ST. HILDA’S COLLEGE

Evening Star, Issue 23864, 19 April 1941, Page 16

ST. HILDA’S COLLEGE

ANNUAL SWIMMING SPORTS TWO RECORDS BROKEN Two records .were broken and another equalled at the annual swimming sports of St. Hilda’s Collegiate School, which were held in the Municipal Baths yesterday afternoon. Betty Moore lowered the existing mark of 33sec for the junior 33 I.3yds breast stroke by ■ 4-ssec, and Judith Johnson, also competing in the junior championship, won the 50yds free style in 46 l-s»ec, Sseo faster than the previous record. The same girl equalled Kona Clapperton’s record of 35ft 6in in the junior long plunge. The junior cup competition was very .keenly contested, and resulted in a tie between Betty Moore and Judith Johnson, each with 16 points, Audrey Smith being third with 6 points. The senior championship was also productive of good competition, the cup being won by Pauline Fulton with 15 points, Kona Olapperton- and Enid Burgess being run-ners-up with 10 points each, , The arrangements for the programme, which was put through in quick time, were .in the hands of the sports mistress (Miss Fitchett), Results:—

CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS. 33 1-3 Yards Breast Stroke, Senior. —Enid Burgess 1, Bona Clipperton 2, Pauline Fulton 3. Time, 29 l-ssec. 33 1-3 Yards Breast Stroke, Senior,— Eugenie Avent 1, Kona Olapperton 2, Pauline Fulton 3. Time, 30 l-ssec. 33 1-5 Yards Breast Stroke, Junior. (Record,, 33sec, Kona Olapperton, 1940.) Betty Moore 1, Cbriene Moore 2, Audrey Smith 3. Time, 32 l-ssec—a record._ 33 1-3 Yards Back- Stroke, Junior.— Betty Moore 1, Judith Johnsou’2, Audrey Smith 3. 50 Yards Free Style, Junior. (Record, S. Fitzgerald, 51 l-ssec, 1936.) —Judith Johnson 1, Audrey Smith 2, Betty Moore 3. Time, 46 l-ssec—a record. • 66 2-3 Yards Free Style, Senior. (Record, 46 l-sseb, B. Elvidge, 1936.(—'Enid Burgess 1, Paulino Fulton 2, Eugenie Avent 3. Time, 54 4-sseo, Senior Diving.—Pauline Fulton 1, Rachel Price 2, Kona Olapperton 3. Junior Diving.—Betty Moore 1, Judith Johnson 2, Audrey Smith 3. Long Plunge, Senior. (Record, 53ft, Betty Wilkinson, X 940.) —Pauline Fulton 1, Rona Olapperton 2, Rachel Price 3. Distance, 38ft. Long Plunge, Junior. (Record, 33ft 6in, Bona Olapperton, 1940.) —Judith Johnson 1, Helen Black 2, Rosemary Oarr 3. Distance, 33ft 6in, equalling the record. Senior Cup.—Paulino Fulton, 15 points, 1; Enid Burgess and Rona Olapperton, 10 points (equal) 2. Junior Cup.—Betty Moore and Judith

Johnson, 16 points (equal) 1; Audrey Smith, 6 points, 3. NON-CHAMPIONSHIPS. 20 Yards Free Style, under 14. —Denise Price 1, Lenore Harty 2, Elizabeth Sim and Sheila Reid (dead-heat) 3. 20 Yards Breast Stroke, under 12. —Wana Rose 1, Pruc Sinclair 2, Honor Rowley 3. 33 1-3 Yards Breast Stroke.—Marion Dawson 1, Elizabeth Fulton 2, Shirley Broad 3. 33 1-3 Yards Free Style.—Marian Dawson 1, Elizabeth Fulton 2, Shirley Broad 33 1-3 Yards Back Stroke.—Marian Dawson 1, Shirley Broad 2, (Elizabeth Fulton 3, 20 Yards Breast Stroke, under 14. Denise Price 1, Jose Chalmers 2, Lenore Harty 3. 20 Yards Free Style, under 12. —Wana Rose 1, Prue Sinclair 2, Lesley Hunt 3. Neat Jump, Open.—Judith Johnson 1, Audrey Smith 2, Pauline Fulton 3. Beginners’ Race—Mary Stuart Moody 1, Susan Barnett 2, Valerie Cleary 3. Scramble.—Pat Wilhelmson 1, Cecile Martin 2, Ann Christine Macdonald 3. Interhouse Relay.—Lawrence 1, Nelson 2, Wellington 3.