GIRL ATHLETES

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 26 November 1927, Page 3

GIRL ATHLETES

NAPIER HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS RACES RUN YESTERDAY. The Nanier Girls’ High School held . their annual sports yesterday afternoon on McLean Park, many people interested in the school attending. The races were all contested in a fine snorting spirit, and the expedition with which the competitors were marshalled and started was a credit to the sports mistress, Miss Stone. From the visitors’ point of view the most spectacular event was the chariot race, the various teams making bright splashqs of colour as they c'areered around the arena. The detailed results were as follows :— 100yds (championship).—Rosemary Fannin 1, Eva Crawford 2, Sylvia Hanlon 3. Standard 1 and 2 race—(a) Ages 6 to 7, Diana l, Nancy Thorpe 2. Jocelyn Wilson 3; (b) ages 8 and 9, Pauline Leversedge 1, Judith Leversedge 2, Peggy Mayo 3. Sack race.—Freda Evison 1, Una Wilson 2, Nereda Hampton 3. Junior 75yds.—-(a) Babies, Pauline Leversedge 1. Judith Leversedge 2, Peggy Mayo 3. (b) Junior. Dorothea Norman 1, Brenda Stewart 2, Dorothy Creagh 3. 220yds championship.—Rosemary Fannin 1, Jeanie Baird 2, Muriel South 3. Three-legged race (senior):—Louisa Jorgensen and Valmai Clothier 1, Joyce Harper and Doris White 2. Helma Palmer and Mabel Johnson 3. Junior three-legged—Dorothy Norman and Dorothy Creagh 1, Bessie McGill and N. Dampney 2, P. and J. Leversedge 3. Book on head.—Lovell LovellSmith 1, Margaret O'Meara 2, Enid Triggs 3. 150yds walk (champion).—Esther Macßae 1, Muriel South 2. Junior skipping—Dorothy Creagh 1, E. Dampney 2, L. Norrie 3. Senior skipping—Freda Evison 1. Madge McKinnon 2. Mav Edgley 3. Junior 100yds.—Dorothea Norman 1, Pauline Levergedge 2, D. Crengh 3 2QOyds (champion). —Rosemary' Fannin 1, Muriel South 2, Eva Crawford 3. Senior thread-the-needle.—lrene Lloyd 1. L. Lovell-Smith 2, M. McKinnon 3. Junior thread-the-needle.—Peggy Mayo 1, Dorothy Creagh 2. Senior 150yds.—J. Jorgensen 1, H. Moorhead 2. Madge McKinnon 3. 75yds (championship).—Eva Crawford 1. Margaret Shand 2, Rosemary Fannin 3. Hopping race.—Edith Moore 1, Doris Hainly 2. Nereda Hampton 3. Little visitors race.—Peter Collett 1, D. Harvey 2, B. Johnson 3. Bicycle race First heat: L. Jorgensen 1, M. Saunders 2. Second neat: Una 'Wilson 1, Maurice Venables 2. Senior, 75yds.—Louisa Jorgensen 1, H. Moorhead 2, M. McKinnon 3. Horse and drivers Va. and Jllb. dead-heat 1, VI. and Illb. 2. Overhead passing.—Vl. Form 1. Vb. 2. Chariot race.—Va. and Illb. deadheat. Form relay.—lHb. 1 1, Illb. 22. Va. and IVa. 3. School relay.—Day and Train, Country v. Town.—Country 1, dead-heat 1, Boarders 2. Town 2. Tug of War Boarders.