IRELAND’S DAY

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 614, 16 March 1929, Page 13

IRELAND’S DAY

ST. PATRICK SPORTS BEGIN ENTHUSIASM AT DOMAIN All reads led to the Domain this morning for the opening celebra- • ~e land’ s great day—the ot. Ptarick s sports. Children in their hundreds surfed over Grafton Bridge this morning, some with their parents, others marching under the charge of their school teachers. By 10.30 a.m. the Domain basin presented a most animated scene, with light-hearted young folk frisking round and gambolling on the green. There was a good splash of green in the picture. All wore green ribbons. Some of the girls were decked in green belts, and others even in green dresses. Among the men of the crowd green ties were not uncommon. From the grandstand fluttered the Union Jack, on one side of which was the New Zealand flag and on the other the green, white and orange of Ireland’s flag. For many people St. Patrick’s Day is taken advantage of for family outings, and under the shade of the trees on the banks of the Domain were dozens of such little clusters. The vendors of ice-cream had made ample provision for the satisfying of those who crave after their wares, and a roaring trade was done all morning. Some children had made provision tor themselves by bringing lunch and mugs with them. There were others who did not look forward with such foresight, and to them the luncheon tents were the centre of attraction. A baker’s van with a load of smallgoods appeared on the scene, to he promptly swamped under the onslaught of a crowd of boys. The Domain was fanned with a light easterly breeze, with clouds at times revealing the sun in all the heat of a summer’s day, when the first events on the children’s programme were run off. The one genial man in blue on duty on the sports arena had an impossible task to curb the eagerness of the crowd of children clustered round the winning post. But he, too, was enjoying St. Patrick’s Day. The man with the megaphone had an equally impossible' task, but he also seemed to find more occasion for mirth than despair. Results: BOYS’ EVENTS Following are the results of the boys’ events: FLAT RACES S.—Maurice Dunne 1, Peter Under 9.—M. Kearins 1, Peter Shanley Under 10.—R. Neary-1, F. Walden 2. Under 11.—D. Hughes 1, T. Murphy 2. Lnder 12.—First heat: R. D. Donaldson 1, D. Poole 2, D. Casey 3. Second heat: T. Letten 1, J. Cook 2, 3ST. Wolf 3 t o Under 12, Final.—L. Casey 1, T. LitUnder 13.—Howard Phillips 1, Jack Barry 2. Under 14.—F. Walden 1, N. Morris 2 Under 15.—S. Barker 1, N. Stipich 2.

GIRLS* EVENTS FLAT RACES Under S.—Esma Smith I, Molly Boyd 2. Under 9.—Betty Sorenson 1, Mary Magill 2. Under 10.—Pat Johnson 1, Aileen Donoghue 2. Under 11.—Gwen Rowe 1, Iris Barningham 2. Under 12.—Marjory Moore 1, Olga Borich 2. Under 13.—Molly Hoghgen 1, Frances Toohill 2. Under 14.—Adel Mirko 1, Edna Swanson 2. Under 15, first race.—Vera Owens 1, Lena Power 2. Under 15, second race.—Lora Moore 1, M. Johnson 2. TEAMS RELAYS First Heat.—Good Shepherd 1, St. Benedict’s 2. Second Heat.—Sacred Heart 1, St. Patricks and Grey Lynn dead heat 2. Final. —Sacred Heart 1, Good Shepherd 2. OVERHEAD BALL First Heat.—Sacred Heart A 1, Good Shepherd B 2. Second Heat.—Sacred Heart A 1. Grey Lynn B 2. Final. —Sacred Heart A 1, Grey Lynn B 2.