Record Broken By .5sec In C.B.H.S. Sports

Press, Volume CV, Issue 31007, 12 March 1966, Page 16

Record Broken By .5sec In C.B.H.S. Sports

A remarkable 100 yards in 10.3 sec by the intermediate, G. Langham, high-liighted the Christchurch Boys’ High School athletic sports yesterday.

His time, recorded in the heats, broke by half a second the record held by the outsitandmg schoolboy runner of the 1940’5, A. F. Dockery.

Langham also equalled Dockery’s record for the 440 yards with a time of 53sec—again in the heats. Another record broken was in the junior 880 yards. P. Sander’s time of 2m:n 14.4 sec ; eclipsed one of the oldest . marks—set in 1947 —by 3.6 sec. In the preliminaries, G. May set a new junior record for the shot put. His new distance is 42ft «l-in. K. L. King’s under 14 100 yards record of 11.4 sec, which has s>tood the test of time s*ince 1940, was closely challenged, A. P. Forrer equalling the mark in the final. The champ-ions were: Open.—Sprints: M. W. Thomson. Distance events: L. G. Fowler. Field events: I. Dunn and G. Harrison. Intermediate. Sprints: G. Langham. Championship: Langham. Junior. —Sprints. R. Drinnan. Championship: P. Sanders. Results: UNDER 13 Championship.—loo yards: V. C. Smith 1, P. W. Shaw 2, J. W. Latimer 3. Time, 139.0. 880 vards: V. C. Smith 1, T. Good 2, C. Iggo 3. Time, 2:38.5. UNDER 14 Championships.—loo yards: A. P. Forrer 1, W. Pattinson 2, R. M. Wright 3. Time, 11.4 (equal record). B Grade. —220 yards: A. P. Forrer 1, W. Pattiwson 2, G. Falloon 3. Time, 26.8. 880 yards: A. Ward 1, A. Falloon 2, S. Simpson 3. Time, 2:24.5. 120 yds. hurdles: W’. M. Marks 1, R. Drinnan 2, P. Clark 3. Time 18.8. JUNIOR Championship.—loo yards: P. Buxton 1, R. Drinnan 2, P. Sanders 3. Time, 11.2. 220 yards: R. Drinnan 1, P. Buxton 2, P. D. Thompson 3. Time, 26.7. 440 vards: P. Sanders 1, R. Drinnan 2, P. Buck 3. Time, 58.0. 880 yards: P. Sanders 1. P. Buck 2, A. H. Paterson 3. Time, 2:10.8 (record). Shot put: G. May 1, J. Vaney 2, P. Sanders 3. Distance, 42:61 (record). Discus: G. May 1. P. Sanders 2, M. Wheeler 3. Distance, 122:05. Long jump: J. Strathern 1, J. R. Calder 2. G. May 3. Distance, 15:91. High iump: G. Falloon 1, G. May 2, J. Kinley and M. Tillman (equal) 3. Height. 4:2. B Grade.—loo yards: G. B. Tweedie 1, P. D. Bagrie 2, J. L. Dewsbury 3. Time, 12.6. 220 yards: J. Strathern 1, G. Tweedie 2. L. Smith 3. Time, 28.0. 440 yards: S. C. Parry 1, D. elephant 2, M. C. Davis 3. Time, 1:2.2.

880 yards: J. R. Calder 1, M. King 2, J. M. Standish 3. Time, 2:24.9. 100 yards: G. Langham 1, B. Winter 2, M. E. Bedggood 3. Time, 11.1. 220 yards: G Langham 1, B. Winter 2, M. F. Bedggood 3. Time, 24.2. 440 yards: G. Langham 1, C. Gleason 2, B. Winter 3. Time, 54.3. 880 yards: C. Gleason 1, G. Waghorn 2, C. Maister 3. Time, 2:13.9. One mile: D. R. Ph ill'll pis on 1, R. Williams 2, R. Webb 3. Time, 5:10.4. 120 yards hurdles: G. Langham 1, J. Smalley 2, R. Rollo 3. Time, 17.5. 880 yards walk: I. Chambers 1, P. Henning 2, Freeman 3. Time, 4:6.7. High jump: G. Harrison 1. D. Ferguison 2. Height, s:ls. Shot put: R. Rondel 1, G. May 2, R. Ro*l!o. 3. Distance, 46:95. Long jump: G. Nicol! 1, R. Rolilo 2. C. Gleason 3. Distance, 17:9. Discus: B. Kingston I, R. Rohlo 2, R. Rendel 3. Distance, 127:55. Javelin: G. May 1, B. Ingram 2, C. Gleason 3. Distance, 121:0. 100 yards: G. Nico’Jl 1, D. Johnstone 2, P. C. Oakley 3. Time, 11.6. 220 yards: D. T. John-s-ton 1, L. Burrows 2, R. D. Balfour 3. Time, 26 9. 880 yards: G. McNeill 1, B. Carlyle 2, R. T. Swain 3. Time, 2:19.5. One miile: G. Me Neilil 1. B. Carlyle 2, A. J. Candlash 3. Time, 5:21.8.

Championship.—loo yards: M. W. Thomson 1, W. E. Duke 2, P. K. Lucas 3. Time, 10.8. 220 yards: M. W. Thomson 1, L. Legge 2. M. Nicholls 3. Time, 24.5. 440 yards: M. W. Thomson 1, W. Daniel 2, L. D. Fowler 3. Time, 53.9. 880 yards: L. G. Fowler 1, D. R. Phillipson 2. Time. 2:11.8. One mile: L. G. Fowler 1. L. Brown 2, G. Sargison 3. Time, 4.46 3. Mite walk: G. Brockett 1, R. Wardrop 2, R. Dyer 3. Time, 8:59.7. 120 yards hurdles: W. Daniel 1, J. Smalley 2, M. Brown 3. Time. 16.6. High jump: A. Harrison 1. A. Smith 2, C. Pickerill 3. Height, 5:1. Shot put: A. Boulton 1, R. Rendel 2, P. Thomas 3. Distance, 36:85. Long jump: S. Jolly 1, B. Robinson 2, N. Daniel 3. Distance, 19:3. Triple jump: N. Daniel 1, G. Harrison 2, J. Lee 3. Distance, 36:115. Pole vault: J. Kirk 1, I. Dunn 2. Height, 7:4. Discus: B. Kingston 1, R. Jones 2, R. Rendel 3. Distance, 99:10. Cricket ball throw: I. Dunn 1, R. Osment 2, P. Hern 3. Distance: 91:2:55. Javelin: C. Gleason and M. Joseph (equal) 1, R. Rendel 3 Distance. 121:3|. B Grade.—loo yards: R Collins 1, I. Armstrong 2, L. B Yorke 3. Time, 11.2. 220 yards W. E. Duke 1, R. Collins 2, 1 Armstrong 3. Time, 25.3. 440 vards: W. Lee 1, C. Fraser 2. C. Pickerill 3. Time, 1:0.7. 880 vards: A. Sargison 1, J. Dixon 2. S. Purdon 3. Time. 2:13.4. One mile: J. Dixon 1, W. Knox 2, S. Purdon 3. Time, 5:8.5.