LITE-SAVING

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21733, 16 March 1936, Page 16

LITE-SAVING

▼ EVENTS AT TAYLOR’S MISTAKE CUP AND CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS DECIDED After two postponements because of bad weather, Kesteven Cup day was held at Taylor’s Mistake yesterday, when perfect weather conditions prevailed. The day was warm. There was no surf running, and for that reason the competitions were rather disappointing from the point of view of providing a test of surf ability. The programme in the morning consisted of the Taylor’s Mistake Goodwill Bowl, an intermediate race for two representatives from each club. The race resulted in a win for H. Goldsmith, the son of the donor, who scored a decisive win from his club-mate, R. Hatchwell, of the Taylor’s Mistake Club. The event was followed by the Black and White Cup, a surf relay race for teams of four, the first mart swimming with a belt. New Brighton, the holders; won the race, but were disqualified when their last man, A. T. F. Stokes, started too soon. It was bad luck for New Brighton, whose representatives put up a fine performance. The race was therefore awarded Taylor’s Mistake. The senior resuscitation championship was the last event to be decided in the morning. ■ , In the afternoon a grand parade of competing teams was followed by the Kesteven Cup event. The officials were;—Kesteven Cup: Marshal, Mr N. "G. Winter; assistant marshal, Mr D. V. Wilson; referee, Mr A. I. Cottrell: judges. Messrs C. J. Kite, W. H. Benson, and C. A. Cooper; timekeepers, Messrs L. C. Matson, J. McKenzie, B. J. Wilkes: timekeepers’ steward, Mr K. J. Herriott. Black and White Cup: Starter, Mr N. G. Winter: referee, Mr A. I. Cottrell; judge, Mr D. V. Wilson. Goodwill Bowl The teams were as follows: Taylor’s Mistake: H. Goldsmith and R. Hatchwell; North Beach, R. Rimmer and J. S. Mac Donald; New Brighton, N. Stokes and H. Horsfall; Sumner, S. Gardiner and J. Reid. There was a dead calm sea when the eight competitors left in line for the buoy, 150 yards distant. Horsfall was the first into action, the order half-way out being Horsfall, Stokes, Hatchwell. Goldsmith and Mac Donald, th e lastnamed making the best line from the buoy. Goldsmith was first round, followed by Mac Donald, Stokes, and Horsfall, the others being well strung out. Half-way back it was apparent that Goldsmith had the race well in hand, and he reached the finishing line 30 yards ahead of Hatchwell, who was a similar distance In front of Stokes. The rest of the competitors were well back. The winner’s time was 3min 59 2-Ssec. Black and White Cup The teams were:—Taylor’s Mistake, J. A. Young (belt), M, R. Rattray, G. Low, and D. H. Symes; North Beach, A. T. Dalton (belt), R. Rimmer, J. S. MacDonald, and L. Newell: Sumner, O. G. Wood (belt), G. S. Cooper, H. Stevens, and M. Candy; New Brighton,.. M. But-

