N.Z. CHAMPIONSHIPS

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 19, 24 January 1927, Page 17

N.Z. CHAMPIONSHIPS

FIVE RECORDS BROKEN

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)

•■in,'.-w „ ■AUCKLAND, 22nd January. I'our fcew Zealand records were broken ana one. was equalled at the first session of the o ' <Tf?,V ham£ ioQshlps at the T«l)i(i Baths S?bv'?l lpTe?-1^ 62 I"sse« t0 23mi""« 4-5 1c,%l e,% by «»> Canterbury champion, D. P. LindbreaUiu.r £ the 880 yds in the recordBrcakiug time of llmin 40sec Kecontlv hn The in? c/ 8? y?,S^eCOrd t0 "mm 54 3 ssec " land was Yon hleSAn hamplonsllip of Now ZeaI^^T^slon^^S^e^ VoS? s re^ ord o fey 3sdc. while Leslie Olds , »w mart's s^ jWior t ICo^ 1"r Oe neord Po S f y^ |!SS. *"»ltal Miss The following are the detailed results :— 100 yds LADIES' CHAMPIONSHIP (Auckland), 3. Time, 72sec MlmT"Ann»''Tm lsS ,J- Beil fAuckland), 1; (AScwind? 1" 'TtafhH-Ssec! 3 St°CltlCy Miss Stockley .-..*.'. • t Miss Bell .'.'.'.'.'.'. 2 Miss Jepson ' ■> Time, 67 3-ssec. "*: The six competitors go!* away to a perfect start, and covered the fl7st lap almost Tin a straight line. The first turn saw Hie swimmers still togethor, with the exception of Miss Page, who was some feet away. Miss Firnii .ar went slightly ahead over the second lap '« »"»« »o the turn at the 66 2-3 yards' by Miss fctockloy, who.was closely followed by but S? 1 tI JIiS, S StoCkley made a »>»« »»«' but made up the leeway over the final lap and won- by a good yard. Mtss Bell swam stronelv £ SeC°M. Pl^ Ce> With Jllss JePs°n afi KJMS'u'S' fourtl1 ' »«*«-m«h«. 100 yds NATIONAL CHASIPIONSHIP. First Heat.—A. Adamsoa (Auckland) 1 • N. S. Batcuelor (Wellington), 2; L Mreav (Auckland), 3. The . only starters Won by Tlme,M' 2a- s sye" a betWeeQ SeC°nd aUd «lirdSecond.Heat.—D. P. Lindsay (Canterbury) I; J. Bix-Trott (Wellington), 2; N. Dowsett Wanganui), 3. Also started: J. Enwright (Auckland) The last-named was responsible' eachTayf^TlmtrGOsot 11"11 raCO ™ * tOUCh ■ jlnal: A. D. Adamson' (Auckland) l N. Dowsett (Wanganui) 2 L. Falrgray (Auckland) 3 A thrilling finish, saw Dowsett and Adamson hurl themselves to the end of the bath together Adamson won by a touch. His time, 59 l-ssec was surprisingly slow under the circumstances! 75yds INTERMEDIATE GIRLS 1 BREASTSTROKE CHAMPIONSHIP. ■ Miss M. Rydon (Auckland) ...; 1 .Miss D. Breward (Christchurch) .. 2 Miss B. Anderson (Wanganui) 3 : The four starters went down tho first lap in close company. Miss Rydon leading from I <v Br£ Wa hd; The leaders turned together at tho 66 2-3 yards and Miss Rydon" drew out, to win by a touch.. Miss Breward was one yard ahead of Miss Anderson, who beat Miss-Broadhead by a foot. Time, 65 2-ssec, was one second faster than the New Zealand record held by Miss Breward. 50yds JUNIOR GIRLS' CHAMPIONSHIP. First Heat: " • Sybil Brown (Auckland), 1; L. Howarth (Wanganui), 2; M. Rodgers (South Canterbury), 3. Won by a touch. Time, 32 2-ssec, equalling Miss L. Coutts's New Zealand record. . Second Heat: N. Coutts (Auckland), 1; V. Berry (Canterbury), 2; J. Brewer (South Canterbury), 3. Won by a touch. Time, 36 2-ssec. Final; Miss Brown 1 Miss Howarth 2 Misses Coutts and Berry, dead heat 3 • Time, 33scc. • Miss Brown always had a slight advantage, and won by a foot, five yards separating tho second and tho two third girls. ONE MILE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. D. P. Lindsay (Canterbury) 1 E. V. Cunnold (Auckland) .. 2 A. Stokes (Canterbury) 3 . Also started: A. E. Baird (Auckland) J. Enwrlght (Auckland), W.Ryland (.Wanganui).. Varying his pace, Lindsay covered half a mile in llmin 40sec—a record for the distance. Great applause greeted his wonderful sprint over the last lap. His time was 23mln 36 4-5 sec; which was lmin 2 l-ssec better than the previous- record. 220 yds INTERMEDIATE BOYS. C Brldson (Auckland) 1 W. Cameron (Wellington) 2 R. Sellers (Helensville) 3 Also started: K. Cleand (South Canterbury), uridson's time was 2min 35sec. 100 yds JUNIOR BOYS' CHAMPIONSHIP. L. Olds (Otago) 1 H. T. Schou (Canterbury) ........ 2 L. Smyth (Auckland) 3 Also started: D. Gowan, D. Blair (Wanganui), T. Morrison (South Canterbury), N. Slmraonds (Hawkes Bay). Won by eight yards in 6G 3-sscc. WATER POLO CHAMPIONSHIP. First Round.—Canterbury 6 (Meikle 3, H. Smith 3), beat Auckland 0. Points for the' interprovincial trophies were scored on Saturday as follow.— Yaldhurst Shield.—Auckland 17, Canterbury G', Wanganul 3. Otago 2. - ' ■ I Wai'Memorial Shield.—Auckland 3, Otago 1.