Miss Wilson Sixth In Auckland Harbour Swim
I To “Nori7ier v , Advoc"i.»’"i 1 _ . AUCKLAND. This Day j Swimming against a tide that was beginning to turn, and with the disadvantage of n cross wind blowing towards the shore. A. Litchfield, of the lon son by Club, swam splendidly on .Saturday afternoon to secure 'first place in the Ponsonbv Club's annual harbour race for the Waiwai Shield, i Decided over a course of threequarters of a mile between the Western wharf and the Shelly Bench baths, the iace was swum in fairly calm water. Litchfield, who started from a handicap of 6.1 f, boat F. Brvant (5 15) by about 30 yards. S Rippon (.3.45) was third. Last year’s winner. Miss Mona Loydon, did not start, the only woman competitor being Miss W. Wilson, of Whangarni, who started from a handicap of 3.45 and finished in sixth place about 100 yards behind the winner. 3 wenty-oighl swimmers started only one CA. E. Lovell) failing to complete the course. C. R, Buchanan, the scratch man, secured the fastest time.
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Northern Advocate, 13 December 1937, Page 6
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