1962-05-23 Colours Track and Field

Championship	Colours T&F
Venue	College Park
Date	1962-05-23
Host	TCD
Note	DUHAC President George Dawson donated a trophy for annual competition in the Colours Match, a trademark impressionistic sculpture of an athlete by Edward Delaney [1930-2009]. Delaney is best known for his public sculptures - the statue of Wolf Tone and the Famine Memorial at the North-Eastern corner of St. Stephen's Green in Dublin, "Adam & Eve" in Fitzgerald Park, Cork and the Thomas Davis Memorial in College Green opposite the front gate of Trinity College Dublin. An addition to the inaugural programme was the 440y hurdles. It was to prove to be an excellent ding-dong match to the finale. Early in the evening it looked as if UCD were going to avenge their defeat in the inaugural match due to the brilliant 100y and 220y sprint double by Victor Maniak (Manning), aka Wieslaw Maniak, and the 120y and 440y hurdling double by Eddie Thornton. However, clean sweeps in the 440y and 880y kept Trinity in touch. There was also a double for Trinity's decathlete, Tjerand Lunde, in High Jump and Pole Vault. In the most thrilling events of the evening, John Hickey (UCD) was pipped by inches on the line in both the mile and the 3 miles, being credited with the same times as both winners. With 10 events completed the scores were level on 55 pts. After that the initiative swung slightly in TCD's favour. However in the penultimate event Joe Enwezor (UCD) won the Long Jump by holding off the challenge of Lunde. With the 4 x 110y relay remaining, TCD led with 84 pts to UCD's 81 pts. However, UCD's ace sprinter Victor Maniak flew out of the blocks to present a decisive lead at the first change which the rest of the UCD quartet maintained to the finish line, with tremendous cheers of enthusiasm from the UCD supporters. The match was drawn on 86 pts. Each College had won eight of the 16 events. On a toss of a coin Trinity held the trophy for the first six months and UCD for the remainder of the year.

Table of Contents:

• Points: Male
• Medal Tables: Male
• Male: 100y 120yH 220y 440y 440yH 880y Mile 3 Miles 4x110y LJ TJ HJ PV SP DT JTo

Points

Male

Rank	College	1 0 0 y	1 2 0 y H	2 2 0 y	4 4 0 y	4 4 0 y H	8 8 0 y	M i l e	3 M i l e s	4 x 1 1 0 y	L J	T J	H J	P V	S P	D T	J T o	Total
1	TCD	3	5	5	8	4	8	6	3	2	5	3	7	6	8	6	7	86
2	UCD	8	6	6	3	7	3	5	8	5	6	8	4	5	3	5	4	86

Medal Tables

Male

Rank	College	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	TCD	8	8	8	24
2	UCD	8	8	7	23

Male

100y

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points	Note
1	Victor Manning	UCD	10.00	5
2	Joseph "Joe" Enwezor	UCD	NT	3	4 yards
3	Robert Vernon "Bob" Francis	TCD	NT	2	2 feet
4	Robert J.R. "Ron" Kirkham	TCD	NT	1

120y Hurdles

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points	Note
1	Eddie Thornton	UCD	15.50	5
2	Frederick R.I. Middleton	TCD	NT	3	2 yards
3	Alan McNeil Scott	TCD	NT	2	1 yard
4	Walter "Wally" Halley	UCD	NT	1

220y

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points	Note
1	Victor Manning	UCD	22.90	5
2	Robert Vernon "Bob" Francis	TCD	NT	3	5 yards
3	Robert J.R. "Ron" Kirkham	TCD	NT	2	2 yards
4	Patrick "Pat" Gill	UCD	NT	1

440y

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points	Note
1	Robert Vernon "Bob" Francis	TCD	51.00	5
2	Paul Mary Toomey	TCD	NT	3	6 yards
3	Donal Cullen	UCD	NT	2	2 yards
4	Henry Conway	UCD	NT	1

440y Hurdles

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points	Note
1	Eddie Thornton	UCD	58.20	5
2	Alan McNeil Scott	TCD	NT	3	5 yards
3	Henry Conway	UCD	NT	2	7 yards
4	Derek John Tyler	TCD	NT	1

880y

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points	Note
1	Anthony D.G. Shillington	TCD	1:58.60	5
2	Francis Henry Quinlan	TCD	NT	3	3 yards
3	Donal Cullen	UCD	NT	2	6 yards
4	Brendan Finucane	UCD	NT	1

1 Mile

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points	Note
1	Stephen Knights Whittome	TCD	4:23.40	5
2	John Hickey	UCD	NT	3	inches
3	Michael "Mick" Clancy	UCD	NT	2	easily
4	Anthony D.G. Shillington	TCD	NT	1

3 Miles

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points	Note
1	John McKenna	UCD	15:09.40	5
2	John Hickey	UCD	NT	3	inches
3	Anthony Ralph Sparshott	TCD	NT	2	12 yards
4	Stephen Knights Whittome	TCD	NT	1

4 x 110y Relay

Final

Place	Leg	Athlete	College	Mark	Points	Note
1	1	Victor Manning	UCD	44.80	5
1	2	Patrick "Pat" Gill	UCD	44.80	5
1	3	Eddie Thornton	UCD	44.80	5
1	4	Joseph "Joe" Enwezor	UCD	44.80	5
2	1	Tjerand Tormod Lunde	TCD	NT	2	4 yards
2	2	Adrian John Snow	TCD	NT	2	4 yards
2	3	Robert J.R. "Ron" Kirkham	TCD	NT	2	4 yards
2	4	Robert Vernon "Bob" Francis	TCD	NT	2	4 yards

Long Jump

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Joseph "Joe" Enwezor	UCD	22′6½″	5
2	Tjerand Tormod Lunde	TCD	21′2″	3
3	Adrian John Snow	TCD	21′0″	2
4	Padraig Maye	UCD	20′10½″	1

Triple Jump

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Padraig Maye	UCD	44′11½″	5
2	Joseph "Joe" Enwezor	UCD	44′10″	3
3	James Robert D. "Bob" Russell	TCD	43′9″	2
4	Babafemi Oseleye Osoba	TCD	40′10½″	1

High Jump

Final

Places decided fewer jumps and faults

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Tjerand Tormod Lunde	TCD	5′8″	5
2	Dennis Okoro	UCD	5′8″	3
3	James Robert D. "Bob" Russell	TCD	5′8″	2
4	Michael Mullett	UCD	5′8″	1

Pole Vault

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Tjerand Tormod Lunde	TCD	11′6″	5
2	Denis Twomey	UCD	10′0″	3
3	Liam O'Carroll	UCD	9′6″	2
4	Babafemi Oseleye Osoba	TCD	9′0″	1

Shot Putt

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Thomas "Lionel" P. Hatt	TCD	42′0″	5
2	Benjamin Aima Ovbiagele	TCD	41′7½″	3
3	Ray McLoughlin	UCD	41′7″	2
4	Frank Mulreany	UCD	39′4″	1

Discus

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Benjamin Aima Ovbiagele	TCD	132′10″	5
2	Frank Mulreany	UCD	126′5″	3
3	Ray McLoughlin	UCD	115′0″	2
4	Adrian John Snow	TCD	106′10″	1

Javelin (old)

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Henry Kinmy Kennedy-Skipton	TCD	196′1″	5
2	Denis Twomey	UCD	184′11″	3
3	Tjerand Tormod Lunde	TCD	174′9″	2
4	Raphael "Ray" Emmanuel	UCD	165′11″	1

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