CLOSE FINISHES AT CARNIVAL

Southland Times, Issue 23675, 25 November 1938, Page 11

CLOSE FINISHES AT CARNIVAL

EX-PUPILS’ SWIMMING CLUB MILLAR’S OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE Keen competition was a feature of the annual carnival of the Ex-Pupils Swimming Club held in the Tepid Baths last night. The majority of the races produced close finishes and the excitement of the crowd was intense. Four championship events were held but none of the Southland records was broken. L. Barry would have had to swim an exceptionally fast race to break the record for the 100 yards junior boys’ championship. He swam very easily, but was handicapped by having to swim by himself. In the 50 yards intermediate girls’ championship the winner, Miss J. Macdonald, was 2 3-ssec outside the record time established by Miss D. Symon in 1936. Her win, although narrow, was convincing. The record for the 220 yards intermediate boys’ championship was not endangered. Some exciting swimming was seen m the 100 yards men’s senior championship, K. Shaw and W. J. Johnson having a keen tussle for first place. Johnson was successful by a touch and his victory wsis well deserved. Although this championship race produced a close finish, it was slightly disappointing as far as the time was concerned. It was thought that the Southland record would be broken, but Johnson failed by the narrow margin of 4-ssec. ’ A. C. Millar put up an outstanding performance to win the 100 yards open handicap race in the fast time of 58 3-ssec. Although he was placed only third in the championship race, Millar swam splendidly in the handicap, event and won in convincing fashion. His time was 2sec lower than Johnson’s time in the championship race. Millar’s failure in the championship could be attributed to some extent to the fact that he fouled the ropes in the first lap. The handicap events attracted good entries—although there was a number of scratchings because of sickness —and some fast swimming was seen. There was a high standard of performance in the open dive handicap, which was won by L. Blaikie from C. Henry. Henry spoilt his chances of success by a flat entry into the water in his voluntary dive. The work of the officials was most satisfactory and the programme was completed in.good time. Detailed results are:— ; CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS 100 YARDS JUNIOR BOYS. Record, 63 l-ssec, P. Mclnnes, 1935. Titleholder. L. Barry (M.). L. Barry 1 ■ The only competitor. Time, 1.11. 50 YARDS INTERMEDIATE GIRLS. | Record, 29 l-ssec, Miss D. Symon, 1936. Title-holder, Miss J. Macdonald. Miss J. Macdonald (M.) 1 Miss K. Westerby (M.) 2 Miss K. Bradshaw (Ex-P.) 3 Time, 0.31 4-5. 220 YARDS INTERMEDIATE BOYS. Record,' 2min 35sec, D. Davis, 1935. Title-holder, J. C. Cameron (M.). J. C. Cameron (M.) 1 J. H. Alexander (Ex-P.) 2 Time, 2.47 1-5. Cameron held the lead from start to finish. Alexander was only a few feet behind for the first half of the distance, but Cameron opened up a gap over the last half. 100 YARDS MEN. Record, 59 4-5 sec, P. H. McGrath, 1934. Title-holder, K. Shaw (M.). (Six entries). W. J. Johnson (M.) 1 K. Shaw (M.) 2 A. C. Millar (Ex-P.) 3 Tme, 1.0 3-5. At the end of the first lap Shaw turned a foot ahead of Johnson, with the others close up. Johnson drew level with the leader and at the end of the second lap was inches ahead of Shaw. Then followed Millar and Springford. In a close and exciting finish Johnson won by a touch. HANDICAP EVENTS 33 1-3 YARDS OPEN JUNIOR HANDICAP (42 entries). —First heat: Miss D. Clark (9sec) 1, Miss L. Taylor (2sec) 2, L. Parkinson (7sec) S. Time, 0.28. Second heat: R. Stewart (3sec) 1, R. Hin/in (6sec) 2, D. Doake (3sec) 3. Time, 0.25 1-5. Third heat: S. Hill (7sec) 1, Miss J. Robertson (ssec) 2, W. Robbie (Bsec) 3. Time, 0.26 1-5. Fourth heat: R. Dawson (ssec) 1, Miss J. Macgregor (7sec) 2, D. Perham (3sec) 3. Time, 0.24 3-5. Fifth heat: D. Robbie (6sec) 1, D. Hogg (Bsec) 2, J. Macdonald (3sec) 3. Time, 0.25 4-5. Sixth heat: J. Steel (3sec) 1, P. Stead (4sec) 2, C. Barry (7sec) 3. Time, 0.22 1-5. Seventh heat: A. Hawkes (9sec) 1, Miss J. Gerrard* (4sec) 2, J. Kirkland (7sec) 3. Time, 0.27 4-5. Eighth heat: R. Porter 1, B. McKitterick 2, Miss A. Hamilton 3. Time, 0.36 1-5. Semi-finals.— First heat: D. Robbie 1," Gerrard 2. Time, 0.25 4-5. Second heat: Steel 1, Miss McGregor 2. Time, 0.22. . Third heat: Hogg 1, Stead 2. Time, 0.27. Final: Steel 1, Robbie 2, Hogg 3. Time, 0.23 1TINY TOTS’ WIDTH (eight entries). —J. Wilson (7sec) 1, Miss P. Smith (lOsec) 2. JUNIOR AND INTERMEDIATE HANDICAP DIVE (16 entries).—W. Robbie (28.2pts) 1, D. Doake (27.1pta) 2, L. Barry (26.2pt5) 3. 100 YARDS OPEN BREASTSTROKE HANDICAP (18 entries).—First heat: Miss S. Brown (34sec) 1, Miss D. Hurworth (18sec) 2, T. Jones (21sec) 3. Time, 1.43 2-5. Second heat: B. Phillips (20sec) 1, I, Mitchell (ssec) 2, Miss J. Hannon (12sec) 3. Time, 1.37 2-5. Third heat: Miss C. Lynch (9sec) 1, Miss N. Dixon (20sec) 2, S. Bridgman (14sec) 3. Time, 1.31 2-5. Final: Miss Brown 1, Miss Lynch 2, Phillips 3. Time, 1.46. 100 YARDS OPEN HANDICAP (12 entries). —First heat: Miss B. Westerby (13sec) 1, W. M. Clouston (llsec) 2, F. W. Springford (2sec) 3. Time, 1.12 2-5. Second heat: A. C. Millar (scr) 1, T. W. Bath (6sec) 2, Miss K. Westerby (13sec) 3. Time, 0.59 2-5. Final: Millar 1, Springford 2, Miss Westerby 3. Time, 0.58 3-5. TINY TOTS’ 33 1-3 YARDS HANDICAP. Holloway Cup. (12 entries). — First heat: M. Carran (Isec) 1, D. Hogg (ssec) 2, T. Grace (2sec) 3. Time, 0.35 2- Second heat: E. Lowden (Bsec) 1, Miss D. Kirkland (Bsec) 2, M. Folley (ssec) 3. Time, 0.29 4-5. Final: Carran 1, Hogg 2, Lowden 3. Time, 0.23 2-5.

