SWIMMING

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18633, 18 February 1935, Page 11

SWIMMING

N.Z. CHAMPIONSHIPS HEATS DECIDED iPer Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. Heats in the New Zealand swimming championships this morning resulted : , Men’s ICOyds. : First heat, N. Crump (Auckland, title and record holder), 1; I). H. Symes (Canterbury), 2; Riko Simon (South Auckland), 3. Also started : L. Allen (Canterbury). Won by a yard and a foot. Time, 56 2-ssec. Second heat: W. Wliarcaitn (South Auckland) and R. B. Frankham (Auckland), dead heat, 1; G. Chamberlain (Taranaki), 3. The only starters. Tffne, 56. Third heat: W. .1. Jarvis (Otago), l; N. H. McGrath (Southland), 2; A. Somervell (Wellington), 3. Also started : Ik Thomas (Auckland). Won by syds., and 2ft. Time, 55 3-5. Somervell would have been second had lie not fouled the lane line, thus missing qualifying, thirds being excluded. 220yds. Ladies: First heat, Miss S. Grange (Auckland), 1; Miss M. Leydon (Auckland), 2; Miss N. Hughes (Canterbury), 3. Won by a touch, with the. third girl 10yds. away. Time, 2.50 1-5. Also started: Miss V. Carncross (Taranaki). Second heat: Miss M. Basstian (Southland), 1; Miss N. Ludlow (Auckland title holder), 2; iMiss K. Rainey (Auckland), 3. Won by 3yds. and 12yds. Time, 2.48, only 2see. outside Miss Marie Farquhar’s Dominion record. All the placed girls qualified for the final, Richardson, R. W. Patty, C. Brodie, 2. Gisborne.—'l'. Alexander, str., W Holmes, C. llanseu, R. Kinder, 3. Also started :—Wairoa : J. Harbinger, str.. R. Herbert, T. Nicol, S. Gollaii. Won by 3ft HARRIS AND HILL SHIELD —Senior Pairs— One Mile and a-balf. Poverty Bay.—W. McLeod, str., and J. Barrett, 1. Napier.—W. Turner, str., and J. Dean, 2. Gisborne.—R. Mahon, str.. and K. Bell, 3. Won by a narrow margin. —Junior Pairs— One Mile and a-quarter. Poverty Bay.—T. Mnnro, str.. and 0. Wallace, I. Gisborne.— M. Butriclge, str., and T. McCall urn, 2. Napier.—L Briscoe, str., and G. Frank, 3. W rtii "1 Imifrlliri