SWIMMING.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 146, 14 March 1908, Page 6

SWIMMING.

, ■ ' /CHAMPIONSHIP'CARNIVAL. /.Should-fine-weather-prevail during this at tcrrioon an enjoyable time. may;, be., spent' bj . spectators' at the Thorndon- Baths, on- the , occasion of the Wellington Centre's annual car-. nival. >For;'" the-'- schoolboys' ■ ■'.championship ; entries have been received,'which, will necessitate holding three heats , and . a fin'aL for .eflch'of :the two/distances : which are to bo swum; 50 and 100 .yards. Me 100' yards Wellington championship will be contested by B.' C. i-Freyberg. (Swifts), '-F. - Roberts ;(pr'esbnt holder 'Of. the title).. C. A. Mac Donald, ,and R. Ronayno, all of Thnrndon; and the entrants for' the 440 yards championship include ;8.,(T. Fr'eybnrg,' J.. Lynch. (Swifts), and 'F. Roberta , (Thorndon). The: items on the programme'will be two heats of the New Zealand Water Polo Championship; between teams from/.; the' Wellington '-Control Canterbury • Nelsorijand' Swifts' Clubs.'' Wahganui Club, which at present; holds, the banner,.as'a result'of their'win at Nelsoii 'two years ago, will.. not be..represented; on this occasion! Practically .the whole' of the. Canterbury, and Nelson.water polo teams are on their way. to Napier for the purpose of talcing part in the championships to be decided there next week, so that they-should each be capable of playjng a good fast game: Of- the local .teams,' tpo one representing the Centre, contains good in- * dividual players, and- the . Swifts have, by assiduous ■ practice, " developed combination which'will stand them, in excellent stead..