GIRL ATHLETES

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 201, 14 November 1927, Page 11

GIRL ATHLETES

Auckland’s Business Girls in Big Annual Demonstration SPORTS AT CARLA W PARK NOT 26 coloured jerseys on 26 vigorous League players, but 400 gaily coloured uniforms on 400 enthusiastic devotees of feminine athleticism, presented a picturesque panorama at Carlaw Park on Saturday afternoon when the Auckland Inter-house Girls’ Sports Association held its annual sports carnival. The attendance? —a record. Fifteen to twenty thousand people formed an unbroken sea of faces, in a scene of animation and almost fervid enthusiasm.

It was the day of days for the girls, and they seemed to enjoy every moment, as they drilled with almost military precision, marched with swinging arms and lissom tread, and played their games like the truest of sportsmen, while barrackers, catching the spirit of the thing, cheered again and again. The two most effective demonstrations of athletic girlhood was given in the parade of the various teams and what was perhaps the most popular event of the day, the item arranged by the girls’ brigade, in which 100 Misses “Tommy Atkinses,” clad in red uniforms and pill-box hats, took the field with sloped rifles in drill and marching display. All events were keenly contested and the gathering was run off without a hitch. CHAMPIONSHIP HONOURS The Sharman Cup, presented by Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Sharman to the house gaining the highest aggregate in team events, was won by Macky, Logan and Caldwell’s team with nine points, while Robert Greer and Sons were close runners up with eight points. The Grand Victory Challenge Cup was clinched by the team from George Court and Sons, Ltd., who gained 23 points, while Macky, Logan and Caldwell’s team were runners-up with 19 points. Then came John Court, Ltd., 18; Ambler and Co., Ltd., 13; Robert Greer and Son, Ltd., 12; Milne and Choyce, 9; Arch. Clark and Sons, Ltd., The teams:— Ambler and Co. (A. and Co.); Arch. Clark and Sons (A.C. and S.); George Court and Sons, Ltd. (G.C. and S)• John Court, Ltd., (J.C.L.); Robert Greer and Sons, Ltd. (R.G. and S.); Macky, Logan, Caldwell, Ltd. (M.L.C.); Milne and Choyce, Ltd. (M. and C.); Rendell’s, Ltd. <R., Ltd.): Smith and Caughey, Ltd. CS. and C.); Somerset and Co. (S. and Co.); Tattersfield, Ltd. <T., Ltd.); Hugh Wright (H.W.). Results of team and individual events are as follow: 75yds. Championship.—First heat: Miss Prideaux (J.C.L.), 1; Miss D. Maiden (R., Ltd.), 2. Second heat: Miss I. Nelson (A. and Co.), 1; Miss Johnson (M. and C.), 2. Third heat: Miss E. Smith (R.G. and S.), 1; Miss M. Patrick (M.L.C.), 2. Fourth heat: Miss Johnson (G.C. and S.) 1; Miss Totman (M. and C.), 2. Final: Miss Totman (M. and C.), 1; Miss Prideaux (J.C.L.), 2; Miss McNeil (G.C. and S.), 8.

Hoop Team Event.—First heat: R. Greer and Sons, Ltd., 1; Mack, Logan, Caldwell, Ltd., 2. Second heat: Arch. Clark and Sons, Ltd., 1; Milne and Choyce Ltd. 2. Final: R. Green and Sons, Ltd., 1; Macky, Logan Caldwell, Ltd., 2; Ambler and Co., 3. Overhead and Tunnel Team Event. — First heat: R. Greer and Sons, 1; George Court and Sons, 2. Second heat: Arch. Clark and Sons, 1; Macky, Logan, Caldwell, 2. Final: Arch. Clark and Sons, 1; Ambler and Co., 2; Macky, Logan, Caldwell, 3. Grand Military March. —George Court and Sons, Ltd., 1; Milne and Choyce, Ltd., 2; R. Greer and Sons, Ltd., 3. Novelty Race, 50yds.—First heat: Miss Woollier (J.C.L.), 1; Miss M. Morgan (G.C.L.), 2. Second heat: Miss M. Lihdsay (T., Ltd.), 1; Miss O. Quinlan (A. and Co.), 2. Final: Miss Woolley (J.C.L.), 1; Miss Quinlan (A. and Co.), 2; Miss Morgan (G.C. and S.), 3. Grand Physical Culture Competition.— George Court and Sons, Ltd., 1; R. Greer and Sons, Ltd., 2; Macky, Logan, Caldwell, 3. Skipping Race, 50yds.—First heat: Miss M. Matthews (M.L.C.), 1; Miss P. Smith (J.C.L.). 2. Second heat: Miss G. Grice (A. and C.), 1; Miss Donovan (G.C.L.), 2. Final: Miss Matthews (M.L.C.), 1; Miss Smith (J.C.L.), 2; Miss Donovan (G.C. and S.), 3. Inter-House Race, 220yds.—First heat: George Courts and Sons, 1; Rendells, Ltd., 2. Second heat: Ambler and Co., 1; Milne and Choyoe, 2. Final: Ambler and Co., 1; Macky, Logan, Caldwell, 2; Milne and Choyce, 3. Leap-Frog Team Event.—First heat: Macky, Logan, Caldwell, Ltd., 1; Milne and Choyce, Ltd., 2. Second heat: J. Court, Ltd., 1; Ambler and Co., 2. Final: Macky, Logan's, 1; John Court’s, 2; Ambler and Co., 3. Hurdle Race, 50yds.—First heat: Miss M. Goodwin (G.C.L.), and Miss McLachlan (M. and C.), dead-heat. Second heat: Miss R. Prideaux (J.C.L.), 1; Miss Elliot (M.L.C.), 2. Final Miss Goodwin (G.C. and S.), 1; Miss Prideaux (J.C.L.), 2; Miss Elliot (M.L.C.), 3. Zig-Zag Ball Passing.—First heat: George Court’s, 1; Macky, Logan, Caldwell, 2. Second heat: Rendells, Ltd., 1; Smith and Caughey, Ltd., 2. Final: George Courts, 1; Greer and Sons, 2; John Courts, 3. Final: George Court and Sons, 1; Greer and Son, 2; John Courts, 3.