SWIMMING

Greymouth Evening Star, 4 March 1946, Page 2

SWIMMING

NELSON CARNIVAL SUCCESSES. WEST COAST COMPETITORS West Coast swimmers competed at the Nelson Swimming Centre’s carnival on Saturday evening and a number of successes were gained. Detailed results are as follow, with designations for West Coast clubs, Reefton (Re.), Runanga (R.), Greymouth (G.l, Westport (W.), and Blackball (B.):—

220yds men’s freestyle handicap: C. McKellar 1, R. Hindmarsh 2, R. Lovell (G.) 3. Time 3.1. 50yds intermediate girls: M. Mockett (W.) 1, L. Fyfe 2. Time 36 2-ssec.

50yds. women’s freestyle handicap: D. Eddy (W) 1: R. Balderstone (B) 2 Time 34 4-ssecs.

100yds men’s freestyle: C. Coxall (Re.) .1, A. Liddicott (Re.) 2, R. Lovell (G.) 3. Time 72secs. 100yds intermediate boys, freestyle: P. Lucie-Smith 1. C. Ackland 2, N. Keesing (W.) 3. Time 78secs. 100yds women’s freestyle: B. Hurst 1, D. Eddy (W). 2, E. Keesing (W) 3. Time 77secs.

50yds men’s freestyle: R. Lovell (G.) 1, C. Coxall (Re.) 2. Time 31 l-ssecs.

50yds junior girls: V. Bailey 1, L. Manderson (R.) 2, R. Stewart 3. Time 35 2-ssecs.

50yds girls’ backstroke: L. Manderson (R.) 1, A. Kirby 2.

100yds boys’, breaststroke: W. Kotua 1. L. Crabbe 2, D. Sheldon (G.) 3. Time 94 4-ssecs.

100yds men’s breaststroke: R. Robb 1, D. Sheldon (G.) 2. Time 97secs. 100yds backstroke, senior: H. McClymont (G.) 1, B. Kirby 2. Time 86 2-ssecs.

33 1-3 yards men’s dash: R. Methven 1, T. Menzies (R.) 2, S. Baxter (Re.) 3. Inter-club relay, men: Nelson 1, Greymouth 2, Runanga 3.