ATHLETICS.
N.Z. MEETING PROFITS. [PER PRESS ASSOCIATION J WELLINGTON, J an. 9. At a meeting of the Council of the New Zealand Amateur Association a profit was reported on the recent Australasian championships of £212. It was decided to discontinue the practice of giving caps and badges to athletes reaching the standard, and. to present a certificate instead. In distances under 440yds only the winner of a heat or a final is eligible. The mover of the resolution said that caps and badges were no longer valued. They were in fact quite out of date. A special medal was presented to Pugh, who ran secand in the three-mile championship. SYDNEY EVENTS. TUNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT] SYDNEY. Jan. 9. A. H. Shepperd cycled a mile, paced by a. motor, in lmin. 22sec. beating his previous record by three seconds. Donaldson ran a 100 yards (dead heat) with the Victoria champion cyclist, Donaldson being on grass and the cyclist on a track, in 9 2-ssec. v The mile swimming championship of New South Wales resulted: Longworth 1, Wild 2, Hickson 3. Won by 25 yards. Time. 24min> 40sec.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3419, 10 January 1912, Page 6
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186ATHLETICS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3419, 10 January 1912, Page 6
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