Sacred Heart College, Auckland

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 16, 18 April 1907, Page 19

Sacred Heart College, Auckland

(From an occasional correspondent.) The Sacred Heart College, students held their annual picnic and sports at Mototapu on Thursday last Iptt Wea AS cI^ WaS and a ve^-enjoyable day was spent}. All the events were very Keenly contested The iwnt W , lng nn a n c lho "a" l ** of the more important events .-College Cha>mpi Onship,-F.O nship,-F. Quinlivan, 1; E. 1 • P m I Vo S ** an , dic aP • 16),-T. McLoughlin, ;,' m' j? la , ke ' 2 - /s y ds - Swimming Race,— J. Kelly Amnii« i y> T 2 -™ Smail Boys> Swimmmg Race,— R. Amotteo 1 ; J. Pheian, 2. Obstacle Race.-C. Molloy 16f-H b i™° ? nei ti 2/m2 /m lOOyds - Handicap finder lb),— H. Quinn, 1; B. Clarke, 2. Half-mile Run — F "Br U o X'n-n 1 ; ,T, T - W^Win, 2. Brothers' RaS^ReV. W P & k' ; Rev - Bro - Martin ' 2 - 'Three-legged C?arV 2 H?b 7 PP ' T . Mc ?^ 1 ' H - vi ™ and B. R n£rv» Jum.p,-F. Quinlivan , (4ft llin), . 1; warden 2' Wi PP ?, aCk Ra S, e ~ H - <***, 1; E. Pen! ErS i • Race,-A. Hayes, and J. McMumch, 1 ; N.Sneddon and B. Nelson, 2.

The sports' committee consisted of the following students :— Masters Brendan Lavery,-E. Blake, aad John Kelly. Mr. -W. Dervan ' act6d as starter and - Rev. Br-o. George as judge. Rev. Father Williams, in distributing the prizes,- congratulated the winners, .and - claamed the privilege of presenting the gold medal' for' the annual handball tournament, but l>v ancient custom that privilege .belongs to Mr. ->f.V O'Connor. The difficulty was got over by ' instituting a, junior competi- ' turn. ■ - - * The cricket season is • drawing . to a close-^only one .match to be completed, and - already * the ' "boy's- are"'' keenly -anticipating the football season," •when they are , determined to make a supreme effort to retain the secondary schools', banner. 'The Sydney ' CUleges = 'pxow>se sending a team to New Zealand "-about the- end of July .They- will play a combined .team from -the" Auckland Colleges, probably on "July 22. • The' 'Sacked Heart College expects" to he\ well- represented. iri"''tlie comibmed- team— Lavery, Kelly, McLbtugjhlin, 'Keeney, Quinhvan, and -Blake all have good 1 claims for" Mnclu«w«r,+ JIUS f t OW^ the C ,?,i le^ e has almost • its ' full complement of boarders. .When the roll "is full the boys anticipate getting half a day off to - commemorate "the . event, which they think will be soon