ATHLETIC SPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1310, 13 December 1911, Page 10

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

AMATEUR ATHLETICS. .SATURDAY'S IlKi KVIC.yr. Al a committee meeting <>f the W.A.A.C. last evening (Mr. W. I', l.ntkiu presiding), final iirniiigcnieiits v.cre made tor Sutiirdiiv's sports im-i-tinjt al (he. llaiin i!c.-ervc. The various sub-i'oinmillocs reported s.lisfaclorilv as to I heir depart meals, and, at Ihe rei|iie»l nf Ihe I'lugrainine Committee, an alteration was made in Ihe li.-l id events in nnler to enable a ler-t race to l>e run between four candidates for inclusion in the Now Zealand leain for the Australasian meeting at Christmas time. Tlice are Messenger, ot Jbr-lerlon, and Utililiiird, Coard. and Duncan, the loeal .-printers. Two are required to eomphle the Dominion representation al (ho big gathering. One heat in the 100 yards sprint is also to lie used us a "try-mil." for this (|Uiirtel. who will contest Ihe event, by themselves from .'.he scratch mark. If was reported that, in addition to. Messenger, several entries had been received lrom the Wairarapa, these including 11. M'Kenzie, the provincial 120 yards hurdle champion, and Hodge, the high jumper, both of whom, together with X. G. G. Winktlmann, of Napier, are also on trial for places in the New Zealand team. M'Kenzie's chief opponent in the hurdle race is A. Halligan, an exNew Zealand champion, and more recently champion of Scotland, lie is also a claimant for New. Zealand representative honours, and is hurdling very, well at present. In the flat events, Bonald Opie, of Chrislchurch, is on tho scratch mark in the 100, 220, and 110 yards, and G. N. Hill, the Aucklander, in the half-mile, mile, and three miles. In the field events tho back-markers are L. M. M'kay, and \. Bisset. These men are all present New Zealand champion*, and will '-eyesent tho Dominion at the Australasian meeting, and the three last-mentioned are all "out" for record figures on Saturdav, Hill in the three-mile run, ll'Kay ho'p-step-and-jump, and Bisset in tho hammer-throwing event. THE I'OKT NICHOLSON CLUB. ■\t a committee meeting of the Port. Nicholson Amateur Athletic' Club, held last evening, it was decided to hold an evenin" meeting on the Basin Reserve on Tridnv, December 22. The programme decided on.was:—loo yards handicap, onemile walk, two-mile Hat handicap, and 000 vards handicap. An effort will be made to induce some of the competitors for tho championship meeting to take part.