SWIMMING

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 9, 21 December 1933, Page 8

SWIMMING

THE HERETAUNGA CLUB

Boys Show Increased Interest

SENIORS IN GOOD FORM

(By

“Isander.”

Competition at last week’s club night of the Heretaunga Swimming Club was very keen, and once more a most successful carnival can be reported. The 25yds. boys’ handicap showed Just how much interest is being taken in this event, as it was found necessary to have semi-finals before sufficient entrants could be eliminated for the finalists to take the mark. Victory eventually went to Gallagher who will find his handicap lowered in future.

B. Kirschberg shows promise and was only deprived of victory in the final by breaking his mark. His time for the heat was given as 14secs. which, if correct, was a worthy effort and must place him well up among the best boys of the club, Sommersby was credited with 15 secs., which must be one of his best swims, and a win will not be long conf ig his way. Devinie won his heat am jemi-final in 18 l-ssecs. and 19 1-5 sec. respectively, but he failed to take the mark iu the final. The miniature, H. Sheridan, won his heat nicely in 17 l-ssccs., but could not gain a place in a very close finish in the first semifinal. Watters was left on his mark and had no chance. Frank Sullivan, who registered three seconds in his heat, semi-final, and final was, at least, consistent. His times are improving. J. Melvor showed signs of a little coaching and will go better later on. A new event, the primary schools’ relay, must, on its initial tryout, be judged a success. Six teams entered and Mahora deserved their win. The time was 66secs., which was an average of linear 17secs. per length. The B. Grade dive saw a dozen competitors lined up to face the boards, and the judging could not have been an easy task. Max Lord dived well to win and he is more consistent than last year. His half screw off the low board must have helped a lot towards his victory. Aldridge filled second place, followed by P. Fox and H. Sheridan, equal third. The latter in my opinion, was not many points behind Lord. The girls’ 25yds. handicap saw victory for Joan Hcnnah, who has improved her time over one length by at least two seconds from last season. Miss Green took the water too soon and lost all chances of being in the final. The two Campbell girls are keen and’will bo an asset to the club (by the end of thq sea'son. Senior Standard High. The standard of swimming among the men in .the, clpb at the present time must compare favourably with any season on record and “Isander” is of the opinion that Heretaunga will make a bold bid to capture the Swain Memorial this year and perhaps create a new record. The club should be able to place four men on the mark who Would break 4mins. 19secs, Doggett is the most improved senior at present. Last year he broke 70 on two occasions, registering 69 4-5 and 68 3-5, but he capped everything last Friday by producing 65 dead.

Dan O’Neill covered the distance in 69sccs. which is 1-5 of a second faster than the junior boys’ record established by Max Bedman in 1929. Pltynmcr swam 69 4-ssecs., which is certainly the first tinje he has broken 70, and he is likely to come lower down yet. King West, who is far from' being at the top of his form, did 68 2-ssecs., and regular attendance on training nights would not do any harm.

McDougall has not yet reached last year’s form, and he took 66secs., which was not anything out of the box. Viv Hill swam strongly but his turning must have helped him to reach homo in 62 2-ssccs. Frank Sullivan' and Jack Sharpley (especially the latter) showed that they also have been taking notice of their trainer’s instructions.

The open diving competition was novel in that all dives wore optional and Colin Thurlow started off by winning the first event of the season. Once again the standard was well up to that established during the past few seasons.

The ladies’ 50yds. handicap saw Miss Jean Hood gain victory from Miss Helen McGregor by a foot. Jean is most assuredly not on the decline as she registered 34 dead, which she has never been able to do before. Helen’s 37 1-5 was also a surprise and will help the club to gain points in the Bainbow Shield contests.

It was pleasing to see the B grade re-established on the programme, and it is to be hoped that more competitors will face the starter in future events. Bone did well to win his heat and then the final, but the performances of the other starters led me to think that they were hardly B graders. Luttrell’s times have been under 13secs.

The polo match at the conclusion of the programme made a fitting finish. The spirit in which the game was played was of the best.

Other Sports Notes will appear " to-morrow.'

lying the shot with a toucher when the skips changed over. Esson had twe seconds handy. With his last bowl he rested the shot bowl, leaving him 3 up. Duff Was unable to make any change, and Crichton and Esson won by two points—lB—l6. Another keen champion pairs game took place on the Kia Toa green between Chadwick and Sykes and Graham and Simpson, only one point separating them at the finish, Sykes being the winner—l7—l6.

New Tear Tourney. The New Year tourney of the Hawke's Bay Centre will take plac* on the Hastings greens on January 1 and 2. Though entries do not close until tonight, the secretary (Mr. P. Boar) has already received several nominations. Given good weather the tourney should be a most successful one.

Test Matches Off. There are to be no Tests between Australia and New Zealand at the coming Dominion tournament. A letter has been received by the N.Z.B.A. executive from the Australian Bowling Council regretting that the proposed series of Test matches prior to the tournament will have to be cancelled owing to insufficient nominations being received. Eleven individual entries were forwarded from Australia for thu rinks, and ten individual entries each for the pairs and singles. General.

At the last meeting of the executive of the council of the N.Z.B.A. an applications was received from Manawatu for a North Island tournament to .be held at Easter at Palmerston North. It was decided that the opinion of North Island members of the council should be obtained before a definite decision is reached.

Provided the present boundaries are not altered, the East Coast Centre has been granted permission to change its name to the Hawke’s Bay Centro. Mr. E. Falconer, a member of the council of the New Zealand Bowling Association, who has been seriously ill for some time, has made a good recovery.

The Skip Jumped. A New Zealand bowler wrote as follows to the bowls writer of the Sydney “Befcrce” (Mr B. T. Harrison): Can you say w-hat should be done in regard to the following, or if there is any rule to deal with it f At the twentieth head our rink was six down, and wo got them, making all square. In the last head 1 (No. 3) managed to rest out by a very small margin the opposing shot bowl, which was left delicately balanced on its edge. We all changed over except the opposing skip, who to my amazement made several jumps, causing the bowl to fall over for shot. We lost. Asking him if ho did not think his jumping had any effect, he replied: “No; the bowl was falling all the time!” Reply: In Australia it would possibly be regarded as ’’deliberate interference,” apd th<whole eight awarded to the other side on appeal to the umpire. Viewed from any angle, it is not sporting even to walk round a leaning bowl, and thus giving “assistance” towards its fall ing in. You never find them waltzing round a bowl that is leaning outwards.