SWIMMING

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21967, 16 December 1936, Page 18

SWIMMING

AUSTRALIANS IN ACTION

O'CONNOR A BRILLIANT DIVER

THRILLING 220 YARDS RACE

Some particularly good swimming was seen at the special carnival held last night in the Chrlstchurch Municipal Baths arranged by the Canterbury Centre of the New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association in honour of the visit of W. Fleming, of Queensland, Australian 100 yards champion, and A. O'Connor, New South Wales diving champion. The appearance of the Australians attracted a good crowd, and this crowd was not disappointed, for the Australians, with the help of the local swimmers provided some keen competition and a fine display of the sport. The outstanding feature of the evening was the diving of O'Connor. Both in the invitation diving handicap, in which he competed, and in his display later, O Connor gave practically a faultless exhibition, and showed himself to be. a thorough master of all the orthodox dives. He compares more than favourably with any overseas diver that has visited the Dominion within the last few years. All his work was perfectly clean and well execvited. Fleming Wins 220 Another feature of the evening was the 220 yards invitation race, which was won bv Fleming by two yards from L. Newell. of the East Christchurch Club, in 2min 25sec, one and two-fifths of a second better than the previous Canterbury record established by D. H. Svmes. Fleming held himself well in reserve until the last two laps, and was not troubled to win. Newell, who competed off the same mark as Fleming, swam a very good race, and towards the end was challenging Fleming. His time was 2min 26 3-ssec— only one-fifth of a second outside the Canterbury record. During the evening exhibitions were given by the two Australians, their manager, Mr Dudley Hellmrich, giving an interesting running commentary on points of style. . . . . A well-varied programme of inter-ciun events was also presented, and some good performances were seen. The carnival was extremely well organised by the officials of the Canterbury Swimming Centre. Detailed results were:— 220 YARDS INVITATION HANDICAP W. FlemiD (Queensland) (ssec) .. 1 L Newell (East Christchurch), (ssec) 2 C. Cliff (East Christchurch), (lOsec) .. 3 Time, 2min 25sec, a Canterbury record. Cliff, the limit man, led after the first two lengths by about four yards, the three other competitors being in line, Fleming, however, swimming more within himself than his opponents, and breaking less water. At the end of the fifth lap Fleming and Cliff turned together, with Newell challenging. Fleming had a yard to spare when he turned for home, but Newell stayed well. In the sprint to the finishing line Fleming outstayed Newell to win by two yards. Newell's time was only one-fifth of a second outside the Canterbury record. 100 YARDS INVITATION BACKSTROKE HANDICAP C. Cliff (East Christchurch), (Usee) .. 1 G. Low (C.U.), (7sec) .. •• \ W. Fleming (Queensland), (9sec) .. o Time, 72 2-ssec. Cliff kept his lead in the first lap, while Low overlook Fleming. At the end of the second lap, Low was still two yards behind Cliff, with Fleming well back. Cliff held on to win well by a touch from Low. Low's time was 69sec for the distance. INVITATION DIVE HANDICAP • A: O'Connor (N.S.W.) (scr). 42.7 points 1 A. Westaway (E.C.) (handicap 4), 38.06 E. c'rossfey (E.C.) (handicap' 4). 29.93 points • • • • , v The point for the dive were aware 1 on the degree of difficulty of the dive. Inter-Club Events . 66 2-3 Yards 1..- -*s Handicap—First heat: R. McKenzie (Christchurch-United), 4sec, 1. Time, 36 2-ssec. Second heat: M. T. Butterick (East Christchurch), ssec. 1. Time. 37 4-ssec. Third heat: R. K. Wood (Christchurch-United), ssec, 1. ime, 38sec. Fourth heat: N. Stokes (East Christchurch), 6sec, 1. Time, 38sec. Fifth heat: E. Carpinter (East Christchurch). lOsec 1. Time, 42 l-ssec. Sixth heat: I. Ingram (Somerfield). Usee. 1. Time 43 l-ssec. Seventh heat: D. Mcllroy (Somerfield), 13Jsec, 1. Time, 44 4-ssec. Eighth heat. E. Wright (Somerfield), 15isec, 1. Time, 45 3-ssec. First semi-final: Stokes I, McKenzie 2. Time, 38 2-ssec. Seconu semifinal: Wright 1, Ingram 2. Time. 44 3-ssec. Final: Wright 1, Ingram 2, Stokes 3. Time. 45 2**5S6C 66 2-3 Yards Mixed Breaststroke Handicap—First heat: H. Horsfall (East Christchurch), scr. 1. Time, 51 2-ssec. Second heat: J. Sullivan (Sydenham), Bsec. 1 Time, 55sec. Third heat: T. Owen (Opawa), lOsec, 1. Time, 55 3-ssec. Fourth heat: Miss J. Drabble (Christchurch Ladies)), 23sec, 1. Time, 70 4-ssec. Final: Owen 1, Sullivan 2. Time, 55 2-ssec. 100 Yards Intermediate Boys' Handicap —First heat: A. Cameron (East Christchurch), 13sec, 1, H. Goldsmith (Christ-church-United), 7sec, 2. Time, 65sec. Second heat: D. Spence (Somerfield), 17sec, 1 J. D. Trent (Somerfield) 2. Time, 73sec. Final. Ingram 1, Goldsmith 2. Time. 71 33 C l-3 Yards Women's Handicap—First heat: Miss B. Frye (East Christchurch). 2sec, 1 Time, 21 l-ssec. Second heat: Miss A. Perkins (Elmwood), ssec, 1. Time, 23 l-ssec. Third heat: Miss B. Cullen (Linwood), ssew, 1. Time, 22 3-ssec. Fourth heat: Miss J. Collins (East Christchurch). 7sec, 1. Time, 23 3-ssec. Final: Miss Cullen 1. Miss Collins 2. Time, 23 2-ssec. 66 2-3 Yards Dual Relay Handicap—First heat: Christchurch-United No. 1 (R. Mackenzie and C. Mackenzie), Jsec, I. Time, 34sec. Second heat: Elmwood No. 3 (O. G. Wood and W. Nicholson), 2isec, 1. Time, 36sec. Third heat: East Christchurch No 5 (G. Mcllroy and E Carpinter). 4isec, 1. Time, 38 4-ssec. Fourth heat: Elmwood No. 4 (Miss R. Collins and S. Murphy), 6isec. 1 Time, 41 2-ssec. Final: Christ-church-United No. 1 1, Elmwood No. 3 2. Time, 33 4-ssec. Water Polo—Third round of senior championship: Christchurch-United 3, East Christchurch 2.