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Page 46 Wynnum High and Intermediate School
For the under-privileged readers (those who haven’t run in our
reliability trial) I will outline the main features of the race.
The first hill begins just in front of the starting line. Peel Street
would be more correctly classified as a cliff, but our heroes sprint
madly up it to show the awe struck girls their true mettle.
Once around the corner into Preston Road the drastic effects of
nicotine begin to make themselves felt and many an aspiring athlete
sees his chance of a place in the first sixty literally going up in smoke.
Gravity has much to do with the fact that most of the field get to
the bottom of Whites Road, but the agonising drag along Randall
Avenue begins at the bottom of the hill.
The bush track provides a brief respite from the “roads" in this
corner of the world. Emerging psychologically refreshed from this
shady lane we pound past the pound and arrive at the crest of a hill
which overlooks our local underworld. Lota.
Once again gravity takes over as we coast down the hill in the
general direction of the headwaters of that tidal mud-flow, known as
Lota Creek.
A right-angled turn at the bottom of the hill takes the runners past
an isolated outpost of the Education Department, Lota School.
Some of the runners, as they gained the bitumen near the over-
bridge, recognised a ghastly cream-lemon contraption for what it was—
Mr. Cox’s car. This vehicle is the school prowl car. Mr. Cox ensures
that no one loses his way on to a short cut—a true sadist and thus a
highly qualified teacher.
The long uphill grind along the road around the trainline took
more than its usual toll of human life this year. The unusually heavy
sprinkling of twitching corpses was due perhaps to the strong northerly
wind which hindered progress considerably. Once Ernest Street is
gained the end is almost in sight.
The last forty yards are lined by millions of girls. This helps the
flagging athlete to finish with something like a sprint.
For the third year in succession Ralph Railings of Wentworth won.
He set a new record of 21 minutes 7.2 seconds. Congratulations, Ralph.
Brian Costello of Wentworth came second.
The House points were Lilley 23, Wentworth 22, Griffith 15.
SPORTING SAM & CLEWIE LEWIE.

PRIMARY SCHOOL'S ATHLETICS
The team of boys and girls who took part in the district competition
at Kitchener Park on September 20 was narrowly beaten by i point in
the total points for the day, and a large number of its members was
chosen as representatives for the State championships. The boys
selected were J. Achurch, G. Hislop, G. Pearson, P. Martin. D. Davis, R.
O’Mailley, A. Hill, R. McNeilly, B. Benis, R. Ricketts, and the girls were
L. Hillier, B. Cox, E. Phillips, L. Gibbs, K. Pearson, G. Love and H.
Sands.
We are very proud of the performances of L. Hillier and B. Cox,
who won the State titles in the 75 yards for 14 years and 13 years,
respectively, in near record time. The points gained by these two girls^
together with those won in heats by D. Davis and the girls of the Ali
Aged Relay and Senior Relay and the Boys’ Junior Relay, added
considerably to the score of East Zone, who were the winners of the
day’s competition.