SWIMMERS’ TROPHIES

Hawera Star, Volume L, 24 February 1931, Page 9

SWIMMERS’ TROPHIES

HAWJERA CLUB SUCCESSES.

CENTRE BANNER AND CUP

Bearing evidence of the success this season of the Haivera Swimming Club , representatives in Taranaki provincial contests, two handsome trophies aie at ; present on exhibition in the High Street show windows of Mr. J. C. ltobb’s premises, the centre banner denoting the aggregate points championship of the centre and the Urey Cup signifying victory in the Taranaki clubs’ challenge relay. Presented to the Taranaki swimming centre by the New Plymouth and Frtzroy dlubs, the banner was placed in competition for the first time this season for award to the club recording . the highest number of points at tbo annual championship of the centre, ft is an attractive trophy executed in black and gold colouring and is the work of the designer. Miss Harper of the New Plymouth Club. A broad silken .fringe of gold surrounds the body of black material which is approximately 3 feet in length and proj portionately balanced in width. ine L legend “championship points” shown m I crescent tsha'pe appears in gold lettering across the upper portion of the banner and placed centrally is a diamond of gold colour inscribed iaranaki Amateur Swimming” and bearing the figure of a diver. In winning the banner at the championships at New Plymouth last Wednesday the Hawera team compiled 81 points compared with 28 scored by the New Plymouth club as the runner-up. In this season’s contest for the Grey Cup the Hawera team consisting of B. Bassett, T. Jobson A. Spraggj and S. Anderson, was successful, fliei occasion being the first on which victory in the race has been achieved by the Hawera Club. The same quartette also won the flying squadron event at the centre championships last week. The cup is a. challenge trophy for annual competition among dlubs of Taranaki and was originally presented to the New Pjly- ! mouth Club by Mr. G. Grey, of New Plymouth. , Successive winners of the Grey Gup i have been as follow: I 1921 New Plymouth Boys High | School. 1922 New Plymouth Old Boys. 1923 New Plymouth Old Boys. 1924 New Plymouth Boys High School. 1925 Ommake. 1926 Fitzroy. 1927 Opunake. 1928 Opunake. , 1929 Opunake. 1930 New Plymouth. 1931 Hawera.