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JULY 14, 1927 THE DE HAVILLAND SPORTS MEETING Held at Stag Lane This Year THIS year's meeting of the de Havilland Sports Club was held at the Stag Lane Aerodrome on Saturday last, July 9. As usual a most interesting programme had been arranged, and thanks to the excellent organisation the events were run off to time with great promptness. The De Havilland Challenge Cup, awarded to the department gaining the highest number of points at the meeting,was won this year by the Office Staff, with the Engine Shop as runners up. Last year the latter were the winners. Several new items had been added to the programme at this year's meeting, the most popular of which was, perhaps, A good entry again characterised the 220 yards open, heat 1 of which was won by B. G. Skingle, heat 2 by J. Bicknell, and the final by A. W. Hyde, who was placed second in heat 1. In the 440 yards closed, first place was secured by R. O. Ball. The obstacle flying race proved very amusing. In this competitors had to start from a given line, run 50 yards, put on their " Sidcot " suits, and were then transported in wheel- barrows to donkeys awaiting them. On these they reached —as the programme had it, " with luck,"—their " Moths " on which they had to fly around the 3-miles' course and cross the finishing line. The three competitors entered for this event [" FLIGHT " Photographs AT THE DE HAVILLAND SPORTS : On the left a group of de Havillanders watching the fun, including from left to right, Mr. Broad, Mr. St. Barbe, Mr.Hearle, Mr. Walker, Mr. Butler, Major Halford and Captain de Havilland. The picture on the right shows Mrs. Geoffrey de Havilland presenting the prizes. the joy-rides at 2.?. 6d. on D.H. " Moths," Messrs. Sparks, St. Barbe, White, Dickinson and Barnard giving their services free. In addition the exhibition flights were most excellent, and on one occasion Mr. Barnard did some extraordinarily low rolls, and at least one spin which terminated—well at any rate while the machine was still in the air, but only just. It is not, unfortunately, possible to give a very detailed account of what was undoubtedly a most interesting meeting, but below we set out the winners in the various events. In the 100 yards closed, heat 1 was won by G. R. Sanders, heat 2 by W. L. Allardyce, heat 3 by F. \V. Amos, heat 4 by G. E. Benn, and the final by VV. L. Allardyce. R. Harding- ham won event 2, throwing the cricket ball, with a distance of 75 yards 8 inches. The 100 yards closed, for competitors under 17, was won by A. Stone, while in the high jump Allardyce again scored a victory with an " altitude " of 5 ft. In the 100 yards open, heat 1 was won by H. F. Hayes, heat 2 by A. W. Hyde, heat 3 by J. Bicknell, heat 4 by B'. G. Skingle,'and the final by Bickncll. The 100 yards (ladies) closed was won by Miss W. M. Cox. In the tug-of-war final (the rounds had been previously decided) the Aerodrome and Development department scored a victory against the Panel Shop. The 220 yards closed had drawn a great number of entries, and heat 1 was won by Allardyce, heat 2 by G. E. Benn, and the final by F. Mott. The ladies high jump was won by Miss -M. Benn. Batavia-Amsterdam Flight MR. VAN LEAR BLACK, who completed his air trip from Amsterdam to Batavia on June 30, started on the return flight on July 6. His Fokker monoplane is piloted by M. Geysendorffer. were : W. T. Ballantyne, J. P. Rae, and H. Buckingham/all Officers of the R.A.F. Reserve, trained at the de Havilland school. F. W. Amos, was again first in the long jump, his " hop "" being one of 19 ft. 2 in., which is better than we used to be- able to do on the old Bleriot " Penguin." In the veterans' 100 yards race E. Marriott was first, with R. Luker second. No less than 26 competitors started in the 880 yards open,, which was won by C. H. D. Ucal in 1 min. 58i sec. (16 m.p.h. !). The inter-departmental one mile relay race included 880 yards, 220 yards, 440 yards, and 220 yards, and was won by the Engine Shop, with the Office Staff second. The one mile open handicap race was won by L. \V. Pudde~ phatt of the Watford Harriers in 4 mins. 26 sees., or at a speed of 13 45 m.p.h. We understand that this gentleman is now being fitted with a supercharger. The last race of the meeting was a one mile closed handicap,, which was won by R. H. Pitt in 5 mins. 24-1 sees. At the end of the racing, the prizes were distributed by Mrs. de Havilland, and everyone was very glad that this year illness at home did not prevent her from earning out her graceful task, as was unfortunately the case last year. In the evening there was an ankle competition, but as. FLIGHT'S photographer is somewhat shy, we regret that we have no photographs of this interesting event. His excuse that he could not get near the pavilion for the crowds should not be taken too seriously. • <$> 80 French M.P.'s over Paris LED by Gen. Girod, some 80 members of the FrenchSenate and Chamber of Deputies made flights over Paris on. July 6. 485
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