SWIMMING.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13684, 18 March 1910, Page 8

SWIMMING.

The annual awn—tning races in connection ■with the _Tew Brighton District School were held in the Avon, above Herring Bay, on Wednesday afternoon. .. The following ire the results: —Learners' —ace —L. Ford 1, G. Gillespie. 3.'A. Hopkins 3. 50yds Handicap—B. Knight 1, V. Bingham 2, C. Cook 8. lOOyrfa Handicap—B. Knight 1, G. Sooble 8, E. Radc-ffe 3. 100 yds School C___pi«nsM*p--R. Gillespie I, E. Rodcliffe 2, G. Sooble 3. High Dive—E. R-dclifie 1, C. Cook 2, Wl Patterson 3. Tha -rat prize in the Scbbol Champio——up was a handsome medal presented by Mr J. B. Scobie chain—an of the School Committee. Tbe annual swimming sports in connection with the Addington School were held yestei_ay afternoon in beautiful weather. The rce-alta were as follow;— Girls Race, <"""■=« across tie bath—May Atkinson 1, Molly Bean 2, May Bean 3. Twice across the bath—T_el_- Kent 1, Adele Seay-2. Floating—Molly Bean 1, May Bean 2. 25yds Handicap—M. Bell 1, Thelma Kent 2. Adele Seay 3. _3yds Championship—M. Bell 1, W. Johnston 2, Ruby Walls 3. DivingMolly Bean 1, Ruby Walls 2. Boys— SOyda Championship—H. Smith 1, WoodfieW 2, Sin—ion 3. Time, 39sec. Learnere— Rcvnolds L McDonald 2. 50yds Handicap— H." Smith 1, MoLay 2, Elvinea 3. 25yds Handicap—F." Cook 1, L. Smith 2, McDonald 3. Clothes Race—L. Smith 1, F. Cook 2. Springboard Dive—Woodfield 1. Moil 2. H. Smith 3. High Dive—Rotchfort 1, WoodSeld 2, McParlano 3. The ♦•fi**""*" schoolboys* life-saving competition for the Sir John Hall Challenge Shield w»» held at the Sydenham baths yesterday afternoon. There was a fair attendance of the public, and 'Messrs W. E. X>. BUhop and J. Buchanan, of the Cantorbtrry Centre of the New Zealand Swimming Association, acted as judges. Mr P. Mensies -was timekeeper. Five teams, representing the Waltham, West Christohureh, Lyttelton, Richmond and Sydenham ecnools, competed. The boys were' «c----erciscd m drill, -reruecitation. and rescue -work. The Sydenham tewm (~. Wiltshire, L. Guy, K. __- and S. Hunt) gave an excellent -isr-olay, and were awarded the Shield. Tfatijr carried out their work with 3»pi—ty o—d precision, and showed that they bad practioal knowledge of life-saving. _ytteJton (H. Lew—i, W. Brown, A. Sinclair aijaa J- Latin—son) finished second. This team, though not quite as quick in their movements as Sydenham, performed very creditably. Tie Shield haa only been competed for twice, and Sydenham have won it on both otx—iic_t.