SWIMMING.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 74, 24 February 1938, Page 10

SWIMMING.

WEST END CLUB. On Wednesday evening, the West End Swimming Club held another series of races in the West End swimming bath for club cups and trophies. There was ■ a good attendance and all the events were keenly contested. Members of this club have shown a marked improvement on last year s performances. Quite a number or inter-club carnival events have fallen to their lot, members being successful at Feilding, Wanganui, Dannevirke, and Pahiatua. , Three teams of five members- each competed in a relay race, and an exciting finish was witnessed, E. Lciwards’s team winning by a very small margin. The open dive also proved an interesting event. Twelve competed, and some very fine diving was witness-

Tlie following are the results of the handicap events: — „ Boys’ 25 yards.—J. Penketh 1, BSteele 2, J. "Shirley 3. Ladies’ 25 yards.— Miss B. Schwabe 1, Miss M. Collis 2, Miss S. Baldwin 3. , Men’s breaststroke, 100 yards.—l. Dustin 1, C. Cuneen 2, C. Blackburn ‘ Men’s 50 yards.—N. McLean 1, E. Steele 2, C. Blackburn 3. Men’s 220 yards.—S. Dawick 1, K. Carlson 2. . Ladies’ 50 yards.—Miss B. Schwabe 1 Miss M. Collis 2, Miss J. Schwabe 3.