SCHOOL SWIMMING

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 48, 26 February 1942, Page 5

SCHOOL SWIMMING

CHAMPIONSHIP CONTESTS

Young swimmers, representing many schools, were at Uie Te Aro Baths on Tuesday as competitors iv the Wellington primary schools swimming championships. There were about 250 of them and they showed a fine alllouud standard of performance.

Clyde Quay won the schools' championship with 2.S points, Thorndon, 1!J, was second, and Kilbirnie, 17, third. The zones' championship was won by the Eastern zone with 57 points. City zone was second witb AH points, and Northern 1 was third with 25 points. In the results below tlie schools are indicated as follows :--Uataitai (11.), Kilbirnie^ X.) • Lyall Bay (L.R.), .Miramar South (M.S.), Rongotai College (R.C ), Seatoun (S.), Karori (Kar.l, Karori West (K.W.). Te Aro (T.A.), Thorndon (Tli.). Cl.wle Quay (C.Q.), Island Bay (I.B.), Khandallah (Kh.). .Ngiiio (Kg.), Marist Thorndon (M.T.). Scots College (S.C), South Wcl'ingtou (S.W.).

Diving championship Buys: N. HeuUcison (Kli.), 1; I. Paterson (S.)' and Cook (C.U.I, equal. 2. Girls: A Clarke (S.), 1; I Coiiurn (CQ.). li; P Allen (K.) and C. Long (Tit.), equal, ;-! 25 yards freestyle (under 11) — 80.,s II Whitei'lilfe (CQ). I;T Hollow (11.), 2; J. Brown (M.T.), 3. Girls: P Fergusson (Tli.), 1, J. Dunnett (X.l, 2; N. McKenzie (Kh.). '.'>. 25 yards freestyle iMiampinnship— (11 years)— Hoys: I! Hatchwell (K.). 1; R. Turner (L.8.), 2; M. Smith (Kar.), 8. Girls: G. Head (Kar.), 1; ,1 Simmonds (H.), 2; F. Cohurn (CQ.), :.'.. 25 yards breaststroke championship (under 12) —Roys- li Wakelin 'C.Q.), 1; G Tnomer (T.A.). 2; Prosser (Kar.), 8. Girls: .1 Dunnett Uv.), I: M. Teague (Th.), 2; D. Ashton (K.), 3. 50 yards breaststroke championship (12 and over) --Roys : N Ponaghue (S.C.), I: K. Paterson (S.) 2; 1) Nisbet (CQ.). •3. Girls: V Smith (C.Q.)..1: ,1. .Nisbet (C.Q.), 2; D Ashton (lv). 3. 51) yards freestyle championship (12 years)— Roys: 1. Heywood (S.C), 1 : C. Atkinson (R.C), 2; S. Rellamore (CQ), 3 Girls: R, Johnson (M.S) I: A Paterson (M.S.). 2; Y. Hughes (Ng.), '■'~ 50 yards freestyle championship (13 and over)— Boys: N Donaghue (SC). I; H. O'Rilcv (Th.), 2; I. Cook (CQ), ,'i. Girls: S. de Cent (C.Q.). 1; R Dowdle (Th.), 2; B. Bock (I.B.), 3. 50 yards open backstroke championship—Roys: 1. Paterson (S.), 1; 1. Fitzgerald (K.W.), 2; W. Hill (R.C), 3 Girls: S. de Cent (CQ), 1; A. Clarke (S.), 2; I). Whitcclitt'e (CQ), 3 Ball relay championship —Boys Clyde Quay, 1 ; Kilbirnie, 2 ; Roseneath. 3. Girls: Thorndon. 1; Clyde Quay, 2; Hataitai, 3. Inter-zone relay championship—Boys: Scots College, I; Clyde Quay. 2; Rongotai College, 3. Girls: Thorndon, 1; Clyde Quay? 2; Karori, 3. Motor-tube, 50 yards: D. Pratt (S.W.), 1. Girls' crocodile: Thorndon 1,; Clyde Quay, 2; Kilbirnie, 3.

The programme included demonstrations ot diving, life-saving, and various swimming strokes.