Y.M.C.A. Swimming Carnival

Manawatu Times, Volume LVI, Issue 7071, 2 February 1933, Page 8

Y.M.C.A. Swimming Carnival

SUCCESSFUL EVENING EVENT The twelfth annual carnival of the Y.M.C.A. Swimming Club was held in the Municipal baths last evening. Good lighting facilities and keen competition in all events combined to make the function a highly successful one. Despite the unfavourable weather conditions there was a good attendance of the public. In officially opening the carnival, Mr. J. Grant, chairman of the Y.M.C.A. Board of Directors, congratulated the club on once again putting on a successful meeting. Mr. Grant also mentioned the creditablo performance of H. Piorard, of Terrace End School, at the New Zealand swimming championships. held recently in Dunedin. The officials responsible for the efficient running off of the various events were: Referee, Mr. E. Persson; swimming; judges, Messrs A. D. Campbell, 0. o. oporle, G. 11. Neal; diving juoges, Messrs W. Schwarz, W. Eyre, G. H. Neal, timekeepers, Messrs Weston J. Smith, B. Smith, L. Robinson; starter, Mr. J. T. Fahey; cheek starter, Mr. W. , Schwarz;' handicapper, Mr. E. Persson; call steward, Mr. W. Schwarz; announcer, Mr. A. D. Campbell; compiling steward, Mr. W. Eyre; ladies’ steward, Mrs. E. H. Fisher; hon. secretary, Mr. S. Haddon.

Detailed results of the programme are as follow: —

Men’s 50 yards backstroke championship (record holder, A. Penman 35 see.): J. Coates (C.) 1, R. Carter (T.E.) 2; time, 45sec. Only starters. Men’s 33 1-3 yards handicap.—first heat: D. L. Plank (Mar.) lsec. 1, N. Osborne (P.N.) Gsec. 2; time, 22 4-ssec. Second heat: C. Evans (H.) Ssec. 1, B. Weeks (Y.M.) ssec. 2; time, 21 3-ssee. Third-heat: S. O’Leary (Fg.) Sscc. 1, Lyon (Fg.) 2; time, 23sec. Final: Evans 1, Osborne 2, O’Leary 3; time, 22 l*ssec.

Boys’ 33 I*3 yards litindiccip. iiist heat: B. Smith (T.E.) lsec. 1, G. Cameron (T.E.) 6sec. 2. Second heat: R. Kabone (T.E.) sscc. 1, A. Pierard (T.E.) lsec. 2; time, 23 3-ssec. Final: Eabone 1, Smith 2, Cameron 3; time, 23sec. 220 yards open handicap: D. L. Plank (Mar.) lGsec. 1, P. Eade (Fg.) ISsec. 2; time, 2min. 55sec. Only starters. Girls’ 33 1-3 yards handicap: Miss M. fawards 3see. 1, Miss D. Gibbs (T.E.) 2sec. 2, Miss 0. Sporlc (Fg.) scr. 3; time, 28 4-ssec. Open 100 yards breaststroke handicap: T. Twigge (Y.M.) 20sec. 1, H. Dewo (Fg.) 9sec. 2, E. Coates (C.) 3; time, lmin. 43 3-ssec. Open 100 yards handicap. —First heat: G. Kenning (C.) ISsec. 1, 0. Judd (H.) lOsec. 2; time, 1.i3 3-5. D. E. Plank (H.) finished second but was disqualified for breaking his mark. Second heat: G. Pattle (H.) lOsec. 1, D. Simmonds (C.) ISsec. 2, E. Milverton (H.) ISsec. 3; time, 1.17 2-5. Tnird heat: J. Shand (H.) 18sec. 1, D. L. Plank (Mar.) 6sec. 2, A. Pletcher (H.) 14sec. 3; time, 1.17. Final: Kenning 1, Pattle 2, Simmonds 3; time, 72 3-osec.

Open 50 yards life saving handicap, teams of two, each to swim 25 yards, using first and fourth methods of rescue: Misses J. and E. Revere (Fg.) I, B. Weeks and B. Haddon (Y.M.) 2, J. Coates and G. Kenning (C.) 3; time,

Open dive: W. Eyre (C.) 1, R. Milverton (H.) 2; nine competitors. Ladies’ 33 1-3 yards handicap: Miss N. Hosking (C.) 2sec. 1, Miss G. Simmonds (C.) 4sec. 2, Miss M. Snelling (C.) Gsec. 3; time, 24sec. Flying squadron handicap (teams of four, each to swim 33 1-3 yards). First heat: Central A 2sec. (Coates, Simmonds, Bary, Kenning) 1, Hokowhitu B Gsec. (Seivers, Sears, Shand, Milverton) 2; time, lmin. 44 4-ssec. Second heat: Terrace End boys 20see. (Pierard, Carter, Rabone, Cameron) 1, Feilding 3sec. (Eade, Grinrod, Plank, Dewe) 2; time, lmin. 34sec. Final: Hokowhitu B 1, Terrace End 2; time, lmin. 3 lsec.

Ladies’ diving championship (title holder, Miss N. Smillie, Y.M.C.A.): Miss N. Milverton 1, Miss M. Linklater 2.

At a suitable juncture, a group of the well-known Y.M.C.A. entertainers provided much amusement by a novelty event in which they displayed a variety of new and unauthentie strokes. They repeated their efforts later with a display of "plain, fancy and trick diving” in which any deficiency of grace and poise was fully balanced by an amplitude of the grotesque and

original. At the conclusion of the carnival, supper was provided for the competitors by the Y.M.C.A. Club.