SWIMMING

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22371, 7 April 1938, Page 15

SWIMMING

PRIMARY SCHOOL SPORTS HELD SOME CLOSE FINISHES The annual swimming sports conducted by the Canterbury Primary Schools Sports’ Association were held at the Tepid Baths. Some close finishes were seen. The boys’ relay race produced a particularly fine exhibition of swimming. Results were as follows: Boys ..Under 13—First heat: M. Wellwood (Fendalton) 1. Second heat: A. Couling (Sydenham) 1. Third heat: D. Watson (St. Albans) 1. Fourth heat: D. Smith (St. Albans) 1. Fifth heat: T. Cox (Beckenham) 1. Final: Watson 1, Couling 2, Wellwood 3. Under 12—First heat: J. Mercer (Fendalton) 1. Second heat: A. Couling (Sydenham) 1. Third heat; R. Trott (Opawa) and D. English (West Spreydon) (equal) 1. Fourth heat: A. Chappell (Fendalton) 1. Fifth heat: A. O. Chappell (Fendalton) 1. Final; A. O. Chappell 1, Mercer 2. Couling 3. 25 Yards Breaststroke, under 13—First heat; F. Williams (Elmwood! 1, R. Maindonald (St. Albans) 2. Second heat; A. Archer (Beckenham) 1. I. Gee (East Christchurch) 2. Final: Maindonald 1. Williams 2, Archer 3. Width, under 11—M. Broome (Elmwood) 1. A. O. Chappell (Fendalton) 2, R. Smith (Somerfield) 3. Two Lengths, . Open—N. Robinson (Somerfieid) 1, M. Jones (Woolston) 2, M. Ockenden (Elmwood) 3. Two Lengths, under 14—First heat: R. Hemmingsen (Fendalton) 1, J. Turner (Sumner) 2. Second heat; J. Cairns (Woolston) 1, P. Dyer (Fendalton) 2. Final: Dyer 1. Hemmingsen 2, Turner 3. Springboard Dive—H. McGrath (Woolston) 1, M. Robinson (Somerfield) 2, A. Barber (Sydenham) 3. Length. Breaststroke, Open—First heat: P. Cooper (Somerfield) 1, R. Maindonald (St. Albans) 2. Second heat: R. Hemmingsen (Fendalton) 1, A. Batchelor (Somerfield) 2. Final: Hemmingsen 1. Cooper 2, Batchelor 3. Life Saving—R. Hemmingsen (Fendalton A) 1. McFarlane (Fendalton B) 2. Relay—First heat: Fendalton 1, Somerfield 2. Second heat: Woolston 1, Elmwood 2. Final: Fendalton (P. Dyer, C. Kirkpatrick, R. Hemmingsen. J. Mercer) 1, Woolston 2, Elmwood 3. Girls Under 13 —First heat: A. Higgott (Opawa) 1, M. Davies (Fendalton) 2. Second heat: M. Laird (Waimairi) 1, N. Hazeldine (Sydenham) 2. Third heat; S. Killworth (Beckenham) 1, D. Bain (Spreydon) 2. Final: Higgott 1, Davies 2, Bain 3. Under 12—First heat; D. Kemp (North Beach) 1, R. Whittaker (Beckenham) 2. Second heat: D. ‘ Bain (Spreydort) 1. V. Frame (Shirley Intermediate) 2. Third heat: M. Kidd (Opawa) 1. B. Sparrow (Shirley Intermediate) 2. Final: Kemp 1. Kidd 2, Whittaker 3. 25 Yards Breaststroke, under 13—First heat; H. Mcllroy (Woolston) 1. A. Cuthbertson (Beckenham) 2. Second heat: J. McFarlane (Fendalton) 1, M. Batchelor (Somerfield) 2. Third heat; J. Bruce (Wharenul) 1. B. Sparrow (Shirley Intermediate) 2. Final: Mcllroy 1, Bruce 2. Cuthbertson 3. Width, under 11—M. Kidd (Opawa) 1, E. Gemmell (Opawa) 2. J. Tarrant (Opawa 3. Two Lengths. Open—F. Glasson (East Christchurch) 1, S. Franklin (Fendalton) 2, B. Lawn (Fendalton) 3. ■ Two Lengths, under 14 —M. Davies (Fendalton) 1, J. Anderson (Opawa) 2. R. Radley (Fendalton) 3. Springboard Dive—F. Glasson (East Christchurch) 1, M. Gregory (Woolston) 2, V. Dulieu (Elmwood) 3. Length, Breaststroke —F. Glasson (East Christchurch) 1, S. Franklin (Fendalton) 2, O. Frame (Shirley Intermediate) 3. Life Saving—F. Glasson and N. Rowe (East Christchurch) 1, J. McFarlane and R. Radley (Fendalton) 2. Relay—Opawa (A. Higgott, D. Fox, J. Anderson. M. Kidd) 1, Shirley Intermediate 2, Fendalton 3.