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The Spike or Victoria University College Review 1932

The Harriers

page 65

The Harriers

"For the strength of the Pack is the Walf,
And the strength of the Wolf is the Pack."

Rudyard Kipling.

For this, our first year, our activities have been modest but intensive, for the keenest enthusiasm has been displayed and engaged in building up a sturdy nucleus around which a more stalwart club will develop. With the exception of one or two, our members are new devotees to the sport, but as the packs have turned out regularly, wet or fine, the stamina and endurance has developed so far as to place us well within the accepted ranks of harriers.

Our runs have started from no less than eleven different points in and around Wellington, Mira-mar and Mellings, Worser Bay and Wadestown, Island Bay and Brooklyn have seen us on the trail following the paper up a gorse-scattered hillside or down greasy slopes, over a stony river-bed or on a well beaten cattle track—changing scenery is ever ours. We have had two invitation runs, one with the Brooklyn Club at Karori and the other with Olympic at Wadestown, and both gave us an enjoyable afternoon's outing. The most attractive feature of our runs is any afternoon tea awaiting our return. In this respect we feel we should take this opportunity of voting our appreciation to Mesdames T. O. Shorland, W. P. Shorland, G. F. Dixon and D. Cairns for their kindness and generosity.

Of club events, one has passed with distinct success and one is yet in the future. The first is the Novice Race run over a two and a half mile course from Worser Bay and won by Ken. Sheard with F. B. Shorland second, followed by H. W. Thompson; in that race every competitor gave of his best. The other is the club championship, but as that is in the future little can be said of it. Except for records hidden in the minute book we are not yet enabled to honour the winners of these events. In the inter-club field we have dared to compete for the Dore Cup; but experience was our prime object and experience we got—even if it was only a cheer. We numbered ten and finished to a man, our first home being Dave Cairns.

Our first season's activities are drawing to a close but within that time the enthusiasm, energy and steadiness of support has succeeded in consolidating the individualities of members into a welded whole. Confidence, imbued with aptimism, gives present members a feeling of certain security for the future because if the results of 1932 are an indication of 1933 we shall have a club of which we shall be justly proud.