SWIMMING

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIX, 28 January 1936, Page 3

SWIMMING

MAORI GIRL EQUALS RECORD AT JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS [By Telegraph—Press Asso'ciatioul HAMILTON, 27th January. • Tn her heat of the fifty yards junior girls’ free-style championship the Maori girl. Xawi Kora (South Auckland) equalled the New Zealand record of 29 4-sssec at the national junior and intermediate swimming championships at Hamilton this morning. As on Saturday, she was completely \mpressed by the opposition and won .the heat comfortably by a considerable margin. Results of heats in the championship events are as follows: —

100 Yards Intermediate Boys’ Breaststroke. —First heat: G. P. Chambers (Otago). 1; G. Roscoe (Canterbury), 2; I. Robertson (Wellington), 3. 'Time, 7!) l-osee. Second heat: K. Shaw (Southland), 1; M. Cleary (Auckland), 2; T. Jones (Auckland) and W. Nicholson (Canterbury), dead heat, 3. Time, 79 l-osec. f>() Yards Junior Girls’ Free Style. — First heat: N. Kora (South Auckland), 1; P. Watts (Wanganui), 2; M. Brown (Auckland), Time, 29 4-fisuc, equalling thy ‘New Zealand record. Second heat: M. Black (Auckland), 1; B. Jlobson (Canterbury), 2; J. McDonald (Southland) and J. Thomson (Otago), dead heat, 3. Time, 30 3-ssec. 220 Yards Intermediate Boys’ Free Style. —First heat: ,1. Cameron (Southland), 1; M. Ryan (Taranaki), 2; S. Rippou (Auckland), 3. Time, 2inin 50 2-fisee. Second heat: P . Melnncs (Southland), 1; B. Morrison (South Auckland). 2; L. Mitchell (Canterbury), 3. Time, ’2m in 48 4-ssec. 220 Yards Intermediate Boys’ Free Style. —First heat: A. Pascoc (Auckland). 1; J. Franks (Nelson), 2; S. Aratcma (South Auckland), 3. Time, ?,inin 4,4 -fisec. Second heat: S. W. Jarvis (Otago), 1; J. Leslie (Taranaki), 2; T. Rogers. (South Auckland), 3. Time, 2inin 47 3-fisee. Third heat: IT. Goldsmith (Auckland), 1; D. Davis (Southland), 2; N. Stokes (Canterbury)’. 3. Time, 2niin 37 2-nsec.

With the exception of the 220 yards intermediate hoys’ free style, where the first and second platings only enter the filial, the three placed competitors in (Re heats have qualified for the finals.

NEW ZEALANDERS UNSUCCESSFUL

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright)

MELBOURNE, 2(>tli January

P. Mathieson and W. J. Jarvis, New Zealand, were unsuccessful in their final appearance at Melbourne on Saturday in the Victorian 220 yards freestyle championship, finishing equal fifth. The title was won by Alan Crawford in' 2min 28soc.