SWIMMING
To-morrow at Te Aro Baths, the Wellington public will have an opportunity of seeing the visiting Australian swimmers, Noel Ryan and Owen Griffiths, in action, Special invitation races, in which these swimmers will participate, have been arranged. Particular interest centres round the 100 yards scratch event, in which Griffiths will be opposed bv W. Cameron, the present New Zealand champion. Both these swimmers have recorded 55 4-ssec. for the distance. This time is the present New Zealand record Kvan will appear in a 440 yards invitation handicap, in which he will be conceding starts to C. E. Claridge and Miss Kathleen Millar, the present 440 yards New Zealand ladies’ champion. Polo, diving and handicap events complete the programme.
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Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 74, 20 December 1929, Page 9
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119SWIMMING Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 74, 20 December 1929, Page 9
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