RIBBON DIVE (12 entries).—Best performance: G. Forbes. Most humorous performance: R. Porter. 50 YARDS JUNIOR AND INTERMEDIATE HANDICAP (24 entries).— First heat: E. Nutsford (4sec) 1, R. Dawson (14sec) 2. R. Robbie (18sec) 3. Time, 0.30 4-5. Second heat: W. Chalmers (Bsec) 1, Miss L. Gellatly (Bsec) 2, A. Duncan (ssec) 3. Time, 0.35 4-5. Third heat: W. Clouston (4sec) 1, L. Blakie (3sec) 2, R. Parker (llsec) and

Miss M. Barry (lOsec) 3 equal. Time, 0 30. Fourth heat: Miss N. Dixon (Bsec) 1, Miss K. Bradshaw (7sec) 2, J. Cameron (scr) 3. Final- Chalmers 1, Nutsford 2, Clouston 3 Time, 0.34 2-5. OPEN DIVE HANDICAP.—L. Blaikie 1. C. Henry 2. 100 YARDS OPEN BACKSTROKE HANDICAP. —Miss D. Mulvey (19sec) and Miss J. Macdonald (7sec) 1 equal, D. C. Berry (scr) 3. Time, 1.28. MUNRO CUP RELAY (present pupils v. past pupils of Southland Boys’ High School).—Past pupils (D. Davis, A. C. Millar. D. Berry, F. W. Springford) 1, present pupils (J. Cameron, R. Duthie, A. Poole, W. A. Chambers) 2. • A polo match between Ex-Pupils and the Rest was won by Ex-Pupils.