SWIMMING

Southland Times, Issue 21998, 24 April 1933, Page 8

SWIMMING

PRIMARY SCHOOLS WILSON CUP WON BY MIDDLE SOUTH RUNNERS-UP As was anticipated the 1933 primary school swimming championships held at the Municipal Baths on Saturday night proved to be the most successful ever held. Twelve records were broken and one equalled, and there was a record attendance of parents and friends present to watch the great performances put up by the children throughout the evening. Outstanding performances — apart from the new records—were given by the Waihopai School juniors, who gained 42 out of the 49 points for their school, and Middle School seniors, who registered 41 points out of the total of 60. South put up a great display in both senior and junior sections, and St. Catherine’s made a great effort in their initial events. Individual performances of importance were those of J. Macdonald (Middle School) who only learnt to swim in the October classes last year; M. Gulliver (South), who won the primary school girls’ championship, knocking nearly 17sec off the 50yds record; and B. Springford (Middle), who gained four firsts and by his great consistency not only won the boys’ championship, but was mainly responsible for his school winning the cup. The swimming of C. Lynch (St. Catherine’s), M. Day (Waikiwi), R. Mac Gibbon (Waihopai), and the youngest competitor, A. Fitzsimmons (North), must have been very pleasing to their respective schools. A noticeable absentee was that fine girl swimmer N. Wilson (St. George).

Owing to the large number of entries —which were easily a record —it was deemed advisable to postpone the National Mutual Challenge Shield contest, and this is expected to be competed for on Wednesday afternoon. Those responsible for putting through the 39 events—including heats—in the record time of two and a-quarter hours, allowing children to be home early were: Mr A. J. Kingsland (starter), Messrs H. Aitken, A. Kidd and F. Springford (swimming judges), E. J. Salisbury and M. Hunt (diving judges), E. R. Fitzsimmons, N. Kidd and E. J. Salisbury (timekeepers), L. Foster (announcer), D. Deacon and H. S. Baker (organizers) and D. Deacon (secretThe following are the results: WIDTH OF BATHS, boys under 9 (2 starters) (record R. Colley 12sec, 1932). —I. Fredric (South) 1, R. Telfer (Waihopai) 2. Time, 13sec. WIDTH OF BATHS, girls under 10 (8 starters) (record, M. Grange, Msec, 1932) —A. Fitzsimmons (North) 1, J. Menzies (St. George) 2, M. Ritchie (South) 3. Time, 12 l-ssec—a record. WIDTH OF BATHS, boys under 10 (7 starters) (record, A. Fredric, lOsec, 1932).—L. Blaikie (Waihopai) 1, R. Colley (South) 2, L. Jones (North) 3. Time, 8 l-ssec—a record. 25 YARDS GIRLS UNDER 11 (9 starters) (record, N. Wilson, 18sec, 1932).— A. Fitzsimmons (North) 1, R.Chiaroni (St. Catherine’s) 2, J. Menzies (St. George) 3. Time, 25 3-ssec. 25 YARDS BOYS UNDER 11 (12 starters) (record, J. Cameron, 17sec, 1932).—First heat: R. Colley (South) 1, L. Blaikie (Waihopai) 2, N. Faircloth (Marist) 3. Second heat: K. Brown (South) 1, A. Fredric (South) 2, E. Nutsford (Marist) 3. Final: K. Brown 1, R. Colley 2, L. Blaikie 3. Time, 17 l-ssec.

JUNIOR DIVING CHAMPIONSHIP, boys under 12 (8 entries). —J. Cameron (Waihopai), 32pts, 1, L. Blaikie (Waihopai), 30pts, 2, K. Brown (South), 28pts, 3.

33 1-3 YARDS GIRLS UNDER 12 (13 starters) (record, N. Wilson, 25 3-ssec, 1932).—First heat: J. Macdonald (Middle) 1, M. Mabson (Waihopai) 2, P. Ball (St. George) 3. Second heat: R. Mac Gibbon (Waihopai) 1, D. Brown (South) 2, P. Hall (South) 3. Final: J. Macdonald 1, R. Mac Gibbon 2, P. Ball 3. Time, 25 3-ssec—record equalled.

33 1-3 YARDS BOYS UNDER 12 (16 starters) (record, 21 2-ssec, J. Couling, 1932).—First heat: J. Cameron (Waihopai) 1, K. Brown (South) 2, A. Smith (South) 3. Second heat: A. Aitken (Middle) 1, P. Hewat (Waihopai) 2, A. Caddie (St. George) 3. Final: J. Cameron 1, A. Aitken 2, K. Brown 3. Time, 23sec.

JUNIOR GIRLS’ DIVING CHAMPIONSHIP (8 entries).—J. Macdonald (Middle), M. Mabson (Waihopai) and R. Mac Gibbon (Waihopai) provided a great contest to be all placed equal first.

JUNIOR RELAY CHAMPIONSHIP, under 12 (6 teams) (record, South School, 32 2-ssec, 1932).— Waihopai 1, Middle 2, South 3. Time, 33 2-ssec.

