamilton, of Auckland. Reiko led for most of the journey but let J. McDonald. of Canterbury, and B. Smith, also of Canterbury, take over in the middle stages. However, he moved past them with ease on the] back straight of the final lap.!

Hamilton finished second about seven yards behind Reiko. Only about 800 attended the meeting which was held in calm but cool conditions. However, just at the end of the two-hour programme a heavy shower of rain fell. Women's Discus. —Miss T. Press (U.S.S.R.) 1, Miss E. Charteris (Canterbury) 2, Miss G. Blyth (Southland) 3. Distance, 180:10). SO Metres Hurdles, Women’s Invitation.—Miss P. Kilborn (Australia) 1, Miss B. Matthews (Auckland) 2, Miss B. Paulson (Canterbury) 3. Time, 11.1. 1500 Metres Men’s Invitation. — R. Reiko (U.S.S.R.), 1, 3:52; R. Hamilton (Auckland) 2. 3:53: J. McDonald (Canterbury) 3. 3:55.1. Two-mile Invitation.—R. D. Welsh (Otago), 9:3.4, 1; W. D. Baillie (Auckland), 9:3.4, 2: L. McKendrick (Otago), 9:19.6. 3. Women’s Shot Put. —Miss T. Press (U.S.S.R.). 55:10. 1: Miss 1. Press (U.S.S.R.), 49:21, 2; Miss I). Charteris (Canterbury), 46:8.