THEIR BIG DAY

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 950, 17 April 1930, Page 12

THEIR BIG DAY

PRIMARY SCHOOLS HOLD ANNUAL SPORTS FAST, KEEN CONTESTS Today was a big day for the children of Auckland's primary schools. Thu ; annual combined sports were held on j the Domain, and although the overcast ! sky and the occasional showers were disappointing, keen, fast racing ensured I the children's enjoyment. One of the most noteworthy peri formances was that of a fine young j runner, T. Savidan, of Takapuna. He !is a brother of J. "\V. Savidan, and today lie broke his own mile record by covering the distance in 5.1645. Abbreviations used are: Avondale (AV.); Avondale South (Av.S.); Bayfield Bay.); Belmont (Bel.): Beresford (Her.); Birkenhead (Birk): Brixton Road (Brix.); Cornwall Park (C.P.); Curran Street (Cur.); Devonport (Dev.); Drury (Dru.); Edendale (Eden.); Ellerslie (Ell.); Epsom (Ep.); Gladstone (Glad.); Grafton (Graf.); Grey Lynn (G.E.); Kohimarama (Kohi.); Kowhal (K.); Mangere (M.E.): Manurewa (Man.); Maungawhau (Mng.); May Road (M.R.); Meadowbank (Mbk.); Mount Albert (Alt. A.): Mount Eden (Mt.E.): Mount Roskill (Mt.R.); Napier Street (Nap.); Newmarket (New.); Newton Central (N.C.); Newton West (N.W.); Normal (Nor.); Northcote (Note.); Onehunga (One.): Otahuhu (Ota.); Papakura (Paku.); Papatoctoe (Papa.): Parnell (Par.); Point Chevalier (Ft. CO: POll- - (Pon.); Remuera (Rem.); Richardson Road (risen. R.); Richmond (R.R.); Richmond West (R.W.); Royal Oak (R. 0.); St. Hellers (S.H.); Stanley Bay (5.8.); Takapuna (Tak.): Te Papapa (T.P.): Vauxhall (Yaux.); Wellesley Street (Wei.). Results:— BOYS’ EVENTS Long Jump, under 12.—8e1l (Pons.), .1: Thornton (Ota.), 2. Distance, 13ft Sin. A record. 75yds, 10-year-olds. Heat-winners: Butler (Taka.), Larsen (Kow.), Carnier (Ota.), Daere (Dev.), Mansfield (Eden). Brinsden (Tak.), Manning (Kow.), Thompson (Neote.), Wrightson (Mng.). King (Ota.). Lewin (Cur.), Needham (S.H.), Hodge (New. C.). 75yds, nine-year-olds.—Heat-winners: Bolton (Dev.), Burman (Ota.), Thornton (Out.), Thompson (Rem.), Morrison IG.L.), Oswald (G.JL). Stevens (Mng,), Ainsworth (Ota.), Woolland (C.P.). Torrance (Ep.), Mansili (C.P.), Coldham (C.P.), Snook (Bel.), Kitchingman (Bel.). Half-mile, over 12 and under 15.—First heat: McManus (Ota.), 1; Evans (Tak.), -*. Second heat: Pulman (Ota.). 1: Watt (Rem.), 2. Third heat: Storey (Pt. C.), 1: Clarke (Nor.). 2. Fourth heat: Joyce (Neote.), 1; Walters (Rem.), 2. 50yds, eight-year-olds.—Heat-winners Harrison (Wei.), Byone (Cur.). Scott (Mbk.), Coldham (C.P.), O’Gorman (Eden.), Agate (Bel.), MaxwelL (Ota.), Bridge (M.E.), McCook (C.P.), Wilson (Rein.), Sherwood (Ep.), Day (C.P.), Pring (Ep.), Booth (R. 0.). 50yds, under eight.—Heat-winners: McManus (Ota.), McDonald (Pons.), Cowley (M.E.), Catterall (Brix.), McAl* pine (Ep.), Philpott (C.P.), Thornton (Ota.), Fraser (S.H.), Mitchell (Ota.), Gribbon (Rem.), Lawrie (Ep.), Hood (Man.), Morris (Pons.), French (Mbk.), Chatwin (Graf ). Thompson (M.R.), MoAneny (C.P.), Moyes (L.P.). 75yds, 11-year-olds. Pleat-winners: Bush (Ilem.), Burman (Ota.), Byerley (Mng.), Bickerstaff (C.P.), Kingston (Kow.), Houlihan (Neote.), Bell (Pon.), Lovell (C.P.), White (Kow.), Beer (Ell.), Millar (Rem.). 1003 r ds, open.—First heat: Watts (New.), 1; Hastings (Papa.), 2. Second heat: McDonald (Ep.), 1; Bielski (Graft.). 100yds, 12-year-olds. Heat-winners: Hawke (Kownai), King (Ota.), Gordon (Taka.), Bain (Kow.), Estall (8.5.), Elwin (R.W.), Stone (RAY.), Mortensen (Ep.), Rawson (Taka.) 100yds, 13-year-olds. —Heat-winners: .McDonald (R.W.), Litten (N.W.), Martin (Av.), Briggens (Weis), Matthew (Ivow.), Bush (Rem.). 100yds, 14-year-olds. First heat.