33 1-3 YARDS BREASTSTROKE, boys under 12 (5 starters).—A. AitKen (Middle) 1, A. Raines (Waihopai) 2, A. Mair (South) 3. Time, 35 3-ssec. At this stage the leaders were Waihopai 42pts, South 22, Middle 19.

33 1-3 YARDS GIRLS, under 13 (9 starters) (record, M. Ford, 28 2-ssec, 1932).—First heat: R. Mac Gibbon (Waihopai) 1, D. Ritchie (South) 2. M. Timpany (St. Catherine’s) 3. Time, 25 3-ssec, a record. Second heat: C. Lynch (St. Catherine’s) 1, A. Fredric (South) 2, P. Ball (St. George) 3. Time, 22 3-5 sec. Again the record was broken. Final: C. Lynch 1, R. Mac Gibbon 2, A. Fredric 3. Time’ 23 3-ssec. 100 YARDS CHAMPIONSHIP, boys under 14 (7 starters).—B. Springford (Middle) 1, K. Shaw (South) 2, T. Bath (Middle) 3. Time, 73 l-ssec. SENIOR GIRLS’ DIVING CHAMPIONSHIP, under 14 (8 competitors).— M. Day (Waikiwi) 1, A. Fredric (South) 2, R. Mac Gibbon (Waihopai) 3.

33 1-3 YARDS BACKSTROKE CHAMPIONSHIP, under 14 (6 starters). —B. Springford (Middle) 1, T. Bath (Middle) 2, A. Mcßurney (Middle) 3. Time, 28 l-ssec. 33 1-3 YARDS CHAMPIONSHRIP. girls under 14 (8 starters) (record, M. Ford, 27sec. 1932).—M. Gulliver (South) 1, C. Lynch (St. Catherine’s) 2, M. Day (Waikiwi) •3. Time, 23 4-ssec—a record.

33 1-3 YARDS, boys under 13 (13 starters) (record, J. Coulihg, 22 3-ssec, 1932).—First heat: J. Couling (South) 1, F. Wills (Marist) 2, J. Barclay (Waihopai) 3. Time, 21 3-ssec—a record. Second heat: T. Bath (Middle) 1, VI Hewitt (Waihopai) 2, A. Aitken (Middle) 3. Time, 21 2-ssec—a record. Final: J. Couling 1. T. Bath 2, W. Hewitt 3. Time- 21 l-ssec—a record.

25 YARDS BREASTSTROKE, girls under 14 (6 starters) (record, M. Day, 23sec, 1931).—C. Lynch (St. Catherine’s) 1, M. Day (Waikiwi) 2, P. Day (Waihopai) 3. Time, 19 l-ssec —a record.

33 1-3 YARDS BREASTSTROKE, boys under 14 (3 starters) (record, T. Polson, 29sec, 1932).—8. Springford (Middle) 1, A. Aitken (Middle) 2, H. Bath (Waihopai) 3. Time- 33sec. 50 YARDS CHAMPIONSHIP, girls under 14 (5 starters) (record, A. MacDonald, 55sec, 1931). —M. Gulliver (South) 1, C. Lynch (St. Catherine’s) 2, M. Day (Waikiwi) 3. Time, 38 1-5 sec, beating the previous record by 16 4-ssec.

50 YARDS CHAMPIONSHIP, boys under 14 (10 starters) (record, P. Shave, 35 4-ssec, 1931).—First heat: B. Springford (Middle) 1, K. Shaw (South) 2, M. Jones (North) 3. Time, 33 3-ssec—a record. Second heat: J. Couling (South) 1, T. Bath (Middle) 2. R. Sutton (South) 3. Time, 34 2-ssec. Final: B. Springford 1, K. Shaw 2, J. Couling 3. Time, 33 2-ssec—a new record.

BOYS’ SENIQR DIVING CHAMPIONSHIP, under 14 (7 competitors).— T. Bath (Middle) 43.4pt5, 1, J. Couling (South) 37.6pt5, 2, J. Cameron (Waihopai) 32.9pt5, 3. 33 1-3 YARDS, girls over 14 (3 starters) _D. Longman (Waikiwi) 1, J. Ward (St. Catherine’s) 2, I. Russell (Waikiwi) 3. Time, 31sec. 33 1-3 YARDS, boys over 14 (5 starters).—J. Oliver (Waihopai) !• E. Carstersen (Middle) 2, A. West (Marist) 3. Time, 21 l-ssec. SENIOR GIRLS’ RELAY CHAMPIONSHIP. under 14 (4 teams) (record, South, 46 l-ssec, 1931).—5t. Catherine’s 1, South 2, Waihopai 3. Time, 29 sec—an easy record. SENIOR BOYS’ RELAY CHAMPIONSHIP under 14 (5 teams) (record, 97sec, South, 1932). —Middle 1, South 2> Waihopai’3. Time, 91 3-ssec—a record. CHAMPION BOY—B. Springford (Middle). CHAMPION GIRL—M. Gulliver (South). Points for Wilson Cup.—Middle 60, South 56, Waihonai 49, Marist-St. Catherine’s 24, North 11, Waikiwi 10, St. George 5.