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Weekender, February 15, 2020 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2020 10YEARS 0 OF ATHLETICS record jump: Yvette Williams leaps to a Yvette Williams breaking the long jump world record in Gisborne is one of many world record in the long jump at Childers Road Reserve in Gisborne on February 20, highlights from the Gisborne Athletic Club’s past 100 years. Grant Miller reports. 1954. PicturefromTairawhitiMuseum t was far from an ordinary athletics meet Williams) was the irst woman from New seen even from the packed stand (in which performed walker Jim Trowell, still heads to when Miriam Read competed in the long Zealand to win an Olympic medal. When her mother and father shared the tenseness Awapuni Stadium in summer on Wednesday jump in Gisborne on February 20, 1954. she claimed gold at Helsinki in 1952, her of the occasion) that she had landed beyond evenings to help out. I Childers Road Reserve was the venue jump was just shy of the world record held by the far-of red lag, wave after wave of Jill Smythe and Harvey Twigley are there, for a world-record attempt by Olympic gold Francine Blankers-Koen of the Netherlands. cheering and hand-clapping burst from the too, and they recall the January meetings medallist Yvette Williams, a big crowd was Williams went close to breaking the record spectators. As for the record-breaker herself, that sometimes attracted big names from in attendance and the mark to beat was clear in Gisborne on January 9, 1954, and she her irst relex action was to jump from the New Zealand athletics and from overseas. for all to see. promised oicials at the Gisborne Athletic pit and leap into the air . .” Athletes such as Rome 1960 Olympic 5000 While Miriam, 14, awaited her turn, she and Harrier Club that she would be back for With a mark of 20 foot, seven and a half metres gold medallist Sir Murray Halberg watched Williams sprint and soar. another go. inches, Williams had exceeded the red lag by were approachable, obliging and happy to “I still remember where it was, on the grass. he Gisborne Herald reported that on the an inch and a half. interact with children, Smythe says. Other She seemed to run for miles. She was focused side of a specially-prepared jumping pit were “I got second,” Swarbrick adds with a smile. Olympic gold medallists to grace Gisborne and jumping out of her skin,” Miriam two lags — a green one to mark the New he Gisborne Athletic Club is in its 100th included Sir Peter Snell and Norman Read. Swarbrick (nee Read) recalls. Zealand record held by Williams and a red season and many of its oicials and coaches Halberg came on January 8, 1955, for an “he crowd was all around. We knew one for the world record. have given up their time season after season. invitation mile event, inished well ahead of straight away. he crowd went mad.” “In perfect form she sailed through the Eric Hoggins, who had a 50-year coaching his nearest rival and set a Poverty Bay record. Dame Yvette Winifred Corlett (nee quiet air. After she had landed and it could be career which included mentoring well- CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 A FUN DAY OUT WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS Something for everyone • A wide range of hospitality packages • Free kids entertainment • Fashion in the fi eld • Pony dash • Food trucks and more y! s.com Entry: Adults $10 — Under 18s FREE at ASHWOOD LOUNGE HOSPITALITY PACKAGE $95 SUNSHINE BREWERY BREW BAR HOSPITALITY PACKAGE $65 For more informa� on or to book email [email protected] or visit Poverty Bay Turf Club on facebook YOUR SPOT N GISBORNE RACES BOOK OW! SUNDAY 16 FEB 2020 Thank you to all our generoussummerf sponsors: estival.nz Naming Sponsors: The Gisborne Herald Poverty Bay Cup, Ashwood Lounge Grandstand, Sunshine Brewery Brew Bar, McCannics Big Screen, KFruit Birdcage, Ashwood Park Racecourse | Gates open 10.30am Kirsty Mackintosh World Travellers Fashion in the Field, More FM Kids Go Racing Race Sponsors: Vintech Pacifi c, Gisborne Fisheries, Gisborne Refrigera� on, Bronwyn Kay Agency, Craigs Investment Partners, Gisborne Scaff olding, Lindauer Fashion in the Field Sponsors: The Beauty Depot, Colliers Menswear, Wild Stem Florist, Koco Bou� que, Cycle Gisborne, Ashwood Estate 30736-01 2 THE GISBORNE HERALD LEAD ‘Golden age of athletics’ FROM PAGE 1 Read, the 1956 Melbourne Olympic 50-kilometre walk gold medallist, visited Gisborne in 1957, along with Halberg, British Empire and Commonwealth Games multiple gold medallist and shot put and discus thrower Valerie Young (nee Sloper), and Yvette’s younger brother and decathlete Roy Williams. Repeatedly snubbed by the Olympic selectors, Roy Williams went on to win