CROYDON PREPARATORY SCHOOL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 967, 7 November 1910, Page 11

CROYDON PREPARATORY SCHOOL.

ANNUAL SPORTS. On Saturday morning tlio annual sports of. 'tho Croydon Preparatory School were held on tho College Grounds, a. larj:e attcndanco of parents and friends bcii!2 present. It was an ideal spot on which to hold them, both from the spectators point of view and from .that of tho boys themselves, who, in their pretty green and white uniforms, added a distinctly decorative note to the scene. A great deal of interest is always taken in these sports, and no doubt it. brings back to the fathers of the boys reminiscences of their own sporting days, when they too were filled with great ambitions to excel in these delights. At the conclusion of the sports the prizes wero presented by Lady Ward, and hearty cheers were given for her by tho boys, also for Mr. Firth for so kindly lending tho ground, and for tho gentlemen who acted as judges, starter, and timekeeper, and helped to make the sports a success. Among those present were: Lady Ward, Mrs. Newman, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Vallanco (Masterton), Mrs. Brandon, Mrs. Cameron, Mrs. Arthur Myers, Mr. and Mrs. W. Dalziel, Miss Coates, Mrs. F. Pearce, Mrs. A. Pearce, Mrs. Field, Mrs. Janiieson (Hawko's Bay), Mr. and Mrs. Stott and the Misses Stott (2), Mr. and Mrs. A. Warburton, Sir Wil-' liam and Lady . Steward, Mrs. Broom, Mr. and Mrs. Firth, Dr. and Mrs. Holmes, Dr. and Mrs. Young, Mr. and Mrs. A. Young, Mr. and Mrs. IC. Duncan, Mrs. Lan Duncan, Miss Duncan, Miss' Tolhurst, Mr', and Mrs. Rutherford, Mr., and Mrs. W. Blundell, Mr. and Mrs. Tringham, and many others. The following-aro the results:—' 100 Yards School Championship.— Field, 1; Eutherfurd, 2. Time, 13 1-6 sec. 75 Yards Junior Championship.—Bayley, 1; Abbott, 2. Time, 10 2-ssec. Highest Aggregate of Points (senior). —Field and Biss (tie), 8 points, 1; Ruthorfurd, 6 points, 2. Highest Aggregate of Points (junior).—Bayley, its' 1 ] points, 1; Abbott, 8 points, 2. 250 Yards Walking Challenge (senior). —Young, 1; Vallance, 2. Time, 55 3-5 sec. Vallance, 2. '200 Yards Walking Challenge (junior). —Ward, 1;. Warburton, 2. Time, 49 4-ssec. 75 Yards Hurdles Challenge.—Hume, 1; Biss,.2. Time, 13sec. High Jump (senior).—Pearce, 3ft. Win., 1; Head, 3ft. 9in., 2. High Jump (junior).—Abbott, 3ft. Sin., 1; Hardiug and Reid (tie), 3ft. 3in., 2. Long Jump (senior). —Biss, lift. Gin., 1; Stott, lift. sin., 2. Long Jump (junior).—Bayley, lift., 1; Farrington,' 10ft. 4in., 2. . Other events: —3o yards handicap, for 5; years, J. Hall; 100 yards handicap, for 10 years, Hume; 75 yards handicap, for 6 and 7 years, C. Marchbanks; three-legged race (junior), Bayley and Fuller; 75 yards handicap, for 8 years, Bayley; sack raco (junior), Abbott; three-legged race (senior), Humo and Vallance; 100 yards handicap, for 9 years, Abraham; 100 yards handicap, over 11 years, Chesson; boot raco (junior), Abbott; sack race (senior), Doughty; visitors' race, Ellis; future race, B\ Hall and Jim Duncan ' (tie); boot raco (senior), Pearce; teams race,- Pearce, Curtis, Abbott, and W. Johnston; thread-thc-, needle race, Williams and Brandon; i consolation (senior), J. Duncan; consolation (junior), Souper; third division consolation, Baldwin.