SWIMMING.
■ ■•'. . . SWIFTS CLl'B GALA. ' ' ; _ Never have the prospects for, a success, lul carnival■. been brighter than.-is the the Swifts .Swimming Club's .gala. at Te. iro ■BathS-'oK- Saturday nest. • Une event alone has been- the'talk of ■ the swimming -fraternity for -weeks -past ??• ' ,1? ' c JS, nces ' of ' * he thr «' e teams in -. this (the Flying- have .' teen the subject .. of■' keen speculation. Thorndon; Wellington, and Swifts Clubs will each lie represented by'the very best of their talent, and although the firstnamed team appears to be tho-Jniost formidable the improved form-, of-the Tβ Aro.pien-has to bo-kept Snjnind. .The winning- team will .hold the .-silver cup (recently presented to ■ tha. Wellington. ■ Centre - by 'Messrs.:. Walker .'and -Hall) for twelve-months.-■,, In.'.addition: to this the ■Swifts Club will present-each-member of. '.iho.te.anv with.a gold-.medals The usual ' handicap , races, and .also «ome : unusual 'ones, .will lie swum at this carnival,, while the s concluding item .will be a trial game, of water polo.- between-.two , ■teams from which the : Wellingto- Centre's' representatives for. Hie New, Zealand championship will be-picked. Afternoon'tea and'the Tramways Band will assist: in'keeping ■ the carnival .bright, while .comic events are also included. _ '" : . , .'■■. ■ ■ ; ' ' THE SMITH 'CUP:-." -'.:■- ! The Swifts Club decided : ;he- final for the 100 yards distance ofitho Smith Cup at Te Aro Baths-last night,; Results :— Smith, Bsec, 1;H. Jeniinson; 9sec; 2; B. C. Freyberg, scr,; 3. :Alsoi started: "L. Blundell, llsec; A.' M'Leari, 9sec; A. M. Smith, 9sec; H. Mullins, 7sec.;'-K ' LeiT. -Vsec;; -G..8-: Paterson, ssec.i E. E, ■. Jcnkinson, sSec..-.Time, 70 3-ssec. ■ ■ .-"THE THORNDONCLTIB.'.'.'. ■ i The following, events have been swum , ' off under the'auspices of. the Thorndoa Club:- ■;■■•■■. . : ' ■: 150 Yards ;Fin'al.—King, , 28sec, I;- Brioe, 2sec, 2; Hea'ly, scr.,-3. , . Also 'started: Wareham, 16sec.; Nelson, lOsec' Time, 2niin. 3Jsec.. Next' Wednesday a 200 yards .race.will be swum.-.and it isexpected that several of the visiting championship swimmers will .compete.-.' I ' ■'
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1035, 26 January 1911, Page 6
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302SWIMMING. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1035, 26 January 1911, Page 6
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