SWIMMING.
TEE WELLINGTON CLUB. At Tc Aro Baths Inst evening the ■Wellington Amateur Swimming Club held a couple of races — 'liti yards breast stroke handicap and tho final Of the 75 yards junior handicap. In tho former event, there were two Auckland competitors, who aro hero for the breast stroke championship. They both proved to be in a class far above our local breast-stroke swimmers. Tho following are the results: Breast Stroke Handicap, 220 yards.— First heat: W. B. Jerrom, lOscc. behind 6ci\, 1; K. D. Russell, 12 stc, 2; J. A. M'Lemi, lGscc, 3. Also started: F.' Delaney, 20sec.; V\\ L. "Wilson, ISscc.; L. Silver, 18sec; E. Coira, lGsec.; E. R. Scott, Hscc.; T. Woodcock, scr. Time, 3 rain. 27scc. Second heat: R. Russell, 20sec. "1; H. I.eese, 36soc, 2; W. lii Hcrton, 12i-ec. boliiml scr., 3. Al;b started: G. H. Weir, 34sec; W. H. Ellis, Sfcec.;' H. Levestam, 25sec.; C. Aston, 2isec. ;.H. Wynne, 20sec. Time, 3min. 49=ec. Tho final will bo decided to-night. Junior Handicap, 73 yards.—Final: Pope, 1; Weaver, 2; Mayer, 3. No timo taken. .■..-, THE THORXDON'CLUB. . A 200 yards raco was swum off under the auspices of the Thorndon Swimming Club 'on Wednesday evening. Newton (36sec.) proved the winner, Healy (per.) being second,' and Brica (2sec), third. Also started: Ronaync; sscc.; Roberts, Gsec.; Nelson, Usec.; Wnreham. lOscc.; Picot, 20sec.; Wiggins, 24sec; King, 23 sec.; J. Smith, 3'lscc.; M'L«au, 40scc.; Pyle, Msec;'A. W. Smith, 52scc; li'roeraan, 52sec; Donovan, 52sec. Time, 3min. 7sec. ' . • i '■■■ ■■ picnic foe' visitors. ' The' Wellington Centre has arranged to entertain the visiting swimmers to tho championship meeting at a picnic at Muritai- on Sunday. . J. Grant, of Eawera, who was to swim at the Stratford carnival, has been selected by the Wanganui Centre of tho N.Z. Amateur Swimming Association as their representative at the New Zealand championships to bo held in Wellington shortly. On Friday last (says tho Stratford "Post") Grant and ■ Claringbold, an exAustralian, had a ding-dong "go" in the fifty yards distance for the. Hawera Club's senior cup, Grant just winning..
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1041, 2 February 1911, Page 7
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340SWIMMING. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1041, 2 February 1911, Page 7
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