SWIMMING.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 140, 7 March 1908, Page 6

SWIMMING.

" ; A 440 yards . handicap . was decided by.-, ttfts Swifts Club : at,the;To:Arb>Bathsvlast evening ' F Eight competitors faced the starter in spite a the cuttingsoutherly breeze:. The race resultol ■ . as follows:—P. Lynch, 355ec.,, 1; E. E.Jenkin > son;'Sssec., 2; B. C.'.Freyberg,."scr.; 3: . Th' . , . other starters were C. Aston, '88sec; C. Morsa , ; ' , 70sec.; G. M. Ward, 55sec.; P. J. Kivell,<.sssec.| ■ ' F. Wilton, 50sec.' Time, 6mih. .37sec: JEynch . lost several: seconds at the' start, but won. bj". ' about three lengths. Freyberg swam a capita race, and cut out the journey in the excellent time.ot Gmin. Bsec. : He threw the various >. laps bohind as followsso yards, • 31sec,; 1W . - yards, 70sec.; 150,yards,.lmin. 50sec.; 200 yards f 2min. 3Gsec.'; 250'yaidB, 3m_in. Msec.;-, 300 yards, , i ,4min.'ssec.; 350 yards, '4min; SOsec.; 400 yards, smin. 34sec. ; 440 yards, Omiu. Bsec. i The Y.M.C.A. club got off a 220 yards handi. ,' cap, the competitors being'S;-L. Mark,. 72sec. i •T. T. Drew, GOsec. ;:.W.; L. Wilson, 36sec.; G. P. Hanna, 22sec.; R.-Baker, lOsec.;. W.. Charges,: scr. The race resulted in an easy win foi , R. Baker,-with Chartrcs i second, and Hanna third. These .were the only .three men to" com*, ; r pleto the courso. The time'..was:3min;-23sqc.V - ' . SCHOOLBOYS' PROFICIENCY. ; 1 ■ Mr.'T. Shields'has brought a large numbei '. J ,of lads on well this season, and, as a result ol 1 bis efforts,-the-following have qualified ,foi 1 proficiency, certificates for various;distances. Two miles,' A. M'Lean (Clyde' Quay'school); 3 1400'vards, H. Sim (Clyde Quay); .1000 yards, . IX Martin; Clyde! Quay; Norman .Gooder (Tech- ' i nical School);' 900 yards, K. .Tones (Clyde Quay); , 880 yards,-V. Little and E. .Williamson (Clyde ■ ; [ Quay); J. Webster (Terrace); jfiOO :yards, J. c - 'Robinson, and M. Henderson (Clyde Quay);. 50C ' yards, J; Hamilton (Clyde Quay);',44o:Tardß, * ? R. '.M'lntyre, W. Scott, O. Leeks',, and J. Gelhor 1 (Clyde Quav); 3QO-yards, Petlicrick and M. Sim , (Clvdo: Quay); George Kellaway;'(Technical); . ' R."*Rutlcdge, C.. Trevor, and J. . Partington • ' (Clyde Quay)! Ba Lambert (St.' Patrick'sr.Col. lege; 220 yards, E. Paterson, J.yPrinee.W. \ 'Hicks, J. Woods, and L. Thompson •' (Clyde - Quay). - - "-r.' J"-; ■