SWIMMING

Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 18, 22 January 1940, Page 14

SWIMMING

INTERMEDIATE AND JUNIOR

,(By Telegraph—Press Association:) DUNEDIN, January 21. The New Zealand intermediate and junior swimming championships were concluded on Saturday. Otago, with 55. points, won .the War Memorial Shield. Nelson, with a small but exceedingly capable team, was runner-up with 40 points, and' Southland was next with 33. Points scored by the other teams were:—Bay of Plenty 25, Auckland 20, Canterbury 7, South Auckland 3, Taranaki 4, South Canterbury 1. ' The results of the finals were:— 220 yds Intermediate " Boys, free style.—X. Williams (Auckland), 1; M. Loffley (Bay of Plenty), 2; F. Higginson (Bay of Plenty), 3. Time, 2min 33 4-ssec. .:?■■...... 100 yds Intermediate Girls, free style.—B. Westerby (Southland), 1; U. J. Walker (Nelson), 2; B. Rea (Canterbury), 3. Time, 69 ■2-ssec. ■ , ■■ ■ . . . : ' 75yds' Junior Boys, backstroke.—L. • Barry (Nelson), 1; A. Main (Otago). 2; H. Parkinson (Southland), 3. ; Tlme, 59 4-ssec. •100 yds Junior Girls, free style.—N. Lane (Otago), 1; B. Hurst (Nelson),-2; J. Baughan (Canterbury), 3. Time, 72 2-ssec. ' Intermediate Boys, Dive.—J.. Stewart (Otago), II; V. Eckhoff (Otago), 2; R. Kingsland (Bay of Plenty), 3. ' 50yds Junior Girls, Breaststroke.—D. Clark [(Southland), 1; B. Stewart (Otago), 2; J.Cowan (Auckland), 3. Time, 41sec. ' Interprovincial Four-a-side Relay.—Bay of Plenty, 1; Auckland. 2; Taranaki, 3.