SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Greymouth Evening Star, 24 January 1944, Page 3

SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

OTAGO WINS SHIELD AUCKLAND, January 23. The largest crowd for many years packed the Olympic pool, Newmarket, on Saturday evening to see the final carnival at the New Zealand amateur swimming championships. The feature of the finals teas the brilliant performance of the Canterbury representative, Miss O. Hobson, who won the 100 yards women’s freestyle championship, thus annexing three national titles. Miss Hobson had previously won the 220 and 440 yards free-style. She showed remarkable finishing powers and he’’ victory was popular.. Miss M. Pasalich (Auckland) again proved a fine stylist easily to win the 220 yards breaststroke, and earlier, the 100 yards title. V. Vail (Southland) showed his superiority to retain the intermediate boys’ titles and C. Chambers (Canterbury) succeeded in the 220 yards intermediate boys’ race to win three championship events at the carnival. Chambers is a prominent swimmer. The War Memorial Shield for the most points in championship events was easily won by the Otago Centre, with Southland second and Auckland third. Results:—

SENIOR EVENTS

100 Yards Women’s Freestyle (New Zealand record, Imin 3 3-ssec). —First heat: Miss O. Hobson (Canterbury) 1, Miss N. Griffin (Auckland) 2, Miss N. Lane (Otago) 3. Time, Imin 7 4-ssec). Second heat: Miss K. Grey (Auckland) 1, Miss J. Baughan (Canterbury) 2, Miss B. G. Westerby (Southland) 3. Time, Imin 9 2-ssec. Final: Miss Hobson 1, Miss Grey 2, Miss Baughan 3. Miss Lane led for 40 yards, followed by Miss Grey and Miss Hobson. The latter finished strongly and won her third national title. Miss Grey was five feet away, and Miss Baughan a foot away in third place. Time, 1.7. 220 Yards Women’s Breaststroke (New Zealand record, 3min 19sec).--Miss M. Pasalich (Auckland) 1, Miss J. A. Morgan (Southland) 2, Miss S. G. Brown (Southland) 3. The winner gave a perfect exhibition and won easily by 10 yards, with two feet between second and third. Time, 3.23 1-5.

50 Yards Women’s Scratch Invitation Race. —Miss K. Grey (Auckland) 1, Miss G. Rogers (South Auckland) 2, Miss N. Griffin (Auckland) 3. Time, 30sec.

Women’s Dive.—Miss J. Carpenter (Nelson) 1, Miss J. Macdonald (South Auckland) 2, Miss M. Nisbet (Nelson) -3.

INTERMEDIATE EVENTS

100 Yards Girls’ Freestyle (New Zealand record, Imin 4 4-ssec).~-First heat: A. Shields (Hawke’s Bay) 1, G. Hill (Auckland) 2, M. Gerrard (Southland) 3. Time, 1.13. Second heat: N. Bridson (Auckland) 1, B. Beadle (Southland) 2, S. Gilchavd Hawke’s Bay) 3 Time, 1.9. Third heat: B. Casey (Wellington) 1, J. Hurst (Nelson) 2, J. Hodges (Manawatu) 3. Time, 1.10 2-5. Final: Bridson 1, Casey 2, Beadle 3. Won by two feet. Time, 65 3-ssec. 220 Yards Boys’ Freestyle (New Zealand record, 2min 22 2-ssec). — First heat: C. Lovatt (Auckland) 1, A. Fyfe (Manawatu) 2, M. Thompson. (Auckland) 3. Time, 3.0 1-5. Second heat: P. Kotua (Nelson) 1. L. Wilson (Otago) 2, L. M." Christian (Wanganui) 3. Time, 2.48 2-5. Third heat: B. Davidson (Auckland) 1. D. B. Doake (Southland) 2, A. Woolley (Auckland) 3. Time, 2.52 1-5. Fourth heat: C. Chambers (Canterbury) 1, T. Wilson (Otago) 2, L. Wickens (Wellington) 3. Time, 2.46 4-5. Final: Chambers 1, T. Wilson 2, L. Wilson 3. A great race with six competitors separated by two yards. Time, 2.34 2-5. 220 Yards Breaststroke (New Zealand record, 3min 8 l-ssec). —First heat: V. Vail (Southland) 1, M. McGregor (Otago) 2, B. Marchant (Auckland) 3.' Time, '3.20. Second neat: T. Simonson (Otago) 1, J. Dorns (South. Auckland) 2, R. T. Isaacs (Otago) 3. Time, 3.33 1-5. Final: Vail .1, Simonson 2, Isaacs and Dorns (equal.) 3. Time, 3.18 4-5. Boys’ Dive.—D. B. Doake (Southland) 1. JUNIOR EVENTS 100 Yards Freestyle (New Zealand record, 67 l-ssec). —First heat: R. R. Morrison (South Auckland) 1, P. Martinson (Auckland) 2, J. Anderson (Wanganui) 3. Time, 1.14 1-5. Second heat: M. Tremaine (Manawatu) 1, I. Pene (South Auckland) 2, P. Anderson (Southland) 3. Time, 1.17 1-5. Final: Martinson 1, Morrison 2, Tremaine 3. Won by a vard. Time, 1.14 1-5.

75 Yards Boys’ Backstroke (New Zealand 53 3-ssec). —C. Gibson (Otago) 1. W. Paisley (Southland) 2, J. Hammond (Wanganui) 3. Time, 55 3-ssec. 75 Yards Girls’ Breaststroke.—First heat: M. Teague (Wellington) 1, S. Payne (Otago) 2, H. Forsyth (Otago) 3. Time, .1.17 1-5. Second heat: L. Kearns (Otagb) 1,.J. Beadle (Southland) 2, Y. Reed (Auckland) 3. Time, 1.8 2-5. Final: Payne 1, Teague .2, Forsyth 3. Time, 1.5 2-5.

440 Yards Inter-Centre Relay.-— South Auckland 1, Auckland 2, Ctagu

Water' Polo Inter-Island Boys.— South Island 5, North Island 2. Final points for the War Memorial Shield are:—Otago 78, Southland 35, Auckland 31, Canterbury 30, Wellington 22, Wanganui 15, South Auckland 13, Manawatu 4, Nelson 3.