Good Competition At Weekly Sports

Chronicle (Levin), 22 March 1949, Page 4

Good Competition At Weekly Sports

Athletes and cyclists turned out iri- rarge numbers last night fof the • usuai weekly Club nlght bf the Levin Combined Amateur - Athletic and- Cycring Club and keen competition was evident in all events. It Was the last night for the awardmg of points in. the season's competitions. Next Monday night will ^ee the open Horowhenua championsnip meeting take place,, with competitors from all district clubs oakmg part. - The one mile junior cycle for the La Roche Memorial - Cup resulted m O, Connolly, R. Harper and S. Bonner securing the points/ The finai, a two mile junior race to be run on Monday nignt, should .proyide good sport. Ian Mudge ran. nicely to Win the 880 yards open. and this Otaki lad, who holds three Wellington titles, seems assured of gaining Horowhenua championship nonours on Monday. A -large field faced the starter in. the boys' one-lap walk and the foilowing have been selected toi start ih tne championship programme: — K. McKenzie, D. Rieh.rds,.K. Foss, D. Rikihana, J. Wil'kinson, M. Green, B. Millard an'd H.Corner. The women's 220 yards open was one of the best races of the season. The large field bunched all the way for Miss N. Tyree to gain tne verdict from Misses D. Williams and M. Cameron. COmpeting in the Victoria UniVersitv College/ field ahd traCk

championships at Kelburn Park, Wellington, on Saturday morning,. John Goodwin, of Levin, finished seconfi to J. C. Hawkes in the three mile event. The time of 15 mins. 22 2/5 'Secs. was a University record for the event. Given below are the results oi last nights events. Athletics . Boys under 12, 75 yards. — First division : L. Gallagher 1, E. Kingsbeer 2, M. Ogier 3; time, 84- secs. 3econd division: T. Baylis 1, K. McKenzie 2, R. Smith 3; time, 9^ S0CS ' Girls under 12, 75 yards.— N. Cameron 1, M. Morgan 2, M. Foss 3. Time, 9 secs. Boys' one lap walk. — J. WilkihSon 1, M. Green 2, H. Corner 3. Senior men, 100 yards, — D. Hakaraia 1, J. Ryan 2, I. Mudge 3. Time, 10 3/10 secs. Junior men, 100 yards. — P. Ryan 1, G. Taratoa 2, E. Smith 3. Time, 10 4/5 secs. __ Women's 100 yards.— Miss K.

Green 1, Miss D. Williams 2, Miss N. Tyree 3. Time, 12 secs. . Girls' 75 yards.— Miss N. Cameron 1, Miss M. Morgan 2, Miss N. Sill'son 3. Time, 9 secs. " ' / __ Senior "men, 220 yards. — J. i, I. Mudge 2, P. Ryan 3. Time, 24£ SGCS. Junior men, 220 yards— M. Hartley 1, R- Jeffrey 2, J. Wells 3. Time, 25 4/5 secs. ^ _T Women's 220 yards.— Miss Tyree 1, Miss "D. Williams 2, Miss M. Cameron 3. Time, 28 1/5 secs ' Giils' felay.— -Miss N. Cameron s team 1. Time, 1 min. 7\ secs. • Men's 880 yards.— I. Mudge 1, -W. Travefs 2, R. Roach 3. Time, 2 inins. 61/5 secs. Boys' relay.— Waitere's team 1. Time, 50 secs. Men's relay. — -R. Jeffrey s team 1. Time, 53£ secs. Women's relay. — S. Roses team 1. Time, 57£ secs. Cycling 'Children's cyc.e, 100 yards.— Jennifer Cole 1, P. Hadfield 2, W. Banfield 3. Half mile junior cycle— First division: D. Smith 1, O. Connolly 2, P. Elliott 3; time, 1 min. 3 1/5 secs. Second division: G. Tatana 1, W. Calder 2, Spooner 3; time, 1 min. 5 secs. % , Half mile senior cycle. — Searancke 1, H. Donovan 2, N. Parker 3. Time, 1 min. 2 3/10 secs. Half mile roadster cycle. — First division: N. Rolston 1, C. Coutie 2, R. Routley 3; time, 1 min. 264- secs. Spcond division: W. Waitere 1, Max Harper 2, G. Brunell 3; time, 1 min. 22" sGCS One mile senior cycle. — N. Parker 1, H. Donovan 2, H. Watson 3. Time, 2 mins. 17 secs. •One mile junior cycle. — O. Connolly 1, D. Smith 2, R. Harper and S. Bonner dead .heat 3. Time, 2 mins. 16 secs. Three mile open cycle. — P. Elliott 1, M. Harper 2, J. Taylor 3. Time, 7 mins. 6 secs.