Age-group swimmers show good form

Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33154, 19 February 1973, Page 11

Age-group swimmers show good form

With the Hansell’s sponsored national age-group championships to be held next Saturday and Sunday at Masterton. it was encouraging to see good times from Canterbury members of the agegroup team at the open and • under-14 swimming carnival at ; the St Albans pool on Saturday. 1 Brian Honeybone (St Albans),! with fastest times in the 100 and 1 200 yards breaststroke and 100 yard* freestyle open events, showed very’ good form, and if! he can improve next week-end he will come home with a medal His breaststroke times of Imin i 15.5 sec and 2min 41.9 sec were; both good, and he showed his i versatility with a fine 57.55ec in the 100 yards freestyle. Eddie Box <Wharenui>, with a 58.5 sec 100 yards in the freestyle. kept up the good form he' established at the South Island! championships two weeks ago,' and his time of Imin s.4sec in the 100 yards butterfly was also a good effort. He will be one of. Canterbury’s main hopes at Masterton. Lynne Rowe (Wharenul), after only mediocre performances in! the Australian championships ] last week-end, indicated a re-: turn to form in the 100 yards: freestyle, her time of Imin 2.9sec' being the fastest of the women’s. Elizabeth Archer (New Bright-1 ton* had an excellent day with; good times in every event she •warn. In the 100 yards breaststroke. her main event, she swam ’.min 18.5 sec. only a couple of seconds outside her best. She •houed versatility with good freestyle and butterfly times also. Mark Trembath and Stuart Poore 'both Wharenub, who are

strong candidates for medals . next weekend produced good times in the 100 yards backstroke of Imin s.3sec and Imin 7.ssec . respectively. Janice Murdoch iWharenui), I although she did not make the age-group team, is returning to her best form, and her freestyle and butterfly times, were near ' I her best. i Three other members of the age-group team, Peter McDonald > iNew Brighton), Trudi Garland AVharenui) and Jayne Tweedie t iSockbura Park), had respectable times, and the form of Miss Tweedie, one of Canterbury*s two top qualifiers for Masterton, showed she is likely to be placed ’ at the week-end. 1 Trembath had by far the fastest time in the heats of the 4 ix 2 lengths individual medley • and he had a surprisingly good : J time of Imin 17.3 sec in the 100 I'yards breaststroke. , Roseanne Baker (Sockburn i Park) won the most exciting race > of the afternoon, beating Miss f Archer and Linda Cairns L (Wharenui) in a medley heat. Only .7sec separated the three ■ swimmers. i In the under 14 events, Mark > Byrnes iSockburn Park) and -Peter Harris (New Brighton) > both had fast 100 yard freestyle times and Jennifer Kingsbury’ * Sockburn Park) had the fastest • time of the under 14 girls in this i event. > John Adams (Beckenham) and - lan Sltwinski (Elmwood) gave i promising performances in the t under 14 breaststroke and an- • • other Beckenham swimmer. I Kevin Baker, had the fastest s time in the open 200 yards freestyle with 2min 11.8 sec and also L had a good 58.6 sec in the 100 • yards freestyle.