HARRIER ACTIVITIES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 June 1941, Page 7

HARRIER ACTIVITIES

RALLY AT DANNEVIRKE MASTERTON MEMBERS ATTEND. JUNIORS PERFORM WELL. (Contributed.) With teams competing from Napier, Hastings. Wanganui. Palmerston North, Dannevirke, Varsity (Wellington), and Masterton. the annual Harrier Rally held at Dannevirke on Saturday in cold and wet weather was a decided success. All the competing teams with the exception of Varsity (Wellington) performed much below their usual standard and in neither the A or B grades, did one see anyone approaching the calibre of the pre-war winners such as C. Weller, G. Gregory or the late C, Talbot. In the junior section a great improvement was noticed both in quality and quantity of runners. Owing to the war. the .Mastertoll Club was unable to send lip a competitive senior team, all their single members being on active service. However, with four married veterans, all with over 9 years each of harrier running behind them, something is being done to help to keep the harrier flag flying during the war years. In the junior section, the Masterton Club team, having their first race of any kind this season, acquitted themselves in good style and ran the Dannevirke Club to within one point of winning the junior teams title. M. Doyle, a protege of W. A. C. Pullar, former N.Z. champion, finished in third place. P. Greenlees was 9th. D. Cairns 10th and D. Wickens 11th. Altogether this was a splendid effort for a first race and gives great promise of improvement before the season ends.