NATIONAL SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
AN OFF NIGHT burlesque carnival staged Last night was an off-night so far as the New Zealand national swimming and diving championships were concerned, but the Otago Centre improved the shining hour by staging a novelty in the shape of a burlesque carnival, which was much enjoyed by several hundred spectators. Officials’ races, diving competition, exhibitions of trick swimming, and an exhibition of plain and fancy diving by several of the champions comprised the programme, which towards the finish tended to turn from burlesque to absolute farce. WATER POLO COMPETITION. During the evening the water polo championship was carried a further stage, Wellington meeting the undefeated Canterbury side. After a close and exciting game the teams left the water with honors even, each side scoring five goals. Canterbury hardly played up to its form of earlier match is, but the Wellington team made its best showing to date, and its throwing was good. There was not the same understanding between the Canterbury backs and forwards as has been evidenced in other games. , Goals for Canterbury were scored by M. Meikle (3), Stokes, and Wheeley, and for Wellington Murrell (3), Cameron, and Pelham scored.
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Evening Star, Issue 19775, 27 January 1928, Page 3
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196NATIONAL SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS Evening Star, Issue 19775, 27 January 1928, Page 3
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