ANNUAL SPORTS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2127, 20 April 1914, Page 2

ANNUAL SPORTS

The annual sports of the WrflhigtoA .Diocesan Collegiate School for Uiris were held in the School groim&s, Njja :Ta\va, Morten, oh Friday, April 17. Oft account of tho recent raiu. tho igr-ound was very heavy- lljore tfere ■ present about three kiadrei onlookers, Jirelttditig Ms Lordship- tfe> Bishop ot Wellington., the trustees of the school, tho Veaerablo Archdeacon Faacoart, Mr. G. SJiirtclifio, Mrs.. Birch, Mrs. iShirtcliffe, and jnsuy parents and .friends of tho pupils. ' Tho most intetesttftg features were tile horse eveiite, ' whieli oecupiod tho fast part of the ; pwgrantmo. Tho horse drill congjstet of_ft series of fflanoeuvresj ba.scd «)ft a milifeftry tournament, arriingcci hy M' B3 •V. Barker and Mr. A. H. Bill. 'Owing to tho-rough training, the running- was better than usual,, and there wero ■■some.', very .esmting finishes. A great many of tljo prizes hiid been presented, and those iveffi diebrlbuted!. by Mrs. Shirt■cliffe, after a short speech by his Lordship the Bishop, Tlio Sasior Oiiatlenge ' Oup. presented by Cornelia Bryco Was won by .Jessio Tennent, who secured. 18 points out of a possible So. The Jmiior phalteiige Oup presented by Mrs. T. A. Dancan svas won. by Gwendo-luio Beckett with _ li points out of 25. Tlio eup for the junior high jump presented by IkJith Booth was won by Evelyn fookes.

$he prtee'Jist is as follows :— Twelve years and undef ( 100 yards: Winifred Beekett, 1: Christine Thorn-, son, 2. Fourteen and mider 3 100 yards: Gwendoline Beckett, lj Beryl l)iJly t 2. Fifteen and, o\er, V) - yards (prfeo presented by Miss Barker): Faifli Nether* elilt, 1; Jessie Tejmwit, 2, 440 yards junior: Haael I'eafce, 1; France <Jooke, 2. 440 yairds senior (prize presented by Mm, Dalrysiplo): Jessio Teniieiit. 1-; Maj- Lowe, 2i (a) Long jump junior (prize presented, by ■ Irene Woebffls): frH'oi-jdolifte Beckett, 1 •■ Freda CaweTO.n, 2. (h) Hitting the heckoy bail, senior (prize presjenfvad- Ijy Mrs. A. Cameron): Margaret Mason, 1; Hinenioa .Bjignall, 2. (a) Long jufflp, senior: Jessie Terniieiit, I; May "Lowe, 2. (b) Hilting. the liocfeov- ball, junior (prize presented by Cornelia Bryce); Beryl Tuliy, 1; Gtf-efi. Beckett, 2. Juhj.or 440 yards walk (prize presented by Mrs, Mcyrick): Francis Croako, 1; Lillian Harvey, 2. Senior 410 yards wnUc'(pri*e- presented In- Mrs. Slack): Jessie Tenncnt, 1; Alariorie B. Brown, 2, -Old girls' jace: Ceoile Beckett, 1; Evelyn I'Viokes, 2. Sigh jvunp, junior's.. Evelyn FookqSi 1. . Prelects race (prise p'rosentcol by Iris aftd Winifred Creeko)): Joan Glasgow, 1, Bgg and spoon race (prize presented by Oofiiclitt BryGo): Ba.fbft.ra Oantoron, 1; Joan Glasgow, 2; iEetra Speed, 3. Threelegged race: Beryl Tuliy and Phyllis Oarr, 1; Faitji Netlierffllift and- May. Lqv.'Cj S. Sonior coasoiation (piiise presented by Mrs. Barker}: Alison" B, j Br<s\vn> 1. Juniof eausofatien (prize presented by Mrs. Woollaftis.): . M&na I Harvey, 1. Slow bicycle race (prize { presented toy Mrs. E.. B. Brown): Marjovio Woollams, 1; MtiMcl Kifigivell, 2.■ Jlerso Events.—Bost rider n- harso drill: H. Bognall, on.. Cornetj 1;' B. Caiaeroii, on Uoeco, 2. Tiltibg at the ring:. E. CameJ'oii, on ■ llocco, 1; .\?... iWdroll,, on Tonimy, 2. Liic-savittg race, horses 14 hands aiid over:-- H.. Bosslhill, <3» Ooiftot, 1 ; J. Tslinent, on I ku'fus, 2. .Horses under. 14 teatis: V. Carr, on Wasp, 1: 31. 3la.ss.ii, oft, Qitccai, S. Best tiira-out/liorue and rider t[p.ri:nos proseiitwl t>y Mrs, Hugh Cameron): E. C'»ntwoii, «n IWco, I;-.P. OicJfmm, on Tearti 2, In the e\ entng ' the ■ putrjls on* tortaiuwl tlio trustees and tlieir parents with a short concert.

Messrs. G. S. Hill and Co,, 185 Fmifcerslon Str«ci, have tltreo fo.i'ms for sale. The farM ore jsitnated in Taronaki <2SOO notes), WoUUifftoii. (318 acres), and Sti-at-ford (8!W acres).