AMATEUR ATHLETICS.
LOWER HUTT MEETING.
At the Recreation Ground on 9th inst. the first of this season's meetings was held and proved very successful. Splendid entries were received and some splendid finishes resulted. Details of the events are as follows:— 100 Yards Handicap.—First heat: J. Cunningham (syds.), 1; C. Jenkins (scr.), 2; V. McElwain (4£yds.), 3. Time, 10 l-ssec. Second heat: J. Abraham (10yds.) 1; W. Gardiner (7yds.), 2; J. T. Fleming (scr.), 3; time, lOsec. Third heat: S. H. Bird (syds.), 1; A. J. Barlow (9£yds.), and F. Ramson (lyd.), dead heat, 2; time, lOsec. Final: W. Gardiner (7yds.), 1; T. Abrahams (10yds.), 2; J. Cunningham (syds.), 3. Time lOsec. 75 Yards Ladies! Handicap.—S. Swinburne (scr.), 1; E. Blatherwick (3&yds.), 2; C. Miller and Murray, dead heat, 3. Time, 9 l-ssec. Second heat: M. Collins (Syd.), 1; E. Sharp (3iyds.), 2. Time, 9 l-ssec. Final: S. Swinburne (scr.), 1; E. Sharp (5 yds.), 2; E. Blatherwick (syds.), 3. Time, 9 2-ssec. Half-mile Cycle Handicap.—First heat: A. James (70yds.), 1; M. Gane (20yds.), 2; P. Sutherland (70yds.), 3. Time, lmin. 13 4-ssec. Second heat: A. Horsfall (30yds.), 1; A. Hall (70yds.), 2; G. Bright, 3. Time, 1 mm. 15 2-ssec. Final: A. Horsfall (30yds.), 1; M. Gano (20yds.), 2; G. Bright (50yds.), 3. Time, lmin. 8 l-ssec. 120 Yards Hurdles.—G. Hetherington (syds. and one hurdle down), 1; R. W. Lander (scr.h 2. Time, 17sec. Second heat: F. S. Ramson (lyd. and one hurdle down), 1; E. Hailstone (10 yds. and one hurdle down), 2. Time, 15 l-ssec. Final: G. A. Hetherington (syds. and 1 hurdle down), 1; R. W. Lander (scr.), 2; F. S. Ransom (lyd. and one hurdle down), 3. Time, 15 2-ssec 880 Yards Handicap.—J. W. Shepherd (50yds.), 1; W. Ogg (50yds.), 2; T. Montgomery (40yds.), 3. Time, 15 2-ssec. 440 Yards Junior Handicap.—Henderson (10yds.), 1; J. Abraham (5 yds.), 2; J. O'Brien (scr.), S. Time, 54 8-sßec. 220 Yards Handicap.—First Beat: C. Jenkins (scr.), 1; W. Winnie (10 yds.), 2; A. J. Barlow (17yds.), 3. Time, 22 2-ssec. Second heat: C. F. Thompson (10yds.), 1; J. Fleming (scr.), 2; E. J. Sutherland (18yds.), 3. lime, 22 4-ssec. Third heat: J. Cunningham (6yds.), 1; S. H. Bird (10 yds.), 2; H. Barnes (17yds.), 3. Time 25sec. Final: J. Cunningham (Byds;), .1; C. F. Thompson (10yds.), 2; C. Jen--kins (scr.), 3. Time, 23 3-ssec. 100 Yards Ladies' Handicap.—First heat: E. Blatherwick (syds.), 1; M. Collins (lyd.), 2; J. Collins (10£ yds.) 3. Time, 11 4-ssec. Second heat: E. Sharp (syds.), 1; J. Wilson (3£yds.), 2; C. Miller (lyd.), 3. Time, 11 4-5 sec. Final: M. Collins (lyd.), 1; E. Sharp (syds.), 2; J. Wilson )3Jyds.), 3. Time, 12sec. One Mile Handicap—M. Gane (30 yds.), 1; A. Horsfall (70yds.), 2; A. James (140 yds.), 3. Time, 3min. 44 3-ssec. One Mile Handicap—H. Gordon (25 yds.), J. W. Shepherd (30yds.), dead heat, 1; W- Scott (70yds,), 3. Time, 4min. 47 2-ssec. Throwing the Javelin—(Post entry). Stevenson, 111 ft. 3in., 1; Lander (scr.), 110 ft. llin., 2. Stevenson's handicap not available. Men's Relay Race, 440yds.—Athletic (Gardiner, McElwain, MeLees, V. Stevenson), 1; Wellington (Fleming, Barlow, Bird, Jenkins), 2. Time, 47 2-ssec. Ladies' Relay Race, 440yds—Misses Clarke, Petersen, Blatherwick, Swinburne, 1; Misses Joseph, Sourway, Wilson, Collins. Time, 54 2-ssec.
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Hutt News, Volume 1, Issue 17, 18 November 1927, Page 8
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