Hockey Carnival at Remuera

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 61, 3 June 1927, Page 9

Hockey Carnival at Remuera

SUCCESSFUL GATHERING DIFFICULTY' WITH NEW RULE Blue skies, perfect grounds and thorough organisation all combined to make the 1927 Kings Birthday Hockov carnival a memorable success. All dav long the playing fields were a scene of colourful animation with hundreds of bright-hued jerseys. The majority of the contests revealed ‘2.». remarkably hi^h standard of hockev Ihe new rule forbidding the hooking o'* sticks came into force to-day. and as was V? be expected players experienced some diltn ulty m conforming to the now regu- ‘ The S arrangements were capably carried out by Messrs. L. C. Kent, W. p. UageBrown and E. S. Watts as judges. Mr. -- Fitt acted as handicappei- and starter for the athletic events The tournament officials were Messrs. K. .1. Hewitt and L. Davern, while Mr. Arthur I'lavle acted as treasurer. LADIES’ SENIOR SEVEN-A-SIDE First Round. default erSity beat Trainins CoUese B by -, v ' V -C.A.. 2 (Miss Holford. Miss smith) } beat Somerville, 1 (Miss Copperj st - Cuthbert’s, 2, beat Training College. Mount Eden. 1 goal and 2 points, bent Arawa, 1 goal. LADIES' JUNIOR SEVEN-A-SIDE First Round. W.O.A. A beat Training College B bv default. Wesley- beat I’apakura bv default. Sr. Cuthbfit’s, 2 (Miss 'Lewis) beat Varsity, 1 (Miss Shaw). PRIMARY SCHOOLS’ SENIOR SEVEN A-SIDE HOCKEY First Round. Remuera A, S (Douglas 5, Giles 2, Frost) beat Grafton A. 0. Second Round. Richmond Road. 2 (Scott Gardner) beat Grafton B (Dixon). Beresford Street (4 points) beat Kowhai, 0. Ponsonby, 1, beat Remuera B, 0. PRIMARY SCHOOLS’ SEVEN-A-SIDE JUNIOR. i iult? fton beat Richmond Rond by deSecond Round. Grafton, 4, beat Ponsonby, 0. SECONDARY SCHOOLS First Round. Grammar B beat Grammar C by default. ATHLETIC EVENTS 75 Yards Junior Primary Schools* Championship, under 12. — Morris (Remuera). 1: Martin (Beresford), 2; Robinson ami Littlejohn (Ponsonby), 3. No times recorded. Yards Senior Primary Schools’ Cham - P'onsmp.—Frost (Remuera), 1; Brennan (Grafton), 2; C. Smith (Beresford). 3 400 Yards Junior Primary Schools Reby Race.—Grafton, 1; Beresford Street. 2; Ponsonby, 3. ™ Yaccis Senior Primary Schools' Reford R !fre^ G T fton - 1: Remut ‘ ra ' 2;