Remarkable Swim By Miss T. Shipston

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31222, 21 November 1966, Page 14

Remarkable Swim By Miss T. Shipston

Miss T. Shipston gave an indication of the ability that won her Commonwealth Games selection when she made a brilliant effort over 220 yd butterfly in the opening swimming carnival of the season, an age group meeting at the Papanui pool on Saturday.

Her time of 2min 53.35ec was 7.lsec faster than the Canterbury men’s record and would have gained her third place on the national women’s ranking list. She is still a junior, having attained her fifteenth birthday two months ago.

It was a remarkable swim—and a unique one. It wa*s the first time a female swimmer from Canterbury had covered the distance in competition. Before this splendid swim. Miss Shipston had contested three races in different strokes in the chilly conditions and won them all.

She was the only competitor in the butterfly event, so —B. M. Mustchin offered to take a lane and accompany her. But he gave up before the finish, complaining about the toughness of the assignment.

Miss Shipston, however, was not distressed at the end—a tribute to the excellent condition she is in for the start of the season. She is in a virtual round-the-year swimming programme. On returning from Kingston she followed a light training procedure until the Centennial Pool opened; since then she has stepped up her schedule of preparatory work and is now carrying out her training at a faster clip than before.

Conspicuous Success A girl who might follow in Miss Shipston’s footsteps one day, Catherine Whiting (Wharenui). also achieved conspicuous success at the carnival. She swam a creditable medley and produced two good freestyle performances; her 100yds time of Imin 4.4 sec was outstanding for a 12-year-old. The Canterbury men’s medley champion. N. Williams (Wharenui), made a good showing in the four-stroke event and gave A. B. Kindred a good race in the 200yds freestyle, only to lose by 18in.

A performance of promise was the swim by Michelle Richardson (Wharenui) in the under-16 girls’ breaststroke. She finished 3yd behind Miss Shipston over 200 yd, convincingly beating Kathryn Harris, a provincial senior and junior champion.

The carnival attracted entries from 13 of the 16 Canterbury clubs. An unusual feature was that Sockburn Park swimmers competed only in the relay event; no other club entered a team for this race.

Good Start The president of the Canterbury Swimming Centre (Mr S. Williams) said that the meeting was the best opening carnival for five or six years. The introduction of the full-scale age group competition was "encouraging.” He attributed a number of the scratchings to the uncertainty of the weather. The number of disqualifications was greater than usua'l, but the referee (Mr J. H. Johnson) said most of them were for not touching with both hands at the end of a length in breaststroke and butterfly events. Only one swimmer was ruled out for a crooked kick. Abbreviations used in the results are;— P„ Papanui; K.. Rangiora; 8.. Beckenham; S„ Spreydon; W., Wharenui; J.P., Jellle Park; E., Elmwood; C., Christchurch; N. 8., New Brighton; Nth. Bch.,

North Beach; C.L., Christchurch Ladies. Results were:— OPEN 200 Yards Freestyle.—A. B. Kindred (W.) 1, N. Williams (W.) 2, Miss C. Whiting (W.) 3. Time, 2:8.2. 200 Yards Medley.—N. Williams <W.) 1 Miss C. Whiting (W.) 2, Miss H. Sexton (W.) 3. Time, 200 Yards Backstroke.—Miss A. Easterbrook (C.) 1. Time, 2.43.4. 200 Yards Breaststroke. —R. Slow OP.) 1. Time, 3:15.2. 4 x 25 Yards Freestyle Relay. —Sockburn Park A (B. Mustchin, D ,S. Bowman, R. McLean, P. Southland) 1, Sockburn Park B 2, Sockburn Park C 3. Time: 1:49.3. UNDER 10 Boy* 200 Yards Freestyle.—B. Doherty (W.) 1, G. Barnett (S.) 2 M. Godinet (J.P.) 3. Time: 2:9.2. 200 Yards Breaststroke.—P. Hay (E.) 1. Time: 2:45.1. Girls 220 Yards Butterfly.—T. K. Shipston (E.) 1. Time: 2:53.3. 200 Yards Backstroke.—T. K. Shipston <E.) 1, J. Nielson (W.) 2. Time: 2:35.2. 200 Yards Breaststroke. —T. K. Shipston (E.) 1, M. Richardson (W.) 2, K. Harris (W.) 3. Time: 2:51.4. 200 Yards Freestyle.—T. K. Shipston (E.) 1, J. Nielson (W.) 2, B. Braithwaite (W.) 3. Time: 2:15. UNDER 14 Boys 200 yards freestyle.—C. Ansley (J.P.) 1, R. Faulding (R) 2, P. Mulligan (W) 3. Time. 2:44.2. 200 yards breaststroke.—R. Tweedie (W) 1. P. Sexton (N. 8. 2. Time, 3:2.8. 200 yards backstroke.—C. Ansley (J.P.) 1, R. Faulding (R) 2, L. Campbell (E) 3. Time, 3:9.4. Girls 200 yards freestyle.—Race 1: M. Darch (S) 1, J. Gray (W) 2, A. Griffiths (J.P.) 3. Time, 2:28.2. Race 2: C. Tyson (C.L.) 1, L. Nielson (W) 2, R. Reid (W) 3. Time, 2:41.8. Race 3: G. Da. combe (R) 1, M. Bourke (J.P.) 2, C. Duckmanton (B) 3. Time, 2:29.3. 200 yards breaststroke.—J. Gray (W) 1, J. McAllister (W) 2. Time, 3:24.8. 200 yards backstroke.—G. Dacombe (R) 1, A. Trent (S) 2. Time, 3:3.1. UNDER 13 Boys 100 yards freestyle.—Race 1: P. Butler (W) 1, C. Robinson (W) 2, G. Campbell (W) 3. Time, 1:9.4. Race 2: R. Newall (S) 1, C. Trembath (J.P.) 2, B, Fox (W) 3. Time. 1:22.5. 100 yards backstroke.—P. Butler (W) 1. Time. 1:25.8. 100 yards butterfly.—P. Butler (W) 1. Time, 1:39.5. Girls 100 yards freestyle.—Race 1: C. Whiting (W) 1, J. Hay (E) 2,

