SWIMMING Absence Of Seniors At Papanui Carnival

Press, Volume CI, Issue 30007, 17 December 1962, Page 3

SWIMMING Absence Of Seniors At Papanui Carnival

—*Uv*nta»e of a absence of senior swimmers, * number of l t < a rS te s. rb |a ry ’’ P romi ’V>l Jun’"f* h,M the centre of the . at “ “sfcr-club carL I” th * Papanui baths on Saturday.

,/Tk ne * were generally satisxactory and several good finishes provided excitement for the amaU cro wd . Undoubtedly the best finish of the carnival was tnat of the last event, a 4 x " 2 ,ards rela y. in which two yards covered the fine parUcipaUng teams at the end of the baths.

In the first length the former national junior breaststroke champion, m. J. Hay. gave the Uarn a «bght lead M 1“ j Clark and Miss J. Reid maintained to t “ e finish. But only inches separated the remaining four teams. “

The third Hay brother, P Hay. made up a good deal of ;ee^± y in the 1451 length of • 100 yards breaststroke race to beat J. Hale (Riccarton) and D- Stuart (Papanui). Hay was eight yards behind the leaders at half-way. A slightly built newcomer from the Beckenham club. G. P rove< i he was the possessor of a strong finishing burst in winning the 440 yards freestyle. He produced another effective late spnnt to gain second place in a 220 yards race. Among girl competitors to •how good form were Miss P. Whitta (Riccarton) breaststroke. and Misses B Poulsen < Spreydon j and J. Clark •Elmwood), backstroke.

Junior boy freestyle swimmers were present in large numbers but Miss J. Reid (Elmwood) made perhaps the biggest impression when she finished only two feet behind D. Mears < Spreydon), a member of the Canterbury training squad in a 220 yards event.

Abbreviations used in the remits are:—P., Papanui; St. A.. St. Albans; W.. Wharenui; S.. Spreydon; 8.. Beckenham; E.. Elmwood; N. 8.. North Beach, F Fendalton; R., Riccarton; L., Linwood. Results were:—

100 Yards Freestyle.—Section 1: P. Brosnahan (St. A), 1. Miss P. Wilson (L.) 2, Miss A Simpson (P.) 3. Time, 1 16.2. Section 2: B. Henderson (W.) 1. D Black <E.) 2. Miss J. Baigent (F.) 3. Time, 1:6.4. Section 3: Miss J. Clark (El 1. P. Hay (E.» 2, Miss S. Brown iW.) 3. Time, 1:»S. Section 4 A. Hale (R.i 1. R. Rough (El 2. Miss M. Slade (St A.) 3. Time, 1:9.5. Section 3: J: Powell <S.» 1. P. Carpenter (WJ ". P Cassidy (P.) 3. Time. 1:6.3. Section 6: W. Wright (St. A.i 1. W. Newton (P. > 2, N. Fraser (S.) 3. Time. 1:8.5. Section 7: D. Mayes <P.) 1, U. Williamson iE.) 2. B Spear (St. A ) 3 Time. 1:5 J. Section 8: C. Brosnahan <St. A J 1. R. Brodie (S.) 2, U Hindle <W.) 3. Time, 1:4 4. Section 9: M. Hay (E.) 1. J. Hay (E ) 2. P O’Donnell (St. A.) 3. Time, 59 1 220 Yards Breaststroke —G R Bliss (S.», 35sec. 1; N Williams (W ). go, 2; J. Hale (R.), ssec. 3 Time. 3.2.0. 100 Yards Breaststroke. —Section 1: Miss B. Poulsen (S.) 1. U. Hindle <W ) 2. L. Kidd <Wj 3 Time. 1:28.8. Section 2: U. Williamson (E.) 1. R. Sandom (W.) 2. Miss J. Clark (E.) 3. Time. 1:192. 100 Yards Butterfly —A. Harrow (S.) 1. Time. 127 4. 440 Yards Freestyle.—G. Whitehouse (B.) 1. B. Watson (N. 8. 2. Time, 6:7.4. 100 Yards Breaststroke.—Section 1: Miss S. Dunn (W.) 1. N. Williams (W.) 2. Misa S. Cain iW.) 3. Time, 125.4. Section 2: P. Hay (E.) 1. J. Hale (R.) 2. D. Stuart (P.) 3. Time. 1:32.6 Section 3: Miss P. Whitta (R.) 1. N. McEntee (P.) 2. R. Wilson (L.) 3. Time. 1:31.5. 100 Yards Medley.—A. Harrow (S.) 1. Time, 1:17.7. 220 Yards Freestyle—Section 1: B. Spear (St. A.) 1, Miss J. Baigent (F I 2, P. Cassidy (P.) 3 Time. 2:53.5. Section 2: P. O’Donnell (St. A.) 1. G. Whitehouse (B ) 2. D. Mayes (P.) 3. Time. 2:52.5. Section 3: R. Bro-

die (S.) 1. W. Wright (St. A.) 2. A Wilson (L.) 3. Time. 2:44.5. Section 4: D. Mears (S.l 1. Miss J. Reid (E.| ,2. C. Brosnahan (St. A.) 3 Time, 2:383. 4 x 25 Yards Relay Elmwood (M. Hay, J. Hay, Misses N. Clark. J. Reid) 1, Wharenui 2, Spreydon 3. Time, 52.9.