— Ritchie (Kow.), 1; Hastings (Papa.), 2. Second heat: Deghton (T.P.), 1; McDow (Manu.), 2. High Jump. 12 to 15.—McDonald (Ep.), 1; Dighton (Tep.), and Potter (Rem.), equal, 2. Height, 4ft lin. Junior Relay.—Heat-winners: Ell., G.L,. C.P., Ota., Rem., Kow. One Mile, 12 to 15.—Savidon (Taka.), 1: Ellis (Bel.), 2: Watt (Rem.), 3. Time. 5.164. A record. One Mile Bicycle Championship, under 15 (roadsters).—Winners: Smith (Par.), Mitchell (Nor.), Kingston (Bay. ). Robinson (Nap.), Smith (Pip.). Peckham (Kow.), Noonan (Rem.), Wallace (Manu.), Langabeer (R.FV.), Enderby (G.L.). High Jump, under 12.—Finkelstein (Bay), 1; Fish (Vaun), 2: Burman (Ota,.), 2. Height, 4.0. Equals record. One Mile Bicycle Championship, under !•> (racers). —First heat: Hastedt (Ell.), X; Morgan (Dru.), 2. Second heat: Collins (N.C.), 1; Benson (Pon,), 2. Pole Vault, 12 to 15.—Thomas (Papa.), 1; McDonald (Ep.), 2; Brown (Papa.), 3. •Senior Relay.—Heat winners: Papatoeioe, Normal, Avondale, Grey Lynn, Epsom, Takapuna, Richmond Road, Richardson Road, Remuera, Ellerslie iSOYds Hurdles, under 15.—Heat ivinBrown (Kow), Hill (Nor), Hastedt (B n >v Cameron (Rem), Knight (Ell), Ritchie (Kow), Tait (Ell), Lewisham (Rem). Short (P), Brown (Pons), McDonald (Ep), Boyce (Pons), Stanaway (Nkt>. Nash (N.W.). under B.—Final: McAneny (0.P.), 3; Chatwin (Graf) 2; I-lood (Manu), 3. SCYds under 9.—Final: Harrison (Mdbk) 1 " MoPhie (M<lbk ), 2: St. George 75Yds, under 12.—Final: Bush (Rem), 1; Burnand (Ota), 2; Bickerstaff (C.P.L GIRLS’ EVENTS 50Yds. under 10.—Heat winner; MacNamara (Bp), Von)lg (Graf), Flyger (G.L.), McDonald (M.E.), Cole (Eden), Bannatyne (Dev), Lanigan (Rem). McGee (Epson]), Bernard (M.A.), Mulvihill (Brix; Catchpole (R.VV.), Bower (One). Archi: bald (5.8.). 75 Yds, 3 3-year-olds.—l-leat winners: Blamford (Mang. E.), Atkins (R.R.), Arthur (Bel), Shroff (Rem), Sparks (C.P.), Dell (G.L.), Willis (Epsom), Lyons (P.C.), Johnston (Par). 75Yds over 14.—J. Cowling (Papa). 1; T. Yearbury (M.R.), 2. 75Yds, under 13.—Heat winners: Armour (Weis), Goodacre (Bay), John (Ota), Thomas (R.R.), Reynolds (S.H.), West (Kow), Slaughter (Par). 75Yds, under 12.—Heat winners: Deghton (Te P), Philpot (C.P.), Worrall (Ep), Nash (Mange), McConochie (Ota), Davis (N.L.), Weir (Ota), Johns (Mng), Fowler (Nor). 50Yds, under 11.—Heat winners: Thompson (Bel), Boggs (Papa), Beaumont (Rem), Pugh (Birk), Turner (Corn), Roberts (Nor), Best (Par), (Av), Edgar (Taka), Fielden (Papa), Bartrum (Bel). oOYds. under 9.—Heat winners: Cork (C.P.), Plowman (R.W.), Lumley (R.W.), Calvert (Par), Phillips (Rem), Blackie Ctvohi), Cockcroft (M.E.), Taylor (Eden), Edwards (5.8.), Russell (Ota), Unsworth (Ota), Morris (Par), King (Mbk). 50Yds. under B.—Heat winners: Mason (Nor), Cilly (Eden). Southgate (Eden). Thomas (R.R.). Todd (R.R.), Coldham (C.P.), Gould (Mng), Stone (Te P), Kneebone (C.P.), Skeen (R.W.). Guinibert (Eden). Sweetman (R. 0.), Moore (Epsom ). 75Yds. Skipping. 13 to 15.—Heat winners: Lines (Pt. C). Willis (Ep), Frost ■ (One), Simmons (R.R.), Gascoigne (Cur), ! Westney (Pon). 75Yds. Skipping. 11 to )2.—Heat winners: Solomon (Pt. C), Hughes (Kow), Fraser (Par). Harvey (5.8.). Bowers ; (Nor), Thompson (Ep), Stanton (Ell), : Goodacre (Bay), West (Kow). Davis j (N.L.), Harris (N.L.). ITenson (Rem), Beliague (Rem), Thomas (R.R.). 75Yds. Skipping. 9 to 11.—Heat winners: Beaumont (Rem), Browning (St. H>, Mears (Ota), Galet (5.8.), Stuart (Ota), Webber (Ota), Maddaford (Kow). Junior Overhead Ball Competition.— First heat: Graf. 1: Nor, 2. Second heat: | G.L., 1; Mng. 2. Third heat: Eden, 1; N.L., 2. Girls’ Senior Relay.—Winners seven heats: Richmond Road, Parnell. Ellerslie, Kowhai, Wellesley Street, Remuera.