SWIMMING

Greymouth Evening Star, 20 January 1944, Page 7

SWIMMING

N.Z. CHAMPIONSHIPS.

AUCKLAND, January 19. . The Olympic Pool at Newmarket was packed to-night when the carnival opened for the 1944 New Zealand amateur swimming championships, and throughout the programme competition was keen with some exciting finishes. No New Zealand records were broken, but the intermediate grade,. in both boys’ and girls’ events, provided a high standard of swimming. The outstanding feature of the evening was the success in the 100 yards ladies’ breaststroke championship of Miss M. Pasalich (Auckland), who defeated Miss W. Dunn (Otago), holder of the title since 1938. In the diving events Otago representatives won all three places and added considerably towards their province’s lead for the War Memorial Shield points. Prior to the first event there was an impressive march past of all competitors, and the Last Post was sounded as the crowd rose to pay tribute to swimmers who have paid the supreme sacrifice during this war. The points for the War Memorial Shield at the conclusion of the first day were as follow: Otago 32, Wellington 14, Southland 13, Canterbury 12, Auckland 9, Wanganui 1. The carnival will be continued to-morrow evening. Results:

JUNIOR EVENTS. 50 yards Girls’ Backstroke (N.Z. record, 33 4-ssec). First heat: D. Brown (Otago) 1; B. J. Dixon (Wanganui) 2; N. Taylor (Southland) 3. Hime, 40 3-ssec. Second heat: P. Ferguson (Wellington) 1; I. Pene (Auckland) 2; P. Anderson (Southland) 3. Time 39 3-ssec. Final: Ferguson 1; Taylor 2; Dixon 3. Won by one yard. Time 39 3-ssec. 220 yards Freestyle (N.Z. record, 2.36 3-5). First heat: W. Paisley (Southland) 1; C. Gibson (Otago) 2; F. R. Lucas (Auckland) 3. Time 3.5 3-5. Second heat: P. Smith (Canterbury 1; T. Borman (South Auckland) 2; M. Fitness (Auckland) 3.' Time 3.18. ' Final: Smith 1; Paisley 2; Lucas 3. Won by a yard, with Lucas, who finished well, a foot away. Time 3.5. 75 yards Boys’ Breaststroke (N.Z. record, 56sec): B. Ashby (Auckland) 1; B. Murdock (Wanganui) 2; G. W. Knight (Southland) 3. Won by a foot. Time 64sec.

100 yards Breaststroke (no previous record: S. Payne (Otago) 1; M. Teague (Wellington) 2; ' Kearns (Otago) 3. An exciting race. Won by a touch. Time 1.32 2-5. INTERMEDIATE EVENTS. 100 yards Boys’ Freestyle (N.Z. record, 55 4-ssec): First, heat: T. Wilson (Otago) 1; G. Johnson (Auckland) 2; L. Wickers (Wellington) 3. Time 63 3-ssec. Second heat: D. Begg (Canterbury) 1; A. Woolley (Auckland) 2; R. J. Methven (Nelson) 3. Time 63 4-ssec. Third heat: D. B. Doake (Southland) 1; A. Fyfe (Mahawatu) 2; P. Kotua (Nelson) 3. Time 65 l-ssec. Fourth heat: C. Chambers (Canterbury) 1; L. Wilson (Otago) 2: D. Field (Wellington) 3. Time 63 l-ssec. Final: Chambers 1; Neilson 2; Begg 3. Chambers stayed well and won nicely by four feet. Time 63sec. 100 yards Boys’ Backstroke (N.Z. record, 1.10 4-5): First Heat: T. Wilson (Otago) 1; D. B. Doake (Southland.! 2; D. Branch (South Auckland) 3. Time 1.15. Second heat: D. Eegg (Canterbury 1; V. Vial (Southland) 2; B. Morrison (South Auckland) 3. Time 1.20. Final. Wilson 1; Doake 2; Begg 3. Won by inches. Time 1.14 1-5.

220 yards Girls’ Freestyle (N.Z. record, 2.45 1-5): First heat: B. Casey (Wellington) 1; B. Beadle (Southland) 2; M. Oir (Auckland) 3. Time 2.58. Second heat: N. Eridson (Auckland) 1; M. Gerrard (Southland) 2; G. Hill (Auckland) 3. Time 3.3. Final: Casey 1: Bridson 2; Beadle 3. A splendid race. Miss Casey proved the stronger swimmer and won by a vard. Time 3.0 3-5.

100 yards Girls’ Breaststroke (N.Z. record, 1.28 1-5): First heat: M. Hughes (Otago) 1; L. Kearns (Otago) 2; D. Garden (Wanganui) 3. Time 1.32. Second heat: V. Brown (Oatgo) 1; H. Ross (Otago) 2: S. Harrison (Manawatu) 3. Time 1.33 4-5. Final: M. Hughes 1; L. Kearns and Brown dead-heat 2. Won by two yards. Time 1.30 1-5.

WOMEN’S EVENTS.

220 yards Backstroke: Miss N. Lane (Otago) 1; Miss N. Gibbs (Nelson) 2; Miss Brittain (Canterbury) 3. A fine race. Won by a yard. Time 3.9 1-5.

100 yards Breaststroke (N.Z. record, 1.24: Miss M. Pasalich (Auckland) 1; Miss W. Dunn (Otago) 2; Miss J. Morgan (Southland) 3. Won by five feet, Miss Pasalich taking the title from the holder. Time 1.25 4-5. 440 yards Freestyle (N.Z. record, 5.36 2-5: Miss O. Hobson (Canterbury) 1; Miss N. Griffin (Auckland) 2; Miss K. Grey (Auckland) 3. Won easily by 15 yards, with 10 yards between second and third. Time 6.13.

Diving (girls): Miss M. Reid (Otago) 51-7pts 1; Miss P. Strang (Otago) 45-33pts 2; Miss B. Moore (Otago) 44-10pts 3.