ATHLETICS

Southland Times, Issue 20080, 18 January 1927, Page 6

ATHLETICS

SUCCESSFUL MEETING AT GISBORNE. OLYMPIC ASPIRANTS ON VIEW. (Per United Press Association.) Gisborne, January 15. The most successful amateur athletic sports meeting ever held in Poverty Bay eventuated at the Oval to-day, being staged by the Gosborne Amateur Athletic Club. The meeting was notable for the fact that three Olympic aspirants competed, Randolph Rose, “Fatty” Lamb and Miss Nancy Eastwood. The day was gloriously fine but occasional head winds blew down the sprint course. The attendance totalled between 2000 and 3000. Rose competed in the half-mile, but after a good race ran second to G. McDonald (15yds). The time was 2min 1 4-ssecs. In the one mile, Rose, with a sensational sprint in the finishing stages, won easily by 20 yards in 4min 38 2-seecs, establishing a Poverty Bay record. Lamb came fourth in the mile scratch cycle race, being unused to the course, the winner being J. Douglas. The time was 2min 42 4-ssec. In the one mile cycle handicap, Lamb from scratch had overhauled nearly all the field before the first lap was covered when his front tyre came off. J. Douglas (scr.) won in 2min 34 l-ssec. In the three miles handicap, Lamb rode a good race, but what looked like an exciting finish in the last 200 yards was spoilt by J. Algie coming down, forcing the Australian 'to ride round him, J. Douglas (sfcr.), winning by 20 yards from Lamb, with McMahon, 145yds, third. Time, Bmin 15 4-ssecs. The first heat of the ladies’ 100 yards was won by Miss Eastwood in 12 seconds, equal to the Poverty Bay record, and she won the final in the same time. Owen Paltridge, the Poverty Bay sprint champion, annexed his heat in the 100 yards in 10 2-ssecs, and recorded the same time in his win in the final. RANDOLPH ROSE AT NAPIER. WINS HALF-MILE HANDICAP. Napier, January 17. Two champions, R. W. Lamb, Australian amateur champion cyclist, and Randolph Rose, of Masterton, one mile and three miles amateur athletic champion, and holder of the world’s one mile record on the grass track, 4mins 13 2-ssecs, were competitors at the Napier Amateur Athletic and Cycling Club s illuminated meeting held on McLean Park to-night, in the presence of some 2,000 spectators. Both put up very fine performances, Lamb showing great speed and going right away from the field in the mile and one and ahalf mile cycle handicaps, both of which he won very easily. Rose, conceding starts up to 240 yards in the mile handicap, ran second to Henderson (170 yards), Rose’s time being 4mins 29secs. He ran the first quarter in 6Qsecs, the second and third each in 70secs, and the last in 69secs. He won the half-mile handicap easily from scr, giving away a 60yds start. Both performers were accorded a hearty demonstration by the spectators, who recognised the merit of the performances by enthusiastic cheering.