MISS LEYDON BREAKS 440-YARDS RECORD

Northern Advocate, 11 January 1938, Page 6

MISS LEYDON BREAKS 440-YARDS RECORD

[Per Pres.-? Association. Copyright.] NEW PLYMOUTH, This Day. Swimmers’ ambitions to represent New Zealand at the British Empire Games at Sydney next month again had .effect last night, when two national records and other good times were registered at the second session of the New Zealand senior swimming championship meeting.

One record-breaker v/as Miss Mona Leydon, of Auckland. 440 yards ladies' free style, and the other was L. Newell, of Canterbury, half-mile men's free style. Several titles were won by Auckland. victors besides Miss Leydon being P. Hanan and P. E. Matbieson. Auckland also won the interprovincial relay, which is not a championship event.

Points for the Yaldhurst Shield are; Auckland 53, Southland 12. Canterbury 11. Taranaki 6. Southland 3, Wanganui 3 Hawke’s Bay 3.

Results:— 220 Yards, Men. —Hanan (Auckland) 1, Pascoe (Auckland) 2. Symes (Canterbury) 3. Time. 2min. 25 4-ssec.

100 Yards Women’s Backstroke. Miss M. Leydon (Auckland) 1. Miss P. Hudson (Hawke’s Bay) 2. Time. 1 min. 25 l-ssec. 100 Yards Men’s Backstroke. —P. E. Matbieson (Auckland) 1. A. Thomas (Otago) 2, W. R. Lloyd (Taranaki) 3. Time, 68 2-ssec. 880 Yards, Men. —L. Newell (Canterbury) 1, A. W. Pascoe (Auckland) 2. Time, lOmin. 53 3-ssec. (a New Zealand record).

440 Yards, Women.—Miss M. Leydon (Auckland) 1, Miss M. McGrath (Southland) 2. Time, smin. 36 3-ssec. (a New Zealand record). 133 Yards Interprovincial Scratch Relay—Auckland 1. Otago 2, Taranaki 3. Time. 63 3-ssec.

Water Polo—Taranaki 7. beat Canterbury 3.