ATHLETICS.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 February 1916, Page 7

ATHLETICS.

NEW ZEALANDERS AT ZEITOUH, I A friend with the New Zealand forces in Egjjrjpt has sent jtjJ'the athletic editor I of The Sun a copy of a programme pt [ a sports ipeeiing which was held by asn of the New Zealand Infantry Training I Battalion at Zeitoun military camp oa I December 27, and a list oaf the results, and in a, letter wme Remarks '6& meeting. The ttjnarka in the letfier [ "cover" this interesting meeting so will that no further explanation is necessary. "As you will see from' the programme" runs a portion of the letter, "the competitors wete drawn, from the ranks of the 7th and Bth Reinforcements, and 2|id I Maori Contingent #id a. few Main Body men who were at Zeitoun Camp at the time. Tlie meeting; was held in a ground just outside tkp.camp and the track, j>f course,, was i : sanij t>ne. We managed to improve itwith water and a rollitr. The official who was responsible for the laying out of the track, and indeed for the whole ground, was Lieut. Jack Ha.ll, Auckland and North Island, representative footballer, Hc took' a keen interest in tie sports,: which, deipite the fact that camp dv.iies prevented a lot from attending, were a "If you look down'the lis£ if results you will see the names of a number of well-known New Zealand athletes, such as Byrne, Wellington provincial halfmile and three-miles champion and winner of New Zealand half-mile championship last year; Heley, Wellington representative footballer and Wellington 100 and 200 yards provincial champion. La Roche is well-known ifi Wairarapa as a 440 yards and 'half-mile runner, as is Fordham in Auckland; French is the New Zealand Maori forward, and Lieut. George Strach is a Wellington representative at hockey. All events being on sand, no record*, of course, were established; as a matter d fact no tins as were taken and I can git(* no distances-for the jumps. It may b» of interest to mention that Dip. Buck, who was Native Minister in the Maikenzie Government, also, tookapromin< enfc part in the gathering'. " ! ; "In the results the province is givefl in brackets after the competitor's nastj), and,,the figure signifies whioh r«inforc(K ments." i The results were:— i HALF-MsLE.—Byrne (Wellington if 1, La Roche (Wellington 7) 2, Grant (Canterbury SI 3. •' ■>, LONG:. ,IUMP—HeIeV, tfWeU}nfe«A 7) 1, Te ICiri (Maoris) '£,'F«idh»m (AucKland 7) 3. SACK RACE.—Voysey (Auckland 7) 1, Pratt (Auckland 7) 2, Wells (Auckland 7/3. 100 YARDS.—HeIey (Wellington 7) 1, Fordham (Auckland 7) 2, Fryer (Canterbury 8) 3. PUTTING 181b SHOT.—McEwatt ■ (Wellington 7) 1, Blacker (Auckland 7), 2, Panoho (Maoris) 3. | 220 YARDS HURDLES.—Fordham (Auckland 7) 1, Vile (Wellington 7) 2a Maynard (Otago 7) 3. NIGHT ALARM.-Auckland, 7th 1, | Otago 7th 2. TUG OF WAR.—Otago 7th 1, Auckland 7th 2. 220 YARDS—HeIev (Auckland 7) 1, Lamont (Auckland 8) 2, Brown (Main Body) 3. HOP, STEP, AND JUMP.-Haeng* (Maoris) 1, Heley (Wellington 7), 2, McDonald (Maoris) 2. OBSTACLE RACE.—Felton (Auckland 7) 1, Martin (Canterbury 7) 2, MeKellar (Otago 8) 3. , DONKEY RACE. —Philpotf (Auckland 7) 1, Miller (Maoriß) 2'. '■ HIGH JUMP.—Paterson (Otago 7) 1, Te Kiri (Maoris) 2, Fairlie (Maoris) 3, 440 YARDS.—Byrne (Wellington 8) 1, French (Maoris) 2, Fryer (Canterbury 8) 3, THREE-LEGGED RACE.—Haenga and Kola (Maoris) 1, Fclton and Edwards (Atfcklafld-.7)' 2, Butler,, and Mcliitbsk (Otago 7) 3. - v . " MlLE—Byrne (Wellington 8) 1, Thompson (Wellington 7) 2, Stringnjan (Wellington 7) 3. POTATO RACE.—Te Kiri (Maoris)' 1, Voysey (Auckland 7) 2. , f; Bi;f,AY RACE.—Wellington 7th. (Lieut. Strach, Sergts. Heley, La Roche, Pte. Vile) 1, Auckland 7th. 2. '• J, A prize pennant for most potato in runi(ing events was won by Wellington Company, 7th Reinforcements, Auckland 7th'being second. Sergeant Heley (Wellington 7th).,was the winner of a wristlet watch presented to the competitor scoring most points if championship events.