S. Drake (W) 3. rime, 1:4.4, Race 2: A. Vincent (E) I, H, Lawrence (J.P.) 2, M. Langham (W) and N. Forsey (J.P.) equal 3. Time, 1:19.3. 100 yards breaststroke.—J. Hay (E) 1, M. Langham (W) 2. H. Milter (E) 3. Time, 1:27.8. 100 yards backstroke.—J. Hay (E) 1, A. Vineent (E) 2. Time, 1:26.1. 100 yards butterfly.—J. Hay (E) I. Time, 1:24.1. UNDER U Boys 100 yards freestyle.—Race 1: J. Morgan (J.P.) 1, Lew Barclay (J.P.) 2, W. Kennedy (N. 8. 3. Time, 1:23.3. Race 2: R. Perry (E) 1, D. Tatom (E) 2, Lloyd Barclay (J.P.) 3. Time, 1:24.8. Girls 100 yards freestyle.—Race 1: H. Sexton (W) 1, K. Nielson (W) 2, M. Parkhouse <W) 3. Time. 1:12.6. Race 2: P. Marks (J.P.) I. K. McManus (C) 2, S. Johnton (W) 3. Time, 1:20.4. 100 yards breaststroke.—B. Atkinson (S) 1, M. Parkhouse (W) 2, A. Tweedie (W) 3. Time, 1:39.6. 100 yards backstroke.— Race 1: K. Nielson (W) 1, B. Atkinson (S) 2, P. Marks (J.P.) 3. Time. 1:28.4. Race 2: K. McManus (C) 1, S. Walker (E) 2. Time, 1:43.6. 100 yards butterfly.—H. Sexton (W) 1, J. Moffat (E) 2. Time, 1:23.8. UNDBR U Boys 100 yards freestyle.—M. Lee (W) 1, J. Dixon (Nth. Bch.) 2, G. Haines (W) 3. Time, 1:15.4. 100 yards backstroke.—M. Lee <W) 1, J. Dixon (Nth. Bch.) 2. Time, 1:37.1. Girls 100 yards freestyle.—Race 1: J. Parkhouse (W) 1, K. Whiting (Nth. Bch.) 2. D. Williams (W) 3. Time, 1:24. Race 2: S. Bell (E) 1, L. Bourke (J.P.) 2, V. Wright (Nth. Bch.) 3. Time, 1:30.5. 100 yards breaststroke.—S. Bell (E) 1. Time, 1:49.4. 100 yards backstroke.—J. Parkhouse (W) 1, S. Bell (E) 2, L. Bourke (J.P.) 3. Time, 1:49.2. UNDER 10 Boys 50 yards freestyle.—Race 1: M. Trembath (J.P.) 1, T. Atkinson (S) 2, M. Carson (S) 3. Time, 36.6. Race 2: B. Bolland (W) 1. T. Tatom (E) 2, W Duckmanton (B) 3. Time. 39.2. 50 yards backstroke.—B. 8011, and (W> 1. Time, 52.1. Girls 50 yards freestyle.—Race 1: 9„„ T " eedie <W > N - Harding (W) 2, S. Lee (W) 3. Time, 45.5. Race 2: G. Smith (J.P.), 1, J. Tomlinson (E) 2, M McManus (C) 3. Time, 43.3. 50 yards breaststroke.—J. Tomlinson (E) 1, s. Perry (E) 2. Time, 1:4.

50 yards backstroke.—G. Smith (J.P.) 1, G. Tweedie <W) 2, J Tomlinson (E) 3. Time. 52.7.