SURF CHAMPIONS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19249, 15 February 1937, Page 4

SURF CHAMPIONS

DOMINION CONTESTS A ULTRA LI ANS SUPERIOR SUCCESS OF MARANUI (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. The New Zealand national surf championships opened at Lyall Bay on Suturihiv in a strong cold southerly and concluded yesterday. The Minister ot Education, the lion. P. Fraser, officially opened the programme. The weather yesterday was also cold .vitli rain, but little wind, liesults were ;ts follows

New Zealand four—Mail alarm championship.—lloslyn Cup, holders Lyall Bay (Wellington).—First heat: Oliawe A,' 1; Island Bay, 2. Second heat: Sumner, 1; Lyall Bay A, 2; Eastern United, 3. Third heat: Taylor’s Mistake A. 1; New Plymouth Uld Boys A, 2; Maranui A, 3; Patea, 4, Fourth heat: St. Clair A, 1; North Beach A, 2; faylor’s Mistake- B was disqualified for not touching the buoy. Fifth beat: Lyall Bay li, 1; Oliawe B, 2; Fitzroy IE 5. Sixth heat>Maranui B, 1; Oreti, 2. Seventh heat: Fitzroy A, 1; St. Clair B, 2. First semi-final: Maranui !’>, 1; St. Clair A, 2; Oliawe A, 3. Second semi-final: Taylor’s Mistake, 1; Lyall Bay B, 2; Sumner, 3. Final: Maranui, 1; Taylor's Mistake, 2. New Zealand beltman’s championship.

—First heat: R. Pelham, Lyall Bay A, 1; L. Newall, North Beach B, Canterbury, 2; G, S. Cooper, Sunnier A, 3. Second heat: \V. Bell, Lyall Bay, 1; D. •Gayton, Old Boys A, 2; D. Burton, Opunnke, 3. Third heat: J). Symcs, .Taylor’s -Mistake A, 1 ; S. G. Ryan, Oliawe A, 2; E. S. Watson, Lyall Bay IE 3. Fourth heat: J. Miller, Australia C, 1; A. T. Dalton, North Beach A, 2: 0. Jones, Worser Bay, 3. Fifth heat: IE Hodgson, Australia B, 1; N. Galbraith. Eastern United, 2; P. K. Malthas, Oreti. 3. Sixth heat: G. Low, Taylor's Mistake C, L; P. Mathieson, St. Clair B, 2; D. Pritchard, Old Boys B, 3. Seventh heat: A. Carrier, Australia A, 1; IE A. Adams, Patea, 2. Second round.—First heat: Q. T. Dalton, North Beach, 1; R. Pelham, Lyall Bay, 2; N. Galbraith, Eastern United, 3. Second heat: I). Symes, Taylor’s Mistake, Canterbury, 1. Symes was the only New Zealand competitor in this section and was required to swim the course to qualify. Third heat: J. Millar. Australia, 1; B. Hodgson, Australia, 2; A. Carrier, Australia. 3. Final: J. Millar, Australia, 2min. 54scc.. 1; A, Dalton, North Beach, Canterbury, 2min. 43 3-ssec., 2; D. Symes, Taylor’s Mistake, Canterbury, 2min. 50 2-ssec., 3. Millar, being a member of the Australian team cannot claim the title, which goes to Dalton. New Zealand junior rescue and resuscitation championship, William Henry Memorial. —First heat: Lyall Bay, 1; St. Clair, 2. Second heat: Maranui, i; Island Bay, 2; Paekakariki, 3. Final: Lyall Bay, 6min, 22sec., 1 ; Maranui, imiu. 4see., 2,-

New Zealand championship rescue tuid resuscitation, Nelson Shield: — first heat: Castled iff, 1; Lyall Hay IE Maranui B and Taylor’s Misuse were all disqualified. Second heat: hew' Plymouth Old Boys, 1. Lyall Bay, who readied home first with the fastest time was disqualified for the patient g.iiitg to the wrong buoy. Eastern uiited and Patea were also disqualified, (bird heat: Maranui A, 1; St. Clair, 2: Opunakc, 3. Fourth heat: Australia, 1; Fitzroy, 2; Oliawe, 3. Australia was ipl eligible for the championship, so fiitzroy entered the final. Filial: Maraud A, 1; Taylor’s Mistake, 2; New Plymouth Old Boys, 3. Junior individual surf race championship: S. W, Jarvis, St. Clair, 6min. 3{sec.. 1; 11. Goldfinch, Taylor’s Mistike, smin. 45 3-ssec., 2; H. Fowns, Miramii, smin. 55 2-ssec., 3. Senior individual surf race championslip: R. Pelham, Lyall Bay, Wellingtni, smin. 2Csec., 1; P. Maihieson, St. Gtiir, Otago, Sniin. 35sec\, 2; A. Dalton, North Beach, smiti. 45see., 3. W. Scott, .Australia, won the event in 4min. 39sec., fdlowed tit dose intervals by three other Australians, J. Millar, J. King and A. Hurt. The first New Zealander to leave He surf and race up the beach to le tape was Pelham, who finished in fi’th position. Then came B. liodson, Australia, Matheson and Dalton. The Australian was’ ineligible to hold the file which goes to Pelham as the first hew Zealander home.

New Zealand march past championslip: Opunake, 1; Taylor’s Mistake, 2; (iliawe, 3. Intercolonial surf relay.—Australia, 1; Jew Zealand. 2.

Senior surf teams’ relay championship, iustralia, 1; Maranui, 2; Lyall Bay, 3. '.’he Australian team was ineligible, so llaranui takes the title from last year’s lohlers, Lyall Bay.

Junior surf teams’ relay championship : it. Clair, 1; Lyall Bay, 2; Island Bay,