LIFE-SAVING.

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21686, 21 January 1936, Page 13

LIFE-SAVING.

! __; + • ) • ST. CLAIR DEFEATS r SUMNER / s CONTEST IN HEAVY SEA • St. Clair defeated Sumner in the" annual surf life-saving competition between the ~ two clubs, held on the St. Clair beach, ?' Dunedin, on Sunday. A heavy sea was '• running, and the difficult conditions made 5 heavy demands on the swimmers. The Sumner team, managed by Mr K. - J. Herriott, consisted of the following:— e J. Frengley (instructor), O. G. Wood (sup- - port), G. Cooper (belt), N. J. McPhail, S C. H. McPhail, L. Sutherland (linesmen), s C. W. Johnson (reel), and W. R. Miles f (patient). a The winning team was St. Clair No.. 2 f H. D. Gillies (instructor), R. Geddes '• (belt), C. Gore (support), V. Adams (reel), C. Elliott, J. Roberts, and H. James - (linesmen). 0 The beltman and support of the St. 0 Clair No. 1 team (D. Shanahan and H. 0 D. Gillies) both failed to reach the buoy ), at the first attempt, and succeeded only n after the time limit had expired. Sumner 1 came next, and the visitors' task was / eased a little by the buoy having come i" closer to shore with the. falling tide. ° Wood made excellent time—3min 29sec—- '»" in the difficult conditions. s. S. W. Jarvis, a brother of tha New 5, Zealand sprint swimming champion, did; 3: very well for the third St. Clair team, 5. consisting of juniors. He reached the' buoy in 2min 54sec. The St.-Clair No. . 2 team was last to go out, and had much the shortest journey. v The placings were:— St. Clair No. 2 .. .. 1 St. Clair No. 3 .. .. 2 . Sumner ; .. .. .. 3