FAST SWIMMING

Evening Star, Issue 22204, 5 December 1935, Page 2

FAST SWIMMING

DUNEDIN CLUB'S CARNIVAL A SUCCESSFUL FIXTURE •With improved performances on previous carnivals this season, very large fields 'and close and exciting finishes in the majority of events, the Dunedin Amateur Swimming Club s annual carnival at the Municipal Baths last night before a good crowd of spectators proved one of the .most successful fixtures that has been held here for soino time, the performances of many of the younger swimmers especially auguring well for the success lor the Otago intermediate and junior championships next week, ■

The Otago flying squadron 500yds relay championship was retained by the Dunedin Club after a close tussle with Kiwi, and Dunedin’s win was, all the more meritorious, as three of its_ selected team were unable to swim. -Had they taken part very fast time would probably have been recorded. In the Kiwi team, Miss I. Purdie, the promising intermediate, swam a very last 100yds, returning 68sec for her section of the distance, which is one of the fastest times ever put up by a lady swimmer in Dunedin. The 100yds short-limit handicap was won by J. Young, of the Christchurch United Club, who swam a good race to win the final in 64sec. TThe Zealand champion, W. J. Jarvis, won a heat in 58 4-ssec, which was the fastest time put up during the evening. Jarvis was swimming very easily, and did not appear ■to extend himself to , his full capacity. The 66 2-3yds hack stroke, handicap was won by a Kiwi intermediate, Miss G. Harris, who swam well, while S. W. Jarvis (Dunedin j went a very good race for second placeajrom one of the badk marks. S. W.Tlarvis was also associated with H. Devlin in winnuig the life-saving handicap. Some very fast times were returned by competitors in the 100yds breast stroke handicap, the final of which was won by W. Darling (Kaikorai) off the limit mark. Reg. Gcddes (Kiwi), from the scratch mark, finished third in his heat, and went close to his New Zealand intermediate record time of 73 3- while in winning her heat Miss W. Dunn, the brilliant Kiwi intermediate, returned the fast time of Imin 26 4- _ . Considerable interest was taken in the junior and novice handicaps, the 33 l-3yds junior dash being won by H. Borland (Dunedin), while B. Ingram (Dunedin) won the novice event and took the cup presented by Mr C. W. Elliott. ■ . . . The Otago ladies’ diving champion, Miss Gwen Rix, gave a fine display to win the interclub diving handicap, in which some good exhibitions were seen. The 66 2-3yds second-class handicap was won by A. R. Duff, a-J£iwi intermediate, who swam well both in heat and final, and the 66 2-3yds ladies’, handicap was won by Miss A. Gillies, the Kiwi intermediate, Miss P. Sporle (Dunedin) also swimming well fpr second place after returning 43sec in her heat Dunedin No. 1 won the six-a-side relay handicap, which produced the.usual exciting contests; r and the water polo match between Kiwi A and Dunedin, A provided a splendid game. Kiwi winning by 5 goals,to 3. . ' : The organisation of the carnival loft nothing to be desired, thanks to the efforts of the president (Mr W. H. Matthews), the secretary (Mr P. W. Harkess), and a capable band of officials. Results;— 25 YARDS INTERCLUB NOVICE HANDICAP. First Heat. —R. Frost (Dunedin), €sec, and A. M'Howell (Dunedin), <3 sec (dead-heat) 1. Five starters. Won by a touch. Second Heat.—S. Murray (Dunedin), 6sec, 1; W. ■ Smith (Kiwi), Bsec ; 2. Six starters. Won by a touch. Time, 18 l-ssee. Third Heat.—L. Simpson (Dunedin), 9see, 1;H. Maddox (Zenith), Ssec, 2. Five starters. Won by half a yard. Time, 21see. Fourth Heat.—B. Ingram (Dunedin), Dsec, 1; D. Cajder (Kiwi), ssec, 2. Five starters. Won by 2yds. Time, 18sec. Fifth Heat.—R. Peat (Kiwi), 9sec, 1; Miss I. Smith (Zenith), 6sec, 2. Five starters. Won by a touch. Time, 23soc. Sixth Heat.—Miss M. M'Farlane (Dunedin), 6iscc, 1; A. Cook (Zenith), Isec, 2. Three starters. Won by 3yds. Time, 15sec._

Seventh Heat.—l. Hall (Kiwi), Isec, 1; H. M'Cornbe (Zenith), Isec, 2. Six starters. D. Simpson (Dunedin), 6sec, finished first, but was disqualified for going before his time.

