Kite Flying Contest

The ancient and honourable art of kite-flying received an airing at Anseac Park the other day when Gisborne Life Boys competed in a kite contest. The weather and the wind were fair, and the park presented a lively and colourful sight as 60 or 70 boys and their kites, plus a good muster of fathers, mothers, sisters and brothers, tried their skill.

The winners for the best-constructed kite, judged by the Public Relations Officer, Mr D. A. Clarke, are pictured on this page.

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Senior winners, from left: Lester Sinton, 1; Ronald Braithwaite, 2; Nigel Nelson and Donald Goodall, equal 3.

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The juniors: Gavin Cochrane, 1; Garry Simpson and John Crone, equal 2; Ian Fear and Paul Whitfield, equal 3.

All the kites demonstrated were of the familiar diamond shape, none of the box type being in evidence.

Most of the entries flew well, but numerous crashes and tangles re-suited in only a few surviving to the end of the day.

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Sisters were there to help

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Mr Clarke, who admitted to a boyhood enthusiasm for kite-flying, judging the entries.

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Ecstatic moment:
it files!

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Dads got into the act, too....

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....and so did the Mums.