37-year-old Record Broken

At the Gisborne invitation athletic meeting held at the New Year, a 37-year-old record went by the board when Maurice Roderick threw the senior hammer 162ft 10in. The previous record of 153ft 11½in was established by an American, Jack Merchant, during a visit to Gisborne.

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Three pictures showing Roderick in action at the meeting.

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Alan Parkinson, who won the mile race at the meeting. Later, at an evening meeting, Parkinson broke the H.B.-P.B. six mile record.

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(Pictures by Kandid Kamera Kraft)
Some of the judges at the meeting