Surf Life-Saving CANTERBURY BEATEN

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29153, 14 March 1960, Page 15

Surf Life-Saving CANTERBURY BEATEN

Good Margin To 5 Wellington (From Our Own Reporter) WELLINGTON, March 13. In calm conditions at Lyall Bay • on Saturday afternoon. Welfing- ■ ton district’s surf life-saving repr resentatives beat Canterbury by . 23 points to 5. The long swim in almost flat water appeared to suit Wellington, which won - all four reel events by surprisingly wide margins, although the water points were fairly close. B. Crowder had a close tussle with B. Robertson in the belt in

wnu u. nuurilOUll in me DC it in the four-man event, winning narrowly. In the junior four-man contest, the reigning junior beltmen’s champion, K. Ryan, fought it out with last year’s title-holder, G. Le Cren (Taylor’s Mistake), and touched the buoy first. There was also some close swimming in the senior surf race. B. Crowder and R. Blair, close rivals in the national individual events, fought it out for most of the way At the finish, Blair was closely pressed by the Wellington champion, C. Billings, and a former NewZealand title-holder, M. Haxton. Results:— Six-man rescue and resuscitation, senior; Wellington (I. White, G. Billings, M. Haxton, R. Maltby, B. Charles, L. Harlen), 6.8 points deducted, 1; Canterbury (G. Silvester, A. Lee, J. Hughes, R. Blair, B. Robertson, R. Pocock), 15.85, 2; Wellington (C. Blakeley, A. Young, K. Ryan, A. Griffin, R. Jacobsen, P. Griffin), 9.6, 1; Canterbury (A. McPhail, T. Stephens. T. Gaskill, A. McDow’ell, K. Lanyon, B. Bassett), 17.65, 2. Four-man alarm senior: Wellington (Maltby, B. Crowder.. Arlen, White), 5.6, 1; Canterbury (G. Boyle, B. Robertson, Lee, Silvester), 6.75, 2. Junior: Wellington (Blakeley, Ryan, Jacobsen. P. Griffin), 5.1, 1; Canterbury, 11.05, 2. Teams’ surf race, senior: Wellingtnn heat Canterhnrv .Tnnlnr* rar.

ton beat Canterbury. Junior: Canterbury (G. Le Cren, A. McPhail, T. Stephens, K. Lanyon) beat Wellington. Individual surf races, senior: B. Crowder (Wellington), 1; R. Blair (Canterbury), 2; C. Billings (Wellington), 3; M. Haxton (Wellington), 4; A. Lee (Canterbury), 5; G. Silvester (Canterbury), 6; L. Harlen (Wellington), 7. Junior: G. Le Cren (Canterbury), 1; K. Ryan (Wellington), 2; A. McPhail (Canterbury), 3; T. Stephens (Canterbury), 4; A. Young (Wellington), 5; K. Lanyon (Canterbury), 6. March-past: Wellington 1, Canterbury 2. Beach sprint: Wellington 1, Canterbury 2. Surf ski relay: Wellington 1, Canterbury 2. The James Stephen Memorial Trophy race was won by Maranui • This trophy, given in memory of a Maranui junior who was killed in World War 11, has been contested 14 times between junior teams of the Maranui (Wellington) and South Brighton clubs. It has been won seven times by Maranui, six by South Brighton, and there has been nn? drawn contest. On Saturday,

one Grawn coniesu. V/11 Odiuiua.y, Maranui won all three events—the six-man rescue and resuscitation, the four-man alarm, and the teams' surface.

Soldiers’ Multi-Wife Ban.— Lieutenant-Colonel M. Jusuf, commander of the South Celebes, has banned his men from marrying more than one woman without permission from their unit commanders. He said in a general order that any soldier found disobeying would be discharged from the service. —(Reuter)