HARRIERS

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 133, 7 June 1937, Page 15

HARRIERS

RUNS IN- THE SNOW

RESULTS OF CLUB EVENTS

I Wintry conditions prevailed on Sat- ! urday afternoon for the Olympic Club's grand memorial sealed handicap race which was run over a course of five miles at Miramar, consisting of two laps of 2i miles each. The field consisted of nearly 20 runners, who were started by Mr. Phipson. At the end of the first lap Lovatt was leading Patrick by about 30 yards, closely followed by Fisher, Cppp, and Campbell. Lovatt ran away from the field in the second lap to win by over 200 yards from Patrick, Fisher being the third man home. Lovatt's time of 34min 48sec was an outstanding effort under the conditions. Throughout the race the majority of the competitors had difficulty in keeping their hands warm owing to the sudden drop in the temperature. However, a warm shower afterwards took the chill off. The following are the results with the handicaps and adjusted times:— A. Richardson (4min 30sec), 32mm 40 sec (Philp Cup), 1; H. Service (smm 50sec), 33min 2sec (Byrne, Cup), 2; P. Eggers (smin 50sec), 34min Isec (Wilson Cup), 3. Fastest time: E. Lovatt, 34min 48sec (pewter pot). On Wednesday (King's Birthday) the annual Day's Bay-Wellington relay race for the Perston Baton is to be held, find on Saturday the members of the club are to run from Hutt Park at the invitation of the Hutt Valley Club. MeVILLY SHIELD RACE. The Scottish Club held its annual race for the McVilly Shield at Hutt Park. There were 36 competitors, who were started by Mr. W. W. Ballantyne, sen. Buchanan led at first, followed by Bruce, the latter taking the lead along the road at the back of the grandstand. Riddington came through at the beach, and from then on was never challenged, winning by 140 yards from. Bourgeois. The teams' race for the McVilly Shield was a walk-over for A. Bourgeois's team, through his own fine performance and that of J. Garty, who ran his best race to date over three miles. . Ti-M' Results* are as follows:—McVilly Shield: C team (A. Bourgeois,, J. Garty, E. Garty, A. Paulin), 54 points, 1; A team, 70 points, 2; H team, 73 points, 3. Sealed handicap (trophy presented by Messrs. Woodley and Foster): B. Woodcock (4min llsec), 15min 4sec; Tracy (smin 9sec), lomin 31sec; J. Garty (2min 7sec), 15mm 47 Fastest times: Riddington, 17rm'n 9 sec; Bourgeois, 17min 37sec; .Tunbridge. 17min 38sec; Bruce, 17mm 40 sec; Stevens, 17min 52sec; Garty, 17 mm 54sec. • _ In the absence of the donor, Mr. R. W. McVilly, the shield was presented to the winning team by the club president, Mr. W. A. Baudmet, at the afternoon tea after the race A presentation was made to G. Buchanan, who was recently married. UNIVERSITY CLUB. The University Club's sealed handicap for the Sherwood Cup, held at Rongotai, was won by R. Hutchens, who is having his first season of active competition. R. Scrymgeour maae fastest time. . Scrymgeour took the lead early m the race and held it throughout, though menaced at times by A. G. Bagnall and D. Cairns. Cairns was unfortunate, as just when there seemed a possibility of his overhauling Scrymgeour, he iost a shoe, and had to run half the race with one shoe. Despite this handicap he finished second, followed by Bagnall. A. R. Burge, a first-year runner, arrived fourth. O'Flynn, Newell, Morpeth, and Porter mistook the trails spoiling their chances. Placings for the trophy were:—R. Hutchens, 1: M. Hoffman, 2; R. Scrymgeour. 3. Actual finishing times and positions, with handicaps given in parentheses, are as follows:— Scrymgeour (scr), 18min 51sec,. 1; ..Cairns (scr). 19min 6sec. 2; Bagnall (scr), 19 mm 21sec, 3: Burge (30sec), 19min 53 sec 4; Stewart. 21min 13sec. 5; McElroy (lmin 17sec), 21min 35sec. 6; Gretton (lmin 4Gsec). 21min 67sec, 7; McLean (2min 52sec), 21min 82sec, 8; Hutchens (3min 95sec), 21min 93ssc, 9. COMBINED RUN. Members of the C.V.M. and Methodist Clubs were the guests of the Presbyterian Club, and 140 harriers had a most enjoyable outing. Starting at the Kelburn Presbyterian Church, a trail of 7i miles laid by H. Wallis and A. Gibbons led over the wireless hill to Wadestown. down the gully and over to Ngaio, and thence down Kaiwarra Gorge along the Hutt Road, and home. The trail had been planned to go from Ngaio to Wilton's Bush, but in view of the snow, the trail-layers wisely turned off at Trelissick Crescent nnd returned home via Tinakori Road. Five packs were running, including a colts' pack. The slow pack had hardly bet out before it commenced to snow, and by the time the fast pack reached the lop of the Tinakori wireless hill the snow was thick enough on the ground to obliterate the trail of white paper, causing some members to take the wrong track and return via Wilton's Bush as originally planned. The colts' pack took a slightly shorter course. Afternoon tea was arranged by Mr. J. Edgar, assisted by members of the young women's Bible class. SANDERS CUP RACE. By 132 points to 177 the Hutt Valley Harrier. Club, competing at' Masterton against the Masterton Harrier Club over a two-lap course of five miles, retained the Sanders Cup. A feature of the contest was the fine performance by R. Gregory, the young Masterton Club runner, who earlier this season gave a taste of his ability in a field containing some of Wellington's best runners. Gregory was an easy first. C. Talbot, former Masterton champion, and now of the Hutt Valley, dead-heated with M. Smith, Hutt Valley, for second place, in 3 lmin 14sec. The remainder of the first twelve were:' —G. Frederickson, Masterton, 31min 39sec. 4; G. Turner, Hutt Valley, 31min 50sec, 5; D. McGrath, Hutt Valley, 31min 55sec, 6; R. Shaw, Masterton. 7; K. Robbie, Hutt Valley, 8: R. Warham. Masterton, 9; J. Warham, Masterton. 10; N. Searle. Hutt Valley. 11: S. Dumble, Hutt Valley, 12. Sealed handicaps were run in conjunction with the main event. The Hutt Valley handicap was won by G. Turner, M. Peterson being second. R. Warham won the Masterton handicap. G. Frederickson being second. WELLINGTON CLUB. Eighteen members of the Wellington Club left Karori Methodist Church for a brisk run over the hills. A trail was laid along the tops by R. Wakelin and J. Murray, but the two packs were unable to follow the trail, heavy falls of snow completely obliterating it Members followed a shorter route home and after a brisk rub-down showed little ill effect. Next week's run will be for the Press Cup, at Lyall Bay. BROOKLYN CLUB. Brooklyn Club members ran from the Lyall Bay bathing sheds, 28 runners attending. The slow pack set out under R. Watterson in the teeth of a hail squall and after reaching Breaker Bay via the beach road, climbed up to Beacon Hill, and proceeded along Seatoun Heights to Nevay Road, thence down to Miramar for the homeward run. At this stage they were passed by the medium pack, under R. Cowie. followed by the fast pack, under D. Pedersen. The runners were nicely warmed up by this time and some excellent work was put in and good, hard pacing was the order | for the rest of the way home.