THE STAR CLUB'S SWIMMING SPORTS.

Evening Post, Volume LVII, Issue 24, 30 January 1899, Page 5

THE STAR CLUB'S SWIMMING SPORTS.

The Star Boating Club was not favoured with the best of conditions for its swimming sports on Saturday afternoon. A stiff north-west wind churned the water of the harbour into an aggravating jobble, through which the swimmers had to plough their way. Still, it was warm, and the swimmers entered into the sport with a zest, spurred on, mayhap, by bright eyes that looked down upon them from tho boathouse balcony, which was set apart as usual for the fairer half of humankind. Numbers of spectators also watched the races from the adjacent breastwork. Mr. H. D. Bell, President of the club, and Mrs. Bell, were present, and the club's many guests at an appropriate interval took afternoon tea provided by Mr. Mawson. Messrs. Truscott, Rich, and Sherwood, champion swimmers' from Christchurch, put in an appearance during the afternoon, and gave an exhibition of swimming. The officials for the afternoon were : — Messrs. W. H. Morrah, H. J Duigan, and W. D. Home, handicappers; Mr. N. Galbraith, starter; Messrs. G. H. Bethune, C. Pearce, and A. W. Newton, judges ; and st committee consisting of Messrs. G. H. Bethune (captain of the club), C. Pearce (deputy-captain), W. H. Morrah, N. Galbraith, A. W. Newton, W. D. Home, R. Pownall, J. R. Morrison, H. J. Duigan, and H. W. Cooper, and Mr. W. I. Blair, who acted as seoretary. The results of the events decided after we went to press on Saturday are as follows .- — ' Corfu Dive (in which the competitor had to dive from the skids, and, if possible, come to the surface with his head through a stationary lifebuoy). — G. Hutchinson, 1 ; F. S. Broome, 2. Club Handicap, 75 yards. — First heat : A. J. S. Thomson, 1; W. D. Herne, 2; H J. Duigan, 3. Second heat : J. Moeller, 1 ; H. W. Cooper, 2; F. Fanning, 3. Final : Thomson, 111 1 Duigan, 2 ; Home, 3. Won by six yards. Headers. — K. Duncan, 1 ; A. Duncan, 2 ; A. J Curtis, 3. Fancy Diving. — F. Pownall, 1 j G. Hutchinson, 2 ; J. R. Morrison, 3. Club Handicap, 50 yards. — First heat : W. D. Home, 1 ; A. Duncan, 2; H. J. Duigan, 3. Second heat. — Williamson, lj G. Hutchinson, 2 ; A. J. S. Thomson, 3 Final : Home, 1 ; Duncan, 2; Williamson, 3. Won by about a head after a fine race. Greasy Pole.— W. A. Gray, 1 ; H. L. Wiggins, 2 ; W. I. Blair, 3. The Teams Race and the Seahorse Race were abandoned, but ths former will be got off some afternoon this week.