the decathlon at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Jamaica. Readers of h e Gisborne Herald were given an insight into the no-fuss approach of Read in dealing with heel skin that was getting too hard and thick. POPULAR MAN: Peter Snell goes for a light training run at Childers “I will trim the skin with a pair of scissors Road Reserve, accompanied by some youngsters. and then polish my heel-pads. How will I do Picture from Gisborne Photo News that? Simply by i tting a sanding buff into an from his memory — “especially competing at electric drill and then buffi ng until I get that the same meet”. HAPPY MEMORIES: smooth, glassy fi nish on them,” Read said. He is quick to add he defeated Roy Williams Kath Thomas (left) Little doubt surrounded who would win the in the 120-yard hurdles. and Miriam Swarbrick 880 yards handicap at Childers Road Reserve Smythe was part of a line-up of children recall a golden age of on February 3, 1964, but interest centred on excited about the occasion. athletics in Gisborne. what time Snell would produce. “I was taken along with Dad and Mum,” she Swarbrick still has her Snell, who would go on to win double-gold old running spikes. says. Picture by Paul Rickard at the Tokyo Olympics that year in the 800m Smythe enjoyed club trips to such places as and 1500m, to go with his 800m gold medal Wairoa, Whakatane, Dannevirke and, closer States competed in Gisborne in 1931 — from Rome, was challenged by a fan pre-race, to home, the Te Karaka Sports Day. sprinter George Simpson, middle-distance e Gisborne Herald reported. “I enjoyed the companionship of the trips runner George Bullwinkle and fi eld exponent “Peter, I’ll bet you a fl agon you do 1 min 52 away,” she says. Harlow Rothert. secs at least.” She is pleased to give back to the sport. Simpson was the fi rst man to run 100 “No. at would be ridiculous; I suppose “I do believe athletics is the basis for sports yards in 9.4 seconds but the record wasn’t I could if I was pushed, but it would be — run, jump and throw.” recognised because he had used starting fantastic to try it tonight,” Snell replied. Gill Wells used to live in Palmerston Road blocks. He then surged past his rivals, clocking and would walk to athletics. She recalls the Floodlighting was introduced at Childers 1 min 50.8 secs, breaking the Poverty Bay buzz of the occasion — a crowd of children of Road in 1933. half-mile record and thrilling a crowd of 5000 all ages, two or three heats, then fi nals. Club chairman Brian Lee recalls that the people. Top local runner Graham omas Kath omas, a sprinter back in the day, 1976 Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay champs had was second, 16-year-old Willie Koia third, picks up on that theme, that they used to to be held in Gisborne, following rain. It and Gisborne’s Allan Parkinson and Allan get such large numbers. A club night in wouldn’t happen now, because Hawke’s Bay Saunders — both prolifi c at Hawke’s Bay- November 1960 attracted 66 entrants for has an all-weather track, a facility Gisborne Poverty level — were among the also-rans. shot put, she points out. still lacks. e crowd also saw Avis McIntosh equal her However, not everyone was comfortable Awapuni Stadium became the home of New Zealand record in the 80m hurdles, an with women competing in some of the Gisborne athletics in the 1980s. eff ort described by e Gisborne Herald as “a events. Lee says that in their fi rst season there, they mixture of grace, speed, balance and timing”. “Kath and I decided we wanted to run in had to cart trailer-loads of gear there every Twigley’s introduction to the Gisborne the 400m at the Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay week. RECOGNITION: Norma Wilson receives a Gisborne Amateur Athletic and Harrier Club Amateur Athletic and Harrier Club was champs,” Swarbrick says. But they had to fi ght He says it was an honour for the Gisborne life membership from president H Forster, shortly after the 1950 Commonwealth Games to make it happen. It went ahead, in the end, club when Frank Clapperton helped as a 1954. Bill Carmichael holds the microphone. in Auckland. but not as part of the offi cial programme. starting assistant at the 1990 Commonwealth Picture from Tairawhiti Museum He remembers being impressed by athletes “It was so diff erent for women competing at Games in Auckland. Athletes from the recent past have included from such countries as Fiji and Nigeria that time,” Swarbrick says. e coach of New Zealand heptathlon Hosea and Rico Gear, who went on to become running under the fl oodlights at Childers omas went on to do well in the distances under-18 record holder Maddie Wilson, Terry All Blacks.
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