GIRL RUNNER HASTENED BY SHOOTERS?

Miss Pauline Vercoe ran outstandingly to win the women's race in the final orienteering selection trials for the New Zealand representative team which were held in the Maramarua State Forest yesterday morning.

Whether encouraged to hurry out of danger by the booming shotguns of duck hunters close to the earlier controls or not, Miss Vercoe produced her best race of the series for her first clear-cut victory in 1h 15m, 8m faster than her sister, Margaret, who won three of the previous trials.

All the women provisionally named last Monday confirmed their placings in the team yesterday.

The task of determining the women's position had been very difficult, because the standard has been so high, said tbe national selector, Mr R. M. Doherty.

Team Addition

To the men's team named on Monday has been added W. Switzer. He is one of the younger men who have developed this year to the stage where several newcomers have been added to the strong, hard core of experienced orienteers who will be going on this Australian tour.

C. Battley who covered 50 miles in a sponsored run on Saturday, won the senior training event in 50m. D. A. G. Pirie, who lost more than 10 valuable minutes because the course setter, R. C. King, had failed to mark two bad hazards on the course master map, nevertheless also ran brilliantly to finish only 3m behind Battley. These two were considerably faster than the remainder.

Results:
Final women's trial: P. Vercoe, 1h 15m 1; M. Vercoe, 1h 23m, 2; R. Davies, 1h 35m 45s, 3; P. Doherty, 1h 43m, 4.