SWIMMING

Evening Star, Issue 20355, 11 December 1929, Page 7

SWIMMING

OTAGO CHAMPIONSHIPS LARGEST ENTRIES FOR YEAR The Otago swimming and diving championships at the Municipal Bat's on Saturday, night have drawn the largest entries lor several years, and m some of the men’s championship events there are as' many as eight starters, including such well-known swimmers as N. H. Bailey, S. M'Kenzie, H. D. Gillies, C. J. E. Hi‘Lean, and C. Tne 100yds and 440yds should both be exciting races, and the presence of the New Zealand champion, Hoy Calder, in the men’s diving championship, will be ono of the features of the carnival. The intermediate unci ladies’ dives should both produce good competition, and it is expected that at least one record will be broken in the junior boys’ division in which the com petitors include K. Geddes (New Zealand record holder), W. Jarvis, and W. A. Buckland. Tho intermediate events have also drawn larger fields than usual, the entries for tftc various events being as follows; 100 Yards Men’s Championship.— N. H. Bailey (Kiwi), G. Collett (Dunedin), H. D. Gillies (Kiwi), C. J. L. M'Lean (St, Clair), and b. M'Kenzie (St. Clair). ■ . 440 Yards Men’s Championship.—N. H. Bailev (Kiwi), R. J. Fleming (Dunedin), M. Taylor (Kiwi), C. J. E. M'Lean (St. Clair;, H. D. Gillies (Kiwi), H. Clark (Kiwi), S. M'Kenzie (St. Clair), am. C. Turgis (St. Clair). Long Blunge Championship.—J. L. MMndoo (St. Clair). 8010 Ball Throwing Championship N. H. Bailey (Kiwi), W. Hamilton (Kiwi), J. L. MTiicloe (St. Clair), C. B. Lewis (St. Clair), A. Harrod (St. Clair), J. Faulks (St. Clair), and J. Swan (St. Clair). IOU. Yards Junior Boys’ Champion ship.—H. Gcddcs (Kiwi), V. Jam is (Dunedin), W. A. Buckland (Kiwi), S. Jarvis (Dunedin), and C. Elliot (Dunedin). . bU Yards Junior Boys’ Championship. _R. Geddes (Kiwi), W. Jarvis (Dunedin), S. Jarvis (Dunedin), and W. A. Buckland (Kiwi). t , '/5 Yards Breast Stroke Junior Boys Championship.—R. Geddes (Kiwi), C. Elliott (Dunedin), and W. Jarvis (Dunedin). 50 Yards Junior Girls’ Championship.—Misses K- Kerr (Dunedin), N T . Olds (Kiwi), and O. Barry (Kiwi). 100 Yards Junior Girls’ Cliampionsliip.—Misses K. Kerr (Dunedin), N. Olds (Kiwi), and O. Barry (Kiwi). Men’s Diving Championship.—R. C. Calder, H. E. Walker, and A. M. Rix. Ladies’ Diving Championship.— Misses O. Crowley (Dunedin), M. Staples (Dunedin), M. Bewley (Kiwi). Intermediate Boys’ Diving Championship.—]?. M‘Lay (Dunedin), A.-Rennie I Dunedin), and J. Durand (St. Clair). 100 y a'rds Breast Stroke Intermediate Boys’ Championship.-—C. Durand and J. Durand (St. Clair), A. Rennie (Dunedin), J. H. 31.‘Gregor (Kiwi), and R, Scales (Dunedin). 100 Yards Intermediate Girls’ Championship.—Misses 31. Mathieson (Dunedin), P. Lang, and P. Taylor (Kiwi). 75 Yards Breast Stroke Intcrmediato Girls’ Championship. 3lisses 31. 3latiiieson (Dunedin), and C. Lang (Kiwi) . . Relay Champ!:;iship.— r 't. Clair Kiwi No. 1, Kiwi No. 2, and Dunedin. Water Polo.—St. Clair v. Dunedin. 220 Yards Mon’s Breast Stroke Chamnionship.—C. I>. Lewis (St. Glair), H. Clarke (Kiwi), and A. Harrod (St. Clair). ... T T Life Saving Championship.—J. L. 3Pliidoe and 0. B. Lewis (St. Clair), H. Clarke (Kiwi) and H. Devlin (St. Clair), H. Isaacs and J. Faulks (St. Clair). . ,-rr (36 2-3 Yards Ladies Handicap.—Miss 3f. Jepson ser, 31iss V. Campbell and 3)iss P. Lang "see. Miss C. Lang and Mrs V. Jenkins 9, Miss M. Wright 11, 3liss D. Samson 15. T , , „ 100 Yards Intermediate boys Championship.- —J. Byrnes (Dunedin), N. Dixon (Kiwi). E. Hiscoko (St. Clair), A Thomas (Kiwi), A. Rennie (Dunedin), J. H. 3!‘Gi egor (Kiwi), C. Durand (St. Clair), and 1. Hankins (Dunedin).