SWIMMING.
LADIES’ CHAMPIONSHIP WON BY MISS BLEIBTREY. ft BRISBANE, Feb. 25. The iCOyds. ladies’ championship of Australia resulted as' follows: Miss Bliebtrey 1, Miss Mina Wylie 2, Miss Elsie Venning 3. Won by three yards. Time, 1.7 2-5. In the 150yds. ladips’ teams race tbe New South Wales team established an Australian record of 1.35 4-5, tho provious best being 1.39. —U.P.A. The third annual contest among tbe local primary schools for possession of tho Joyce swimming shield took place in the Gisborne baths yesterday afternoon, and resulted in Gisborne school retaining the shield. The following arc the results: BO'YSf EVENTS. 25yds. breast stroke : Ist heat.— Traill (Gisborne) 1, Bale (Mangapapa) 2; 2nd heat, Clark (Gisborne) 1, Franks (Mangapapa) 2 ; final,' Clark 1, Traill 2, Bale 3. 25yds. on back: Ist heat. —Preston (Mangapapa) 1, Goldsmith (Gisborne) 2; 2nd heat, Clark (Gisborne) 1, Townsley (Mangapapa) 2; final, Clark 1, Preston 2, Townsley 3. 25yds., any stroke: Ist heat.—Richardson, (Ivaiti) 1, Muir (Te Hapara) 2; 2nd heat, Thompson (Gisborne) 1, Johns (Mangapapa) 2; final, ’Thompson 1, Richardson 2, Muir 3. 100yds. : Rice (Gisborne) and Thompson (Gisborne) dead heat. Relay race: Gisborne Al, Gisborne B 2, Haiti 3. GIRLS’ EVENTS. 25yds. breast stroke.—D. Laming (Gisborne) 1, M. Franks (Mangapapa) 2. 25yds. on back : G. Tasker (Gisborne) 1, F. Bishop (Gisborne) 2. 25yds., any stroke: H. Holmes (Gisborne) E. Bishop (Gisborne) dead heat 1, C. Skipworth 3. 50yds. : R. (Gisborne) 1, C, Gardner (Gisborne) *2. Relay race: Gisborne A 1, Gisborne B 2. • At the conclusion of the shield events a 100yds. championship took place for a valuable trophy kindly donated by Mr. Ivess. After an interesting race, J. Martin (Mangapapa) just won from Miss R. Tvess (Gisborne), R., Thompson (Gisborne) being third.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15456, 26 February 1921, Page 3
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