SWIMMING

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 December 1944, Page 7

SWIMMING

GREY CLUB’S CARNIVAL The Greymouth Swimming Club held its first swimming carnival of the season at the Municipal Baths last evening. There was a good attendance and the Greymouth Highland Pipe Band was present. There was keen competition in all the events, though the number of scratchings was disappointing. Results:— Learners’ width: Bruce Johnston 1. 33 1-3 yds. Primary Schoolgirls’ freestyle: Y. McClymont 1. Time, 40secs. 33 1-3 Primary Schoolboys’ freestyle handicap, Ist heat: M. Theyers (scr.) 1, O. Norton (2).2. Time 23secs. 2nd heat: G. Armstrong (1) 1; N. Ramsay (2) 2. Time 23 2-ssecs. Final: W. Theyers 1, G. Armstrong 2. Time 21

4-ssecs. 33 1-3 yds. Open Freestyle, first heat: G. O’Callaghan (5) 1, L. Trouland (5) 2. Time: 20 4-5 secs. 2nd heat: A. Hales (2) 1, T. Hurle 2. Time 19 2-5 secs. 3rd heat: Miss- S. Jones 1. Time 25secs. Fourth heat: R. Lovell (3) 1, W. Hales (4) 2. Time, 18secs. Final: R. Lovell 1, Miss S. Jones 2, W. Hales 3. Time 18 2-ssecs. 33 1-3 yds. Women’s Freestyle Handicap: Miss P. O’Callaghan 1, Miss S. Jones and Miss P. Kelly dead heat 2. ■ Time 22secs. Primary Schools’ scratch 'relay: Grey Main A 1. Time 2.6 3-5 jsecs. 33 1-3 yds. open backstroke: iMiss P. Kelly 1, G. Richardson 2. 'Time 31 secs. Primary School Children’s Dive: B. Johnston 20i pts. 1; iN. Ramsay 162 pts. 2; R. Boole 16 pts. 3. Open Dive: I. Kearns 29 pts. 1, W. .Massey 21 pts. 2. C. Dittman 20 pts. 3. 66 2-3 yds. Open Breaststroke: J. McNulty (5) 1, W. Payne (scr.) 2. 100 yds. relay (team of three); Richardson’s team 1. Chivers’ team 2. Time 1.6. Water polo: Blacks defeated Whites by four to nil,