TE AWAMUTU SPORTS

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 266, 31 January 1928, Page 10

TE AWAMUTU SPORTS

ANOTHER GROSE-BYRNES DUEL WADE WINS PROVINCIAL TITLE (From. Our Oxen Correspondent) TE AWAMUTU, To-day. There was a good attendance at the sports meeting of the Te Awamutu Amateur Athletic Club, held at Te Awamutu on Monday. Despite the dry weaher the track was in good order, and some close and exciting finishes were witnessed. The Te Awamutu Municipal Band was in attendance, under the conductorship of Bandmaster McMahon. Chief interest in the sports centred in the further meeting of Grose and • Byrnes, the two crack amateur cyclists. In the mile Grose broke a chain, but in the two-mile event he and Byrnes fought out a great finish for second place. The three miles Auckland championship was won by J. H. Wade after a lively tussle with Byrnes.. Savidan, the New Zealand mile flat champion, was a competitor in the distance events, but he found the handicaps which he was called upon to concede too much for him. Results: 100Yds Maiden Handicap.— Hagen, 1; Williams, 2; McQuarter, 3. Time, Usee. One Mile Local Cycle Handicap. —R. Quinlan, 1; D. Spence, 2; L. Spence, 3. Time, 2min 55 l-ssec. 880Yds Boys’ Handicap (16 and under). —T. Dalziel, 1; J. Smith, 2. Time, 2min 26 2-ssec. 12-inch Local Chop Handicap. —• R. P. Robinson. 1; Nield, 2; W. A. Smith, 3. Time, 48 l-ssee. 100Yds Open Handicap. —First heat: F. Hagen, 1; C. A. Speake, 2; A. Elliott, 3. second heat: G. Williams, 1; J. Jamieson, and R. Holmes (dead heat), 2. Final: F. Hagen and R. Holmes (dead heat), 1; A. Elliott, 2. Time, 9 4-ssec. 880 Yds Open Handicap. — L ». Baker and R. Sinclair (dead heat), 1; E. J. Boucher, 2. Time, lmin 57 3-ssec. 100Yds Boys’ Handicap, 17 and under. —J. Smith, 1; W. Edwards, 2; T. Penny, 3. Time, 11 l-ssec. One Mile Open Cycle Handicap. —J. Wade, 1; F. Tapper, 2; J. Spence, 3. Time, 2min 26 l-ssec. 220Yds Open Handicap.,—F. Hagen, 1; J. Jamieson, 2; C. A. Speake, 3. Won by two yards. Time, 21 2-ssec. 14-inch Open Chop.— J. Neil! (16sec), l 1; W. A. Smith (22sec), 2; R. P. Robinson (22sec), 3. Time, lmin 13 2-ssec. 50Yds Married Ladies’ Race. —Mrs. ! Henderson, 1; Mrs. Iti, 2. Time, 7 4-ssec. • 75Yds Primary Schools Championship.' —Sutherland. 1; Rowbottom, 2; Reilly, 3. 5 Time, 8 3-ssec. , 7^ Yd * sin o ! « Ladies’ Race.— K. Hagen, 1; A. Thomas, 2; Miss Orr, 3. Three-mile Auckland Provincial Cycs Championship. —J. Wade, 1; M. Byrnes, 2; F. C. Henwood, 3. Time, 9min 6sec. One-mile Open Handicap. —R. Sinclair, 1: L. Barker, 2. Time, 4min 25 2-ssee. The winner was in a handy position throughout. Boucher was the pacemaker tijl the last lap, when Sinclair and Barker went to the front, and in a good finish Sinclair won by a yard. 120Yds Hurdles. —C. Thomson, 1: L. Carroll, 2. Time, 16 2-ssec. 12-inch Consolation Chop.' —Smith, 1; Nield, 2; Bryant, 3. Time, 50 3-ssec. Two-mile Cycle Handicap.—J. Spence, 1: M. Byrnes, 2; F. Grose, 3. "Won easily. Time, smin 14 4-ssec. Hop, Step and Jump. —Jackson, 43ft 2in ("including 3ft handicap), 1; Thomas, 41ft 10in (including 2ft handicap), 2; Jamieson, 41ft Sin (including 18in handicap), 3. 440Yds Open Handicap. —McQuarter, 1; J. Jamieson, 2; A. D. Murray, 3. Time, 49 l-ssec. Three-mile Cycle Handicap. —McCabe, 1; F. C. Henwood, 2: J. Spence, 3. A close finh?h, inches separating the riders. Time, 9min 9 4-ssec.