GIRL GUIDES'SWIMMING CONTEST

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 71, 24 March 1926, Page 5

GIRL GUIDES'SWIMMING CONTEST

On Saturday last crowds of blue-clad girls could have been seen wending their way towards tho Te Aro Baths, in company with their officers. The event was. an important one, for tho new silver cup presented by Mrs. A. Duncan, of Wellington, for the senior swimming Guide championship was to be competed for. Tho season is now a little late for swimming sports, but the weather was' kind, and a large number of entries fir oicl\ event arld"<l to the fun. In all, eleven events, including the junior and senior enanipionships, were entered i'or. Mr. Columb, assistant caretaker of the batlis, waa master of- ceremonies, with the assistance of Mv. Horn, who is .') "i>M medallist, and Messrs. Anyon and Hunter, both of tho Island liuy Jjifc-sav.u;;-Club. Great appreciation was felt fov their keen interest and help given to the frirls. | Following is a list of the prizewinners for swimimn.o:— ijiccn \ etuvi. , N. M'Gee, 11th Island Bay Co.; 12 | years, S. Stewart, Dominion Farmers' institute Co.; 13 years, H. Aitken, 12th Wellington Co.: '14 your*, E. .Jon<-~. Lower Hutt; 11 and 12 years, M. Raven, sth Wellington Co.; 13 a'nd 14 years, G. Bade, Kelburn Co.; 15 years, M. M'Crae, Junior Dominion Farmers' Institute Co.; junior chain . pionship, E. Aitken, 12th Wellington Co.; senior' championship (Duncan Cup), M. M'Crae, Dominion Farmers' Institute Co.. Diviner: 11 and 12 years, J. Downhard, 2nd Wellington Co.; 13 and 14 ycar3. K. Khodes, Jtarnnui Co.: ] 15 years, T\ lii";i'?. Doiniir''' l!'' Institute Co. Life-saving: M. M'Crae, Junior D.i'.l. | The prizes were afterwards awarded by Mrs. H. Kirkcaldie, provincial Commissioner for Wellington. Cheers were (fivcii for ?[vs. r>;i:i("!n. f]\r donor of the cup, and for M. M'Crae, the winner, and .nimlly for tho men who Jiaii so kindly given their time to make the event a success, and for their offer to assist on any future occasion. At the end of the races crowds of keenly interested <rivl"s wntched n r.rnfo""'<:"'"' display of life-saving by two of the men. Plans are aiooi fur ;i iy"'*ll ■' party sale to help raise funds to carry on Guide work in Wellington. Time and place Will be announced later, aii'l it. is hoped that h?artv'su«"or(; v' -l" '"' given liy the friends of Guiding in Wellington. J