—Final.—B. Ingram (Dunedin), 9sec ... ... 1 R. Frost (Dunedin), 6sec 2 Miss M. M'Farlane (Dunedin), 6sec 3 Won by a touch each way. Time, 18 2-ssec.

33 1-3 YARDS JUNIOR INTERCLUB HANDICAP.

First Heat.—D. Leckie (Dunedin), scr, 1: E. Dowland (Zenith), ssec, 2; Miss M. M'Farlane (Dunedin), 2sec, 3. Five starters. Won by a touch each wav. Time, 18 2-ssec. Second Heat.—R. Buchanan (Kiwi), 2sec, 1; H. M'Cornbe (Zenith), 3sec, 2; D. Laing (Kaikorai), sor, 3. Five starters. Won by half a yard; a touch between second and third. Time, 21sec. Third Heat. —H. Maddox (Zenith), 6see, 1; Miss V. Williams (Dunedin), 4sec, 2; B. Fea (Kaikorai)," Ssec, 3. Only starters. Won by a touch each wav. Time. 25 4-ssec. Fourth Heat.—B. Ingram (Dunedin), lOsec, 1: D. Duckett (Dunedin), 2sec, 2; Miss Mary Stewart (Zenith), 2sec, 3. Four starters. Won by 2yds; a touch between second and third. Time, 26sec. ' , , ... Fifth Heat. —H. Berland (Dunedin), 2sec, 1; G. Williams (Kiwi), 4sec, 2; J. Shaw (Kiwi), Ssec, 3. Five starters. Won by 2yds; a touch between second and 1 th'ird. Time, 21sec. —Final.— H. Borland (Dunedin), 2sec ...: ... 1 B. Ingram (Dunedin), lOseo ... 2 D. Leckie (Dunedin), scr 3 Won by a touch either way. Time, 21 2-ssec. '

66 2-3 YARDS LADIES’ HANDICAP. First Heat. I—Miss 1 —Miss A. Gillies (Kiwi), 4s ek, 1; Miss E. Abcrnethy (Kiwi), Ssec, 2; Miss I. Purdie (Kiwi), scr, 3. Four starters. This waa_ a close race. Miss J. Thomson (Zenith), off 7sec, swimming over the first lap and being ahead of Miss Abernethy and Miss Gillies at the turn. Miss Gillies displaced the junior champion in the second lap, and won by a foot, a touch between second and third. Time, 48 3-ssec.

Second Heat.—Miss P. Sporle (Dunedin), Isec, 1; Miss D. Pope (Kiwi), Ssec. 2; Miss G. Harris (Kiwi), ssec, 3. Four starters. Miss Pope led until a few yards from the finish, but Miss Sporle, who swam with plenty of dash, caught her and won by a yard, a touch between second and third. Time, 43sec. —Final.— Miss A. Gillies (Kiwi), 4sec 1 Miss P. Sporle (Dunedin), Isec ... 2 Miss D. Pope (Kiwi), Ssec ... ... 3 Won by a touch, Miss Sporle challenging strongly over the last 12yds. Miss Pope was a foot back third. Time, 47sec. 66 2-3 YARDS SECOND-CLASS HANDICAP. First Heat.—W. Williams (Dunedin), 6sec, 1; C. Jenkins (Zenith), 4sec, 2; E. Moore (Kaikorai), 16sec, 3. Five starters. Won by a touch'; a yard between second and third. Time, 46sec. Second Heat.—L. Meggett (Kaikorai), Msec, 1; W. W. Auckland (Zenith), 3sec, 2; B. Lenihan (Kiwi), 9sec, 3. Three starters. Won by 2yds; IJyds between second and third. Time, 55 2-ssec.

Third Heat.—A. R. Duff (Kiwi), Ssec, J.; E. Sonntag (Kaikorai), Msec, 2; A. Campbell (Dunedin), 9sec, 3. Four starters. Won 1 by 3yds. Time, *4l l-osec. Fourth Heat. —C. Lawrence (Kiwi), Isec, 1; L. Highfield (Kaikorai), Ssec, 2; J. D. Paterson (Dunedin), Ssec, 3. Won by a yard. Time, 42sec. Fifth ' Heat.—C. Ferguson (Dunedin), Isec, 1; M. Collins (Kiwi), 7sec, 2. Only starters. Won by 4yds. Time, 43 4-ssec.

