Sports Day 1954

Sports Day 1954

The Guest of Honour for this year's Sports' Day was Major Jenkinson, the former Headmaster of the School, who presented the prizes. As a result of the fine organisation of Miss. Parkin and Mr. Leonard, the sports ran smoothly to time, and fine weather helped to make it a most successful day.
Several new events were introduced and eleven records were broken. In the place of the Mixed Relays, separate relays for boys and girls were introduced in each age group, and the girls made their debut in Putting the Shot. A new cup to be called "The Jenkinson Cup," was given to the School by Dr. ("Mickie") Walker, to be awarded to the Victor or Victrix Ludorum with the highest average number of points.
This year, the Championship Cup was won by Price., the Standards Cup by Talbot, and the Relay Cup by Guest.
The Victrices Ludorum were M. Butterfield (Senior) and A. Ward (Junior), and the Victors Ludorum were Moore (Senior) and Homer (Junior).
Homer also won the Jenkinson Cup. Downes won both the Mile Cup and the Senior Half Mile Plaque. The Intermediate Half-Mile Cup was won by Davidson.

Dr. H. Walker's Cup for best Athlete: Homer, R.
Dr. H. Walker's Plaque for Athletics: M. Butterfield

Results

1st 2nd 3rd Detail
High Jump (Junior Boys) - Hellewell, Widmore, Lee 4' 4.25" *
Long Jump (Junior Girls) - J. Barraclough, M. Dowding, J. Hayton 13' 2.25"
Hop, Step and Jump (Senior Boys) - Watson, Moore, Poole 38' 7.5"
Cricket Ball (Intermediate Boys) - Unwin, Pickering, Stubbs 65 yds. 0' 8"
Cricket Ball (Senior Boys) - Watson, Hodgson, Moore 80 yds. 2' 9.5"
Long Jump (Intermediate Boys) - Homer, Firth, Mason 17' 2"
Hop, Step and Jump (Junior Girls) - M. Dowding, M. Thacker, P. Bagnall 29' 0.5" *
Cricket Ball (Intermediate Girls) - P. Brooke, P. White, S. Gallimore 50 yds. 0' 4"
Long Jump (Senior Girls) - M. Butterfield, I.Turner, C. Sugden 15' 11.5" *
High Jump (Junior Girls) - J. Hayton, M. Kirk, J. Barraclough 3' 8.5"
Hop, Step and Jump (Intermediate Boys) - Homer, Jordan, Fleet 35' 1.5"
Hop, Step and Jump (Senior Girls) - M. Butterfield, I. Turner, D. Honeyben 31' 2.5"
Long Jump (Intermediate Girls) - A. Ward, P. Brooke 13' 10"
Cricket Ball (Senior Girls) - J. Nuttall, F. Horbury, B. Hartley 55 yds. 0' 7"
Long Jump (Senior Boys)- Downes, Moore, Marston 18' 9"
Hop, Step and Jump (Intermediate Girls) - M. Hepworth, E. Fish, F. Normington 29' 1.5"
Long Jump (Junior Boys) - Sudworth, Hellewell, Whitehead 16' 0.75" *
100 yards (Intermediate Girls) - M. Hepworth, A. Ward, P. Brook 12.4 sec. *
High Jump (Intermediate Girls) - A. Ward, M. Hepworth, S. Butcher 4' 2.5"
80 yards (Junior Girls) - J. Street, H. Goodchild, J. Barraclough 10.8 sec.
100 yards (Senior Girls) - M. Butterfield, I. Turner, C. Sugden 12.2 sec.
Weight (12 lbs., Senior Boys) - B. Ward, M. Poole, Watson 38' 0"
Discus (Girls, Open) - V. Manning, A. Greatham, E. Tate 75' 10" *
100 yards (Junior Boys) - Hellewell, Winstanley, Halstead 12.2 sec.
100 yards (Intermediate Boys) - Homer, Firth, Pickering 11.5 sec.
100 yards (Senior Boys) - Moore, M. Poole, King 11.0 sec.
High Jump (Intermediate Boys) - Homer, Nicholls, Jordan 4' 6.5"
Relay (Junior Girls, 4 x 110) - Guest, Holgate, Price 61.6 secs.
Relay (Junior Boys, 4 x 110) - Price, Guest, Holgate 57.1 secs.
Discus (Senior Boys, 1.5 kilo) - Yates, Ward, Greasley 121' 9" *
220 yards (Intermediate Girls) - A. Ward, P. Brooke, P. White 31.2 secs.
220 yards (Senior Girls) - M. Butterfield, I. Turner, V. Manning 29.8 secs.
Javelin (Girls, Open) - R. Britton, M. Oates, A. Ward 65' 10"
220 yards (Junior Boys) - Hellewell, Winstanley, Halstead 28.5 secs *
220 yards (Intermediate Boys) - Homer, Firth, Vest 26.4 secs.
220 yards (Senior Boys) - Moore M., Poole, Downes 25.4 secs
Pole Vault (Boys, Under 15) - Snookes, Fleet, Hayes 7' 8" *
880 yards (Senior Boys) - Downes, Riding, Wheatcroft, 2 mins. 19.7 secs
Relay (Intermediate Girls, 4 x 10) - Holgate, Guest, Talbot 57.8 secs.
Relay (Intermediate Boys, 4 x 110)- Talbot Guest Holgate 55.9 secs.
High Jump (Senior Girls) - M. Butterfield, V. Manning, I. Turner 5' 6.25"
Javelin (Boys, Open) - Moore, M. Poole, Greasley, R. 127' 8"
440 yards (Junior Boys) - Hellewell, Winstanley, Patt 66.0 secs. *
440 yards (Intermediate Boys) - Homer, Mansfield, Vest 62.8 secs.
440 yards (Senior Boys) - Moore, M. Poole, Downes 55.5 secs.
Weight (8 lbs. 13, Boys under 15) - Stubbs, Ambleton, Firth 30' 7.5"
Relay (Senior Girls, 4 x 110) - Price, Guest, Talbot 56.2 secs.
Relay (Senior Boys, 4 x 110) - Talbot, Price, Guest 49.9 secs.
High Jump (Senior Boys) - T. Trueman, Maltby, Wall, A. 5' 0"
Discus (Boys, under 15, 1 kilo) - Stubbs, Firth, Taylor 97' 9.5"
100 yards (Junior Girls) - J. Street, J. Barraclough, J. Hayton/M. Penny 13.5 secs.
150 yards (Intermediate Girls) - M. Hepworth, P. Brooke, A. Ward 19.8 secs.
150 yards (Senior Girls) - M. Butterfield, I. Turner, V. Manning 19.0 secs.
Pole Vault (Senior Boys) - P. Wall, A. Wall, Hudson 8' 5.75" *
Weight (Girls, Open) - V. Manning, A. Greetham, P. Harris 26' 8"
880 yards (Boys, under 15) - Davidson, Fisher, Mansfield 2 mins 26.5 secs.
One Mile (Senior Boys) - Downes, Riding, Lowe 5 mins. 9 secs.