terick (belt), N. Herrick, R. McKenzie, and A. T. F. Stokes; Waimairt, H. F. Evans (belt). H. B. Buckley, S. Nicholls,: and W. Norman: South Brighton, M. Dent (belt), D. Gibson, J. Satterthwaite, and M. Cooper. x x Dalton (North Beach) went to the front followed by Butterick and Rattray. Half-way back the order was unaltered, and at the ehd of the first lap the order was Dalton. Butterick, Rattray, Wood, Evans, and Dent. Dalton’s time was 4min 5 2-ssec. First out on the second lap was Rimmer (North Beach), followed by Herrick. Young, Cooper, Buckley, and Gibson. Rimmer was .first round the buoy and maintained the lead to the beach, followed by Young, Herrick, and Cooper. Rimmer’s time was 4min> The next man for North Beach was Mac Donald, who swam a long course away from the 1 direction of the buoy. He was followed by Low, McKenzie, and Stevens, With the Waimairi and South Brighton representatives well in the rear. McKenzie put up a great performance to pass MacDonald and -Low. Low also swam well and headed Mac Donald. McKenzie’s, time was 3min 58sec. Stokes had a lead of about 20 yards from Symes on the last lap. Newell (North Beach) was, close behind, followed by Candy (Sumner). Stokes maintained his lead to the buoy and on the return journey he increased his advantage, especially when Symes swam well off the direct line: Third place was filled by Newell (North Beach), followed by Candy. Nicholls, and Cooper. Owing to Stokes having started, too soon, New Brighton were disqualified, and the race was awarded to Taylor’s Mistake. Kesteven Cup Seven teams entered for this event, which proved the best exhibition of smooth-water life-saving ever seen in this popular competition. The winning team, Taylor’s Mistake A, with D. H. Symes specially brought up from Dunedin as support, and G. Low as beltman, understood the conditions thoroughly and in every department of their work showed outstanding skill. They were loudly applauded as they were dismissed. Most of the teams took full advantage of the smooth water by hauling in at a very fast rate. The discipline was smart and practical in its application to the work. Results:— Taylor’s Mistake A: D. H. Symes (support), G. Low, (belt), M. Rattray, J. Paterson, C. Allen (linesman). L. J. Moorhouse (reel), H. J. Bailey (subject), N. S. Batchelor (instructor) . Time, Imin 42 2-ssec (support), 2min 15 3-ssec (belt) .. 1 New Brighton A: A. T. F. Stokes (support), M. T. Butterick (belt), N, Herrick, R. McKenzie, E. Aynsley (linesmen), C. McKenzie ‘ (reel), A. Aynsley (subject), H. S. Feast (instructor). Time, Imin 55 4-ssec (support), 2min 24 l-ssec (belt) :. .. ~ 2 Taylor’s Mistake B: G. Laurie (sup- ' port), J. Hatchwell (belt), A. Boulton, J. Young, R. Woods (linesmen), T. Campion (reel), R. Hunter (subject), N. S. Batchelor (instructor). Time, 2min 23 2-ssec ' (support); 2min 33Sec (belt) .. 3 New Brighton B: J. Cocks, R. Shlllito, G. Horwell, R. Cooper, I. Carson, C. Dean, R. Skinner, H, S. Feast (instructor). Time, 2min 23sec (support), 2min 49 4-ssec (belt) .. 4 North Beach: G. Dew, R. O'Neill, G. Rumble, A. T. Dalton, R, River, R. Roth well. J. S. Mac Donald- V. G. Spiller (instructor). Time, 2min 19 4-ssec (support), 2miin 49 4-ssec (belt)' •* •«. •• S'

Waimairi: B. Buckley, D. Cobden, J. Nicholls, D. H. Evans, D. Ryland, D. J. Fyfe, R. Niven, and D. W. Benson (instructor). Time, 2min 38 l-ssec (support ),2min 50 2-Ssec (belt) .. .. « Sumner: S. Gardner. J. Sutherland, N. J. McPhail. O. G. Wood, N. L. Candy, A. Prangnell, G. S. Cooper, and J. Norrie (instructor). Time. 2min 32 4-ssec (support), 2min 57 3-ssec (belt) . . .. .. 7 Senior Resuscitation ' The competition for the senior resuscitation of Canterbury resulted in very close finishes. The work was of a very high standard. ... Results:— L. Sutherland (Sumner) and G. Horwell (New Brighton) equal 1. C. Stevens (Sumner) and E. Aynsley (New Brighton) equal 3. SPECIAL DEMONSTRATION BY SHIELD TEAM The Canterbury Nelson Shield team, Which recently competed at Dunedin, consisting of L. Moorhouse.'G. S. Cooper, A. Dalton. M. Rattray, M. Butterlck, end D. H. Symes, with C. Allen as instructor, gave a special exhibition bf the work for that competition at Taylor’s Mistake yesterday. With Dalton, New Zealand champion (beltman) in the team, and with the full details- of the drill, the’spectators for the: first time in Canterbury had an opportunity of judging for themselves, the value of the drill. The water work proved very little different, from the standards used by the Canterbury teams, while the haul in proved particularly suited to the conditions prevailing. The team was loudly applauded as dismissed.