Sixth Heat.—A. Rutherford (Zenith), Isec. 1; D. Leckie (Dunedin), Ssec, 2; W. M'Cusker (Kiwi), 6sec, 3. Only starters. Won by a yard; 3yds between second and third. Time, 5Q 4-ssec.

—Final.— A. R. Duff (Kiwi), 3sec 1 W. Williams (Dunedin), 6seo ... 2 L. Meggett (Kaikorai), Msec ... 3 Won by 3yds; 4yds between second and third. Time, 40 3-ssec. 66 2-3 YARDS BACK STROKE HANDICAP. First Heat.—E. B. Toast (Dunedin) ssec 1, S. W. Jarvis (Dunedin) 2sec 2, P. E. Mathieson (Kiwi) scr 3. Five starters. Won by a touch, a yard between second and third. Time, 47 I-ssec. „ „ . /T ,. .. Second HeatT—Miss G. Harris (Kiwi)

20sec 1, Miss A. Gillies (Kiwi) lusec 2, K. Leckie (Dunedin) 6sec 3. Only starters. Won by syds. Time, 58sec. —Final.— ■ Miss G. Harris (Kiwi) ... 1 S. W. Jarvis (Dunedin) ... 2 Miss A. Gillies (Kiwi) Won by a yard and a-half, a touch between second and third. Tune, 59 4-ssec. 100 YARDS INTERCUT B BREAST STROKE HANDICAP. First Heat.—W. Darling (Kaikorai) 35sec I, Miss C. Knowles (Kiwi) 24sec 2, F. Pearson (Dunedin) Bsec, 3. Four starters. Miss Knowles caught Darling at the end of a lap, and the pair swam together over the next two laps, a close finish resulting in a win for Darling by a foot, with Pearson half a yard back third. Time, Imin 35 2-ssec. Second Heat.—J. W. Mundie (Dunedin) 24sec 1, A. Hanna (Kaikorai) 23sec 2, E. Moore (Kaikorai) 25sec 3. Five starters. Won by a yard each way. Time, Imin 36 3-ssec. Third Heat.—G. Ruston (Dunedin) 12sec 1, J. Durand (St. Clair) 7see 2, R. Geddes (Kiwi) scr 3. Geddes made a great attempt to catch the leaders, and, though lie registered very fast time, he had to be content with third place. Ruston won by a touch, 4yds between second and third. Time, Imin 26 4-ssec. Fourth Heat.—Miss W. Dunn (Kiwi) 17seo 1, R. Morrison (Kiwi) 24seo 2, W. Dyson (Kiwi) lOsec 3. Four starters. Morrison led at the end of two laps, but, staging a great sprint oyer the last 20yds, Sliss Dunn won by a touch, a foot between second and third. Time, Imin 26 4-6 sec.

—Final.— W. Darling (Kaikorai) 25sec ... ... 1 J. W. Mundie (Dunedin) 24sec < ’... 2 Miss W; Dunn (Kiwi) 17sec 3 Darling led all the way, and won by 2yds, but Miss Dunn made a great effort to catch the leaders, and finished within a touch of Mundie. Time, Imin 33 l-ssec. 300 YARDS INTERCUTS SHORT LIMIT HANDICAP. (lOsec limit.)

