BOXING
A CAMP TOURN'AMENT. The first of a series of boxing competitions for the Senior Cadets and / Territorial n.c.o.'s, under instruction in Trent'kmi nCnip, was held on Thursday evening. Competitions were held in,five .weights! and confined to ■ novices, the object being to get at Hie mass instead of catering for the few with an expert knowledge of the game. The number of entries wns good, nearly 50.per cent, of the eligibles taking part. The competitions generally were well contested. Gold-centred medals wore handed to the winners. Jt is hoped to hold a tournament, for each cotirse' of, instruction. These will practically aiuimnt to Dominion., tournaments,-'as the.boys under., instruction ,c.6mV from' any' unit from the'-'North Cape t'o theßluff. Boxins forms part pf the. physical training syllabus, and- these tournaments should materially help the sport throughout the country. : .'■'"'. ' The officials- for tournaments are:— President.' 'Major .'Talbot'; referee, Capt. Brocks. M.Ci;-judges, Capt. Luckhnm and Lieut. Sutherland; time-keeper, Lieut. Davis. ■ Thursday's results were as follow:— Welter-weight (10s. Oil), and under): Winner. Seret, Qrmsby, Dunedin, Musketry (9st.„lill).)j,.runner-up, Lce.-Corpl-Nelson, Physical Training (9sK--131b.). Tiight-weittli!- $-K 911). and under)-. Winner,' Sei'gt. .H.' 'Neville, Dunedin, 'Physical Training (!)st. 21b.); runner-up, O,S\M, Mills, Auckland, Musketry (9st. 41b.). Banhm-weight (fct. and under): Win. ner, Corpl. S. C. • Irvine, Auckland, .■Musketry (Bst. 111b.); runner-up. C.S.M. Pi. Brown, Auckland, Physical Training (Bst. Mb.); '■'■ •- .. '.■■■••• -I''-- . \. Peather-wei?4)t (S't. 7!b. and "under) t ■.Winner, Sei'gt.' P.. :E. Campbell, Auckland. Infantry (Bst. Tib.); _ runner-up, Corpl. A. J. Wilson, Dunedin, Physical Training (Rsi. ,61b.).
Paper-weigh 1 : (Bst.'mid"under): Winnor. C'orpl." Dixon, Auckland. Physical training (Gst. Sib.):' rnnncr-'up, C'orpl. Jlovla'n, Dunediii, Musketry (Gst. ojlb.).
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 158, 29 March 1919, Page 2
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