* denotes new record. 

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The first headmaster of Hemsworth Grammar School, from 1921 to 1937, Mr. A. G. Jenkinson (photo above), of Headington, Oxford, was guest of honour at the 33rd. annual athletics, sports and parents' day at the school on Wednesday. He congratulated the Governors and the present headmaster, Mr. R. W. Hamilton, on the successful growth and development of the school.

The sports were watched by a large crowd, and ten new records were set up, two in the boys' pole vaulting events for seniors and under 15s. Records in events which were decided before Wednesday were:
Long Jump, junior boys, J. Sudworth; senior girls, M. Butterfield;
Hop, Step & Jump, junior girls, M. Dowding;
High Jump, junior boys, C. Hellewell.

Wednesday's records were:
100 yards, intermediate girls, M. Hepworth, 12.4 secs. (previous record M. Stringer 1947 - 12.6 secs.);
Girls throwing the discus, V. Manning, 75ft. 10ins (A. Lockwood 1953 - 72ft. 21/2 ins.);
Senior boys discus, Yates, 121ft. 5ins. (L. Tate 1944 - 113ft. 1ins.);
Junior boys 220yds, C. Hellewell 28.5 secs. (K. Pearson 1950 - 29.8 secs.);
Boys under 15 pole vault, Snookes, 7ft. 8ins. (Thompson 1953 - 6ft. 10 1/4 ); Senior boys pole vault, P. Wall, 8ft. 5 3/4ins. (M. Downes 1952 - 8ft. 4 1/4ins).

Trophy winners were :
Relay Cup - Guest.
Senior Victor Ludorum - (1) Moore (Guest) - 37 1/2 pts. (2) M. Poole (Talbot) 31 1/2 pts.
Junior Victor Ludorum - (1) Homer (Price ) - 36 pts. (2) Firth (Talbot ) - 24 pts.
Senior Victrix Ludorum - (1) M. Butterfield (Talbot ) - 36 pts. (2) I. Turner (Price) - 29 pts.
Junior Victrix Ludorum - (1) A. Ward (Holgate) - 30 1/2 pts. (2) P. Brooke (Holgate) -25 1/2 pts.
Mile Cup : Downes (T)
Half-Mile Cup : Davidson (G).
Jenkinson Cup (given by an old boy of the school, Dr. R. Walker of Rotherham, to commemorate the visit of Mr. Jenkinson) Homer (P).
Championship Cup (1) Price - 333 pts. (2) Talbot - 323 1/2 pts. (3) Guest - 284 pts. (4) Holgate - 226 1/2 pts.
Standards Cup (1) Talbot 798 pts. (2) Price 722 pts. (3) Guest 660 pts. (4) Holgate 525 pts.