First Heat.—H. D. Gillies (St. Clair) 7soc, 1; J. Young (United, Christchurch), 7seo, 2; K. Leckie (Dunedin), lOsec, 3. Five starters. Won by a touch either way. Time, 63 3-6 sec. Second Heat.—W. J. Jarvis (St. Clair), scr, 1; A. Thomas (Kiwi), 6sec, 2, C. W. Elliott (Dunedin), lOsec, 3. Four starters. Won by a touch, Jarvis easing up over the last lap; a foot between second and third. Time, 58 4-ssec. —Final. — J. Young (United, Christchurch), 7sec ,1 H. 1). Gillies (St. Clair), 7sec. ... 2 K. Leckie (Dunedin), lOsec ... 3 Young was in front after the first turn, and swimming well, he was not headed, winning by 2yds, a yard between second and third. Jarvis, who swam very easily, was another 2yds back. . Time, 64sec. INTERCLUB DIVING HANDICAP. Miss G. Ilix (Dunedin) 3 points in, 43.8 points ... ... ... 1 C. Eckhold (Dunedin), 1 point in, 40.1 points ... ... _ ... 2 Mrs E. C. Isaacs (Kiwi), 5 points in, 28.7 points 3 Seven competitors. The divers were required to perform a backward pike and forward somersault running from the 10ft board and two voluntaries, and •a further improved standard was noticed, although 'of the competitors . still lacked _ finish in some of their dives. The winner in particular gave a consistent and confident display, revealing very good form. 500 YARDS FLYING SQUADRON OTAGO CHAMPIONSHIP. (Titleholders: Dunedin.) Dunedin (N. Williams, B. Kerr, J. 0. Byrnes, E, Toase, and S. W. Jarvis) ... ... 1 Kiwi (P. E. Mathleson, Miss I. Purdie, C. Lawrence, A. Thomas, and R. Geddes) ... 2

Only starters. This' was a well-con-tested race, Kiwi holding the lead in the early stages, only to have it wrested from them by Dunedin’s wellbalanced team in the final stages. Mathieson gave Kiwi a lead of syds over Williams at the end of the first 100yds, which ho loft behind in 62 3-ssec, and swimming a very good race, Miss Purdie covered the next 100yds in 68sec, Kerr reducing Kiwi’s lead to 2yds in spite of fouling the ropes. Byrnes and Lawrence had a keen tussle over the third stage of the journey, Byrnes touching a shade ahead of Lawrence, Dunedin’s time for 300yds being 3min 18 4-ssec. Dunedin assumed control in the ; fourth hundred, Toase leaving tlie distance behind in 61 2-sscc, and giving S. W. Jarvis a lead of 3yds when ho took over for the last hundred. Geddes followed Thomas, but ho could not hold Jarvis, who increased the gap, winning by 9yds, and Jarvis’s time for his 100yds being 60 l-ssec. The winning team’s time was smin 21sec.

100 YARDS LIFE-SAVING HANDICAP. (Second and fourth methods.)

H. Devlin (St. Clair) and S. W. Jarvis (Dunedin) 1 J. Barry (Dunedin) and B. Isaacs (St. Clair), Gseo 2 O. Durand and J. Durand (St. Clair), scr 3 Time, Imin 33 3-sscc. 200 YARDS SIX-A-SfDE RELAY HANDICAP. First heat: Zenith No. 3 (36see) 1, Zenith No. 2 (28sco) 2. Five starters. Time, 2rain 27sec. Second heat: Dunedin No. 2 (12sec) 1, Zenith No. 1 (28sec) 2. Four starters. Time, Imin 59 2-ssec. Third heat: Dunedin No. 1 (21sec) 1, Kiwi No. 3 (lOsec) 2. Four starters. St. Clair and Dunedin No. 3 were disqualified after finishing second and third respectively. Time, 2min 14sec. —Final.—• Dunedin No. 2 (J. Barry, A. M'Taggart, K. Leckio, J. D. Patterson, Misses P. Sporlc and S. M‘Kay), 12scc 1 Zenith No. 3 (J, Wills, M. Buckland, C. Jenkins, Miss J. Taylor, L. Stockdill and P. Stockdill), 36soc 2 Dunedin No. 1 (B. Kerr, N. Williams, D. White, A. Campbell, Misses M. M'Farlane and M. Gillies) , 21sec 3 Time, Imin 58 4-ssec. WATER POLO,

Dunedin A (premiers for the last five years) met Kiwi A at water polo, and after a fast and interesting game Kiwi won by 5 goals to 3, the winners showing superior combination and indulging in some very bright movements. Dunedin’s shooting was rather faulty, though its positional play improved in the second spell. Kiwi led by 5-2 at half-time, but Dunedin added a goal in the second spell. Go.als for the winners were scored by Gcddes (3), Mathieson, and Thomas, and for Dunedin Barry, Elliott, and Williams scored. ’ The teams were: Dunedin A—P. W. Harkess, C. W. Elliott, B. Kerr, D. Newell, N. Williams. J. Barry, and .1. 0. Byrnes. Kiwi A—D. Pickard, O. Holland, C. Smith, M. 'Taylor, K. Gcddes, A. Thomas, and P. E. Mathieson, Mr D. T. Woodlield was the refeceg.