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29th : the Voice of the 29th Battalion, Volume 1, Issue 9, 18 July 1943, Page 1

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■GOOD OLD SWUSH Fm ST BLOOD AGAIN

i Although our Battalion failed to carry i off any champioship at the Brigade Boxi ing Tournament on Thursday night, the i members, of the boxing . team gave □ good j account of themselves, and were by no ; means disgraced. Lucas (11.1) a member of a well-known I Gisborne boxing family showed good form ! in defeating his first opponent Cpl ■ I Binge,, by '-.the short route, the bout last- ' ing only 1 min 15 secs. In the final off ; the middleweight championship, however, I he failed to display the same aggressivei ness against Spr Duncan and dropped the I decision. Pte H. Donald (10.7) fought pluckily against the champion, Wright, whoso superior reach and weight enabled him to carry off a close decision. Keen to avenge-Donald’s defeat Cpl Downes later took up the attack against ’'/right. Though our Geo proved a shifty, fast-hitting boxer ho was unable to cope with the long reach of his opponent. This was tho best bout of tho evening. Sam Stock (S.B), a pretty boxer to watch, gave a very scientific display i against a particularly heavily built i opponent, Hansen, who won the lightweight ! title.

THINKING the W.a.A.C’s had all gone, the mess orderlies were head down in the washing up troughs. Oaths flashed like summer lightning,, ■ Behing their backs a missy emerged from the cookhouse and gazed on them —- and listened to them. • '’You poor b *s”, she s-id. M l’ve just finished five weeks of that!”

Although the game was rather scratchy the Battalion entry in the new B rugby competition opened up in fine style by defeating the 23rd Fd Coy by 23 -3. A certain amount of “scone-doing” was a feature of the game, and Cd.pt Condor proved it was hard to keep out of a fight — even ns referee. An outstanding game was played by 1. . Gronthcnd, who scored 14-ofr the pointsj ‘-J mode up of 2 trios and 4 conversions The other scorers wore Galbraith, Thorn and Thurston, who followed up a first half with some spectacular runs. Both forwards and becks ployed well and it was, in the open play that the team again showed its superiority. • /:

1 MANY people h"vo said hard things • about the H.Q. Coy?-canal system — which must rival that of. Mars.■ And more were said when some of the ■J.A.A.C’s tried to jump the Grand C nal — one going right out of sight! 1