SWIMMING CARNIVAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12665, 19 January 1912, Page 7

SWIMMING CARNIVAL

The fbllowihg are additional results of the events at the Gisborne Amateur Swimming Club's carnival; yesterday, afternoon: — Boys' Race, 50 yards.. Y6,, entries): J. E. Wanklin (4sec) I, ' N." Faiflie (teec)' 2. Time. 38scc. "• • ■■■-.. ..; . Final 50 Yards Maiden .'Handicap : J.O'Meara f4sec) 1, J. Chrisp. (scr) 2. Time, 33sec. A i splendid race. O-Meara got the best of the start, and just beat Chrfsp by a few inches, and the latter got home a stroke in front of J. Parker. 100 Yards Open (7 entries).— First heat: H. Nolan (3sec) 1, G. Adair (3sec) 2; time, 1.17. Second heat: J. ,N. Bollard (2sec) 1, J. Chrisp i (3sec) 2; time,. 1.16. Also started: .T. McLean (scr), P. Bradley (ssec), and ,V. Dooling YSsec). (Final: Adair 1, ..N01an 2; time," 1.194. Bullard pulled out atyer cpverfp'g . .ty^lf t the. distance, | and Chrisp stopped a few "yards from ' the • finishing post. . .Adair won. by about' two strokes. Plunge (6 entries) : V. I)opling (37ft llin ) !i G. Adair (35ft) 2. J. Bullard plunged fiix jn ches sh6rt of the second' man. Last-year he won by ■ travelling .44 feet. . ' ■: 220 Yards Open Handicap (5 starter?): V. Dooling (189ec)'l, 1). Menzies (15sec) 2; time, [ 3.49. This was an interesting .race. O. Adair i (7sec) pulled . put after 75 yt ids, 1 owing to his' trunks getting round ''s'jlegs. J. Bullard f6sec). ialso. gave, up a lep later, and C. Churoh ' (19sec) did likewise after going 150 yards. Dooling won by seyerul yards. Last year Bullard won this event in 3.6. Neat Dive (12 entries): W. Porter 1, G. • Fnirlie und "H. , Nolan (d(jftd heat) .2. A number of the competitors were pflt out c n the , spring-board dive. G. Adair and P. Bradlsy wcro the only other two left in to try tl.e high dive, which, was judged in conjunction vith . the . springboard . dive. ! Final 50 Yards '.Open Handicap; W. Carroll (3sec) 1, J.- Chrisp (2sec) 2; time, '30isec. D. Menzies did not start, and A. Hi Robinson did not finish. ' The race between Carroll, Chrisp, 0* J&iltridge (Osec) and G. Parker (Beec) : wp» .exciting. Carroll won by three yards from Ohrisp, who beat Paltridge by a Ktrokp, and the,, latter, finished only half a stroke in front' of Parker. Relay Rflcei J, Bqljaj-d( J? Chjisp, J. O'Meara and \\. Nolan 1, W. Carjoll, U. Paltridge, J». Bradley and G. Adair 2. Only two teams entered. A close finish wpa. witnessQd.. Time, ■ Polo Match: This was the' last event, and it provided an excellent conclusion to the after' noon's, carnival. Two teams entered, as fol« lowsii,.J. Bulljord (capt,), J, Chrisp, D. Mpn. zies, V. Dooling'-nnd G. Adair, and Carroll (capt.), E. Ahuripi, O. paltridge, P. .Pradley niuj C, Church. /Two spells wepe pl&ycrt. Carroll's team had th.e best of the first spell,, as they were wprlfing fr'pm the sljallow en(s. They almost Rcored several' times, but splendid v/bik on the part of Adair as goal-Heepep- sawdr-bis iside every rime. Towards the close of . the spell J. Chrisp regisetred ft goal, ■ When tHe sides changed round Bullard's men' outclassed

ihoir opponents und scored throe more goals, which were shot by Menzies, thus giving them (he victory by four goals to nil. The Rev. L. D. Thomas and Mr H. 51. Terror acted as judges, Messrs A. J. Cox, T. !\ Gordon and W. Cave as timekeeper^, mid Mr T. Holdsworth as starter and judge of diving. Mr F. O. Walker ably carried out t lie duties of secretary, and he received valuable assistance from Alessrs P. Bindley and J. N. Bullard, members of the committee.