INTER-DOMINION SURFING

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22338, 28 February 1938, Page 9

INTER-DOMINION SURFING

PLACES GAINED BY NEW ZEALANDERS EVENTS AT MANLY IN DIFFICULT SEA DALTON SECOND IN SENIOR BELT CHAMPIONSHIP (united press association—copyright.) (Received February 27, 8.5 p.m.) SYDNEY, February 27. The inter-Dominion surf championr ships were held at Manly in a difficult surf, in which a seaward drag greatly handicapped the competitors. One New Zealander said the drag and sweep back from the beach were terrible. He had never known anything like the potholes into which he stepped. New South Wales won the championship and also retained both the special and the point score trophies.

New Zealand was third to Queensland and Western Australia in the march past. A. T. Dalton was second to Boast, of Queensland, in the senior belt championship. The surf teams' championship was won by New South Wales, with Queensland second and New Zealand (D. K. Evans, D. H. Symes, J. Williams, and J. T. Clark) third. In the surf championships A. T. a. Stokes was fourth to Walsh and Basingthwaite (New South Wales) and Long (Queensland). All the beltmen except those of New South Wales and Queensland failed to complete the course in the time limit in the rescue and resuscitation championship, and were disqualified. The event was won by New South Wales. The New Zealand team (G. Hughes, P. Pelham, E. J. Stevens, and Williams) were fifth in the beach relay, which was won by New South Wales. H. G. Goldsmith was not placed in the junior surf race, and Benson and Smith -were not placed in the surf race restricted to amateurs. The championship points were: — New South Wales 36J, Queensland.3l, Western Australia 20, New Zealand 19, Tasmania s£, South Australia 5.