Five Records Broken

Five records were broken, and only a single point separated the three top teams at the annual Hawkes Bay-Poverty Bay athletic championships held at the Childers Road reserve last month. Napier and Hastings tied for teams points with 48 each, and Gisborne scored 47--the best performance by local athletes in this competition for many years.

M. Read (Gisborne), J. Leppien (Hastings), and D. Mill (Napier) in 80 metre hurdles

Two of the Gisborne athletes who scored notable successes, Kath Bullen set a new time for the women's 440yards of 62.7sec. Her win was made more meritorious by the fact that only three seasons ago she was the victim of a polio attack, and it was thought that her career as an athlete might be finished. With her is the Gisborne team captain, Don McNamara, who won the 220yds and 440yds junior titles.
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Record breaker: Fay Gollop (Hastings) threw discus to 111ft lin mark.

Simon Dods, who won high jump and pole vault events.

Record breakers S. A. Williams (Hastings) set new discus record of 132ft lin.

A competitor in the women's discus throw in thoughtful mood before making her big effort. H. Costain, of Gisborne, who came second in this event, threw more than 100 feet.

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The Gisborne team on parade

Start of the 880yd event

Prosser and Wagg, of Napier, in the junior hurdles

M. Smith (Dannevirke) winning the 880yd race

The final of the women's 220yd championship. At right is the winner, D. Mill (Napier), Others, from left, are B. Stubbs (Waipukurau) 2, M. Plows (Napier) 3, M. Read (Gisborne) and K. Bullen (Gisborne),

Senior Gisborne runners made an attempt on the 4 × 440 relay record, but failed by a small margin

Gisborne's Donnelly led 2-mile race until last lap, was beaten by T. Hansen (Dannevirke) (left).

Popular announcer Norman Lee with recorders Joan Presland, Nancy Stevenson and Jeanette Harris

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The Gisborne Photo News

No 56 : March 5, 1959

Five Records Broken