ARAPOHUE ATHLETICS

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 936, 1 April 1930, Page 14

ARAPOHUE ATHLETICS

ANNUAL SPORTS HELD From. Our Own Correspondent DARGAVILLE, Sunday. Splendid entries and keen contests were features of the annual sports meeting' of the Arapoliue Athletic Club, 1 held yesterday. The gate takings were ! - a record, the attendance being over j double compared with that at the previous year’s function. 1 Results are:—• CHOPPING AND SAWING Ki^ r ,^ ide S -poca! Standing Chop, lOin. Johnson, l; R. Montgomery. 2; J. l_>odd, 3. Eight competitors. Won narrowly. Time, 435. Maiden Standing Chop, 12in. block.— W. Preston, 1; J. C. Ambury, 2; R. Montgomery, 3. Eight competitors. Won by several blows. Time, 755. rt . Star^ ing Chop Open Cup Handicap, 12in. block.—First heat: C. Childs, 15s, and T. West, 3s, dead heat, 1; B. Kelly, 12s, 3. Eleven competitors. West’s time, 365; Child’s time, 48s. Second heat: F. Underwood, 12s, 1; N. Wikaira, 12s, 2; G. Laing, 18s, 3. Nine competitors. Time, 40s. Final: Wikaira, 1; Laing, 2; Childs, 3; West, 4. Won very easily. There was little between the others. Time, 28 4-ss. Open Saw Handicap, 15in. block. 2 cuts. —V. Harrison and W. Preston, ss, 1; T. ■West and O. Blowes, 3s, 2; E. Kidd and Dickson, 9s, 3. Seven competitors. "Won by a split second. Time, 28s. Maiden Saw, 15in. block. —L. Blowes and | Hoey, 1; Reeves and Laing, 2; Kidd and ; Dickson, 3. Four competitors. Won by a small margin. Time, 13s. i Open Underhand Chop Cup Handicap, ! 14in. block.—First heat: C. Childs, 10s, 1; j H. Snelling, 20s. 2; N. Hastie, 20s, 3. Ten competitors. Won fairly easily. Time, !52 4-ss. Second heat: P. Hoey, 265, 1; B. Kelly, 235, 2; J. Piri, 235, 3. Nine competitors. Won narrowly. T. West was unplaced. Time, 56 4-ss. Final: Childs, 1; Hoey, 2; Hastie, 3. A fine contest. Won by a very bare margin. Time, 50s. ATHLETICS 100 Yards Maiden.—J. Boyle, 1; N. ! Wikaira, 2; J. Finlayson, 3. Five starters. Won by two yards. Time, 12s. 100 Yards Open Handicap.—C. Jones, 10yds, 1; G. Packer, 9yds, 2; T. R. W'ilkins, 6yds, 3. Eight starters. Jones won very easily by six yards, pulling up. Inches separated second and third. Time, 11s. 220 Yards Open Handicap.—C. A. Jones, 10yds, 1; A. C. Ewerison, 24yds, 2; C. R. Davis, 17yds, 3. Nine competitors. Won by three yards, with inches between second and third. Time, 23 3-ss. Pole Vault.—C. R. Davis, scr (Bft Sin), 1; R. Berridge, scr (7ft ll&in), 2; J. G. Wilson, 6in (7ft llin), 3. 440 Yards Open Handicap.—J. Boyle, • 45yds, 1; G. Fitzhenry, 45yds, 2; T. Campi bell 30yds, 3. Ten competitors. Won by five yards, with a similar distance be--1 tween second and third. C. A. Jones was rehandicapped from 10yds to scratch on account of his wins In the previous sprints. Time, 545. 880 Yards Open Handicap.—J. Boyle, 60yds, 1; T. Campbell, 20yds, 2; A. C. Ewenson, 72yds, 3. Seven competitors Won by ten yards. Time, 2m 11s. Mile Open Handicap.—T. Campbell, 35yds, 1; W r . Hastie 35yds 2. Four starters. W r on easily by 20 yards, lime. 01 75 "Yards Young Women’s Race.—Miss T Curnow, 1; Miss E. Clark, 2; Miss M. Bickers, 3. Seven competitors. VV on ea iOO ’ Yards, boys under 16 years.—G. Marshall, 1; J. 2; R. Powell. 3 *loo Yards, girls under 16 years.—V. Miller, 1; O. Blong, 2; G. Blong, o. Schools 400 Yards Belay.—Tokatoka (W. Ringrose, Beatrice Smith, A. Miller and M. Burridge), 1; ’ Te kopuru shall, J. Woollam, L. Pulham and G. L Axemen’s Joints Cup, for B'nderhand and Open Standing Chops.—C. *""*Points Cup, for 100yds, 220yds and 440vds handicaps.—C. A. -Tones. Points Cup, for 440yds, BSoyds and one mile handicaps.—J. Boyle. PAPATOETOE’S CARNIVAL Arrangements are well advanced for the third and final sports carnival to be held by the Papatoetoe Amateur Athletic and Cycling Club, on the Papatoetoe recreation ground on Saturday afternoon. A programme of 39 events has been ! drawn up, and this will bo run off according to the club’s time-table, which allows one minute between the heats, and three minutes for a final. Included in the programme is the halfmile provincial championship of Auckland, for which nine entries have been received, including the best half-mile athletes in the province. In conversation with Mr. W. J. Hindman, president of the club, this morning, a Sun representative was informed that arrangements have been entered into with the Auckland centre whereby the members of the Manukau Amateur Cycling Club will be competing at the meeting. In this section of the programme, 74 nominations have been received, and the public will have the opportunity of wit- | nessing eight of the leading wheelmen in New Zealand in action. The athletic events have attracted 144 nominations, and nominations for school events total 169, making an aggregate of 387 for the meeting, j Tire grounds have be-en receiving special attention, and will be in firstclass order on the day, and with the probability of fine weather, a bumper carnival is assured. OUTBOARD NOTES i The fastest time put up by any out- ! board this season was attained by j Marquette Pug in the Marathon race tc ; Islington Bay held by the outboard division of the New Zealand Powerboat Association last Saturday. This craft average 43 m.p.h. over a distance of eight and a-half miles. tl is considered that Marquette Pug won the event by virtue of the course she steered. The race started off the Parnell jetty on the Mark Foy system, and, clearing the eastern tide deflector, Marquette Pug steered a dead-straight course for Islington Bay entrance, and she rounded the Rangitoto extremity as closely as she could. Other boats swung wide of the straight course to a greater or smaller extent.

The division is endeavouring to arrange races for Easter Saturday, and outboards will probably hold a picnic at Buckland’s Beach before the season ends.