SWIMMING.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 137, 4 March 1908, Page 8

SWIMMING.

THE WELLINGTON ..CENTRE . •' . A meeting of the Wellington ■ Centre of th< New Zealand .Amateur Swimming' Associatior was held last evening,-. Mr. L. .W. Ludu ipresiding. Messrs.' T.:. Shields''.-and A. A Sommerville was appointed'."'to' 'supervise- th( swimming for boys' proficiency cernlicatcs al the Te Aro Baths, ands Mr: A.: W. Smith al Thorndon.' _It ■ ■ was decided to hold the ; School Girls Championships at Te Aro "Baths as-'follow March 16, 25 yards; March IV,-'so'yards; Marcli 18, .75 yards; March 19,t10(j, yards."- '• The following to acl at the Centre-carnival;', to : ba'-held at the Thorndon Baths on March Mr T. Shields; judges, Messrs. .Eongyne, St. Clair. Stevenson; - diving judges; .:Messrs. Fleming! Hill, and Sommerville;' starter, Mr. E. 4. Fleming; check startor,.-Mr. : W.' Barry Smith polo referee, Mr; Geo. ■ Sadd';marksmen. Messrs. Skegg, Morpeth; M'llroy, and Palmer timekeepers, Messrs. ! Ludwig,'.'Hill, ,: 'G. Sadd; result - board, Mr. Wilkes;" costume stewards Messrs. D. Joslin and Fi/Wilton.;.Press stewards, Messrs. H. A. ■and-. IT.' -E; : Andersdn megaphonist, Mr. A. W.: SmithV 'hon. treasurer, Mr..E. J. Stephens;; hoh.'.'s?cretary, Mr H. W. Dyson; assistant hon.V secretary Mr A. H.. Stevenson. Mr. 1,. Shields and a subcommittee were empowered' to. arrange the comic interlude. '■ • The Wairarapa Centre. rjnd .tlie' St. Patricks Club, ■ Masterton, .were-granted permission to hold sports on 'March 12' and 19 respectively. -; /':"■■ ' LADIES'/RACE: ;' The Swifts Amateur sivimniing. Cl.ub' held a 30 yards handicap for ladies at the Te Aro Baths yesterday evening; . witl v the following "Jesuit First hcat-O. ■ Smith,":. 3'sec., 1-0 Arthur, 4sec., 2; ,R. Bell,' ss'ec.,' 3 Time 21 sec. Second heat-N. Chappie,' lsec., 1;' E Chappie, 2sec.,-2; J. 3. Time, I Chappie, ; l ; : 0. Smith, 2; E. Chappie, 3. Time, 18scc. WATER POLO. ' ■■ The .last 0! the matches 5 for -the water polo championship was played at Te, A vo 'Baths last night, between Thorndon and Y.M.C -V The game was fairly even,'but ;not ,-very 'interest UJfv 2 C I J j m . s ' , ° ,vln K '."'icli' cqinbination. 1 .M.C.A., played six luen and Thoiindon onlv five.. In the first spell Wiggins, shot a splen": did goal for Thorndon; .this being the onlv score. Ronayne , and :■ Wiggins" both' plavod a good game, Ronayne'.haying Kiird luck'in not scoring on /wo • occasions.'}- VHaiina wis mcst prominent for Y.M;.C,A. 1 The -Thorndon Club will lioH a 250 vards h 'in, dlca P -it the Thorndon, Bath's to-night The efforts of Mr. T. Shields on 1 behalf of juvenile suimniors-. arc} afcteiulod' with great success. Recently 26 of! His ; pupils .undor- : went trials for certificates' for.'various dfefences, from 200 yards up ;to two-miles, and the whole of them sucweded-in'their taak6.